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Nera accuse govt of rigging 2018 in advance

Source: Blessed Mhlanga, NewsDay Original article URL NATIONAL Electoral Reforms Agenda (NERA) has accused the Zanu PF government of starting the process of rigging the 2018 elections using various methods. Didymus Mutasa, chairperson of the umbrella body representing opposition political parties pushing for electoral reforms ahead of the elections, said the latest ban on demonstrations, […]

Tajamuka spokesperson Mkwananzi granted $100 bail

Source: Charles Laiton, NewsDay Original article URL TAJAMUKA spokesperson Promise Dalubuhle Mkwananzi finally tasted freedom yesterday — almost three weeks after he was remanded in custody over allegations of public violence that rocked Harare’s central business district (CBD) on August 24. Mkwananzi (35), who is also the Zimbabwe Informal Sector Organisation’s director, is accused of […]

Tajamuka’s Promise Mkwananzi granted bail as assailants torture his colleague

Source: VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL Tajamuka-Sesijikile spokesperson, Promise Mkwananzi, has been granted $100 bail by a Harare Magistrate Court after spending about a month in remand prison. He was arrested by the police who accused him of being part of a group of political activists that set on fire a police vehicle during recent […]

Demo ban: Opposition parties unfazed

Source: Blessed Mhlanga & Silas Nkala, NewsDay Original article URL OPPOSITION parties and civil society groups have vowed to defy the latest police ban on peaceful demonstrations in Harare, saying the order violated the Constitution and, therefore, was of no legal force. MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora told NewsDay yesterday that his party would disregard the […]

Zimbabwe’s military and ruling party will do anything to hold on to power warns former minister

Source: Elsa Buchanan, IBTimes UK Original article URL Zimbabwe’s ruling party, Zanu-PF, and the military may be fracturing along generational lines but many underestimate party members and officers’ determination to stay in power as the 2018 general elections approach, former Education Minister David Coltart has claimed. After decades of quelled frustrations under President Robert Mugabe‘s […]

Proposed letter of representations to the ZRP regarding demo ban

Source: Alex Magaisa Original article URL Download this letter – Word doc – PDF The Zimbabwe Republic Police has issued General Notice 239A proposing to ban demonstrations in central Harare for a period of 4 weeks from 16 September 2016 to 15 October 2016. In the General Notice, the ZRP invites “interested parties to make […]

Abduction and torture of Silvanos Mudzvova

Source: Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum On 13 September 2016 at around 10:45pm, about six alleged state security agents wielding guns broke into the home of Silvanos Mudzvova (38), in Crowborough, Harare, from where they abducted him in full view of his wife and children. Sylvanos is the acting #Tajamuka/Sesijikile spokesperson. He was blindfolded with […]

Promise Mkwananzi and Bruce Usviso released on bail

Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights PROMISE Mkwananzi, national spokesperson of #Tajamuka and activist Bruce Usviso who have been languishing in prison following their arrest last month, were on Wednesday 14 September released on bail by High Court Judge Happias Zhou. Promise was released on $100 bail while Bruce was released on $50 bail.  The […]

Emmerson Mnangagwa response to Promise Mkwananzi constitutional application

Download full document (1.9MB PDF) IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ZIMBABWE CASE NO CCZ /2016 HELD AT HARARE In the matter between:- PROMISE MKWANANZI  APPLICANT AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE 1ST RESPONDENT THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS 2ND RESPONDENT Second respondent’s opposing affidavit Download full document I, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa […]

Zig zag demo tactics

With a growing trend from Zimbabwe Republic Police to ban demonstrations (in central Harare at least), we shared with our WhatsApp subscribers this suggestion from another member: I do think the opposition needs to be more creative. It is only a fool who does the same thing over and over again and expects a different […]