Title | Date added | Template | Date recorded | Category | Summary |
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SEVEN ACTIVISTS ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH TREASON | Dec 16, 2019 | Justice & accountability | May 31, 2019 |
| Seven activists, arrested on different dates, are facing charges of treason after they attended a training organised by the Center for Non-Violence Action and Strategies (CANVAS) in the Maldives. |
FURTHER INFORMATION ACTIVISTS RELEASED ON BAIL, AWAITING TRIAL | Dec 16, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 31, 2019 |
| The trial of seven activists, charged with treason for attending a training in the Maldives, has yet to begin due to the authorities’ lack of preparedness. |
MEDICAL DOCTOR ABDUCTED FROM HIS HOME | Dec 16, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 18, 2019 |
| Dr Peter Magombeyi, a medical doctor and Acting President of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA), was abducted on the night of 14 September. |
MEDICAL DOCTOR FOUND ALIVE BUT TORTURED | Dec 16, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 23, 2019 |
| On 19 September 2019, Dr Peter Magombeyi, a medical doctor was found alive and disoriented, dumped about 33 km out of Harare in a placed called Nyabira. |
31 August 2016 Newsletter | Dec 16, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Aug 31, 2016 |
| ZHRC speaks to human rights victims |
31 January 2017 Newsletter | Dec 16, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jan 31, 2017 |
| Newly appointed Executive Secretary hopes to leave a mark |
31 August 2017 Commission Newsletter | Dec 16, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Aug 31, 2017 |
| ZHRC’s ability to go ‘where the angels fear to tread’ impresses Speaker |
Report MOUs Signing Ceremony with Civil Society Orgs 14 03 2016 | Dec 16, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 11, 2016 |
| On Friday 11 March 2016, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with four Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) namely Legal Resources Foundation (LRF), Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) |
ZHRC Strategic Plan 2015 | Dec 16, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 30, 2015 |
| The Strategic Plan informs the manner in which we engage with key stakeholders and partners in the domestic and international human rights community as we seek to fulfill our broad constitutional mandate. |
Whawha 'Young Offenders' Prison | Dec 16, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Feb 16, 2016 |
| The purpose of the mission was to assess the living conditions of juvenile inmates and the status of their facilities, as well as to hear the general concerns of the inmates and their proposals for solutions and recommendations. |
Ingutsheni Report | Dec 16, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jun 25, 2015 |
| The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) is amongst the Chapter 12 Independent Commissions which seek to promote human rights and democracy in Zimbabwe. The mandate of the ZHRC is to promote, protect and enforce human rights and fundamental freedoms in Zimbabwe. |
ZHRC Report on the aftermath of disturbances after stayaway june 2019 | Dec 16, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Feb 11, 2019 |
| This is the final report containing the findings of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), pursuant to a monitoring mission that was undertaken on the 17th - 18th, the 21st – 25th of January and the 11th of February 2019 in Harare Metropolitan Province, Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, Mashonaland West and Mashonaland East in the aftermath of disturbances that occurred from Monday 14 January 2019. |
Investigative Report on Discrimination on the Basis of Political Affiliation, Kadoma (Mashonaland West) 2018 | Dec 16, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Dec 31, 2018 |
| Investigative Report on Discrimination on the Basis of Political Affiliation, Kadoma (Mashonaland West) 2018 |
Investigative Report on Chitungwiza Political Violence (Harare Province) 2018 | Dec 16, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Dec 31, 2017 |
| Political Violence |
Election and Post Election Statement 9 August 2018 | Dec 16, 2019 | Elections & violence | Aug 9, 2018 |
| The Commission issued its preliminary election monitoring report on the 2nd of August 2018 covering the period up to 31 July 2018. This statement is therefore a summary of findings on the election related human rights situation by the ZHRC in the period from 1 August to 6 August 2018. |
Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Act | Dec 16, 2019 | Institutional reform | Oct 12, 2020 |
| AN ACT to provide for the procedure of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission; to provide for the appointment of the Deputy Chairperson, Executive Secretary and staff of the Commission; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing. |
SADC NHRIs Memorandum of Understanding | Dec 16, 2019 | Institutional reform | Nov 22, 2017 |
| SADC NHRIs Memorandum of Understanding |
NPRC NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2019 | Dec 9, 2019 | Institutional reform | Nov 30, 2019 |
| The newsletter covers activities by the NPRC and also shares NTJWG activities. |
BILL WATCH 23 2019 Update on Bills and Government Gazettes 5 to 19 April 2019 | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Apr 22, 2019 |
| This Bill was gazetted in the Government Gazette dated 19th April [released to the public on 17th April ahead of the public holidays on 18th and 19th April]. |
BILL WATCH 30 2019 Tripartite Negotiating Forum Act Gazetted and Coming up in Parliament This Week | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jun 11, 2019 |
| The Tripartite Negotiating Forum Act, 2019 (Act No. 3 of 2019) was gazetted and came into force on Tuesday 4th June [Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 4th June 2019]. |
BILL WATCH 31 2019 Progress on Bills | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jun 21, 2019 |
| Both the National Assembly and the Senate sat last week and this week. Two Bills were passed and progress made on two others. |
BILL WATCH 32 2019 Only RTGS Dollars are Legal Tender | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jun 24, 2019 |
| This morning an important statutory instrument was published in a Government Gazette Extraordinary: the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (Legal Tender) Regulations, 2019 (SI 142 of 2019). The instrument can be viewed on the Veritas website |
BILL WATCH 33 2019 Monetary Policy and the Rule of Law | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 4, 2019 |
| SI 142 of 2019 [link] ‒ the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (Legal Tender) Regulations, 2019, to give it its full name ‒ declared that the Zimbabwe dollar should be the sole legal tender in Zimbabwe for all transactions. |
BILL WATCH 37 2019 In Parliament 16 18 July and Coming up 23 25 July | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 23, 2019 |
| The Marriages Bill, 2019 [H.B. 7, 2019] was gazetted on Friday 19th July. The Bill can be downloaded from the Veritas website [link]. For our analysis of the Bill see Bill Watch 36/2019 of 22nd July |
BILL WATCH 38 2019 Parliament Invites Public Comments on Three Bills | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 25, 2019 |
| Parliament has in separate public notices dated 23rd July invited the public to make comments on the above-mentioned Bills. In each case the deadline for receipt of written submissions is Friday next week, 2nd August. |
BILL WATCH 39 2019 PLC Report on MOPO Bill | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 29, 2019 |
| On the 24th July the Deputy Speaker of Parliament announced that the Parliamentary Legal Committee had issued an adverse report on the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill, meaning that the Committee had found some provisions of the Bill to be unconstitutional. The report can be seen on the Veritas website [link] as can the Bill itself [link]. |
BILL WATCH 40 2019 The Freedom of Information Bill | Dec 9, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 30, 2019 |
| On Friday 5th July the Freedom of Information Bill was published in the Gazette; it is available on the Veritas website |
BILL WATCH 41 2019 Supplementary Budget Due on 1st August; plus Parlliamentary Roundup | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 31, 2019 |
| Both the Senate and the National Assembly will continue sitting this week, the third week of the current series of sittings. |
BILL WATCH 42 2019 Mid Year Budget Review & Supplementary Budget Presented | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 4, 2019 |
| On Thursday 2nd August the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Hon Mthuli Ncube, presented his 2019 Mid-Year Budget Review and Supplementary Budget to the National Assembly. President Mnangagwa attended the presentation. Opposition MDC-A MPs did not |
Bill Watch 43 2019 Media Commission Bill Gazetted & Budget and MOPO Bills passed by National Assembly 0 | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 9, 2019 |
| Both Houses of Parliament sat this week. The Senate sat on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th August and then adjourned until Tuesday 27th August. The National Assembly sat on Tuesday, Wednesday and yesterday before also adjourning to Tuesday 27th August |
BILL WATCH 44 2019 Amendments to the Maaintenance of Peace and Order Bill | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 12, 2019 |
| At a sitting that started on 8th August and ended at 4.10 am on 9th August the National Assembly passed the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill with amendments, most of which were intended to meet objections raised by the Parliamentary Legal Committee [PLC] in its adverse report on the Bill. |
BILL WATCH 45 2019 President Orders Special Senate Sitting on Wednesday 14th August | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 12, 2019 |
| By furious fast-tracking of business on Wednesday 8th [they sat until 10.39 pm] and Thursday 9th [until 4.10 am on Friday morning] the National Assembly managed to pass, not only the Finance (No. 2) Bill and the Appropriation Supplementary (2019) Bill [the two Budget bills], but also, with amendments, the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill |
BILL WATCH 46 2019 SADC Summit in Dar es Salaam 17 18 August | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 22, 2019 |
| The 39th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania last weekend. All sixteen SADC member States were represented. |
BILL WATCH 47 2019 Supplementary Budget Acts gazetted & MOPO Bill delayed | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 26, 2019 |
| Recalled from their recess by the President to conduct special business [see Bill Watch 45/2019 of 12th August [link] – Senators assembled on Wednesday 14th August for a single sitting that lasted for just over eight hours, with the adjournment until Tuesday 27th August coming at 10.37 pm. |
BILL WATCH 48 2019 MOPO passed & Parliament Sitting Again This Week | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 3, 2019 |
| On Tuesday 27th August the Senate received the Parliamentary Legal Committee [PLC]'s non-adverse report on the amendment to clause 7(5) of the Bill made at its special sitting on 14th August. |
BILL WATCH 50 2019 New Measures to Outlaw Use of Forex in Zimbabwe | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 29, 2019 |
| Three months ago, when the Minister of Finance and Economic Development gazetted SI 142/2019 [link] declaring RTGS dollars to be the only legal tender in Zimbabwe, press headlines referred to the "outlawing" of the use of the US dollars and other foreign currencies in Zimbabwe. Ministers and officials said the same thing. |
BILL WATCH 49 2019Parliament Sits This Week to end its First Session | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 24, 2019 |
| There will be a ceremonial opening of the Second Session on Tuesday 1st October. During this opening the President will present his State of the Nation Address [SONA] and outline the legislative agenda for this session. |
BILL WATCH 51 2019 Last Week in Parliament & Second Session Opened Today 1st October | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 1, 2019 |
| President Mnangagwa opened the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe at a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament in the National Assembly today. |
BILL WATCH 52 2019 Update on Statutory Instruments Part 1 | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 16, 2019 |
| The purpose of this bulletin and another to follow soon is to provide, in two Parts, an update on Government Gazettes and statutory instruments from 1st August to date which have not been noted previously in our bulletins. |
BILL WATCH 53 2019 Update on Statutory Instruments Part 2 | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 20, 2019 |
| This bulletin continues where Bill Watch 52 of 16th October [“Statutory Instruments: Part 1]” [link] stopped; it will deal with Government Gazettes from SI 205/2019 of 20th September up to SI 221/2019 of 18th October. |
BILL WATCH 54 2019 Both Houses Resume Sittings Today | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 22, 2019 |
| The Second Session of this Parliament – the Ninth Parliament of Parliament [and second Parliament under the 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe] was officially opened by President Mnangagwa on Tuesday 1st October at a joint sitting of both Houses. |
BILL WATCH 55 2019 Legislative Output of 2018 2019 Parliamentary Session | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 24, 2019 |
| When opening the current session of Parliament on 1st October the President criticised Parliament’s low output of Bills during the last session |
BILL WATCH 56 2019 International Treaties Bill | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 30, 2019 |
| It has always been difficult to find out which international treaties are binding on Zimbabwe. This is partly because the procedures by which Zimbabwe becomes a party to treaties are not transparent, and partly because the government has not published a treaty list ‒ i.e. a list of the treaties that are binding on this country ‒ for nearly 20 years. |
BILL WATCH 57 2019 Update on Parliamentary Sittings 22 24 October | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 7, 2019 |
| Both Houses will reconvene next week, having adjourned until Tuesday 12th November after their last sittings on 24th October. In the meantime, MPs and Ministers have been attending the pre-Budget Seminar at Victoria Falls from 30th October to 4th November. |
BILL WATCH 58 2019 In Parliament This Week Bills & 2020 Budget Presentation | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 11, 2019 |
| The Senate and the National Assembly last sat on Thursday 24th October. Since then MPs have been occupied mainly with Budget business. |
BILL WATCH 59 2019 The 2020 National Budget Presentation | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 14, 2019 |
