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VISET goes to the Supreme Court

Source: Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) Following the dismissal with costs by the High Court of Zimbabwe of a case in which Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation VISET is challenging the ban on fruit and vegetable vending in Harare by the Ministry of Local Government, VISET has, through its Lawyer […]

Politically motivated violations spike: ZPP

Source: Everson Mushava, NewsDay Original article URL CASES of food and other aid violations have been on the increase since September last year, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has reported. In its monthly monitoring report for January released yesterday, the human rights watchdog singled out Zanu PF as the biggest perpetrator of the violations. It […]

War vets plan crisis indaba

Source: Richard Chidza, NewsDay Original article URL WAR veterans say they are organising a meeting to discuss Zimbabwe’s worsening economic and political crisis, as their differences with President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu PF party widen. Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) spokesperson, Douglas Mahiya, yesterday said preparations for the “mega-indaba” were at an advanced […]

Civil Society Gives Oral Evidence to Parliament on the Alignment of Local Government Laws to the Constitution

Source: Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) The Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ), Chitungwiza Residents Trust (CHITREST), Harare Residents Trust (HRT) and the Zimbabwe United Residents Association (ZURA) yesterday gave oral evidence to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government, Rural and Urban Development on alignment of local government laws to the […]

Heal Zimbabwe calls for Peace and Tolerance during the Constitutional Amendment Bill Public Consultation Meetings

Source: Heal Zimbabwe Heal Zimbabwe expresses grave concern over the disruption of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice hearing on the proposed Constitutional Amendment (Number 1)  in Marondera on 21 February 2017 and the disruptive behaviour exhibited in Chinhoyi today by rowdy youth. The bill seeks to give the President sweeping powers to appoint the […]

Residents must resist debt collectors

Source: Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) A public meeting held by the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 resolved that the Harare City Council’s move to engage debt collectors was largely illegal and residents needed to mobilize and resist the debt collectors using all the available channels. The public meeting, attended […]

Mt Darwin residents defend current constitutional provision

Source: ZimRights Mt. Darwin – Residents in Mt Darwin in Mashonaland Central province yesterday defended current provisions in the constitution outlining the appointment process of the Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice and the Judge President. Part of Constitutional Amendment Bill (Number 1) seeks to give the President unchecked powers to appoint the three top judges, […]

Arrest of Activist Godfrey Tsenengamu

Source: Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP)  The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) condemns the arrest of activist, Godfrey Tsenengamu after he delivered a press conference that is critical of President Robert Mugabe and the First lady Grace Mugabe. Tsenengamu was responding to remarks by the First lady last week at a rally in Buhera that President Mugabe […]

Poverty and Deprivation – Monthly Monitoring Report January 2017

Source: Zimbabwe Peace Project Download full report (1MB PDF) Executive Summary Cases of food and other aid violations have been on the increase since September last year. Due to a persistent drought, government availed food aid to vulnerable households. The government has also availed farming inputs for both the Presidential Input Scheme and Command Agriculture […]

Vendors, residents coverage in response to the outbreak of typhoid

Source: Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) and Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) in collaboration with Chitungwiza Residents Trust (CHITREST) and the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) convened a Community Engagement Meeting at Chigovanyika Shopping Complex in Chitungwiza with the vendors and […]