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Statement on the increase of tariffs by POTRAZ

Source: Unemployed Youths Organization It is a very oppressive move done by the Zimbabwean government through the telecoms board (POTRAZ). This move by POTRAZ clearly shows that the Zim government does not have citizens heart and they are trying to rob the poor. They have completely failed to provide employment for the citizens and the […]

VISET to challenge ban on the selling of fruits and vegetables in court

Source: Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) It is our view as Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) that the recent ban on the sale of vegetables and fruits is unreasonable for the following reasons: There is need for an assessment report to establish the correlation between the sale of vegetables/fruits and […]

Food vendors given 48 hours to cease operations as typhoid grips Harare

Source: VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL The Harare City Council has outlawed food vending in Zimbabwe’s capital following an outbreak of typhoid which has left at least two people dead. In a statement issued Tuesday evening, Acting Town Clerk, Josephine Ncube, said circumstances on the ground have forced the local authority to take drastic measures […]

ZLHR wins $5,000 compensation for motorist whose property was “abused” by “delinquent” police officer

Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) A Zimbabwean court has ordered a delinquent traffic police officer and his superiors to fork out about $5 000 as compensation to a motorist after the law enforcement agent wrecked his vehicle. Titus Matava, who is employed as a Constable by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and based at […]

Setting the record straight on adoption of BVR in Zimbabwe

Source: Election Resource Centre (ERC)  In 2016, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) made a public announcement that they were considering the adoption of a Biometric Voter Registration system. It was further reported that the voter registration exercise would be piloted in March 2017 and rolled out in May 2017 for about seven (7) months. This […]

Media organisations attack new data tariffs

Source: Paidamoyo Muzulu, NewsDay Original article URL STAKEHOLDERS in the media industry have accused the government of stifling citizens’ right to communicate over the internet by increasing the cost of data and making it inaccessible to the majority, who had become dependent on social media platforms for news. This follows the recent decision by the […]

Police taken to court over spot fines

Source: Nunurai Jena, NewsDay Original article URL Transparency International-Zimbabwe (TIZ) has taken the Zimbabwe Republic Police to court for defying a court order to stop demanding spot fines. TIZ executive director, Mary-Jane Ncube, said her organisation has filed papers at the Bulawayo High Court to make a decree over the matter, since the police continue […]

RBZ issues more bond notes

Source: NewsDay Original article URL The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has issued $43,9 million worth of bond notes, bringing the total to $72,9 million as at December 31, as the central bank forges ahead with the scheme to incentivise exporters. As at December 16, the RBZ had issued bond notes worth $29 million. The […]

Masarira distances self from Mliswa third force project

Source: Silas Nkala, NewsDay Original article URL PRO-DEMOCRACY activists, Linda Masarira and Abigale Mubambi have distanced themselves from Norton’s independent legislator, Temba Mliswa’s planned third force project to field independent parliamentary candidates in all the country’s 210 constituencies in the 2018 general elections. Masarira said Mliswa had invited her to be part of the project, […]

Opposition coalition a sinking ship: Mliswa

Source: Everson Mushava, NewsDay Original article URL NORTON Member of Parliament, Temba Mliswa has described a proposed coalition by opposition political parties to face President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party in the 2018 general elections as a “sinking ship or a child dying in its infancy”. The independent MP told South African television news station, […]