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New twist to bond notes saga

Source: Charles Laiton & Richard Chidza, NewsDay Original article URL THE wrangle over the proposed introduction of bond notes to ease the country’s cash crisis took a new twist yesterday, with the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) saying it was premature to legally challenge the move, as the government had not yet crafted an enabling law to […]

‘Public institutions secretive’

Source: Paidamoyo Muzulu, NewsDay Original article URL Public institutions in Zimbabwe are still secretive and are wary of releasing information involving budgets and expenditure, procurement and vacancy and employment procedures on their websites, a Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) transparency assessment report reveals. The 2016 Report on Secretive Public Institutions in Southern Africa, released […]

Another activist abducted, tortured

Source: Xolisani Ncube, NewsDay Original article URL Another activist and vendors’ leader, Kudakwashe Kambakunje, was on Tuesday allegedly abducted by suspected State security agents, who tortured and injected him with an unknown substance before leaving him for dead. National Vendors’ Union of Zimbabwe executive member, Kudakwashe Kambakunje shows the extent of his injuries after he […]

Alert on the abduction of Kudakwashe Kambakunje

Source: Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum On 27 September 2016 around 10.30 pm, Kudakwashe Kambakunje, the National Vendors’ Union of Zimbabwe (NAVUZ) Central Business District Chairperson, was abducted by six (6) suspected state security agents from his market stall at corner Chinhoyi and Kwame Nkruma Streets. The abductors were driving two unmarked twin cab vehicles […]

Transparency assessment: 2016 report on open & secretive public institutions in southern Africa

Source: MISA Download full report (961KB PDF) Zimbabwe Introduction Zimbabwe has been in a process of trying to implement its new Constitution, enacted in 2013. Very little has been done to synchronise access to information laws with the new Constitution. Out of the 159 laws aligned with the Constitution, none of thesehave been access to […]

Demo ban hearing continues

Source: Charles Laiton, NewsDay Original article URL The hearing of 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 kicked off yesterday before Judge President, Justice George Chiweshe, and is set to continue today. The two matters […]

Terror group causes mayhem

Source: Xolisani Ncube & Obey Manayiti, NewsDay Original article URL HARARE’s central business district (CBD) descended into chaos yesterday, as suspected Zanu PF youths, masquerading as disgruntled vendors, unleashed a reign of terror against ordinary people and shops—looting and damaging property, as they engaged in, on the face of it, running battles with the police. […]

Churches, war vets slam violence on activists

Source: Obey Manayiti, NewsDay Original article URL Churches and war veterans yesterday deplored the continued use of violence on opposition members and activists, while accusing the State of failing to take action against perpetrators. “The Church abhors and condemns any form of violence regardless of who the perpetrator is. We condemn in the strongest terms […]

Zim court sets free protesters charged for whistle protest

Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)  BULAWAYO Magistrate Adelaide Mbeure on Tuesday 27 September 2016 set free five members of the Bulawayo Youth Arise (BUYA) who were arrested last month for allegedly staging an anti-government protest in the country’s second largest city. Magistrate Mbeure granted an application for refusal of remand that was filed […]

Intolerance for opposition: August human rights violations monitoring report

Source: Zimbabwe Peace Project Download full report (1MB PDF) Theme: Political Intolerance As political parties and the electorate brace for the 2018 general elections political intolerance continues to take center stage. In a democratic country where plurality should be welcome, political players and their structures are failing to come to terms with rising opposition on […]