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Zimbabwe excluded from â‚¬500 million EU aid package

Zimbabwe has been excluded from a new â‚¬500 million aid package from the European Union (EU) to Africa, following the recent enactment of the controversial Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Act by President Emmerson Mnangagwa…

Published: 22 May 2025 at 11:28hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter

Donor-dependent lawyers take Zimbabwe govt to court over PVO Act

The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has filed a landmark application at the High Court, seeking to have several provisions of the amended Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Act declared unconstitutional, arguing that the law in…

Published: 18 May 2025 at 15:17hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter

EU withdraws funding after Zimbabwe signs PVO Bill into law

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to sign the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill into law has sparked widespread condemnation, most notably from the European Union (EU), which has now cut its planned s…

Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:48hrs | 1780 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa signs PVO Amendment Bill into law

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially signed the contentious Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill into law, marking a significant shift in Zimbabwe's regulatory framework for civic groups and non-governmental organisa…

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 13:45hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter

The new PVO law is a sign of a government that fears its own people

The Zimbabwe government has always been afraid of its own people.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's signing of the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Act, 2025, into law marks yet another dangerous turn in Zimbabwe's slow but deli…

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:27hrs | 85 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Foreign funded CSOs rail at govt over PVOs Bill

The government has faced intense criticism for fast-tracking the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, bypassing key input from Zimbabwe's civil society organisations (CSOs).The Bill, initially introduced in …

Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:08hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter

PVO Bill sails through Senate

The contentious Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill advanced through the Senate last week, raising alarms among critics who argue that the legislation could be weaponized against non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and c…

Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:48hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa orders Parliament to finalise PVO Bill

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the 10th Parliament to expedite the finalization of the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Bill, a move critics argue will significantly restrict the operations of non-governmental organizations…

Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:57hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter

'PVO Bill to define Zimbabwe's identity'

The recently passed Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill is set to transform the regulation of civic society in Zimbabwe, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said. The Bill, which passed thr…

Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:29hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's PVO Bill public hearing abandoned

A public hearing on the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill (H.B 2024) was abruptly halted in Harare after a female participant voiced strong opposition to the proposed legislation, sparking protests from sus…

Published: 18 May 2024 at 11:09hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa refuses to sign PVO bill

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has refused to sign the contentious Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill into law and has sent it back to parliament for reconsideration. United Nations experts had urged Mnangagwa to reject the…

Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 18:56hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter

EU crafting own version of PVO Bill

THE European Union is working on a law that will force non-governmental groups, consultancies and academic institutions to disclose any non-EU funding - a piece of legislation that is almost similar to the Public Voluntary Organisation Bil…

Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

Schoolboy knifed to death after confronting neighbouring school bully

A 16-year-old schoolboy from Founders High School in Bulawayo was knifed to death after confronting two other pupils from a neighbouring school for bullying his friend, police said.Wayne Ndlovu, a Form 4 student, was stabbed on the neck an…

Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 19:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Rogue Zimbabwe civil society sponsor accusations of shrinking democratic space and protests

JUSTICE Ministry Permanent Secretary, Virginia Mabhiza has told African Union (AU) that concerns raised over Zimbabwe's shrinking civic space and protests against the intended Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Bill were sponsored by ro…

Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa pressures Parly on PVOs Bill

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has piled pressure on Parliament to fast-track the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill but opposition leaders have urged a rethink.Opposition legislators and human rights activis…

Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mudenda to give verdict on PVOs Bill

OPPOSITION legislators have demanded that processes on the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill be halted until Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda delivers a verdict on allegations that the Bill was fast-tracke…

Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter

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