| The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube, presented the 2020 National Budget to the National Assembly this afternoon |
Bill Watch 60 2019 The New Ministerial Line Up | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 15, 2019 |
| On Friday 8th November the Office of the President and Cabinet announced changes made by President Mnangagwa to his Ministerial line-up with immediate effect. The following tables show the complete Ministerial line-up including the changes, in alphabetical order by name of Ministry. |
BILL WATCH 62 2019 Non Budget Business in the National Assembly Last Week | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 21, 2019 |
| The 2020 National Budget Presentation on 14th November, noted briefly in Bill Watch 59/2019 [link], was not the only important event of the last Parliamentary week. This bulletin is to update readers on other noteworthy developments in the National Assembly that occurred last week. |
BILL WATCH 64 2019 Coming up in the National Assembly This Week | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 26, 2019 |
| Resumption of the Budget debate is on the Order Paper for today, Tuesday 26th November. |
BILL WATCH 65 2019 Progress on Bills, but not on Budget | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 1, 2019 |
| Last week, only the National Assembly was in session. |
BILL WATCH 67 2019 ZIDA Bill Passed, Progress Made on Money Laundering Bill & Coroner's Office Bill | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 6, 2019 |
| Bill Watch 65/2019 contained speculation that Parliament would, as it has done in past years, have a ten-day break to allow ZANU PF MPs to attend to their party obligations in connection with the ZANU PF Annual Conference. |
Maintenance of Peace Order Act Act 9 of 2019 0 | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 30, 2019 |
| AN ACT to make provision for the maintenance of peace, order and security in Zimbabwe; to repeal the Public Order and Security Act [Chapter 11:17]; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. |
Midlands State University Law Review 2017 Vol III ARTICLE I | Dec 9, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2017 |
| The article reviews the Judgement with a view to unpack how it affects the socio-legal landscape of Zimbabwe. |
Press Statement by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) on the Political Situation in Zimbabwe 16 November 2017 1 | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 16, 2017 |
| Statement about the Political situation in Zimbabwe in November 2017 |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 7 2017 ZHRC Internatioinal Human Rights Day | Dec 2, 2019 | Memorialization | Dec 12, 2017 |
| The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission hosted the International Human Rights Day Commemorations on Friday the 8th of December 2017. The event was held at Takashinga Cricket Club in Highfield. International Human Rights Day is celebrated each year on 10 December globally since 1948 when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 5 2017 ZHRC Press Statement on the Political Situation in Zimbabwe | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 16, 2017 |
| The ZHRC is encouraged by assurances by the military concerning the imperative to uphold constitutionalism and values of justice, non-violence, human rights and freedoms in resolving the current political situation. |
Commissions Watch 3 2017 Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Report on Food Distribution | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | May 5, 2017 |
| In Parliament recently, the Deputy Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare made a Ministerial Statement on the Government’s Food Deficit Mitigation Programme, which was repeated in the Senate the following day. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 2 2017 ZHRC report on Tokwe Mukosi Floods 23 March 2017 | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 23, 2017 |
| This bulletin is the first of several that will draw attention to and summarise reports of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission on investigations carried out since the Commission became operational. |
Commissions Watch 7 2016 Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Press Statement on Public Protests and Police Conduct | Dec 2, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Aug 30, 2017 |
| This bulletin contains the exact text of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission’s Press Statement on public protests and police conduct. |
Commissions Watch 6 2016 Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Six Vacancies Filled | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 18, 2016 |
| This bulletin is an update on the membership of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission [ZEC] following its return to full strength with the filling of six vacancies last month. |
Commissions Watch 5 2016 Government Withdraws National Peace & Reconciliation Commission Bill | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | May 11, 2016 |
| In the National Assembly yesterday, Tuesday 10th May, the Minister of State in Vice-President Mphoko’s office, Hon Tabitha Kanengoni, withdrew the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission Bill in terms of Standing Order 157. |
Commissions Watch 4 2016 Public Interviews of Electoral Commission Candidates Candidates' Names & Other Details | Dec 2, 2019 | Institutional reform | May 5, 2016 |
| This bulletin follows up Commissions Watch 3/2016 with further information about the public interviews to be conducted by Parliament’s Committee on Standing Rules and Orders [CSRO] on Monday 9th May, starting at 9.00 am sharp |
Commissions Watch 3 2016 Public Interviews of Electoral Commission Candidates | Dec 2, 2019 | Institutional reform | May 4, 2016 |
| This bulletin is to give advance notice that the public interviews of candidates nominated for appointment as members of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission [ZEC] will be conducted at Parliament on Monday 9th May |
Commissions Watch 2 2016 Human Rights Commission May Outreach Programme | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | May 3, 2016 |
| This bulletin is to remind readers about this month’s segment of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission’s APRIL-JULY OUTREACH PROGRAMME that will take the Commission to the people of Zimbabwe all round the country. |
Commissions Watch 1 2016 Taking the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission to the People | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Apr 17, 2017 |
| This bulletin introduces the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission’s APRILJULY OUTREACH PROGRAMME that will take the Commission to the people of Zimbabwe all-round the country. |
Zimbabwe National Assembly Portfolio Committees October 2018 | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 31, 2018 |
| Zimbabwe National Assembly Portfolio Committees October 2018 |
Zimbabwe Senate Thematic Committees October 2018 | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 31, 2018 |
| Zimbabwe Senate Thematic Committees October 2018 |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 25 Sept Commission of Inquiry into Post Election Violence | Dec 2, 2019 | Elections & violence | Sep 25, 2018 |
| On the 14th September the President published a proclamation (No 6 of 2018) establishing the Commission [The proclamation can be viewed on the Veritas website – link] and the seven Commissioners were sworn in on the 19th September. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 27th March ZHRC Press Statement on Doctors' Strike | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 26, 2018 |
| The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has taken note of and is concerned about the impasse between the Government of Zimbabwe and members of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors’ Association (ZHDA) who have been on strike since the 1st of March 2018. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 13th February National Peace and Reconciliation Commission Consultations | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Feb 13, 2018 |
| National Peace and Reconciliation Commission Consultations |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 11th February National Peace and Reconciliation Commission Commissioner | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Feb 11, 2018 |
| National Peace and Reconciliation Commission Commissioner |
Commissions Watch 17 August 2019 ZHRC Press Statement on the Planned Demonstrations | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 17, 2019 |
| The press statement was issued by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission on 15th August 2019 ahead of the mass demonstrations planned for 16th August. |
NPRC Press Statement Feb 2019 | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Feb 27, 2019 |
| Today the 31 st of January 201 9, the NPRC acting in terms of its mandate provided for in Section 252 (d) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (Number 20) of 201 3 initiated a planning process for National Dialogue with key stakeholders who included Government, Traditional Leaders, the Church, Arts and Culture, Civil Society, Business, Academia, Persons with Disabilities, Women and Youth among others. The objective of the meeting was to jointly develop a framework for a comprehensive dialogue process. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 17th July 2019 [POWERS OF ARREST FOR ZACC OFFICERS WHAT IT MEANS] | Dec 2, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jul 17, 2019 |
| Over the years the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission [ZACC] has been at the receiving end of insults and derision from the general public, which felt it was doing less than it should to contain corruption. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 19th June Anti Corruption Commission Candidates New Timetable for Public Interviews Friday 21st June | Dec 2, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jun 19, 2019 |
| Our Commissions Watch bulletin dated 8th June [link] gave advance notice of the public interviews to be held at Parliament of the 38 short-listed candidates for appointment to fill eight vacancies in the membership of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission [ZACC]. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 8 June 2019 ZACC Vacancies Candidates to be Interviewed 21 June 2019 | Dec 2, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jun 8, 2019 |
| On 31st January this year the then chairperson and all the eight members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission resigned. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 28 May 2019 Parliament Calls for Nominations to Fill One Vacancy on Human Rights Commission | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | May 28, 2019 |
| There is one vacancy to be filled on the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission following the resignation of Commissioner C. T. Khombe before the expiry of his term of office. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 21 March 2019 133 candidates for ZACC's 8 Vacancies | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 21, 2019 |
| Veritas draws attention to the Parliament of Zimbabwe’s public notice announcing the names of the 133 persons in respect of whom nomination documents have been submitted for appointment as members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 15 February 2019 Parliament Calls for Public Nominations for Appointment to ZACC | Dec 2, 2019 | Institutional reform | Feb 15, 2019 |
| Following the resignation of the chairperson and all the members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission on the 31st January, the President must appoint persons to replace them. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 26 January 2019 NPRC Press Statement on its National Dialogue process | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jan 21, 2019 |
| The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission is concerned by the deteriorating political and economic situation in the country. The NPRC is therefore initiating a multi-stakeholder consultative dialogue process. |
COMMISSIONS WATCH 31 Jan Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry Report | Dec 2, 2019 | Extra-judicial Killings | Jan 31, 2019 |
| Recent disorders in our major cities, and the tragic killing of 12 or more people, give new relevance to the report and recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry [the Motlanthe Commission] set up to investigate the violence and shootings that followed last year’s election. |
Commissions Watch 17 August 2019 UN High Commissisoner for Human Rights on Zimbabwe Demonstrations | Dec 2, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 17, 2019 |
| Statement by Spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on 16th August 2019 Demonstrations in Harare |
APCJ Dec2010 Vol3 Num2 | Nov 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Dec 31, 2010 |
| The APCJ is a refereed journal with a panel of international editorial advisors and readers. All articles are anonymously peer reviewed by at least two referees. |
ZCBC Golden Jubilee | Nov 26, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 30, 2019 |
| Celebrating a golden jubilee is a significant milestone for every individual or organization as this chronicles a journey travelled with joys, trials and tribulations. |
CCJP Strategic document | Nov 26, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Apr 16, 2019 |
| Strategic Plan for Constitution Dissemination, Education and Awareness in Fourteen (14) Officially Recognised Languages. |
The Zim We Want | Nov 26, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jun 30, 2018 |
| This document is an invitation to all Zimbabweans and all friends of Zimbabwe to dialogue with us so that we can together define a national vision of the Zimbabwe we want and agree on strategies on how to get there. |
Statement by youth leaders from 20 Zimbabwe Political Parties following Youth | Nov 26, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jun 28, 2019 |
| Statement by youth leaders from 20 Zimbabwe Political Parties following Youth Political Party Dialogues with the Security Sector and Chapter 12 Commissions convened by the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) on 7 June and 28 June 2019 respectively. |
Pastoral letter food and security | Nov 26, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 15, 2015 |
| A Pastoral Letter of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference On the Current Food Security Crisis in Our Country. |
ZCTU Constitution (2015) | Nov 26, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2015 |
| One of the objectives of the Congress is to represent the Zimbabwe labour movement in international fora and promote friendship, cooperation, solidarity and fraternal understanding with other trade union movements, progressive institutions and mass organizations whose aims and principles coincide with those of the Congress |
Labour Law Reform Brochure | Nov 26, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 30, 2017 |
