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Zimbabweans vow to stage more protests despite Mugabe clampdown threats

Source: Thomas Chiripasi, VOA Zimbabwe Original article URL Some opposition parties and civic society groups are condemning President Robert Mugabe for threatening to crush any future protests saying such utterances are a direct attack on the country’s constitution that Mr. Mugabe is supposed to be its custodian. Speaking at a meeting he held with some […]

Politically motivated human rights violations increase

Source: Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD)  Results of a Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD) survey conducted in Masvingo during the first half of 2016 shows an influx in cases of Politically Motivated Human Rights Violations (PMHRV). PMHRVs ranging from unlawful arrests by police and CIO, disruption of meetings by youth and and army […]

Zimbabwe’s leadership moment: The centre can no longer hold

Source: David Takawira, Daily Maverick  Original article URL During the first week of July 2016 there were sporadic protests in Zimbabwe as citizens staged demonstrations from Beitbridge to Harare and Bulawayo. The protests, led by a variety of citizens including local commuter omnibus operators, civil servants, vendors, civic and political activists and clerics, culminated in […]

Breaking: War vets leader Matemadanda arrested

Source: NewsDay Original article URL POLICE have arrested Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) secretary -general Victor Matemadanda, hardly 24 hours after the arrest of the association’s spokesperson Douglas Mahiya as part of a witch-hunt for authors of last week’s hard hitting communiqué calling on President Robert Mugabe to step down. According to the Zimbabwe […]

Mugabe in brutal crackdown threat

Source: Blessed Mhlanga / Richard Chidza, NewsDay Original article URL SEVEN armed men reportedly besieged the Chitungwiza home of Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA) spokesperson, Douglas Mahiya, placing his family under house arrest in a four-hour blockade that ended with his arrest yesterday. The incident came as President Robert Mugabe spoke to thousands […]

Clamp down on war veterans commences

Source: Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights On the afternoon of 27 July 2016, the Secretary for Information and Publicity of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) Douglas Mahiya presented himself at Harare Central police Station Law and Order section. He has been called in for questioning. He was subsequently arrested and information presently at […]

Anticipating change in Zimbabwe: Understanding expectations, knowing realities

Source:  Takura Zhangazha Original article URL A Presentation to  the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) Public Seminar – 28 July 28, 2016, Harare, Zimbabwe Cde Chairperson Heather Koga, I would like to thank you for inviting me to this important discussion forum at a time when a multiplicity of events and actors are expressing and […]

Introducing the Road Users Association – In response to a collective demand from across Zimbabwe for ACTION

What is the Road Users Association? The Road Users Association (RUA) is an informal organisation that has been formed by interested parties, mainly from the motoring industry and legal profession, to positively influence the unreasonable behaviour of the ZRP at their numerous check points throughout the country. It is RUA’s belief that the police are […]

Scathing ex-loyalists face ‘severe’ punishment, says Robert Mugabe

Source: Associated Press Original article URL Long-time loyalists who turned against Robert Mugabe last week will face “severe” punishment, Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old president has said as he vowed to stay in power for “a long time”. Mugabe made his first public response on Wednesday to a scathing statement by veterans of the country’s 1970’s liberation war, […]