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BILL WATCH 22/2019: [17th April 2019] The Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill

There have been reports in the State-owned press that the Government was planning to repeal the “toxic” Public Order and Security Act [POSA] and replace it with a new Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill which would “open up democratic space”. The new Bill has now been published in the Gazette and is available on the Veritas website.

What are the differences between the draft Bill and POSA?

There are very few differences between the Bill and POSA – depressingly few, in fact. After the excited fanfare in the State-owned press about how far-reaching the Bill would be, we expected rather more than this.

Apr 17, 2019 Read more

Posa ruling gets more backing

The Constitutional Court(Con-Court)’s landmark court ruling against draconian protests legislation opens a new chapter for human rights, Amnesty International has said.

Oct 20, 2018 Read more

Minister defends Posa, Aippa

Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has defended Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Aippa) and the Public Order and Security Act (Posa) saying the two laws will not impede the holding of free and fair elections.

Mar 24, 2018 Read more

Mat North cops effect 3-month weapons ban

By Thandeka Moyo Police have banned members of the public from carrying dangerous weapons in Tsholotsho, Lupane and Umguza for the next three months in the interest of public order. In a statement, the acting Officer Commanding Lupane District, Superintendent Jadiel Mutepfe, said the carrying of axes, catapults, machetes, swords, knives and daggers was prohibited […]

Mar 16, 2017 Read more

War veterans defiant

By Fungi Kwaramba War veterans banned from convening a meeting to discuss Zimbabwe’s deepening political and economic crisis have vowed to wage a war against President Robert Mugabe. On Wednesday, police announced that they would not allow the ex-freedom fighters’ meeting scheduled for today to proceed because the veterans did not meet the requirements of […]

Mar 10, 2017 Read more

MDC supporters arrested for ‘unlawful assembly’

A group of alleged MDC supporters in Beitbridge have been arrested for convening a rally without police clearance and inciting others to join. The accused — a teenager and nine other residents — face charges of assembling unlawfully. They were arrested on Saturday and charged under the Public Order and Security Act (Posa) — a […]

Mar 07, 2017 Read more

Protesters mull ‘guerrilla tactics’

By Bridget Mananavire Defiant anti-President Robert Mugabe protesters have said they will now be secretive about their demonstration strategies, as they devise ways to evade the repressive government’s moves to thwart them following the lapse of police’s demonstrations ban. This comes as the police have violently attacked the protestors — who took to the streets […]

Oct 24, 2016 Read more

Demo ban challenge goes to Supreme Court

By Tatenda Dewa | Harare Bureau | A consortium of political parties, churches, human rights lawyers and civil rights activists last Friday approached the Supreme Court to have a High Court ruling upholding a police ban on demonstrations quashed. The consortium’s legal team is being led by constitutional lawyer, Tendai Biti, and comprises the Zimbabwe […]

Oct 11, 2016 Read more