| The theme in this campaign is Harmonisation of Labour Laws to comply with International Labour Standards'. Kindly find below a summary of the shortcomings in our labour law and the workers' demands. |
Commission of Inquiry Report | Nov 26, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2009 |
| Report of the Commission of Inquiry appointed under article 26 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization to examine the observance by the Government of Zimbabwe of the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), and the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) |
Special Economic Zones Act [Chapter 14 34] (1) | Nov 26, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 31, 2016 |
| AN ACT to provide for the establishment of the Zimbabwe Special Economic Zones Authority and to provide for the functions thereof; to provide for the constitution and functions of the Special Economic Zones Board; to provide for the establishment of special economic zones,and the administration, control, regulatory measures and incentives in connection therewith; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing. |
Public Service Act | Nov 26, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 15, 1996 |
| ACT to make further provision for the Public Service Commission and its functions; to provide for the constitution and administration of the Public Service and the conditions of service of its members; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. |
Labour Amendment Act 2015 | Nov 26, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2015 |
| ACT tO amend the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01J; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. |
Health Services Act | Nov 26, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Feb 25, 2005 |
| Act to provide for the establishment of the Health Service Board and its functions; to constitute the Health Service and to provide for its administration and the conditions of service of its members; to provide for the transfer of persons engaged in public health service delivery from the Public Service to the Health Service and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. |
Constitution Watch 2 2018 Leader of the Opposition | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 25, 2018 |
| In countries that have adopted the Westminster model of parliamentary government,the post of Leader of the Opposition is a semi-official parliamentary post given to the leader of the main opposition party or group in Parliament. The post is largely symbolic, but the symbolism is very important. |
Constitution Watch 1 2018 Need to Implement Constitution section 210 | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 18, 2018 |
| The section provides for setting up an independent body to receive and investigate complaints against the security services [i.e. the Police Service, the Defence Forces, the State intelligence services and the Prisons and Correctional Service]. |
Constitution Watch 9 2017 After impeachment, what then | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 20, 2017 |
| In this Constitution Watch we shall indicate what can and should be done after Parliament has completed impeachment proceedings and resolved that the President should be removed from office. |
Constitution Watch 09 2019 Death in Custody Rights of Prisoners | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 27, 2019 |
| Section 50(5)(c) of the Constitution provides that anyone who is detained has the right to communicate with, and be visited by, their relatives, their chosen religious counsellor, their chosen lawyer and their chosen medical practitioner. |
Constitution Watch 7 2019 ID Checks at Roadblocks Are They Legal 0 | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 5, 2019 |
| As long ago as 1997 our Supreme Court ruled that arbitrarily stopping either people or vehicles infringes the constitutional right to freedom of movement, though the court held that the random stopping of vehicles to check for vehicle defects could be regarded as a justifiable limitation if it was done for the purpose of ensuring safety on the roads. |
CONSTITUTION WATCH 8 2019 Can Statutory Instruments Amend Acts of Parliament | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 19, 2019 |
| Several Acts of Parliament contain provisions permitting the President or a Minister to make statutory instruments ‒ regulations, orders and so on ‒ which amend the Acts themselves. |
Constitution Watch 5 2019 Legality of Searches by Soldiers | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Feb 28, 2019 |
| A search of a person’s home or property is an infringement of their right to privacy,guaranteed by section 57 of the Constitution. |
Constitution Watch 4 2019 Criminal Nuisance and the Right to Protest | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Feb 18, 2019 |
| What is criminal nuisance and how does it affect the right to demonstrate guaranteed by section 59 of the Constitution? |
Constitution Watch 3 2019 Security Forces Still no Independent Public Complaints Mechanism | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Feb 7, 2019 |
| Section 210 of the Constitution provides for the investigation of complaints against the security services [i.e. the Police Service, the Defence Forces, the State intelligence services and the Prisons and Correctional Service]. |
Constitution Watch 2 2019 Internet Shutdown | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jan 19, 2019 |
| In this bulletin we shall examine the legality of the Internet shut-downs against the background of the Constitution, international law and the Interception of Communications Act. |
Constitution Watch 1 2019 Lethal Force and the Use of the Military to Maintain Order | Nov 25, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jan 17, 2019 |
| In this Constitution Watch we shall look at the degree of force that may be used to maintain law and order, and at the circumstances in which military personnel may be called upon to assist the police for that purpose. |
Constitution Watch 6 2019 Why Hasn't Zimbabwe Adopted the UN Convention Against Torture | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jun 28, 2019 |
| Yet another 26th June has come and gone without Zimbabwe having adopted the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [CAT]. |
Financial adjustments Bill HB. 19 | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 31, 2019 |
| FINANCIAL ADJUSTMENTS BILL, 2019 |
SI 2019 246 Collective Bargaining Agreement Medical and Allied Industry | Nov 25, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jul 31, 2019 |
| Collective Bargaining Agreement: Medical and Allied Industry |
SEOM Statement | Nov 25, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jul 21, 2018 |
| STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE TETE ANTONIO, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA AND HEAD OF THE SADC ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION (SEOM) TO THE 2018 HARMONISED ELECTIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE. |
Zimbabwe 2018 COG Report Final | Nov 25, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jul 30, 2018 |
| Zimbabwe’s 2018 elections were the first to be observed by the Commonwealth in 16 years. The Commonwealth last observed Zimbabwe’s 2002 Presidential Election. As such, this observation mission provided a unique opportunity to accompany Zimbabwe on a critical leg of its democratic journey. |
IRI NDI Observation Report 2018 final | Nov 25, 2019 | Elections & violence | Dec 31, 2018 |
| The International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) organized the Zimbabwe International Election Observation Mission (ZIEOM) for the 2018 Zimbabwe presidential, parliamentary, and local government elections (referred to locally as “harmonized” elections). |
SANCTIONS AND ZIMBABWE FINAL [Derek] | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 11, 2019 |
| The Government of Zimbabwe blames the country’s steep economic decline in the decades after 2000, on sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, particularly those of the EU and US. The Government has framed these measures as an international trade embargo against Zimbabwe and, because they do not have the imprimatur of the United Nations Security Council, maintain that they are illegal. |
Statutory Instruments January 8 November 2019 List | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 8, 2019 |
| STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS OF 2019 |
Bill Watch 63 2019 Chairing of Parliamentary Committees | Nov 25, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 24, 2019 |
| ZANU-PF versus MDC-A : Chairing of Parliamentary Committees |
Joint press statement Second formal dialogue meeting between EU and Zim | Nov 25, 2019 | Institutional reform | Nov 21, 2019 |
| The meeting provided for the continuation of a wide-ranging engagement on priorities, shared objectives and areas for collaboration including: economic developments, trade and investment; human rights, democratisation, rule of law and good governance; development cooperation; humanitarian impact and climate change as well as global and regional matters. |
ZPP January MMR 2019 | Nov 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jan 31, 2019 |
| The data collected reported six hundred and eighty eight human rights violations, which have been incorporated into the Shutdown Atrocities Report of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (of which ZPP is member). |
Who will guide the guides | Nov 22, 2019 | Elections & violence | Nov 21, 2019 |
| On 20 November 2019, supporters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A) gathered at the party headquarters in Harare for the Hope of the Nation Address which was scheduled to be addressed by the party President Nelson Chamisa. The hostile response by the police who indiscriminately beat the crowd with baton sticks, with booted feet and fired tear gas in the busy Central Business District resulted in many citizens involved in their daily business being injured or bundled into police vehicles. |
Hear Them Cry Report | Nov 22, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Nov 27, 2019 |
| This report gives a detailed analysis of the direct and structural violence against children. On structural violence it addresses the defects in the legal framework and the structures that are supposed to protect children and expose the loopholes and notoriety of the system. |
Healthworkers veiws on the constitution | Nov 21, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Feb 19, 2010 |
| This submission contains a compilation of the views of more than 400 health workers consulted by the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights about their views on the new Constitution. |
ZIM NGO Forum 2017 Annual Report | Nov 5, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 12, 2018 |
| This report presents the work of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum for the period beginning January 2017 to December 2017.The report takes into account the strategic pathway which drove the organisation and the operational challenges it faced together with its members. |
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum State of Human Rights Report 2018 | Nov 5, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Oct 16, 2019 |
| This report covers the state of human rights in Zimbabwe in the year 2018. While it is impossible to capture and record every single incident that happened in the year, the report presents and analyses key events and incidences that shaped the human rights landscape, as well as compliance,accountability and impunity. |
Anti-Impunity update | Nov 5, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 16, 2019 |
| The alert highlights that failure by the government to honour court judgments in favour of victims of human rights violations by the police and the military, is actually a human rights violation. |
Statement to the African Commission 65TH session | Nov 5, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 24, 2019 |
| Statement to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights at the 65th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights under Agenda Item 4e |
Human Rights July 2019 Newsletter | Nov 5, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 31, 2019 |
| The newsletter talks about the human rights developments in the country and keeps people informed on how "The Forum" worked for the realization and enjoyment of the rights of Zimbabwean people in the month of July. |
Human Rights June 2019 Newsletter | Nov 5, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jun 28, 2019 |
| The newsletter talks about the human rights developments in the country and keeps people informed on how "The Forum" worked for the realization and enjoyment of the rights of Zimbabwean people in the month of June. |
ANTI IMPUNITY REPORT | Nov 5, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 31, 2019 |
| This report narrates the level and extent of state agents' level of impunity in Zimbabwe informed by the legal cases that the Forum has been working on since its formation in 1998. |
Report on Pre-election Political Violence in Mberengwa | Apr 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Nov 17, 2000 |
| In the period leading up to elections violence, threats and intimidation were used extensively to coerce voters. Politicians of the ruling party and their supporters made statements indicating that the ballot would not be secret and that reprisals would be taken if people voted in certain ways. |
Report on political violence in Bulawayo, Harare, Manicaland, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South and Midlands | Apr 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 29, 2000 |
| The report outlines several violations which happened in the various provinces against different victims |
“Resolute action to immediately revive the grassroots structures?” Or Crimes Against Humanity? | Apr 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2008 |
| In this report, the Human Rights Forum made the very strong allegation that the Government of Zimbabwe is complicit at the least in the commission of Crimes against Humanity. |
ENFORCING THE RULE OF LAW
IN ZIMBABWE
| Apr 11, 2019 | Institutional reform | Sep 30, 2001 |
| This report examines in some detail the evidence of breaches of the rule of law by the three pillars of the Zimbabwean State. |
Teaching them a lesson:A report on the attack on Zimbabwean teachers
| Apr 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 20, 2002 |
| The attack of teachers has been ongoing against the backdrop of violence being perpetrated against civil servants (including district administrators, and nurses) by ruling party (Zanu PF) supporters, “war veterans” and the youth militia. Violence against teachers has continued unabated since June 2000. |
Stuffed ballots and empty stomachs | Apr 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jul 31, 2005 |
| This report considers the actual period of voting and the first one hundred days thereafter. |
Only bruises on the soles of their feet:
Falanga in Zimbabwe.
