Residents of Budiriro have petitioned the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) to launch an urgent investigation into the deaths of three people who drowned in a sewer pond during rehabilitation works being carried out by the City of Harare. In a petition dated 15 June 2026,
Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) has expressed concern over proposed constitutional reforms that could see the dissolution of the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC), warning the move may weaken protections for women’s rights in the country. The organisation was responding to the gazetting of the
By Elishamai A Ziumbwa The Harare City Council has raised alarm over the growing problem of residents dumping sand and other solid waste into the sewer system a practice officials say is crippling wastewater treatment operations and damaging vital infrastructure. During a visit by the Zimbabwe Human
Following the recent mass arrest of civilians after the stay away strike by the state and speed trials and convictions, Zimbabwean lawyers have taken it to the streets in protest against what they described as the deterioration of the rule of law in the country.
Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), a local human rights group has revealed that persons with disabilities (PWDs) faced challenges during the registration process and at polling stations
The issue of land has dominated discourses, as well as practices of development in Zimbabwe and other African countries. By Lazarus Sauti The primary goal of land reform in Zimbabwe, for instance, has been and is still to redistribute land to black people without discrimination on the
Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) together with Amnesty International Zimbabwe have said the Zimbabwean government remains mum on the disappearance of a human rights activist, Itai Dzamara, alleging that the government lacks a will to investigate the alleged abduction by the state security
According to ZEC Chairperson, Justice Priscilla Chigumba, the MPLCs will be chaired by ZEC and comprise contesting candidates or their representatives and other members invited by the committees.
We recommend referring to Veritas’ Electoral Act (Consolidated 2018) [link] because it incorporates the amendments to Part XVIIIB made by the very recent Electoral Amendment Act, 6/2018, which came into force on 28th May.
Communities in Beitbridge are banking on the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) to help them overcome political intimidation as they search for lasting peace and development. After a constitutional awareness meeting at Whunga Village in Ward 10 on January 30, 2017, the community resolved to engage
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