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State must stop misleading on cyber terrorism

Source: Misa-Zimbabwe The State media, notably The Herald, The Sunday Mail and the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, have been reporting on warnings issued by government and senior State security officials against cyber terrorism and terrorists. State media have even gone to the extent of naming and exposing some of the alleged “cyber terrorists”. This comes on […]

Arts movement calls for Mugabe’s resignation

Source: NewsDay Original article URL YADZOKA Zimbabwe, a combative arts movement fronted by theatre practitioner Silvanos Mudzvova, has called for the resignation of President Robert Mugabe and will embark on a campaign to that effect using arts in rural areas. The movement has accused Mugabe of bad governance characterised by corruption. Mudzvova, who is the […]

Govt mulls tweaking imports restriction policy

Source: Tatira Zwinoira, NewsDay Original article URL Government is mulling adjusting policy to assist companies and retailers negatively affected by the import restrictions. In June, government came up with Statutory Instrument (SI) 64 of 2016 which removed some products from the open general import licence. The importation of such products now requires a permit which […]

Zimbabwe rural teachers on 200 kilometre march to Harare

Source: Jonga Kandemiiri, VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL Executive members of the Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) Monday started a 10-day 200-kilometre march from Mutawatawa in Maramba-Pfungwe, Mashonaland East province, to Harare demanding a host of changes. Some of the 10 demands include an upward review of teachers’ salaries and rural allowances, full maternity […]

Civil servants not happy with shifts in pay dates

Source: Obey Manayiti, NewsDay CIVIL servants have reacted angrily to the continued shifting of their pay dates due to the ongoing economic meltdown, saying at this rate, the cash-strapped government might soon find itself unable to pay them at all. There were slight changes to the government’s position regarding payment of salaries, with teachers, rest […]

Opposition parties rekindle push for electoral reforms

Source: Blessed Mhlanga, NewsDay Original article URL OPPOSITION political parties have stepped up their push for the Zanu PF-led government to speed up implementation of electoral reforms including allowing Diaspora votes ahead of the watershed 2018 general elections. But the ruling party has on numerous occasions scoffed at the demand for electoral reforms, claiming the […]

ZCTU write to Mugabe

Source: Paidamoyo Muzulu, NewsDay Original article URL THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has petitioned President Robert Mugabe to stop signing the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Bill into law, arguing that Parliament passed the Bill without considering objections raised by the union. ZCTU secretary-general Japhet Moyo said the labour body was also planning a series […]

Waiting for Godot: The case of a National Transitional Authority for Zimbabwe

Source: Tendai Biti Wananchi, the motherland continues to heave and suffocate under the weight of a sterile oligarchy, exhausted and indeed frail nationalism, downright statism, indifference and inertia. For too long we have been poisoned by the odor of vicious cycles of stagnation, failure, retrogression and excuse making. For too long the regime has reaped reward […]

Police drop case against Hwange man charged over social media “abuse”

Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights POLICE in Hwange have dropped a case against a 28 year-old man, who had been summoned to appear in court for allegedly sending a message on WhatsApp protesting against the failure by traditional leaders to compel authorities at Hwange Colliery Company (HCC), the country’s largest coal producer, to remunerate […]

The General Laws Amendment Act falls short of expectations

Source: Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) notes the gazetting of the General Laws Amendment Act (GLAA) which introduces some amendments to various laws including the Electoral Act to bring them into alignment with the Constitution. ZESN believes that the Act does not sufficiently address fundamental issues related to the Electoral […]