| Apr 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jan 31, 2009 |
| Falanga is unequivocally a form of torture and constitutes a serious criminal assault under Zimbabwean law. This form of torture has become particularly prevalent in the past five years. Although falanga has been reported in previous decades, it now appears to be very widespread indeed, and almost routine, both inside and outside of places of detention. |
The Unleashing of Violence: A report on violence against peaceful protesters in Harare
| Apr 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Apr 30, 2000 |
| As Zimbabwe moves towards the holding of a general election, which, according to President Mugabe, will be held in May 2000, the political situation has become increasingly troubled and violent. There have been violent clashes between supporters of the ruling party, ZANU (PF) and the main political opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). |
Organised Violence and Torture
in Zimbabwe in 1999
| Apr 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 31, 2000 |
| The crisis which began in late 1997 showed little sign of abating during 1999, and all political commentators remain agreed that the severe crisis continuing in Zimbabwe shows little sign of immediate resolution. The President continued to act without consulting Parliament or with respect to the Constitution. |
Who Guards the guards
| Apr 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2006 |
| This report examines the political environment in which the law enforcement agencies have been operating in Zimbabwe since 2000. It explores the extent to which the law enforcement agencies have become instruments of state repression, and the extent to which the abuses by these agencies are officially condoned, sanctioned or encouraged by their commanders and by the political leaders under whose auspices these agencies operate. |
Who was responsible? Alleged perpetrators and their crimes during the 2000 Parliamentary Election period | Apr 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jul 31, 2001 |
| This report is a follow-up to “Who is Responsible?: A preliminary analysis of pre-election violence in Zimbabwe”, which was released in June 2000 by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum. It sought to catalog emerging allegations of gross human rights violations committed during the run-up period to the June 2000 Parliamentary Elections and aimed to establish certain facts about the nature of political violence during that time. |
Transitional Justice in pretransitional times1 | Apr 11, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 30, 2016 |
| This study is based on the major premise that Zimbabwe has had only one major transition that is from colonial settler rule in 1980, although there have been some political accommodations such as the 1997 Unity Accord and the 2008 Global Political Agreement. |
Revisiting The Commonwealth and Zimbabwe: What is to be done?
| Apr 11, 2019 | Institutional reform | Nov 30, 2007 |
| Zimbabwe’s pro tem suspension from the Councils of the Commonwealth for a period of one year was announced in a statement from Marlborough House on 19th March 2002. This suspension implemented a prior warning to the Zimbabwe government by the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group that a poor report on the Presidential Election of 2002 would result in punitive action by the Commonwealth. |
Adding insult to injury. A Preliminary Report on Human Rights Violations on Commercial Farms, 2000 to 2005. | Apr 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Apr 30, 2007 |
| Widespread human rights violations were inflicted upon white farmers and black farm workers by agents of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s government during the seizures of whiteowned farms from 2000 to 2005. |
If you cant join them, beat them:Post election violence Zimbabwe 2008 | Apr 11, 2019 | Elections & violence | May 5, 2008 |
| This document, and the factual assertions herein, is based on reports of the ensuing violence received from civic organisations and those published in the press. |
An Analysis of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum Legal Cases, 1998–2006
| Apr 11, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 30, 2006 |
| The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (Human Rights Forum) was established after the Food Riots in 1998 as human rights groups and NGOs in Harare swung into action following the many reports of human rights violations. |
Human rights report on Zimbabwe 2009 | Apr 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 30, 2006 |
| This report is a collaborative effort between the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (The Forum) to have a competent, national and collective human rights appraisal of Zimbabwe that can be an addition and alternative to external Zimbabwe human rights assessments. |
“A Woman’s Place is in the Home?” – Gender Based Violence and Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe.
| Apr 11, 2019 | Gender | Dec 31, 2006 |
| This report, examining the violent and turbulent years between 2000 and 2006, shows that Zimbabwe has been no exception in this regard. |
Condemned by their own words | Apr 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Apr 30, 2007 |
| The utterances of political leaders can be very revealing. Their commitment to democracy and human rights is most tested when there is a serious challenge to their continued hold on power or when they attract heavy criticism. At such times, the leaders either display political tolerance or they lash out at their critics and opponents. Leaders with repressive tendencies will turn to repression; leaders who respect democracy will not. |
ZIMBABWE’S FAILURE TO MEET THE BENCHMARKS IN THE COTONOU AGREEMENT
| Apr 11, 2019 | Institutional reform | Nov 30, 2006 |
| The Cotonou Agreement introduces various instruments designed to ensure compliance, firstly through dialogue under article 8 and then through the enforcement mechanisms of article 96. Section 2(a) of the latter article provides that if the political dialogue procedures fail to gain compliance, and the formal consultation procedures likewise fail to yield a solution acceptable to both parties, “appropriate measures” may be taken. |
At best a falsehood at worst a lie | Apr 11, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 31, 2007 |
| The reports of the ZRP reveal that, in the minds of numerous ZRP officers, the exercise of freedom of expression by opposition groups is so obviously undesirable and criminal it is assumed the reader will, like the police officers in question, regard the actual criminal charge preferred as a mere legal detail. |
Zimbabwe's Multilayered crisis | Apr 8, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jun 30, 2010 |
| The deteriorating economic conditions that prevailed from the early 1990s onward contributed to the rise in popularity of the MDC. Arguably, the decline began with the World Bank/IMF-inspired Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP) in the early 1990s, which led to rapid de-industrialisation, growing unemployment and severe erosion of living standards. |
What options for Zimbabwe | Apr 8, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 31, 2010 |
| The central purpose of the Briefing is to consider the options open to the central protagonists in this process, within the context of the balance of power and relations of force within the country and the region, while also contextualising the international dimension. |
The Hard Road to Reform | Apr 8, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Apr 13, 2011 |
| Since the signing and initiation of the Global Political Agreement in Zimbabwe in September 2008 and February 2009 respectively, the politics of the country has been convulsed with a recurring set of problems even as it has allowed for a certain political and economic stabilization. The agreement, with its attendant Inclusive Government, was set up to establish the conditions for a free and fair election. |
The Global Political Agreement and the Unity Accord in Zimbabwe | Apr 8, 2019 | Institutional reform | Feb 28, 2009 |
| Those with reservations about the Global political agreement frequently refer to the Unity Accord of 1987 in which the opposition party ZAPU was swallowed up by ZANU PF, as providing a salutary lesson to those who attempt to govern side by side with ZANU PF |
The End of A Road: The 2013 Elections in Zimbabwe | Apr 8, 2019 | Elections & violence | Oct 31, 2013 |
| The aim of this report is to provide succinct coverage of the election that brought the GPA to a close and also provide some pointers to the future of Zimbabwean politics. |
Perils and Pitfalls-Migrants and deportation in South Africa
| Apr 8, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jun 5, 2012 |
| South Africa receives more asylum seekers than any other country in the world with people mainly coming from Zimbabwe, the DRC, Burundi, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia, as well as from countries further afield to escape poverty, insecurity and political turmoil. |
No War in Zimbabwe | Apr 8, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 30, 2004 |
| Zimbabweans are now the second biggest group of foreign Africans in South Africa. Yet there is little formal information available on their situation. Very few are being officially recorded as political refugees. Some Zimbabweans claim that it is hard to access asylum seeker status. It was the intention of the authors to investigate these allegations, as well as to establish other problems and issues of relevance to Zimbabweans in South Africa. |
Hard Times Nov 2011 | Apr 8, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 2, 2011 |
| Residents of Matebeleland and Bulawayo are facing particular challenges within a greater Zimbabwean context that remains very difficult for all low income families. Households scattered throughout Matebeleland are already dealing with severe hunger. |
A Fractured Nation | Apr 8, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 30, 2010 |
| This report follows up on previous OM research conducted by SPT in 2005 and 2006 and build on narratives of the lives of particular families and informal settlements from 2005 to 2010. The story is a grim one with many of those we remembered now prematurely dead, and others living in unspeakable poverty. |
Desperate lives, twilight words: How a million Zimbabweans live Without official sanction or sanctuary in South Africa | Apr 8, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 31, 2010 |
| The Crisis of immigration into South Africa is a direct product of the crisis in Zimbabwe, as economic recovery in Zimbabwe is not likely to occur soon, its biggest export will remain its people. |
The Marange Diamond Fields Report Oct 2011 | Apr 8, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 31, 2011 |
| The discovery of significant alluvial diamond deposits in the Marange area of eastern Zimbabwe [Manicaland Province] in June 2006 should have been a means of salvation for the virtually bankrupt country after ten years of chaos that saw world record inflation and the nation brought to its knees. Instead, it has led to greed, corruption and exploitation on a grand scale, the use of forced labour – both adults and children - horrifying human rights abuses, brutal killings, degradation of the environment and the massive enrichment of a select few. |
WAITING FOR JUSTICE :The Politics of Delay in the Administration of Justice in Torture Cases: Practice, Standards and Responses
| Apr 3, 2019 | Justice & accountability | May 31, 2008 |
| The Report reviews international standards on ‘timeliness’ as well as court judgments and procedures from a number of countries around the world. It formulates a number of important litigation and advocacy strategies for the benefit of lawyers working with torture survivors which are designed to help mount effective responses to both systemic delays and delays in individual torture cases. |
TORTUOUS PATTERNS DESTINED TO REPEAT THEMSELVES IN UPCOMING ELECTION CAMPAIGN | Apr 3, 2019 | Elections & violence | Nov 30, 2004 |
| The analysis in this Report is based on the data contained in the Monthly Violence Reports of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum. Since July 2001, the Forum has been reporting monthly totals of cases of organised violence and torture. |
ZIMBABWE: THE FACE OF TORTURE AND ORGANISED VIOLENCE | Apr 3, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 31, 2005 |
| For the past five years Zimbabwe has been racked by an economic, social, political and human rights crisis, which no one inside or outside of the country has been able to reverse. The European Union, the United States of America and other Western nations have applied selective financial and travel sanctions against President Mugabe and other Zanu-PF leaders, and some of these powers have also made unsuccessful attempts to challenge Zimbabwe’s human rights record in international fora, including the UN General Assembly and the UN Commission on Human Rights. |
ZIMBABWE: FROM IMPUNITY TO ACCOUNTABILITY | Apr 3, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 30, 2004 |
| The Redress Trust is an international NGO whose objectives are to assist torture victims anywhere in the world, and to make accountable all those who perpetuate, aid and abet acts of torture. It has been following closely events in Zimbabwe, and with its considerable experience of the issues involved REDRESS participated in organising the August symposium and presented papers at it. |
THE CASE OF HENRY DOWA: THE UNITED NATIONS & ZIMBABWE UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT | Apr 3, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jan 30, 2004 |
| In May 2003 REDRESS learned that an allegedly notorious Zimbabwean police torturer, Henry Dowa, was in Kosovo. Sources inside and outside of Zimbabwe confirmed that there were numerous serious allegations of torture linked to him, and further investigations revealed that Dowa was part of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) civilian police force (CIVPOL). |
TORTURE IN ZIMBABWE, PAST AND PRESENT
PREVENTION, PUNISHMENT, REPARATION? | Apr 3, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 30, 2005 |
| Zimbabwe has not acceded to the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment nor the statute of the International Criminal Court. There are a number of other specific Commonwealth declarations and principles, which were applicable to Zimbabwe before it left the Commonwealth in 2003. |
Zimbabwe Mission Report | Apr 3, 2019 | Elections & violence | Nov 30, 2012 |
| The mission observed that the degree of human rights violations in the country follows a recurring pattern that usually culminates during electoral periods. The country was facing a political deadlock where the leading parties, especially ZANU-PF, were unlikely to reach any agreement likely to improve the political environment, since the MDC considered the implementation of the reforms foreseen by the GPA as a pre-condition for the organisation of elections, while ZANU-PF called for elections as a means to put an end to the prevailing deadlock. |
THE 2005 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION.
