Dewa Mavhinga

Dewa Mavhinga - Thank you, Chairman Flake, Ranking Member Booker, and other members of this subcommittee for giving me the opportunity to testify on behalf of Human Rights Watch at this hearing on Zimbabwe. I would like to request that my…
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Dewa Mavhinga - For a people who have suffered repression and other human rights violations amid a deteriorating economy under Mugabe, the news of the end to his rule was received cautiously. The uneasiness and uncertainty may be because of…
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As the Zanu PF succession debate gathers momentum ahead of the 2018 elections, there has been mixed feelings on how the local media has captured its dynamics.
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By Gift Phiri President Robert Mugabe, wily as ever, has once again run rings around brawling Zanu PF factions over the appointment of the country’s new chief justice — after he apparently picked the highly-regarded jurist, Luke Malaba,…
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By Tendai Kamhungira and Jeffrey Muvundusi In a surprising twist to Zanu PF’s deadly tribal, factional and succession wars, party supporters yesterday held demonstrations across the country demanding the immediate sacking of women’s…
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By Gift Phiri The process to compile a credible voter register ahead of the 2018 general elections has been thrown into disarray after authorities argued biometric voter registration (BVR) and voting is a luxury government cannot afford.…
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By Gift Phiri President Robert Mugabe’s recent declaration that he won’t groom a successor is yet further indication that he wants to be Zimbabwe’s leader for life, analysts said. They said the nonagenarian — who turned 93 today —…
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By Helen Kadirire Activist clergyman and founder of the laudably patriotic #ThisFlag movement, Evan Mawarire, made a surprise return to Zimbabwe yesterday evening, and was immediately arrested by State security agents at Harare…
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By Blessings Mashaya and Mugove Tafirenyika President Robert Mugabe’s deeply divided Zanu PF is likely to face another debilitating crisis, a second “Bhora Musango” in 2018 general elections, analysts have said. Mugabe’s Zanu PF…
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By Tendai Kamhungira and Blessings Mashaya It appears as if it does not rain but pours for President Robert Mugabe and his warring ruling Zanu PF, with disgruntled war veterans moving at the weekend to discard the embattled and…
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