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High Court upholds demo ban

Source: Charles Laiton, NewsDay Original article URL Judge President Justice George Chiweshe yesterday dismissed the two urgent chamber applications seeking to set aside a proclamation by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to ban marches and demonstrations in the Harare central business district. According to Harare lawyer Dzimbabwe Chimbga, Justice Chiweshe held that section 27 of […]

Mugabe courtroom portrait challenged

Source: Charles Laiton, NewsDay Original article URL A CHITUNGWIZA man has filed an urgent chamber application at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenging the displaying of President Robert Mugabe’s portrait in the courtroom. Richard Mangena made the application after he initially appeared at the Chitungwiza Magistrates’ Court facing an assault charge. In his application filed under […]

WhatsApp reviews: News of Her Death

Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah’s The News of Her Death was shortlisted this year for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. We liked it so much we shared it with our subscribers via WhatsApp. And we offered a competition – The first 10 people to share a short review, and name 3 things Biggie was […]

Organised Violence & Torture Report – 1-30 September 2016

Source: Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum Download full report (224KB PDF) Summary In September 2016, 117 new victims of Organized Violence and Torture were documented and received medical treatment for injuries sustained in incidents of politically related violence reported from across the provinces of Zimbabwe. This figure included 41 victims of police brutality who were released from […]

ZimPF supporter’s house burnt in Chihota, Marondera West Constituency

Source: Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) A house belonging to the Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) Co-ordinator for Marondera West Constituency, Taungana Makirimira, was burnt by suspected ZANU (PF) youths over the weekend. The ZimPF co-ordinator lost 6 bags of fertilizer, maize seed, blankets, clothes and kitchen utensils among other things. In an interview […]

Chitungwiza water situation continues to deteriorate

The situation surrounding the unavailability and limited access to potable water by the residents of Chitungwiza continues to deteriorate amid the delayed onset of the rainy season and the El Nino induced drought. This has seen the City of Harare, which sales water to Chitungwiza Municipality reducing its water sales from between 20 to 25 […]

Continued cash crisis might trigger more protests

Source: Heal Zimbabwe Heal Zimbabwe Trust ( HZT) expresses concern over the continued worsening cash crisis in the country. The cash crisis has been inflamed by the continued economic decline which has caused untold suffering amongst citizens. Heal Zimbabwe notes that for the good welfare of citizens and continued prevalence of peace, the Government must […]

High Court to rule on demos ban today

Source: Charles Laiton, NewsDay Original article URL High Court Judge President Justice George Chiweshe is today expected to deliver judgment in the two urgent chamber applications filed by opposition parties and residents’ associations seeking to set aside a police ban on marches and demonstrations in Harare’s central business district. The judge was supposed to deliver […]

85 protesters set free for lack of evidence

Source: Nqobani Ndlovu, NewsDay Zimbabwe Original article URL EIGHTY-FIVE Bulawayo residents, arrested during a countrywide anti-government demonstration organised by cleric, Evan Mawarire in July this year, have been freed after the State dropped charges against them. The 85 had public nuisance and violence charges laid against them after taking part in the protests held under […]

Zanu PF attack leaves 4 MDC-T supporters in hospital

Source: Richard Chidza, NewsDay Original article URL FOUR MDC-T supporters in Harare South, along with a six-week-old child, have been admitted to a private hospital in the city after they were brutally assaulted by suspected Zanu PF activists on Sunday night as political violence continues to escalate in the capital. MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu yesterday […]