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Zimbabwe police set to ban protests in capital for a month

Source: MacDonald Dzirutwe, Reuters Original article URL Zimbabwean police plan to ban public demonstrations in the capital for a month, according to a public notice issued on Tuesday that opposition lawyers said marked a slide towards a police state. Political tension is rising in the southern African nation after protests in the last three months against […]

Organised violence in Epworth

Source: Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (The Forum) The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) has received reports of politically motivated violence in Epworth where alleged ZANU PF youths were moving in four trucks at around 2300 hours on 10 September assaulting individuals perceived to have participated in protest marches. The perpetrators were moving […]

Mugabe faces fresh protests headache

Source: Everson Mushava, NewsDay Original article URL OPPOSITION political parties, under the banner of National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera), have lined up about 210 protests this Saturday to push for electoral reforms, claiming their meeting with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday had failed to discuss the matter and had ended in a deadlock after […]

Mugabe, Mujuru, Tsvangirai to miss crisis indaba

Source: Richard Chidza Original article URL PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and two opposition leaders, Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC-T) and Joice Mujuru (Zimbabwe People First), are likely to miss Thursday’s proposed all-parties consultative meeting to debate the current national crisis and modalities of setting up the national transitional authority, amid indications the three politicians had other commitments. The […]

Police protest ban: Hearing tomorrow

Source: Charles Laiton, NewsDay Original article URL A HIGH Court challenge filed by opposition parties and Harare residents seeking nullification of a police ban on their demonstrations will now be heard in an open court tomorrow. The matter had initially been booked as an urgent chamber hearing, before High Court judge Justice Priscilla Chigumba yesterday […]

Zimbabwe opposition parties set to protest for election reform

Source: MacDonald Dzirutwe, Reuters Original article URL Zimbabwean opposition parties will on Saturday hold protests throughout the country with or without police clearance to press the election agency for free elections in 2018, officials said, weeks after another planned demonstration turned violent. Police on August 26 fired tear gas and water cannon at opposition leaders and […]

Nera meets ZEC

Source: Blessed Mhlanga, NewsDay Original article URL A grouping of opposition parties under the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) will today meet the top leadership of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to press for urgent implementation of electoral reforms. Nera’s head of legal affairs, Douglas Mwonzora (pictured), confirmed the development yesterday, saying they will use […]

Police told to seek clearance to hold meeting

Source: Nqobani Ndlovu, NewsDay Original article URL Police in Bulawayo were last month given a taste of their own medicine when council refused to sanction their planned meeting demanding a clearance letter. Latest council minutes reveal that Bulawayo police were told to seek a clearance letter before holding a meeting to re-launch their client service charter […]

Final demand: Zimbabwe’s debt defaulters

Source: Boldwill Hungwe, BBC News Original article URL Zimbabwe is being hit by a tidal wave of debt – defaulters are on the rise as the ailing economy continues to hit ordinary citizens hard. Many are losing their properties to debt collectors or live in fear of having their homes given to creditors. Thirty-two-year-old Hazel […]