“We are being abused by security agents”: Marange Residents
By Yvonne Manjengwa The Marange residents in Manicaland have petitioned the government following the rise of killings and gross abuse of human rights since the formation of Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) in 2016. Speaking at a press conference yesterday…
Internet Opportunities Huge but Restrictive
By Yvonne Manjengwa Women seem to be facing more challenges than enjoying the benefits of using internet freedoms. Speaking at a roundtable dialogue meeting today, held at Media Centre under the theme “Women and Internet Freedom in Zimbabwe: Locating challenges,…
ERC urges Immediate Release of a Comprehensive Election Calendar
Election Resource Centre (ERC) has acknowledged the judgement by the Administrative Court to uphold the decision by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to award a tender to a New York based company IPSIDY, to supply the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR)…
Civic Society Tightens Screws on City Council
By Yvonne Manjengwa The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) together with the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition has blamed the Harare City Council for the chaos that ensued yesterday following the allegedly ill-advised decision by the Ministry of Local Government and…
HEAL ZIMBABWE WELCOMES NEW NPRC CHAIRPERSON
By Yvonne Manjengwa Heal Zimbabwe has welcomed the appointment of the new National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) chairperson, Retired Justice Selo Maselo Nare by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on 20 February 2018. Justice Nare replaces the late Cyril Ndebele who…
CHRA Condemns CBD Kombi ban
By Yvonne Manjengwa Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) has condemned the recent move by the Harare City Council to ban commuter omnibuses from the Central Business District. CHRA defines the move by the council as ill-conceived and notes that the…
Civil Society Shirks MDC-T Intra-Party Violence
By Collins Chirinda Human Rights watchdog Heal Zim and Crisis Coalition have slammed the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) for the intraparty violence that was observed earlier this week during the burial of the late party President Morgan Tsvangirai in…
Zimbabweans thanked for befitting Tsvangirai salute
By Yvonne Manjengwa Acting MDC-T President Advocate Nelson Chamisa, the standing committee, national council and the party leadership at various levels have issued a press statement thanking the multitudes of Zimbabweans who turned in their huge numbers at Humanikwa village…
KOMBIS ORDERED TO VACATE CBD
By Yvonne Manjengwa Harare City Council has instructed commuter omnibus operators to vacate from the Central Business District and ordered them to operate from new ranks with effect from Wednesday 21 February 2018, (today). This development comes as a strategy…
Tempers flare at Tsvangirai’s burial
By Yvonne Manjengwa Tens of thousands of mourners paid their last respects to opposition leader and pro-democracy icon Morgan Tsvangirai at his rural homestead in Humanikwa village, Buhera, yesterday. Drama erupted as one of the party’s deputy presidents, Thokozani Khupe…