FLAWED, UNFREE AND UNFAIR!
| Apr 3, 2019 | Elections & violence | Apr 30, 2005 |
| THIS REPORT COVERS ALL THE REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE NCA DURING THE PRE ELECTION PERIOD (FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2005), THESE BEING FROM ALL PROVINCES EXCEPT MANICALAND COVERING 105 CONSTITUENCIES. A TOTAL OF 383 REPORTS WERE SUBMITTED, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 3 REPORTS PER CONSTITUENCY. |
Organised Violence and Torture in Zimbabwe: Harare and Copenhagen, 6 June 2000 | Apr 3, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jun 6, 2000 |
| The current report is based on information compiled from both a wide range of sources and researched locally by the IRCT delegation. The IRCT delegation visited Zimbabwe from 29 May to 6 June 2000. The delegation comprised Maria Piniou- Kalli, MD, IRCT President and specialist dermatologist, Inge Genefke, MD.DMSc hc, IRCT Secretary-General and specialist neurologist, and Soraya Usmani Martinez, IRCT Project Coordinator for Sub Saharan Africa. |
Consolidated Election Climate Report No1 | Apr 3, 2019 | Elections & violence | Feb 28, 2005 |
| This report covers all the reports received by the NCA for February 2005, coming from 8 Provinces, and 56 Constituencies. It summarises the position that pertained during the last 2 weeks of February. Unfortunately, no data had been submitted from either Manicaland or Mashonaland West by the time of writing, but it is submitted that the data nonetheless do give a good overview of the national picture in February 2005. |
Zimbabwe at the Cross-Roads: Views of Zimbabwean citizens on democracy and transitional justice. | Apr 3, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jan 30, 2005 |
| This analysis, which included Zimbabwe, showed that, on average, Zimbabweans were highly dissatisfied with the state of democracy in their country, but that the winners were more satisfied than either the losers or the non-partisan, but also that the non-partisan were slightly more dissatisfied than the losers. This analysis was based on the data from the 1999 Afrobarometer survey, but one can see from the 2004 survey that this conclusion would still hold. |
ROUNDTABLE ON THE INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE | Apr 3, 2019 | Institutional reform | Sep 30, 2009 |
| The meeting was convened with a view to obtaining an informed and nuanced view, from the perspective of key stakeholders, of Zimbabwe's Inclusive Government (IG). While various large gatherings of human rights NGO's have met to consider issues relevant to the IG, it was the feeling of the conveners that these meetings have been unwieldy and that opinions expressed at these meetings often have been tempered by the institutional concerns of the various NGOs, and a frank analysis of Zimbabwe's polity has been lacking. |
TRICK OR TREAT? THE EFFECTS OF THE PRE-ELECTION CLIMATE ON THE POLL IN THE 2005 ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
| Apr 3, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jun 30, 2005 |
| In Zimbabwe, in the past five years, elections have been elevated to the only constitutive principle for determining legitimacy, aided considerably by the position of the African nations, and South Africa in particular. |
“They Beat Me like a Dog”
Political Persecution of Opposition Activists and Supporters in Zimbabwe | Apr 3, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 31, 2008 |
| This report describes abuses by ZANU-PF that continue to take place despite ongoing negotiations between the two parties. Hundreds of MDC activists who fled the violence in the weeks before the June 27 runoff remain in hiding while “war veterans” and youth militia continue to terrorize villagers in the rural areas. |
All Over Again : Human Rights Abuses and Flawed Electoral Conditions in Zimbabwe’s Coming General Elections | Apr 3, 2019 | Elections & violence | Mar 31, 2008 |
| On March 29, 2008, Zimbabweans will participate in presidential, parliamentary, senatorial, and local government elections synchronized for the first time, following changes to Zimbabwe’s constitution in September 2007. As the elections near, all indications are that once again the people of Zimbabwe will not be able to freely exercise their civil and political rights and vote for the candidates of their choice. |
Race Against Time The Need for Legal and Institutional Reforms Ahead of Zimbabwe’s Elections | Apr 3, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jan 31, 2013 |
| This report assesses the legislative and electoral reforms undertaken by the unity government and analyzes the quality of those reforms and their capacity to create an environment conducive to credible, free and fair elections. Human Rights Watch has found that the contending parties have focused on only one aspect of reforms—securing agreement on the necessary legal and administrative requirements for free and fair elections. |
Unprotected Migrants Zimbabweans in South Africa’s Limpopo Province | Apr 3, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 31, 2006 |
| The report is based on a Human Rights Watch mission to Limpopo province in April and May 2006. Because of the historical predominance of Zimbabwean migrants on farms in the far north of Limpopo province and the increasing numbers of Zimbabwean migrants fleeing the deteriorating political and economic situation in Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch focused its research on Limpopo. |
Not a Level Playing Field: Zimbabwe’s Parliamentary Elections in 2005 | Apr 3, 2019 | Elections & violence | Mar 21, 2005 |
| Human Rights Watch calls on SADC member states to urge the government of Zimbabwe to ensure that in the days remaining before the election, efforts are made to guarantee that all candidates are able to campaign freely and openly throughout Zimbabwe, that all candidates have access to the media, that journalists and observers are allowed to observe the election process in all areas of the country, and that voters are allowed to choose a candidate and vote in an environment free of intimidation. |
THE POLITICS OF FOOD ASSISTANCE IN ZIMBABWE | Apr 3, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 12, 2004 |
| This briefing paper is a follow up to the report “Not Eligible: The Politicization of Food in Zimbabwe,” produced by HRW in October 2003. It finds that the situation has improved somewhat, though cause for concern remains, given the lack of verifiable information concerning grain supplies and the government’s decision not to renew its appeal for international food assistance. |
Sleight of Hand: Repression of the Media and the Illusion of Reform in Zimbabwe | Apr 3, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Apr 30, 2010 |
| The report emphasizes the the government of Zimbabwe should take immediate steps to end continuing abuses against the media as part of a broader effort to create the necessary constitutional and electoral framework envisaged in the GPA. Media freedom, an elemental human right that was also promised by the parties to the GPA, is urgently needed as a precursor to the conduct of free, fair, and credible elections that can truly reflect the political will of Zimbabweans. |
“Our Hands Are Tied” : Erosion of the Rule of Law in Zimbabwe | Apr 3, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Nov 30, 2008 |
| This report finds that legal accountability and the rule of law in Zimbabwe have been seriously eroded under the ZANU-PF government through its interference in the criminal justice system. It shows that victims of human rights abuses—mainly MDC supporters—continue to be denied their right to justice and an effective remedy. |
“Clear the Filth” : Mass Evictions and Demolitions in Zimbabwe
| Apr 3, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 11, 2005 |
| This report tells the stories of the mass evictions and house demolitions and the continuing suffering of those affected, mostly in the words of victims. Women, children and men recount how they were forced to destroy their own houses, often at gunpoint. |
False Dawn :The Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Government’s Failure to Deliver Human Rights Improvements | Apr 3, 2019 | Institutional reform | Aug 31, 2009 |
| This report recommends a range of fundamental reforms that the power-sharing government should undertake to improve the human rights situation in Zimbabwe. Without these institutional and legislative reforms, as well as the establishment of genuine respect for the basic rights of all Zimbabweans, there can be no long-term, sustainable peace and stability in Zimbabwe. |
“Bullets for Each of You” State-Sponsored Violence since Zimbabwe’s March 29 Elections | Apr 3, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jun 30, 2008 |
| This report, based on investigations in Zimbabwe, describes the scale of the abuses and identifies those responsible—officials from ZANU-PF, often working through proxy forces of so-called war veterans and youth militia, backed by members of the armed forces and police. Local institutions have identified at least 2,000 beatings and cases of torture. |
Fast Track Land Reform in Zimbabwe | Apr 2, 2019 | Justice & accountability | May 31, 2002 |
| This report considers the human rights implications of the so-called fast track process of land redistribution in Zimbabwe, under which the government has revised the constitution and amended legislation in order to allow it to acquire commercial farms compulsorily and without compensation, and the land occupations that have accompanied it since early 2000. |
“You Will Be Thoroughly Beaten” The Brutal Suppression of Dissent in Zimbabwe | Apr 1, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 30, 2006 |
| This report highlights the repressive tactics that the government has used in the past year to suppress the increasing political and economic discontent among the population. The police have arbitrarily arrested hundreds of civil society activists during routine meetings or peaceful demonstrations, often with excessive force, and in some cases subjected those in custody to severe beatings that amounted to torture, and other mistreatment. |
Crisis without Limits: Human Rights and Humanitarian Consequences of Political Repression in Zimbabwe | Apr 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jan 31, 2009 |
| Zimbabwe is in a humanitarian crisis that is the result of a political crisis. A cholera epidemic has—as of January 12, 2009—left over 39,000 people infected and at least 2,000 dead, with the disease spreading to neighboring countries. This marks both the collapse of Zimbabwe’s healthcare system and the calculated disregard for the welfare of Zimbabweans by the ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). |
October Monthly Conflict Report | Apr 1, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 31, 2015 |
| This report is a compilation of emerging conflicts and problem trends from selected districts in the country. The report identifies current conflict trends, their causes and suggested community protection systems. It identifies different types of conflicts and human rights violations within different communities to support rapid response and early warning needs by law enforcement agencies and conflict transformation and peacebuilding agencies. |
Chimanimani Constituency Electoral Environment Review | Apr 1, 2019 | Elections & violence | Nov 26, 2016 |
| Violence and other forms of violations are expected to be less in Chimanimani West comparatively to the 2008 and 2013 cases. However, it is worrying that unorthodox covert means can be used by the ruling party in a bid to win the elections while in the process violating the people’s right to vote peacefully. |
Thematic Analysis of Zimbabwe's Proposed Draft Constitution | Apr 1, 2019 | Institutional reform | Oct 17, 2012 |
| Realizing that the current constitution of Zimbabwe is flawed in many respects and has contributed to the crisis in Zimbabwe, the parties to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) agreed to embark on a process of developing a new constitution that would address some of the critical contributing factors to the Zimbabwe crisis. As prescribed under Article 6 of the GPA, a parliamentary select committee on the new constitution (COPAC) was established to drive this process. |
Changing Perceptions in Zimbabwe - Nationwide Survey of the Political Climate in Zimbabwe November 2010-January 2011
| Apr 1, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 4, 2011 |
| The report highlights the following topics Power, power shifts and performance of the Inclusive Government, Politics of violence and fear in Zimbabwe, Constitution-making and constitutional expectations, Party support and declaring vote intention, Elections – expectations, experiences and electoral violence-fear-coercion, Political interest and media use. |
Change and New Politics in Zimbabwe | Apr 1, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 18, 2012 |
| Zimbabweans are showing the evidence of having been torn in all directions in the transitional period. They have been scarred by the party political wars since the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) from late 2000 onwards first posed an electoral challenge to the Zimbabwe African National UnionPatriotic Front (ZANU‐PF). Zimbabweans, as represented in this stratified‐random and nationally representative sample, are not sure it seems on what to believe and how to relate to political and economic circumstances. |
