2014 : a year of attacks and impunity against journalists around the world
By Talent Tapera 2014 was a particularly dangerous year for media professionals around the world as it was characterized by a number of attacks and kidnappings. Carefully staged murders of reporters became all too common. Governments around the world increasingly…
Address economic challenges to end corruption: Minister
By Misheck Shambare The Deputy Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, Supa Mandiwanzira on Tuesday said, addressing economic problems in the country is the key to ending corruption. Speaking at a press briefing at the Media Centre in Harare,…
Budget success and growth hinges on improved accountability and transparent systems
By Malvern Mkudu In his budget presentation, Minister of Finance and Economic Development Patrick Chinamasa mentioned the words “transparency” and “accountability” at least five times. He stressed the need to ensure transparency and accountability in different sectors of the economy….
Violence flares at a Crisis Coalition discussion
Misheck Shambare Violence reared its ugly head again at a Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) organised discussion in Harare on Wednesday after disgruntled members of the organisation demanded that the spokesperson Mfundo Mlilo recuse himself from the chairing the proceedings….
Child Street begging: present form of exploitation
By Natasha Justin Fadzai (not her real name) aged eight is seen stopping each and every person who is walking along Harare’s First Street in the Central Business District (CBD) presenting her case by giving passersby a letter which one…
Issue Statement : Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe
PARLIAMENT MUST URGENTLY ALIGN LAWS TO THE NEW CONSTITUTION The Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (C.C.D.Z) is deeply concerned with the slow pace of the harmonization of laws with the new Zimbabwe Constitution. More than 400 laws need to…
Analysis: The Khampepe Report, a crushing blow to SA’s diplomatic credibility
By Simon Allison , Daily Maverick For more than 12 years, the South African government fought to keep the contents of the Khampepe Report under wraps. Finally, they failed, and the details of a damning cover-up were revealed: Zimbabwe’s 2002…
ZANU PF 2014 Congress: Mujuru Learnt Nothing and Forgot Everything
By Blessing Vava The ZANU PF national congress is here, probably the last congress for ZANU PF’s first secretary Robert Mugabe. The much awaited congress which had been viewed by many as not just a congress, but a transitional congress…
Shocking school dropouts of Girls : Chikara secondary school Mutoko
By Emmanuel Munyati Early girl child marriages in the Nyamuzizi community have resulted in 17 out of 38 registered girls dropping out of school before writing their final Ordinary Level exams at Chakara Secondary School. Some social constructors concur with…
School girl “16” raped for three years by the biological father
By Emmanuel Munyati A 16 year old girl survived a 3 year period of continuous sexual abuse perpetrated by her biological father. Emilda Mushaya of Katsande Secondary school in Mutoko was rapped for 3 years by her father. The daughter…