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  • Highlights of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Referendum Final Observer Briefing of 13 March, 2013

    Current ZEC budget: USD$ 26.5 million (although ZEC Acting Chairperson, Commissioner Mrs Joyce Laetitia Kazembe said there was a possibility that they might receive additional funds).   Ballot papers: 12 million ballot papers were printed for the r...
  • WOZA to vote YES

      Press statement Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) have conducted 600 workshops in the last 2 weeks to familiarise members with the 15 February 2013 Draft Constitution. The workshops were conducted in Bulawa...
  • War Vets’ Leader Besieges Marange before Referendum

    MARANGE – A local non-governmental organisation, Chiadzwa Community Development Trust (CCDT) has reported that War Veterans’ leader, Jabulani Sibanda was recently in Marange on a suspected coercion campaign ahead of the referendum and harmonized ele...
  • Civil Society Threatens Referendum Boycott

        CIVIL society has threatened to boycott the imminent referendum over the exclusion of some civic players by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) from accreditation for observing the plebiscite on March 16. In a letter copied to the Inclusive G...
  • Letter to GNU principals on ZEC's refusal to accredit some local NGOs

    12 March 2013 H.E. President Robert Gabriel Mugabe Munhumutapa Government Offices Harare Zimbabwe Your Excellency REF: THE REFUSAL BY THE ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO ACCREDIT SOME NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AS OBSERVERS, ...
  • “The promise has been betrayed” - Anti-Violence Chorus on International Women’s Day

    As the world commemorates the annual International Women’s Day this Friday, March 8, 2013 under the theme “A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women” - calls for the eradication of violence against women reached a ...
  • Jestina Mukoko Released

      THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) Director Jestina Mukoko was released into her five member-strong defense counsel’s custody after being interrogated by the police in Harare on Friday, March 08, 2013. The award-winning human rights defender ...
  • Top Stories

    “ NO LOCAL CIVIC ORGANISATION SHOULD BE BARRED FROM OBSERVING REFERANDUM” – PRINCIPALS     THE Principals have responded to the concerns raised by the civil society on the non-accreditation of ZIMRIGHTS by Zimbabwe Electo...
  • ZIMBABWE.... TRENDING TOWARDS THE PAST, WHILE KENYA LOOKS TO THE FUTURE

      From the Director's Desk: The writing is on the wall, and it is written in a foreboding bright red colour almost akin to blood. While other nations are trending towards the future, it is clear that Zimbabwe is looking and heading backwards - ...
  • Kenyan Election process applauded by observers

        Observers of the on going Kenyan election have lauded the Kenyan election which saw queues spanning for kilometres on the morning of March 4, 2013. Zimbabweans observing the election have commended the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commissi...
  • Police Continue to Bar Referendum Meetings

        THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) continues to bar and disrupt draft constitution publicity meetings across the country just 10 days before Zimbabweans vote to either adopt or reject the draft constitution during a crucial referendum expected to ...
  • Radio Dialogue Editor Reports to Police

    RADIO Dialogue Editor Zenzele Ndebele reported at Bulawayo Central Police’s Law and Order Section on Monday March 4, 2013, over a case involving 180 hand-cranked and solar-powered radios confiscated by the state security forces during a raid conducted...
  • Civil Society and International Community condemn crackdown

    The crackdown on Civil Society has received widespread condemnation both from local and international community.   The Committee to protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned the unilateral news blackout which is slowly being imposed on the people by the st...
  • Masvingo Governor Puts Restrictions on 45 NGOs

    MASVINGO – RESIDENT Minister and Governor Titus Maluleke summoned over 45 NGOs to an ad hoc two hour meeting to announce wide ranging restrictions on their work which began at 10 am on Friday, March 1, 2013, at his Benjamin Burombo Offices in the c...
  • Police raid Radio Dialogue

    BULAWAYO – SECURITY forces in Bulawayo reportedly raided Radio Dialogue offices and confiscated 180 solar and kinetic energy propelled radios from the premises of the non-governmental organisation on Friday, March 1, 2013.   Radio Dialogue Edito...
  • Parly Committee to Vet Mudenda on ZHRC Chairmanship

    THE Parliament’s Standing Rules and Orders Committee is going to vet earmarked Human Rights Commission (HRC) chairperson Jacob Mudenda. MDC-N President and Minister of Industry and Commerce Prof. Welshman Ncube made this revelation to Civil Society...
  • MDC Leader Speaks on Possible Election Date

    MDC-N leader and Minister of Industry and Commerce, Prof.  Welshman Ncube has openly spoken on the possible date for the forthcoming harmonized elections, arguing that the implementation matrix of a gamut of reforms favours a September date.   Prof....
  • The Draft Constitution is a Good Document; MDC Leader Says

    MDC-N President and Minister of Industry and Commerce, Prof. Minister Welshman Ncube has encouraged Zimbabweans to Vote Yes in the forthcoming referendum, while joining a list of the early proponents of constitutional reform in Zimbabwe who regret the 2...
  • 2nd All Stakeholders Conference: More Show than Substance

    From the Director’s Desk: The Second All Stakeholders’ Process, yesterday the 22nd of October 2012, kicked off to a good violence free start. While the conference was free of violence, it was replete with drama as the proceedings took place. The fi...
  • Released Glen View activist “rejuvenated”

    Released Glen View activist “rejuvenated”...