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Govt rights record in tatters, says ZimRights
HUMAN rights violations in Zimbabwe seem to be tacitly glorified by government, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has said.ZimRights said this as the African continent commemor...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 05:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally strikes lover with iron bar
A 26-YEAR-OLD woman from Old Pumula, Bulawayo died after her boyfriend allegedly brutally assaulted her with an iron bar and pushed her head through a door.Nobuhle Mlambo spent about a month i...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must engage Ramaphosa on xenophobia'
A SOUTH African-based Zimbabwean human rights activist has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to engage his counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa to stem the rising tide of xenophobic attacks in that count...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:28hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa speaks on xenophobia
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged companies in his country to employ local citizens and train them to the levels required by the industry instead of relying on cheap undocumented migra...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa calls for end to Dudula campaigns against foreigners
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for an end to campaigns against foreigners, saying these create social tensions and are against the law.He also criticised employers who employ undocumente...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe peddles a world-class Constitution that guarantees
The truth however, is this is just for show and is rarely enforced. How then can we use the beautiful...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 16:49hrs | 15 | by Sam Wezhira
'Mnangagwa scuttling Gukurahundi resolution'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa undermined the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) by setting a parallel structure with traditional chiefs from the Matabeleland region in trying to resolv...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has failed democracy test'
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa had failed to honour his November 2017 pledge to uphold human rights and promote good governance, as he continues to furt...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
The pull her down myth
DURING the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, which started on November 25 (the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) and December 10 ( Human Rights Day) is ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:37hrs | 12 | by Miriam T Majome
Mnangagwa's riot police bashes 11-month baby
POLICE in riot gear on Saturday accidentally struck a baby with a truncheon in Chiredzi barely two days after the world commemorated Human Rights Day on Thursday last week.The 11-month-old bab...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ritual and superstition - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
The sight of an opposition MP grovelling on the floor of parliament before the Finance Minister to thank him for women's sanitary pads is about as stupefying as South Africa's Chief Justice Mogeong Mo...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 22:54hrs | 2 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Chamisa says his council's demolitions evil, heartless
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa toured the demolished houses in Budiriro high-density suburb in Harare where he came face-to-face with desperate residents, who have been sleeping in the ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 lockdown increased human rights abuses'
HUMAN rights groups yesterday said Zimbabwe witnessed severe increased violations of people's rights this year due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown and pleaded with government to end the use of State ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zim launches 16 days of activism against GBV
Zimbabwean parliament launched the 16 days of activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV) today.16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign to challeng...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 14:49hrs | 2 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Julius Malema claims that SA 'is worse than Zimbabwe'
Hundreds of EFF supporters gathered at Dlomo Dam in Sharpeville on Thursday, to pay tribute to the 70 people who were massacred by apartheid cops during a peaceful protest 59 years ago. Julius Malema ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 19:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU decries 2018 bad human rights record
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has berated President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration over the surge in human rights violations experienced in the country this year, singling out th...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will publicise shootings report
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he will make public the report by a commission of inquiry into the post-election violence that gripped Harare on August 1, in which members of the military allege...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
That's why I run, for human rights!
