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UN urges Zimbabwe govt to open up space for regime change NGOs
THE United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has implored the Zanu-PF government to respect, protect and expand civic space to ensure that citizens are free to express themselves...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:47hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt choking CSOs
Independent civic society organisations (CSOs) have accused the Zanu-PF government of stifling their work by pushing the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, while allowing non-gover...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:45hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday took the lead to inspect the voters' roll ahead of today's scheduled announcement of the election date.The voter inspection exer...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:33hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth bid in danger
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to re-join the Commonwealth bloc could be in serious jeopardy after a grouping of lawyers within the bloc raised questions over the country's deteriorating human rig...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 07:52hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa copying Smith's colonial handbook'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of copying the late colonial leader Ian Smith's system of weaponising the law against critics."In fact, the methods used by the Smith regime on th...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:35hrs | 1670 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'regime change' NGOs put on notice
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday railed against non-governmental organisations (NGOs) accusing them of sowing seeds of discontent in the country ahead of general elections expected later this ye...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:46hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
'Another Zanu PF parly majority win spells doom'
ANOTHER Zanu PF parliamentary majority win could lead to enactment of more draconian laws and constitutional amendments detrimental to democracy, electoral watchdogs has warned.The sentiments ...Published: 11 Apr 2023 at 13:35hrs | 699 | by Staff Reporter
US dabbles into Zimbabwe voters roll debate
A UNITED States government official says election management authorities should "polish" the voters roll and avail it to the public to guarantee credible polls.Robert Scott, who is the deputy ...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:44hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
NGOs meet Mnangagwa over PVOs Bill
CIVIL Society Organisations (CSOs) on Friday met President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a last-minute bid to lobby him to stop signing the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill into law....Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:40hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
'America's imperial, gung-ho Yankee, Diplomacy is outdated,' says Jonathan Moyo
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has slammed the visiting US deputy secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs, Robert Scott for putting pressure on the Zimbabwe government to halt its con...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 10:00hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
US demands Mnangagwa halt PVOs Bill
THE United States yesterday pressured government to halt its controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, widely viewed as oppressive and meant to weaken democratic space ahead...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:29hrs | 1474 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe may suffer an internet shutdown
ZIMBABWE may suffer an internet shutdown in the 2023 general election, just like Uganda and Zambia in 2021. In 2019, Freedom House rated Zimbabwe as a "not free" country with a 28% global freedom scor...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:42hrs | 1257 | by Phillip Anjorin
Only 1 447 Zimbabweans petition Mnangagwa over PVOs Bill
PRESSURE is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa not to sign into law the contentious Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill.A petition to stop the law, perceived as repress...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:40hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to 'speedily' sign PVO Bill
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has vowed to sign the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill into law, ignoring wide calls to dump a law viewed as draconian by Zimbabwean NGOs.The c...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:00hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's PVO Bill will be signed into law
The Private Voluntary Organisation Bill, PVO Bill, has now passed the various stages of the legislative process.It is now being cleaned up for my assent. I will sign it into law once it reache...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:34hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
UN warns Mnangagwa
United Nations (UN) experts have warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa against signing the Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Bill into law saying it will infringe the fundamentals of human rights....Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 7691 | by Staff reporter
Does Zimbabwe's PVO Bill spell doom for NGOs?
The Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill, which was passed by Zimbabwe's parliament on January 31, is seen by critics as a drive against non-governmental organisations (NGOS) cham...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 19:36hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to kill the PVO Bill
United Nations experts have urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa not to sign into law the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill, warning the legislation in its current form ...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 19:30hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC says, 'electoral Bill targeted at us'
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has described the proposed amendments to the Electoral Amendment Bill as "retrogressive" and aimed at blocking as many opposition candidates as possi...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:05hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Biti warns Zimbabweans
CIVIL society organisations and opposition politicians have warned of a pending spike in attacks on human rights defenders after the controversial Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) bill sailed thro...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:57hrs | 3739 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa
Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International's director for east and southern Africa, warned of dire consequences if the bill becomes law.Amnesty International, which has been advocating for a regim...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:29hrs | 1339 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty International pleads with Mnangagwa
A non-governmental organisation, Amnesty International, has pleaded with President Mnangagwa to reject the contentious Private Voluntary Organisation amendment Bill saying it shrinks the democratic sp...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:18hrs | 1651 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF preparing for early polls'
THE Zanu-PF-led government is reportedly busy tying up all loose ends, including fast-tracking passage of the delimitation report, election-related legislation in Parliament and bussing its members to...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:17hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
USAid warns of Zimbabwe funding threat
THE Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, which has been criticised by opposition parties and civic groups for muzzling government critics and narrowing democratic space, has gone a s...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:53hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must reject proposed new law that threatens rights and civic space
Responding to the Senate's passing of the Private Voluntary Organization (PVO) Amendment Bill, which now awaits President Emmerson Mnangagwa's assent to become law, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty Internatio...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:14hrs | 221 | by APO
Vicious crackdown on opposition part of Zanu-PF election playbook
THE arrest of Citizens' Coalition for Change parliamentarians Costa Machingauta and Amos Chibaya (pictured in khaki shirt) alongside other party members, including the elderly and juveniles, for ...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:39hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Draconian PVO Bill passed, shrinking democratic space to a singularity point. CCC will participate in 2023, regardless. Why?
