Source: Bernard Mpofu, Zimbabwe Independent Original article URL AS the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) prepares to launch bond notes which have unnerved the market, questions are swirling over the legality of the surrogate currency and the lack of a term sheet for the US$200 million African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) facility. Zimbabwe is […]
Zim in danger of social upheaval over cash crunch
Source: Silas Nkala, NewsDay Original article URL ZIMBABWE is in the cusp of a violent social upheaval if government does not expeditiously solve the growing cash crisis, a peace lobby group has warned. Heal Zimbabwe Trust (HZT), in a statement, said the deteriorating economic crisis exhibited through the escalating cash shortages in the country is […]
No going back on bond notes: VP
Source: Xolisani Ncube, NewsDay Original article URL Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans to brace for the introduction of bond notes saying it was the only tool the government could use to control monetary flows. Addressing a luncheon to mark the official opening of the Fourth Session of the Eighth Parliament in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa […]
NGO Forum expresses concern over increased violence, torture
Source: Khanyile Mlotshwa, NewsDay Original article URL The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has expressed concern at the increased levels of organised violence and torture of innocent civilians by suspected State security agents. The NGO, in its September report on organised violence and torture, claimed that about 117 new victims of organised violence and torture […]
Zanu PF youths terrorise vendors in Harare CBD
Source: Obey Manayiti, NewsDay Original article URL ZANU PF youths yesterday terrorised people in Harare central business district as they tried to intimidate activists who were suspected of planning to demonstrate against President Robert Mugabe during the official opening of Parliament. NewsDay witnessed hordes of Zanu PF youths physically assaulting vendors and others along Jason […]
Army, police ordered to investigate abduction of ‘anti-Mugabe’ activist
Source: Tatenda Chitagu, NewsDay Original article URL THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has ordered the police and the army to investigate their top officers implicated in the alleged abduction and torture of a Chiredzi-based Zanu PF activist over accusations that he was involved in former Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s alleged plot to assassinate President Robert […]
Bond notes haunt Zimbabweans as cash crisis worsens
Source: Thomas Chiripasi, VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL Plans by Zimbabwe’s central bank governor John Mangudya to introduce bond notes as an export incentive at the end of October have triggered speculation that authorities are planning to re-introduce the Zimbabwean dollar through the back door. Some depositors, such as 27 year-old Audrey Munemo of Harare, […]
State unleashes crack team on activists
Source: Bernard Mpofu, Zimbabwe Independent Original article URL GOVERNMENT has unleashed a quasi-military terror campaign on social movement activists and opposition political leaders to quash popular dissent against President Robert Mugabe’s rule amid rising tensions over a floundering economy. In recent months, the imploding economy and a brutal crackdown on civil liberties have triggered a […]
Zimbabwe opposition takes street ban appeal to Supreme Court
Source: VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL A day after a lower court in Zimbabwe upheld a month-long ban on anti-government street protests, opposition and civil society groups are appealing the decision to the country’s highest judicial body, the Supreme Court. Politician Tendai Biti, with Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Wednesday filed the appeal. The move […]
Zimbabwe court keeps police ban on protests
Source: VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL Zimbabwe’s High Court on Tuesday upheld a month-long police ban on protests in the capital on the grounds that this was necessary to preserve peace, a lawyer representing opposition activists said. Political tension is rising in the southern African nation after protests in the last three months against the […]
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