ZTVP Report for UN International Day in Support of VOT | Apr 1, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Apr 30, 2006 |
| This report provides a brief top-line analysis of 267 Zimbabweans who sought assistance from the Zimbabwe Torture Victims Project (ZTVP), located in Johannesburg, South Africa, over the past one and half years. In recent times, South Africa has seen an increase in the number of Zimbabweans coming into South Africa linked to the political crisis in that country. |
Terror tactics in the run-up to parliamentary elections, June 2000 | Apr 1, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jun 8, 2000 |
| Amnesty International has concluded from its inquiries that there is evidence that the Government of Zimbabwe is either instigating or acquiescing in serious violations of human rights including extrajudicial executions, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. |
COMMISSIONING JUSTICE
TRUTH COMMISSIONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE | Apr 1, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Apr 30, 2010 |
| The paper analyses the practice with respect to criminal prosecutions and amnesty of the 40 truth commissions established around the world between 1974 and 2010. |
‘OPEN FOR BUSINESS’, CLOSED FOR DISSENT CRACKDOWN IN ZIMBABWE DURING THE NATIONAL STAY-AWAY 14-16 JANUARY 2019 | Apr 1, 2019 | Extra-judicial Killings | Jan 16, 2019 |
| This briefing analyses events and the context, and documents key human rights concerns in months prior to, during and following the national stay-away protests which started on 14 January 2019 and ended on 16 January 2019. The findings are based on interviews with witnesses, victims, victims’ families, human rights defenders and activists, journalists, lawyers and Zimbabwean non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as well as desk-based research. |
Can you have a reparations policy without justice? | Apr 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Sep 25, 1999 |
| Under humanitarian law and a series of international conventions, all gross human rights violations are argued to require legal remedy. However, in situations of epidemic violence legal remedies may require extension through a policy of reparations. There are conceptual confusions that often impair the proper formulation of a reparations policy. This paper examines these problems in the context of Zimbabwe. |
The Perpetrators of Gross Human Rights Violations in Zimbabwe from February 2000 to March 2003.
| Apr 1, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 31, 2003 |
| The violence that has afflicted Zimbabwe since the Constitutional referendum has received considerable international attention, mainly due to remarkable documentation from the press, the media and human rights groups. |
Compensation for gross human rights violations: Torture and the War Victims Compensation Act.
| Apr 1, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 30, 1998 |
| This present paper will first analyse the problems involved in compensating victims of human rights violations, summarising the international perspective. It will then turn to a summary of the situation in Zimbabwe, detailing what is known here in Zimbabwe about the victims of gross human rights violations, and then examining these findings with respect to the War Victims Compensation Act(1980), and its provisions and procedures. |
Organised Violence and Torture:
A Zimbabwean Case Study
| Apr 1, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Nov 28, 2000 |
| The use of Emergency Powers and the Law and Order (Maintenance) Act was continued by the Mugabe government, but extended considerably by the Presidential Powers Act, and always finally the use of formal impunity and pardons to cover human rights violations. There remains a consistent pattern in Zimbabwe: of periods in which gross human rights violations are permitted and even encouraged, followed by the formal excusing of such violations by impunity. |
Organised Violence and Torture in the Bye-Elections held in Zimbabwe during 2000 and 2001. | Apr 1, 2019 | Elections & violence | May 5, 2002 |
| This present monograph concentrates upon the human rights violations that took place during the bye-elections that took place in 2000 and 2001. None of these bye-elections came about as a result of the election petitions, as all those cases decided were immediately appealed and are still pending in the Supreme Court. All the bye-elections took place due to the death of the incumbent. Zanu(PF) won all these elections, amidst continued allegations of gross human rights violations and electoral irregularities. |
Youth Militia in Zimbabwe | Apr 1, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 2, 2004 |
| This paper examines the phenomenon of youth militia in Zimbabwe, and contrasts this use of the youth with the views and opinions of ordinary young Zimbabweans |
Neither Free nor Fair: High Court decisions on the petitions on the June 2000 General Election. | Apr 1, 2019 | Elections & violence | Mar 3, 2002 |
| This monograph focuses on the electoral irregularities, including gross human rights abuses, during the period preceding the June 2000 Parliamentary elections. This election marked the first time a strong opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), had challenged the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (Zanu (PF)) in the political arena. |
The Extent of Political Violence in Zimbabwe
| Apr 1, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 13, 2001 |
| Organised violence and torture are integral features of Zimbabwean political life, and have been since the early 1960s.This paper discusses the current violence in Zimbabwe, and outlines the major features of this violence in the context of violence in Zimbabwe generally. |
Beating your opposition:Torture during the 2002 Presidential campaign in Zimbabwe.
| Apr 1, 2019 | Elections & violence | Jun 25, 2002 |
| State organized violence increased following the rejection of the Government sponsored constitution in the referendum at the beginning 2000. The violence was initially sporadic and confined to one or two areas at a time but as the 2000 parliamentary elections approached, it became more intense and widespread. The state trained and deployed more people in an effort to control perceived supporters of the newly formed opposition. |
Zimbabwe Gender Commission Bill 2014 | Mar 29, 2019 | Gender | Dec 30, 2014 |
| This Bill seeks to establish a Gender Commission as provided for in section 245 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe which creates an independent institution called the Zimbabwe Gender Commission. It also seeks to fulfil international and regional instruments that Zimbabwe is a party to, namely the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Declaration and platform for Action |
5 points for new government | Mar 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Feb 28, 2009 |
| The report emphasizes on Putting HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE TOP OF THE POLITICAL AGENDA and Amnesty International is also concerned about the deteriorating economic and social conditions in Zimbabwe. In particular, the organisation is concerned about the increased food insecurity, collapse of public health, and failing education system. |
Complaint by Teachers Union to Min of Education and ZANU PF | Mar 6, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Dec 31, 2017 |
| This report contains findings of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC/Commission), pursuant to an investigation undertaken by the ZHRC into a complaint lodged by three Teachers Unions namely, Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union (ARTUZ), Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) and the Zimbabwe Rural Teachers Union (ZRTU) on behalf of Teachers and school children across the country. |
ZHRC Consolidated Food Aid Report August 2016 | Mar 6, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Aug 31, 2016 |
| This report contains findings of the ZHRC pursuant to investigations conducted into the complaints of villagers from Dewure Resettlement Scheme in Bikita East Constituency of Masvingo, Wards 7 and 8 of Mazowe Central Constituency, ward 2 and 17 of Muzarabani North and South Constituencies and wards 7, 8,9,10,11,12,13 and 31 of Buhera North Constituency who alleged that they were being discriminated against during food and agriculture input distributions on the grounds that their political views were different from those of the officials who were distributing. |
A time for Accountability 081031 | Mar 5, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Dec 31, 2008 |
| This report is based on Amnesty International’s field research, interviews with victims of human rights violations, their families and other witnesses, health workers, reports by other organizations and media reports.The report outlines the context in which human rights violations have been taking place in Zimbabwe and describes patterns of violations as illustrated by cases. It focuses on violations that took place after the 29 March 2008 elections, as well as human rights violations committed by two units within the Zimbabwe Republic Police in 2007. |
Idasa Love,Cholera Mbeki and Mugabe | Mar 5, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2000 |
| LOVE IN A TIME OF CHOLERA: MBEKI’S RELATIONSHIP WITH ROBERT MUGABE (2000 - 2008) The report highlights the MDC has long been suspicious of any claim by Thabo Mbeki to be an honest broker in the Zimbabwe crisis, having raised concerns in this regard from the moment South Africa showed itself willing to endorse the fraudulent elections of 2000. |
Honour amongst thieves | Mar 5, 2019 | Promotion of truth | May 6, 2014 |
| The report talks about Constitutionalism and Investment in Zimbabwe whereby On the 13th February, 2009, President Mugabe purported to swear into office 35 Ministers and, on the 19th February, 2009, a further six Ministers, bringing the total to 41, ten more than were permitted by the Constitution, and agreed in the GPA. As such, the appointments of these ten additional Ministers were unconstitutional, unlawful, and void – a literal case of executive excess. |
TIZ Daily Lives and Corruption:Public opinion In Zimbabwe | Mar 5, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2011 |
| The survey probes public willingness to engage with the fight against corruption. Transparency International believes it is crucial to present the public’s perspective on corruption – for it is they who suffer its direct and indirect consequences. |
Justice in Zimbabwe | Mar 5, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Sep 16, 2002 |
| This report seeks to trace what has happened to the legal system of Zimbabwe over the last few years, giving examples of these developments. Where it is necessary to put these developments in a broader context, details are given about developments that took place earlier in the history of Zimbabwe. |
Gender and the Politics of Reconciliation Helen Scanlon 2016 | Mar 4, 2019 | Gender | Jun 30, 2016 |
| This paper explores how attempts to confront abusive pasts have deliberated gender in the promotion of reconciliation. In particular it will examine the nexus between gender justice and reconciliation in order to assess and considers ways to re-calibrate engagement with ongoing reconciliation processes. |
IJR Zimbabwe Constitutional Reform OP WEB | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2012 |
| This paper examines Zimbabwe’s constitutional-reform process. The first section traces the background to constitutional reform in Zimbabwe. A brief discussion of the Constitutional Commission’s draft of 1999/2000 is followed by a description of the development of a draft by the Constitutional Assembly (NCA) in 2001. Then the process leading to the so-called Kariba Draft of 2007 is outlined. |
Social Sector Summit roundtable IJR ComChest 27Feb2018 final 19032018 | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Feb 27, 2018 |
| The Document is a reflection of different and at times contradicting views. It provides a good basis to understand issues that the Social Sector Summit will have to address. |
SPT Old Beginnings February 2018 | Mar 4, 2019 | Elections & violence | Feb 28, 2018 |
| The political context of Zimbabwe and a report on Biometric Voter Registration (BVR):A National and Matabeleland Perspective.The report highlights factionalism in ZANU PF which led to then Vice President E.D Mnangagwa being fired and the stepping down of R.G Mugabe. |
UPR Zimbabwe Freemuse Nhimbe | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2016 |
| This submission in based on interviews with local artists and a legal analysis facilitated by Nhimbe and qualified through a workshop held in Harare in October 2015 with local artists, journalists and human rights advocates. |
ZIB 14 0022 Baseline Report Freedom of Artistic Expression Zimbabwe | Mar 4, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 31, 2015 |
| This report examines restrictions on freedom of artistic expression in Zimbabwe. The findings and recommendations will be submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council as part of the UPR – the UN system’s official mechanism for reviewing all member states human rights records in cycles of four and a half years. |