"Zimbabwe democratic space narrows ahead of 2023 polls" screamed the Bulawayo24 article!"In December alone, critical developments that undermine democracy have unfolded. Most notably, th...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 19:14hrs | 1574 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe democratic space narrows ahead of 2023 polls
AS Zimbabwe inches closer to the 2023 general election, the democratic space is narrowing as authoritarian rule takes a toll on the political opposition and civil society.In December alone, cr...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:50hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chief whip attacks regime change CSOs
Zanu-PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi has accused civic society organisations (CSOs) of opposing the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, which is now before Senate because they are "g...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:14hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Govt 'unleashes' JOC on CSOs
GOVERNMENT has tightened its noose on operations of civil society organisations (CSOs) that have been assisting communities with aid by reportedly subjecting them to strict monitoring by members of th...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe now a banana republic, mafia State'
NewsDay (ND) reporter Lorraine Muromo recently had an interview with Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) chairperson Peter Mutasa (PM) on the country's human rights situation and the controversial Pri...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:55hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tells NGOsin Zimbabwe to toe the line
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday urged non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to comply with the country's legal requirements.His call comes as a law that seeks to govern civic s...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:30hrs | 418 | 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....Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must revisit its ruinous stance on NGOs
Zanu-PF has been in overdrive with its attacks of civil society organisations with party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa being the latest top ranking official to launch an unprovoked tirade....Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:48hrs | 326 | by Evans Mathanda
'Zimbabwe a repressed State'
ZIMBABWE has been ranked as the most "repressed" State globally amid concerns over a shrinking democratic space in the country following a sustained assault on the opposition and civic groups....Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:14hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Crisis in Zimbabwe health sector deepens
AUDITOR-GENERAL (AG) Mildred Chiri has exposed the rot in the country's health sector, where there is serious understaffing and shortages of equipment with no ambulances having been procured between 2...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda rejects opposition legislators' PVOs Bill plea
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has rejected calls by opposition legislators to recommit the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill to the Committee Reading Stage after c...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Lies have short legs, Cde Ziyambi
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi ZiyambiIN 1997, the first recognisable social media site, Six Degrees, came on stream, redefining the world of communication as ...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 512 | 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 al...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Regine change organisation seeks UK help over Zimbabwe crisis
ZIMBABWE'S international isolation will be amplified this year as the country is one of three African countries that will not be represented by a head of state at the US-Africa Summit to be held in De...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 21:09hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
EU's outgoing messenger wants Zimbabwe to rethink on PVOs Bill
THE European Union (EU) yesterday urged Parliament to take the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill back to the people for further consultation because some of its provisions would re...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
NGOs face the chop, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday reaffirmed his government's resolve to abolish non-governmental organisations (NGOs) it deems "subversive" and "abusive" to citizens, while pretending to provide...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:25hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
Our MPs are sleeping on duty
IF it is, indeed, true that Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi dribbled the country's civil society organisations (CSOs) by completely ignoring their contributions to the Private Voluntary Organisations...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
'Ziyambi tricked us on PVOs Bill'
CIVIL Society Organisations (CSOs) claim that Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi tricked them into believing that their submissions to the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill would be ...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa guns for NGOs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared war on non-governmental organisations (NGOs), accusing them of being appendages of foreign powers and diplomats seeking to effect regime change.In his...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:14hrs | 2029 | by Staff reporter
Bill to compel Zimbabwe NGOs to use banking channels
Additional amendments to the Private Voluntary Organisation Amendment (PVO) Bill are being tabled, criminalising civil society organisations' funding of political parties and candidates and providing ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:04hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa claims infiltration plot
THE Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has raised a red flag over a plot by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to infiltrate the opposition by allegedly deploying operatives to penetrate ...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 10:05hrs | 8454 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe further tightens noose on NGOs
GOVERNMENT is further tightening screws on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the country with Public Service minister Paul Mavima proposing more amendments to the Private Voluntary Or...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Patriotic Act targets dissenters
Zanu-PF members of Parliament have renewed their plot to bring in laws that seek to bar opposition leaders, particularly those from the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), from contesting in nationa...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 16:18hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Trouble ahead in Zimbabwe
Conditions for the people of Zimbabwe continue to go from bad to worse. Triple digit inflation shows no signs of slowing.Over half of the country lives in poverty.Its corrupt governmen...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:12hrs | 914 | by Michelle Gavin
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