A wise men can teach you ways of wisdom. A strong men can teach you how to rely on your inner strength. A rich men can teach you how to invest your money. A good leader can teach you how to follow you...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Eric Shikobela
Welshman Ncube MDC celebrates international human rights day
MDC led by Welshman Ncube has joined the world in celebrating the the international human rights day."Zimbabweans commemorate Human Rights day and the MDC joins the world in observing this ico...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
ZLHR joins the world in celebrating international human rights day
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) joins the rest of the world in commemorating International Human Rights Day commemorated under the theme "#STANDUP4HUMANRIGHTS".Observed each year on 1...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Be an active citizen: know your rights
Today is International Human Rights Day. Zimbabwe is on record for being one of the countries that violate human rights to settle political scores. Very little is done to educate Zimbabwean citizens o...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 11:19hrs | | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
Gukurahundi to headline Human Rights Day
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has said proffering solutions of reconciliation to Gukurahundi atrocities will be central in this year's International Human Rights Day commemorations to be...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZLHR commemorates Africa human rights day
ON the occasion of Africa Human Rights Day on 21 October, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has said it stands in solidarity with human rights defenders who are languishing in detention in Tanz...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zim immigrants tortured in Botswana
Zimbabwean security officials are seized with cases of alleged assaults and torture of Zimbabwean nationals who are illegally settled in neighbouring Botswana.The country's Western Region ...Published: 22 Mar 2017 at 16:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZPRA Veterans 'undress' Mugabe, and blames Zanu-PF
ZPRA Veterans Association Speech Johannesburg Wednesday 21st March 2017 Salaam Alaykum brothers and sisters / Mabuyani/ SalibonaniThank you for ...Published: 22 Mar 2017 at 10:52hrs | 13 | by ZPRA Veterans Association
'Mugabe tops rights violator charts'
SOUTH Africa-based youth, theatre organisation, Siphesakhe Youth Organisation (SYO) and its offshoot Uloyiko Project have cited President Robert Mugabe as an example of Africa's worst rulers....Published: 13 Mar 2017 at 05:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
uLoyiko ups the ante on Demo, condemns Mugabe for Gukurahundi Genocide
South Africa's Human Rights Day, 21st March, is fast approaching. It is a very important and a special day in South Africa's yearly calendar. It is a day to honour 69 victims of the Sharpeville massac...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 15:57hrs | 4 | by Siphelo Mtshetsha, Prosper Nkosi, Yanga Mhluzi & Ayanda Manala
uLoyiko condemns Mugabe's upcoming macabre and Gothic Birthday Bash in Matebeleland
uLoyiko theatre activists once again take this opportunity to extend their invitation to all people from all walks of life to its 380 Degrees Imbizo Demonstration that will be held on the 21st of Marc...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 08:00hrs | 4 | by Yanga Mhluzi, Siphelo Mtshetsha, Prosper Nkosi and Ayanda Manala
380 Degrees Imbizo Demo on Gukurahundi Genocide
Please visit Loyiko's 380 Degrees Imbizo Demo on GoFundMe and kindly donate for this important Demo. MahlabezuluuLoyiko Theatre Group supported by umthwakazireview.com hereby appeals f...Published: 23 Jan 2017 at 21:21hrs | 2 | by Siphelo Mtshetsha, Yanga Mhluzi, Prosper Nkosi & Ayanda Manala
Matabeleland unite and fight for your own human rights
Today the 10th of December 2016 Save Matabeleland Coalition (SAMACO) joins other organizations in Matabeleland and the rest of the world in observing and commemorating the International Human Righ...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by Save Matabeleland Coalition
Habakkuk Trust celebrates human rights day at St Sebastian Secondary School
The Civic organisation Habakkuk Trust is today (Saturday celebrating the Human rights day at St Sebastian Secondary School in Sigangatsha in Matobo Ward 6.The organisation said the celebration...Published: 10 Dec 2016 at 05:08hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Human rights cases rock Zim courts
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Lawyers have exposed the escalation of number of human rights violation cases in the courts of Zimbabwe amid indications there was serious violation of the rule of law by the...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 03:56hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Our traditions are still backward: some of them!
