By Nomazulu Thata The high rate of violence and sexual abuse on girls and young women: the alarmingly high reported cases of rape on girls, country-wide; reports of rape in matrimonial homes are common, cases of femicide due to unsafe abortions have highly risen. Virginity testing done the day before marriage leading to rape by
The Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations (ZACRAS) joins the world in commemorating the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) which is annually celebrated on the 28th of September. This year, the IDUAI comes at a time when the Government of Zimbabwe, through the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ), has commenced the commendable
By Tafi Mhaka On August 31, the government of Zimbabwe announced that foreign white farmers settled in the country who lost land between 2000 and 2001 under former President Robert Mugabe’s controversial programme of land reform designed to empower landless Black peasants could apply to get it back. To enforce this dubious arrangement, the government
By Nomazulu Thata We have been saying it for a long time that the Nguni Kings are chasing their own agenda but will want to ride on the backs of the Ndebele populations so that they get recognition by the Zanu PF led government. These Nguni kingdoms add no value to the people of
By Nomazulu Thata Within two months I lost people who were significant to me in various ways and dimensions: two of which I attended their funerals personally. The funeral of Patson Dzamara was easy to follow online. I listened to high powered speeches given in his honour that were moving indeed. The significance of Patson’s
By Nomazulu Thata ACCORDING to unsealed documents belonging to Ghislaine Maxwell, former US president Bill Clinton is cited as one of the paedophiles who visited the Paedophile island belonging to Geffrey Epstein. Just when we thought it was disgusting for Clinton to deny any relationship with Monica Lewinsky, information reveals that he visited the island
By Farai Gwenure Alberto is Agent Rachel’s ex-husband who occasionally clashed with the hostage negotiating expert in popular Netflix series called Money Heist. Typical behaviour in common break ups. Alberto’s prominence in the television show is based on his crime scene investigation capabilities. Beyond his eagle eye, he had ideas only he could ponder, thinking
By Nomazulu Thata Nkosana Moyo lost the elections in 2018 dismally and it was expected that he
By Ringisai Chikohomero The broke Zimbabwean government has announced that it will pay white farmers a whopping US$3.5 billion as compensation for the losses incurred from the chaotic and ill-conceived Fast Track Land Reform Programme of 2000. The agreement, termed the Global Compensation Deed, was entered into between the government and the Commercial Farmers’ Union
African Arguments You may have heard about the seven babies stillborn in Harare Hospital in one day at the end of July. From the maternity register that night, you can see that the infants were on average a healthy weight. They should have survived. The reason they died is because Zimbabwe’s health system is simply not
By Panashe Chigumadzi On Aug. 7, Zimbabwean police transferred prominent journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume to the notorious Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison. Both figures were arrested last month and accused of inciting public violence — though, in reality, the violence came from the government itself. Now, the two prisoners of conscience —
By Tichaona Zindoga There is a picture of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono that was taken last week, as he was being led off to prison, after being denied bail again. That picture! Chin’ono is facing up to the photographer, and his face is flushed, eyes sad and poignant. His forehead is contorted with pain, displaying many
By Cde Marshall Gore The events in our country in the past week have made me realise that without unity of purpose Zimbabwe will never move forward. The political tension on the ground and social unrest on social media resulting from our polarised politics is a cause for concern and now a hindrance to national
The Conversation Around the world, hundreds of thousands of children are not free. They are deprived of their liberty in settings such as migration holding camps and criminal justice processes. According to the United Nations (UN) Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty, there are about 410,000 children detained in the criminal justice system every
By Mpumelelo Mkhabela Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa threatened to “flush out” his opponents who mounted peaceful protests against the country’s deteriorating political and economic situation. His policy of “flushing out” is reminiscent of the apartheid era of torture, lengthy detentions and disappearances of political opponents. It is also a brutal reminder of Marumbatzvina – Robert
By Tendai Mazenge The main problem affecting our nation is our silence when everything around us has gone wrong. The political situation in our country is not right. People who dare speak about the evils of our government are abducted, tortured and thrown into prison. We need to stand up against these injustices. I believe
News24 The Republic of Zimbabwe enforced one of the strictest nationwide lockdowns in Africa on Wednesday after the number of active coronavirus cases surpassed the number of recoveries in the country. However, activists and commentators believe the new lockdown measures were introduced in light of the arrest of award-winning Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and a
TimesLive Under cover of Covid-19, Zimbabwean authorities are preparing to arm the police with state of the art crowd control equipment to “crack down on lockdown violations” although the real agenda appears to be to quash opposition demonstrations. The opposition has called for street protests on July 31st given the deepening economic crisis and perceived
Alex T. Magaisa In 2007/08 the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe ran a scheme which was ostensibly designed to support commercial agriculture. At the time, Zimbabwe was undergoing a major land revolution, with significant changes in land ownership under the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) The government was that the new farmers needed support from
By Alex Magaisa This week, I participated in a Zoom Policy Dialogue Forum organised by SAPES, the Harare-based think-tank led by Dr Ibbo Mandaza. The dialogue was moderated by journalist Violet Gonda. My brief was to lead a discussion on constitutionalism and the military. It was a fascinating conversation in which former Minister, Professor Jonathan
