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Human rights play, Liberation thrills audience

Source: ZimRights The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) together with four partnering organisations – Election Resource Centre, Savanna Trust, Action Support Centre from South Africa and Theatre in the Park – held well-attended commemorations of Africa Human Rights Day on Thursday evening, October 20, 2016.This year’s commemorations marked the 30th anniversary of the African Charter […]

New Zimbabwe notes stir memory of 500,000,000,000% inflation

Source: Godfrey Marawanyika & Brian Latham, Bloomberg News Original article URL Zimbabwe’s tentative return to its own currency is getting a hostile reception from citizens, who fear a recurrence of the 500 billion percent inflation that plagued the southern African nation before it abandoned its dollar seven years ago. The country will soon introduce so-called […]

IMF says Zimbabwe has cleared nagging arrears

Source: VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL Zimbabwe has cleared its 15-year-old financial arrears with the International Monetary Fund, a first step towards a new IMF loan program for the drought-stricken, cash-starved country, the Fund said on Thursday. Zimbabwe settled obligations of about $107.9 million by transferring part of its cash holdings at the IMF to […]

Germany refuses to print bond notes

Source: Bernard Mpofu, Zimbabwe Independent Original article URL A GERMAN company which specialises in the printing of banknotes, Giesecke and Devrient, has rejected Zimbabwe’s request to print bond notes for the cash-strapped Treasury, prompting the desperate government to turn to neighbouring South Africa and other countries for help. As the confusion surrounding the introduction of […]

Opposition plans demos after expiry of police ban

Source: Blessed Mhlanga, NewsDay Original article URL THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) ban on demonstrations in Harare has expired and opposition political parties are now regrouping to launch fresh protests against President Robert Mugabe, accusing his government of fuelling corruption and causing untold suffering on people. Government, through Notice Number 239A of 2016 by ZRP […]

Patson Dzamara in one-man demo at Parly

Source: Paidamoyo Muzulu, NewsDay Original article URL ACTIVIST, Patson Dzamara, yesterday staged a one-man demonstration at the entrance of the Parliament building, vowing he would not be silenced until the whereabouts of his missing brother Itai are known. Itai was abducted in March last year by suspected State security agents. Dzamara’s demonstration, which coincided with […]

False start to Moyo ‘arrest’ court case

Source: Charles Laiton, NewsDay Original article URL HIGHER Education minister, Jonathan Moyo yesterday requested for time to file his opposing papers to a High Court application filed by a Harare vendor seeking an order compelling the police to arrest him. Moyo argued there had been late service of both the application and the notice of […]

A woman named Fortunate doesn’t see good fortune ahead in Zimbabwe

Source: Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NPR Original article URL Fortunate Nyakupinda has parked her hatchback by the side of the busy main road leading to the industrial area in Harare — where she sells used clothing for men from the trunk and the back seat. In June last year, Fortunate Nyakupinda was smiling and friendly, laughing out […]

Jonathan Moyo is not above the law and should be promptly arrested

Source: Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-Southern Africa) Revelations of corruption and fraud among other criminal activities allegedly committed by Prof. Jonathan Moyo, the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education and his subordinates are shocking and contemptuous to say the least. Equally shocking are attempts by the Presidentium to block the investigations and intimidate all […]