A lot has been said about violence against women and rightly so. It is a topic that has to be dealt with now that we once again recognize the 16 days as from the 25th of November, the Internation...Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 21:17hrs | 9 | by Nomazulu Thata
10 days to stand up for someone's rights Matabeleland call for action
From the 1st of December 2016 to the 10th of December 2016 Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights is calling the people of Matabeleland to join the challenge to stand up for someone's rights thro...Published: 28 Nov 2016 at 13:18hrs | 1 | by Benedict Sibasa
Zuma bemoans white minority capital
South Africa still has a long way to go to end racism, President Jacob Zuma said at a Human Rights Day event on Monday."The apartheid damage was deep. There is still a long way to go before we...Published: 21 Mar 2016 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cephas Msipa's memoirs highlight gaps in Zimbabwe's history
DURING Human Rights Day commemorations last year, Nyasha Chikwinya, the Minister of Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development and a war veteran, gave a heartrending snippet of her experience i...Published: 28 Jan 2016 at 11:24hrs | | by Farai Mabeza
Over 2000 male victims report domestic violence
The tables have turned in the history of family disputes as at least 2,414 men this year swallowed their pride and approached the magistrates' courts suing for domestic violence.Domestic viole...Published: 19 Dec 2015 at 08:53hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
'Corrupt councillors must rot in jail,' says Mnangagwa
Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison is the right place for corrupt local authorities officials who flout good corporate governance practices and compromise the quality of service delivery in violation o...Published: 18 Dec 2015 at 05:29hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Freedoms still being stifled in Zimbabwe - ZPP
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has said freedoms in Zimbabwe are still under serious threat as people are still being brutalized for exe5rcising them.ZPP made the claims as the nation joined...Published: 12 Dec 2015 at 06:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
PDP Statement on International Day for Human Rights
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) joins the rest of the world in commemorating the international human rights day which is observed every 10th of December. The main thrust therefore of the Internati...Published: 11 Dec 2015 at 12:26hrs | | by Willias Madzimure
ZimRights,ZLHR celebrates International Human Rights Day
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) and the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have joined the rest of the world in commemorating the United Nations International Human Rights Day on...Published: 11 Dec 2015 at 05:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Devolution activists say centralisation fuels corruption and human rights violations
The devolution activist have said that centralisation of power has promoted human rights violations and corruption in the country hence they called for a devolve system of government.In a stat...Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 06:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZimRights join the world to celebrate 16 Days of Activism
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has said it joins the world, especially women and educational rights defenders, in commemorating the 16 Days of Activism against Gender based Violence...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 11:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Heal Zimbabwe celebrates Africa Human Rights Day
Heal Zimbabwe has joined the rest of Africa in commemorating the Africa Human Rights Day.The day is set aside to annually commemorate the coming into force on October 21, 1986, of the African ...Published: 25 Oct 2015 at 10:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZLHR urge government to implement human rights obligations
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has urged the Zimbabwean government to implement in good faith their human rights obligations. The organisation made the remarks as the nation joined Afric...Published: 24 Oct 2015 at 10:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Corruption undoing Mugabe's govt
Deputy Chief Justice Luke Malaba on Wednesday said rampant corruption and maladministration in public institutions and other arms of government undermined government efforts to ensure human rights...Published: 12 Dec 2014 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Human Rights day Statement
Today we join the rest of the world in commemorating the International Human Rights Day, which runs under the theme, 'Human Rights 365'.While we would ordinarily use this day to celebrate ...Published: 10 Dec 2014 at 12:04hrs | | by Nhanhla Dube - MDC Spokesperson
Human Right to Water and Sanitation 365
Community Water Alliance (CWA) joins the world in commemorating International Human Rights Day under the banner of the Human Right to Water. It is appropriate for this day to run under the 365 the...Published: 10 Dec 2014 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Timothy Chitambure
ZAPU (South Africa) Commemorates Human Rights Day
The Dumiso Dabengwa led Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) South Africa chapter joined scores of South Africans to commemorate Human Rights Day.South Africa Human Rights Day (21 March...Published: 21 Mar 2014 at 23:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Civic society has short-changing the people it represents' says Cont Mhlanga
PLAYWRIGHT and Amakhosi Theatre Productions director Cont Mhlanga has blasted civic society for short-changing the people it represents.Mhlanga, who was speaking on the sidelines of Internatio...Published: 13 Dec 2013 at 03:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
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