A Zimbabwean nurse has been acquitted after standing trial on charges of abusing Facebook to mobilise and incite some medical practitioners to stage protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government over…
Meanwhile, the law reforms have since seen the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act. In October this year, the Zimbabwe Media Commission Bill sailed through the House of Assembly,…
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum presents to you the State of Human Rights: 2019 Annual Report. The report gives an insight into some of the key events that transpired throughout…
The run-up to Tanzania’s elections, set for 28 October 2020, threatens to blemish the record of a country that was once considered the torchbearer of democracy on the continent. On…
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, while delivering his State Of the Nation Address (SONA) threatened to shut down civic society organisations critical to the government in a clear indication the government is…
Legislation is an old age tool that governments continue to rely on to influence civic space both negatively and positively. In Zimbabwe, this space, which is the bedrock of an…
On October 4 2020, an article was published in The Sunday Mail in which it was reported that principles of a proposed Patriot Bill aimed at criminalising private correspondence with…
Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government at the end of their recent Ordinary Summit resolved to take pre-emptive measures against external interference, impact of fake news…
HARARE Magistrate Ngoni Nduna on Saturday 1 August 2020 granted bail to 13 residents of the capital city, who appeared before him facing various charges after they were arrested by…
ZIMBABWEAN authorities on Tuesday 28 July 2020 arrested a 32 year-old man and charged him with criminal nuisance and incitement after he allegedly denigrated President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Twitter. Zimbabwe…