Source: Tarisai Machakaire & Tendai Kamhungira, Daily News Original article URL Civic Society leaders and pro-democracy groups turned out in full force at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts where spokesperson of the war veterans — Douglas Mahiya — was appearing following his arrest on Wednesday evening. He has been charged with insulting President Robert Mugabe. His […]
Mahiya remanded in custody
Source: Mary Taruvinga, NewsDay Original article URL Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association secretary for information and publicity Douglas Mahiya (61) yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Court on charges of undermining the authority of the President. Mahiya was remanded in custody to today for bail application. His lawyer Harrison Nkomo tried to have his […]
Zimbabwe’s threadbare theatre of reform
Source: Piers Pigou, International Crisis Group Original article URL Zimbabweans are slowly rediscovering the courage to speak out as Zimbabwe’s much-vaunted reform process is consumed by insincerity, slow-burn crisis, and infighting over the succession to 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe. Complementing growing opposition activity, recent weeks have seen a rash of spirited and well organised protest […]
Zimbabwe pastor calls for massive but peaceful uprising against Robert Mugabe
Source: Mail & Guardian Original article URL The Zimbabwe pastor who launched a social media campaign criticising the government and then left the country for his safety is calling for a massive but peaceful uprising. Evan Mawarire told an emotional crowd at Wits University on Thursday night that Zimbabwe once was promising but had been […]
Police hunt down Mawarire
Source: Wongai Zhangazha, Zimbabwe Independent Original article URL Pastor Evan Mawarire, #ThisFlag campaign leader, has been summoned by the Law and Order Section of the Criminal Investigations Department amid speculation that government wants to charge him again for subverting a constitutionally elected government. His lawyer Harrison Nkomo confirmed to the Zimbabwe Independent his client has […]
Political economy: Brief overview of current Zim
Source: Derek Matyszak, Zimbabwe Independent Original article URL As events unfold in Zimbabwe, the Research and Advocacy Unit (Rau) continues its scrutiny of the situation to provide analysis of the continuous causes of instability in Zimbabwe. This analysis builds on a recent Rau report. The report, Conflict or Collapse? Zimbabwe in 2016, was produced in June […]
Tajamuka campaign to file application to probe Mugabe’s capacity to rule nation
Source: Elsa Buchanan, IB Times Original article URL Zimbabwe’s citizen-led activism campaign Tajamuka will file an application asking the Constitutional Court to make a finding that there is enough evidence to show that President Robert Mugabe is no longer capable of running the country and must step down, IBTimes UK can reveal. Tajamuka, a non-partisan campaign […]
#The Hashtag Protests: ZPP Monthly Monitoring Report June 2016
Source: Zimbabwe Peace Project Download full report (PDF) Executive Summary The simmering political and economic tensions in Zimbabwe triggered an unprecedented build up of protest movements which gathered momentum in June. These protests were mostly driven by non political party actors. This phenomenon was a reflection of the general frustrations across the broad spectrum of […]
Zimbabwean police charge liberation war combatant over anti-Mugabe slur
Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights ZIMBABWEAN police on Thursday 28 July 2016 charged Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) spokesperson Douglas Mahiya for allegedly undermining authority of or insulting President Robert Mugabe in contravention of Section 33 (2) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23. Police officers claimed that […]
Zimbabwe’s unemployed graduates in passive but powerful protest against jobs crisis
Source: The Source Original article URL Images of gowned graduates vending on Harare’s streets have gone viral on social media, highlighting a jobs crisis that starkly contrasts with President Robert Mugabe’s 2013 election promise to deliver more than two million jobs by 2018. Unemployed graduates, whose plans for a protest march in Harare on August […]
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