HEAL ZIMBABWE Report on NPRC Public hearings | Mar 4, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Apr 30, 2016 |
| On the 18th of December 2015, the Zimbabwean Government gazetted the National Peace and Reconciliation (NPRC) Bill .This is in line with Sections 251, 252, and 253 of the Zimbabwean constitution that provides for the establishment of an Independent Commission known as the NPRC. The major aim of the public hearings was to collect the views of communities on the NPRC Bill but the task was comprised by a lot of technical, procedural and logistical challenges. |
Heal Zimbabwe Position on NPRC BILL | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Mar 31, 2016 |
| These are Heal Zimbabwe Trust views and comments collected, during the consultations, on a number of areas that could undermine the effectiveness of the NPRC and its work. |
A Case for National Dialogue in Zimbabwe | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jan 2, 2019 |
| This brief provides insights on what constitute a national dialogue, why it is necessary, its success potentials, challenges and possible steps towards an inclusive process in Zimbabwe. Towards a step in the right direction, President Emerson Mnangagwa, on 22 January 2019, called on political parties, churches and civic society leaders to a national dialogue platform. |
Thematic Committee on Human Rights Report on the State of the Human Rights Situation in Zimbabwe SC 20 2016 | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2016 |
| As part of its oversight role, the Thematic Committee on Human Rights conducted on inquiry into the state of human rights in Zimbabwe in order to have an in-depth appreciation of the subject matter. |
Zimbabwes Draft Computer Crime and Cybercrime Bill Laymans Draft July 2013 | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jul 31, 2013 |
| A Bill for An Act to criminalize offences against computers and network related crime; to consolidate the criminal law on computer crime and network crime; to provide for investigation and collection of evidence for computer and network related crime; to provide for the admission of electronic evidence for such offences, and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. |
FINAL Draft of NPRC Bill Analysis | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2016 |
| This is an analysis and recommendations aimed towards the improvement of the NPRC Bill. While this paper analyses a legal document, we try to explain our views and recommendations with a bias towards the victims and survivors of violence whose interests should be key to this Bill. |
NPRC Bill Portfolio Committee Report 9 May 2017 | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | May 9, 2017 |
| The Justice Committee and Thematic Committees on Human Rights and on Peace and Security conducted joint public hearings in all of thecountry’s provinces, and gathered views and opinions on the Bill. Hearings were conducted in all provinces of the country by two separate teams, Team A and Team B. |
2008 MDGsOfficialList | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jan 15, 2008 |
| These are Goals and targets from the Millennium declaration and indicators for monitoring progress progress. |
Human Rights Declaration english | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2018 |
| 30 Articles of the Declaration of Human Rights in English. |
Human Rights Declaration ndebele | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2018 |
| 30 articles of the declaration of Human Rights in Ndebele. |
Human Rights declaration shona | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2018 |
| 30 Articles of the Declaration of Human Rights in Shona. |
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jan 30, 2007 |
| The Charter seeks to entrench in the Continent a political culture of change of power based on the holding of regular, free, fair and transparent elections conducted by competent, independent and impartial national electoral bodies. |
United Nations Convention against Corruption | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2004 |
| The Convention introduces a comprehensive set of standards, measures and rules that all countries can apply in order to strengthen their legal and regulatory regimes to fight corruption. It calls for preventive measures and the criminalization of the most prevalent forms of corruption in both public and private sectors. |
Banjul charter | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jun 27, 1981 |
| AFRICAN (BANJUL) CHARTER ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS contains 68 Articles which make up the full document Recognizing on the one hand, that fundamental human rights stem from the attributes of human beings which justifies their national and international protection and on the other hand that the reality and respect of peoples rights should necessarily guarantee human rights. |
Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 10, 1948 |
| Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein. |
Global Youth Development Index and Report | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2016 |
| The report highlights that Youth development can be achieved even in low income countries by providing quality education and training and allowing young people to participate in the nation’s political, economic and social life. |
Working Document on Youth Manifesto | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2014 |
| The Government of Zimbabwe in 2013 launched the revised National Youth Policy, ‘as a framework to provide common aspirations and priorities for youth development across Zimbabwe.’ The policy document identifies 12 priority issues that government believes, if addressed, are a panacea to solving the myriad of problems confronting the young people of Zimbabwe. It is therefore the duty of every citizen, and particularly the young people, to ensure that the government lives up to its statement of intent as laid down in the policy. |
Zimbabwe national youth policy | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2000 |
| The Policy seeks to ensure that all young women and men are given meaningful opportunities to reach their full potential, both as individuals and as active participants in society. It addresses the major concerns and issues critical to young men and women and gives direction to youth programmes and services provided by government and non-government organisations. |
AfricanYouthCharter | Mar 4, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jul 6, 2006 |
| The Charter has 31 Articles adopted by the Seventh Ordinary sessions of the Assembly held in Banjul, The Gambia on the 2nd of July 2006. |
SC 07 2018 Julius Tawona Makoni v Pauline Mutsa Makoni +1 | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Feb 15, 2018 |
| This is an application for condonation of late noting of appeal and extension of time within which to file the appeal in terms of r 31 of the Supreme Court Rules,1964.The parties were married but divorced in England. The court in England issued a decree nisi which the first respondent used to obtain an interdict in the local High Court. The interdict barred the applicant from dealing in the property known as No. 5 Reitfontein Close Highlands, Harare, which he claims to be his sole property. |
SC 09 2018 WEBSTER MBANGANI judgment | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 17, 2017 |
| This is an appeal against the decision of the Labour Court upholding the appellant’s dismissal from his employment with the respondent.On 17 July 2017, the court dismissed the appeal with costs. The appellant was in default but was aggrieved by such dismissal and wrote to the Registrar requesting reasons for the order. |
SC 10 2018 UNITRACK (PVT) LTD v TELONE (PVT) LTD | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Sep 1, 2014 |
| The appellant obtained an arbitral award dated 31 December 2008 requiring that the respondent pay it an amount equivalent to US$70 719,00 multiplied by the parallel market rate obtaining on the date of payment and within 48 hours of the uplifting of the award. |
SC 12 2018 UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE V KWANELE jIRIRA & ANOR | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 15, 2016 |
| This is a chamber application for leave to appeal against the judgment of the Labour Court in terms of r 5 (2) of the Supreme Court (Miscellaneous Appeals and References) Rules, 1975.The applicant is a tertiary educational institution incorporated as such under the University of Zimbabwe Act [Chapter 25:16]. Both respondents are its former workers who were employed as research fellows at its Institute of Development Studies. They were dismissed from employment by the disciplinary Tribunal on allegations of misconduct. They are alleged to have wilfully refused to obey a lawful order to be redeployed from the Institute of Development Studies offices to the University campus. |
SC 13 2018 TIBIC INVESTMENTS (PVT) LTD ANOR V KENNEDY MANGENJE 4 ORS | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Mar 1, 2018 |
| This is a hotly contested appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court sitting at Harare, and delivered on 30 October 2013. The epicentre of the dispute is a certain piece of land in the Goromonzi District known as the Remaining Extent of Stuhm measuring 583, 1360 hectares in extent registered in the name of TIBIC INVESTMENTS (PVT) LTD under Deed of Transfer 1724/2009. TIBIC INVESTIMENTS (PVT) LTD is an indigenous company in the sense that its shareholders and directors are indigenous citizens of this country. The historical background and factual basis of the case is by and large common cause. |
SC 14 2018 Maphisa v BMCU | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Nov 7, 2017 |
| This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court, dated 13 July 2017, dismissing an application for review of the determination of an arbitrator which had dismissed preliminary issues raised by the appellant relating, inter alia, to the legal status of the first respondent and its capacity to enforce a franchise agreement between the parties. |
SC 15 2018 ZFC v FURUSA | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Mar 15, 2016 |
| This was an appeal against the whole judgment of the High Court delivered on 13 May 2015. After perusing the record and hearing the submissions of the parties, this Court allowed the appeal and indicated that the reasons would be availed in due course. |
SC 18 2018 Shorai Mavis Nzara judgment final | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Mar 12, 2018 |
| This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the High Court Harare.The first appellant, Shorai Nzara, (Shorai) is the mother of the second to fourth appellants to whom she donated the property that forms the subject of this dispute. The first respondent Cecilia Kashumba N.O. was the wife of the late Dzingai Kashumba and is the executrix dative of his estate. Dzingai Kashumba (Dzingai) entered into an agreement of sale with Shorai Nzara the original owner of the property at the heart of this seventeen-year-old dispute. |
SC 17 2018 CBZ BANK LTD v DAVID MOYO + 1 SC 470.15 final | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Mar 8, 2018 |
| This is an appeal against the whole judgement of the High Court. On 28 November 2011, the Deputy Sheriff attached immovable property known as stand number 1301 Tynwald South Township of Stand 1042 Tynwald South measuring 383m2,registered under Deed of Transfer No. 9072/2008 (hereinafter referred to as the property). The attachment was pursuant to a writ of execution issued in favour of the appellant (the judgment creditor a quo). The appellant had obtained judgment against one Nompiliso Maphosa in case number HC 6553/11. |
SC 19 2018 RITA MBATHA AND ANOTHER VS VINCENT NCUBE AND ANOTHER Judgment | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Mar 7, 2018 |
| On 9 February 2018, the applicants filed an urgent Chamber Application for an order staying “proceedings” pending the hearing of an appeal in this Court under case number 847/2017. The first applicant is a self-actor who also purports to act on behalf of the second applicant. In the absence of a power of attorney authorising her to do so, the first applicant cannot lawfully represent the second applicant without violating ss 10 and 12 of the Legal Practitioners Act [Chapter 27.07]. |
SC 21 2018 EASTER MZITE V DAMAFALLS (PVT) LTD AND ANOR. | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 18, 2016 |
| This is an application for condonation and extension of time within which to note an appeal in terms of r 31(3) of the Supreme Court Rules 1964. The applicant is the widow of the late Chemayi Joseph Mtize. She is the duly appointed executrix dative of his deceased estate. |
SC 22 2018 J.C. Conolly & Sons vs R.C. Ndhlukula & Anor | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Mar 15, 2018 |
| This is an appeal against the order of the High Court discharging with costs a provisional order granted in favour of the appellant on 17 June 2014. |
SC 23 2018 STANDARD CHARTERED BANK ZIMBABWE LIMITED v Zimbabwe Revenue Authority Final | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Mar 20, 2018 |
