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Zim clergyman charged and detained over Mugabe “death prophecy”

Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights ZIMBABWEAN authorities on Monday 16 January 2017 arrested and charged Remnant Pentecostal Church leader Pastor Phillip Patrick Mugadza for insulting President Robert Mugabe after he allegedly prophesied that the nonagenarian leader will die this year. Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers who quizzed Pastor Mugadza at Harare Central Police Station […]

Government should timeously avail BVR funding to ZEC

Source: Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) calls upon the government to avail funding to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to conduct the bio-metric polling station based voter registration and to come up with a fresh voters’ roll. The Sunday Mail 15 January 2017 has reported that ZEC has acquired […]

‘Ensure transparency before rolling out biometric voter registration’

Source: Nqobani Ndlovu, NewsDay Original article URL CIVIC society organisations under the banner, iVote2018, have urged electoral authorities to implement certain guidelines before rolling out the biometric voter registration (BVR) exercise to avoid compromising its integrity. This follows reports that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is expected to complete the acquisition of BVR equipment ahead […]

Gay Zimbabweans fight stigma, harsh laws

Source: VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL Trymore “Tiara” Gendi of Zimbabwe clearly remembers the moment her life changed forever. In 2008, at age 16, she was outed as being gay to her family by a friend. Gendi, who was born a male but identifies as female, returned home to find her mother devastated by the […]

Aid groups help Zimbabwe fight typhoid outbreak

Source: VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL International aid groups have begun helping Zimbabwe fight an outbreak of typhoid. Some stakeholders say President Robert Mugabe’s government has not been taking the outbreak seriously. Officials say the waterborne disease, which has struck more than 200 people in Harare, killing two, has been detected in other parts of […]

Inadequate funding cripples operations of commissions

Source: Wongai Zhangazha, Zimbabwe Independent Original article URL GOVERNMENT has failed to provide adequate funding to independent commissions whose major roles are to enhance constitutionalism by promoting transparency and accountability in public institutions as well as entrenching human rights and democracy. According to government’s estimates of expenditure contained in the “blue book”, Finance minister Patrick […]

Cybercrimes Bill: Its flaws, remedies

Source: Misa-Zimbabwe THE Zimbabwe chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa-Zimbabwe), working with the Digital Society of Zimbabwe, has come up with a position paper on the Computer Crime and Cybercrime Bill, which was introduced last year by government to curb cybercrime. However, Misa, together with information, communication technology (ICT) experts, say the […]

Zimbabwe Minister orders mobile regulatory body to reverse steep data tariffs

Source: Gibbs Dube, VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL Information, Communication and Technology Minister Supa Mandiwanzira has directed the Posts and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) to reverse steep data tariffs announced a few days ago. In a statement, Mandiwanzira, who is on leave, said he had consulted POTRAZ, some stakeholders and the acting ICT minister […]

Mobile data tariff hikes: Govt ups efforts to close democratic space ahead of 2018 polls

Source: Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition The increase in mobile data tariffs by over 2 500% has all but confirmed that the Zimbabwean government has intensified its efforts to close the democratic space especially as we head towards the 2018 polls. It is undeniable that social media had become a cheap medium of communication for impoverished […]

Youth condemn POTRAZ decision to increase mobile data tariffs

Source: Magaret Chogugudza, ChiTowNews Original article URL The youth in Chitungwiza has fiercely criticized the decision by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) to increase data and voice call service charges arguing that such unprecedented move will affect their day to day lives. Speaking to Chitownews during an interview a cross section […]