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By Fanuel Chinowaita Torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment is what Mugabe and ZANU PF always use as a weapon to refuse to accept its electoral defeat and to cling to power. It has effectively declared war on the opposition and its supporters. Robert Mugabe, the military, police, and security sector have abridged the human […]
When I visited Promise Mkwananzi of #Tajamuka at Harare Remand Prison on Sunday, I realized that there are quite a number of ordinary citizens arrested on 6 July who cant afford food and bail in the police cells. The little we gave Promise Mkwananzi was communally shared. Was very saddened to realize that most human […]
By Tatenda Dewa | Harare Bureau | Shocking videos of police brutality in Zimbabwe continue to emerge, with the latest showing about a dozen police officers beating up a woman and her husband as their child watches. The woman was apparently rounded up together with dozens other protesters and vowed that she would not leave her […]
By Tatenda Dewa Zimbabwe veteran journalist, Lloyd Mutungamiri, was shot and seriously wounded in Lesotho on Saturday night after being interrogated by police on a story his publication ran. An alert by the Southern African Human Rights Defenders Network (SAHRDN) on Monday said Mutungamiri, the editor of the Lesotho Times newspaper, was battling for his life […]
By Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo A policy is a declaration of an intention. For every country to have a direction there is need for clarity on policy and governance issues. No investor is willing to part or partner with anyone without clarity on policy matters. One of the weakest points that the Zimbabwean Government has is policy […]
President Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace, at the weekend showed signs of shaking amidst popular protests that rocked Zimbabwe recently.
The West seems hell-bent on saving the beleaguered Zanu PF regime – in spite of a Zanu PF minister accusing Western embassies of fomenting the mounting unrest. The West apparently believes that there will be regional chaos if the regime collapses. Behind the re-engagement process between the West and Zimbabwe is the International Monetary Fund […]
Street protests, national work boycotts and internet activism are on the rise in Zimbabwe — offering hints that opposition to ageing President Robert Mugabe could be building towards a boiling point.
By Bongani Ndlovu Dendera musician Sulumani Chimbetu has apologised to Bulawayo fans for cancelling his show at the 11th hour after he was requested by the First Lady Grace Mugabe to perform in Harare at her rally on the same day. The show was supposed to be a celebration for Private Lounge’s Sanganai/Hlanganani tourism fair […]
By Daniel Nemukuyu Government has failed to respond to the maternity leave constitutional challenge filed seven months ago, despite being served with the papers and the Constitutional Court will now hear the matter in the absence of opposing papers. Ms Emelda Mhuriro, the general secretary of the Civil Service Employees’ Association, approached the Constitutional Court […]