| This is an appeal against a judgment of the High Court sitting as an Appeal Court in terms of s 65 of the Income Tax Act [Chapter 23:06] (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”). It concerns certain income tax assessments made in respect of the appellant by the respondent with regard to the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. Of the four issues which were raised in the High Court, three were decided against the appellant and form the subject of this appeal. |
SC 24 2018 MEDLOG ZIMBABWE v Cost Benefit Holdings | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | May 20, 2018 |
| The respondent issued summons out of the High Court seeking an order for the release of its plastic bags which were being retained by the appellant, payment of the sum of US$157 350.05 representing the business it lost as a result of such retention and costs of suit on the scale of legal practitioner and client. The respondent also sought payment of interest from the date of issue of summons to the date of payment in full. |
SC 26 2018 TM Supermarket v Itayi Nkomo Judgment | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | May 8, 2018 |
| This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Labour Court which dismissed an appeal against an Arbitral award issued in the respondents’ favour. The salient facts in this matter are the following. In 1995 the appellant employed the respondents as shelf packers and they rose through the ranks. |
SC 27 2018 Getrude Pazvichainda Stembile Mutasa & Anor vs The Registrar of Supreme Court & 2 Others 173 17 | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | May 14, 2018 |
| This is a chamber application made in terms of r 12 of the Supreme Court Rules ,1964. The applicants are husband and wife. They approached the court a quo, by way of urgent chamber application, seeking a stay of execution and return of goods which had been removed pursuant to a writ of execution following a default judgment which was granted in favour of the second respondent. |
SC 29 2018 RESERVE BANK OF ZIMBABWE vs T. L. MUFUDZI & 3 OTHERS | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 26, 2017 |
| This is an appeal against a judgment of the Labour Court dismissing an application for condonation of the late filing of an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. |
SC 31 2018 Zimbabwe Agricultural Society vs Stuart Chapman | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 7, 2018 |
| This is an appeal against the decision of the Labour Court dismissing with costs an appeal noted against an arbitral award ordering the appellant to pay to the respondent wages and benefits for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 August 2014. |
SC 32 2018 ZESA Holdings v Itai Utah | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 12, 2018 |
| This is an appeal against the whole judgment of the Labour Court handed down on 20 February 2015. The respondent was employed by the appellant as an Apprentice Distribution Electrician on 17 September 1984. He rose through the ranks until he was promoted to the position of Technical Services Director in terms of a contract dated 27 August 2004. |
SC 33 2018 Smit Investment et al v Sheriff et al | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 19, 2018 |
| This is an appeal against the Judgement of the High Court in interpleader proceedings arising from the attachment of mining equipment carried out by the first respondent (the Sheriff) at Mbada Mine. The second respondent (the judgement creditor) had obtained judgement against Mbada Mine and the Sheriff, having attached certain movables at Mbada Mine, had advertised them for sale. |
SC 34 2018 ZMDC v Grandwell | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 19, 2018 |
| This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the High Court granting a spoliation order and other consequential relief in an application at the instance of a shareholder on behalf of a company. |
SC 35 2018 ZESA Holdings v ZESA Managers 0 | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 19, 2018 |
| This is an appeal against part of the judgment of the Labour Court wherein the appellant was partially successful. In particular, the appellant challenges those parts of the judgment relating to the payment of school fees and fuel allowances and the allocation of personal issue motor vehicles to certain members of the respondent association. |
SC 36 2018 NGONIDZAISHE GUMBO versus ZIMBABWE ANTI CORRUPTION COMMISSION | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 19, 2018 |
| The appellant was formerly employed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police as a police officer. He rose through the ranks and at the time of the dispute in issue he held the rank of Senior Assistant Commissioner. On a date not specified on the papers he was seconded to respondent as its Chief Executive Officer by the Office of the President and Cabinet. It would appear that the parties did not conclude a written contract providing for the second-ment. |
SC 37 2018 Tracey Leigh Mackintosh (Nee Parkinson) v Antony William Mackintosh SC 433.16 | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 15, 2018 |
| This is an appeal against the decision of the High Court dismissing with costs an application filed by the appellant for the upward review of the amount of maintenance payable by the respondent in respect of the appellant and two minor children of the former matrimonial union. |
SC 41 2018 CHOMBO v CHOMBO 1 | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 6, 2018 |
| This is an appeal against the decision of the High Court dated 2 July 2014 granting the respondent’s claim to the farm he is leasing from the State. The appellant was the respondent’s wife. Their marriage was solemnized on 21 May 1993 in terms of the Marriages Act [Chapter 5:11]. |
SC 42 2018 Sumbureru v Chinamora & Orsf(1) | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 13, 2018 |
| The appeal is from the High Court where the applicant had made an application for the determination of whether or not the will executed by one late Amos Chirunda on 9 December 1997 was valid. The application was dismissed with costs,hence this present appeal. The question before this Court therefore is whether or not the court a quo erred in finding that the will in contention was invalid. |
SC 52 2018 INNSCOR AFRICA LTD v COMPETITION AND TARIFF COMMISSION | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jan 25, 2018 |
| This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court holding that a conglomerate is a “merger” as defined in terms of s 2 of the Competition Act [Chapter 14:28] (“the Act”) and, therefore, notifiable to the respondent in terms of s 3A of the Act if its value exceeded the statutory threshold. |
54 18 City of Harare v Mushoriwa | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Sep 20, 2018 |
| This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court granting a provisional order in favour of the respondent pursuant to an urgent chamber application filed by the latter. |
CCZ 15 The Prosecutor General of Zim on the Question of His Constitutional Independence | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Oct 28, 2015 |
| It is Ordered that the application be and is hereby dismissed with costs on a legal practitioner and client scale in favour of both amicus curiae. |
Madanhire & Another v The Attorney General Court Order | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Sep 29, 2014 |
| The Rule nisi is confirmed and an appropriation declaratur will be issued in due cause. |
Mudzuru & Another v Minister of Justice & 2 Ors Applicants' Heads of Argument | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Oct 1, 2014 |
| It is submitted that there are two main issues in this particular matter on the merits. The first is clearly, the question of protection of children's rights as defined in Article 81 of the Constitution and determining whether or not early marriages and the laws allowing and permitting the same are consistence with that right. |
Mudzuru & Another v Minister of Justice & 2 Ors Court Application | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Oct 14, 2014 |
| The instant application is an important public interest application that seeks to challenge the law in so far as it relates to child marriages in Zimbabwe. It is motivated by my desire to protect the interest of children in Zimbabwe. |
Mudzuru & Another v Minister of Justice & 2 Ors Respondents' Opposing Affidavit | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Oct 29, 2014 |
| The Secretary for Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, was duly authorised to depose to this affidavit on behalf of both 1st and 2nd Respondents. |
CCZ 01 13 MAWAWIRE v MUGABE N.O. & 4 ORS | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | May 31, 2013 |
| This is an application brought under s 24(1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe (hereinafter "the Constitution") on the basis that the applicant's rights enshrined in ss18(1) and 18(1a) have been contravened. |
CCZ 03 13 MUZANENHAMO v OFFICER IN CHARGE CID LAW AND ORDER & 7 Ors | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Nov 14, 2013 |
| This is an application under s 24(1) of the former Constitution for declaratory and consequential relief pursuant to the Declaration of Rights enshrined in that Constitution. The applicant in this matter is HIV positive. He started his anti-retroviral treatment in 2003. On 19 of February 2011, he was arrested at a meeting held to commemorate an AIDS activist. |
CCZ 13 ELECTION RESOURCE CENTRE & 3 0RS v PROSECUTOR GENERAL N.O. & 2 ORS | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Sep 10, 2014 |
| It was ordered that the prosecution of applicants infringes their right to liberty in terms of section (49)(1) (b) of the Constitution, there being no reasonable suspicion of their having committed an offence. |
CCZ 13 MUTSINZE v THE ATTORNEY GENERAL | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Oct 1, 2014 |
| It was ordered that the application for the trial of the applicant in Case Number CRB 8/2000 to be permanently stayed be and is hereby dismissed. |
CCZ 13 TSVANGIRAI & 3 ORS v THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE & 5 ORS | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | May 9, 2014 |
| The court unanimously concluded that the applications should be and are hereby dismissed with no order as to costs. |
CCZ 01 14 DHLAMINI & 6 OTHERS v THE STATE | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Mar 17, 2014 |
| This is a referral by the High Court for determination under s 24(2) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe of questions of alleged violations of the fundamental rights of the applicants guaranteed under ss 13(1) (right to personal liberty); 15(1) (right not to be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment) and 18(1) (right to the protection of the law). |
CCZ 02 14 MADANHIRE v ATTORNEY GENERAL | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 12, 2014 |
| The applicants herein were jointly charged with the crime of criminal defamation as defined in s 96 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23] (the Criminal Law Code). Pursuant to an application under s 24(2) of the former Constitution, the Magistrates Court sitting at Harare has referred the matter to this Court for the determination of certain constitutional questions. |
CCZ 03 14 ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION + 1 vs THE COMMISSIONER | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Mar 26, 2014 |
| It was ordered that the 1st Applicant takes all the necessary steps to ensure that its officers and officers under the command of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Respondents, authorised to cast ballots in terms of section 81 of the Electoral Act [Cap 2:13] who failed to cast their ballots on the 14th and 15th of July 2013 because of the unavailability of ballot papers, be and are hereby allowed to cast their ballots on the 31st of July 2013.” |
CCZ 04 14 WILLIAMS & 3 Ors v CO MINISTERS OF HOME AFFAIRS 0 | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 5, 2014 |
| This application is brought in terms of s 24(1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. The applicants, who are members of an organisation called Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), a non-profit organisation which seeks to advance the rights of women in Zimbabwe, allege that their various rights enshrined in the Declaration of Rights as set out below were violated by the respondents. |
CCZ 05 14 MADZIMBAMUTO vs REGISTRAR GENERAL + 3 ORS | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 25, 2014 |
| The applicant is a citizen of Zimbabwe by birth. He initially sought a declaratory order confirming his right to a Zimbabwean passport and certain ancillary relief. He also sought an order compelling the second respondent to endorse his South African passport with an unrestricted and indefinite residence permit. |
CCZ 06 14 CHIMAKURE & 2 ORS v THE ATTORNEY GENERAL | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 22, 2014 |
| The court had found that s 31(a)(iii) of the Criminal Code had the effect of interfering with the exercise of the right to freedom of expression. It found that the applicants had discharged the onus of showing that s 31(a)(iii) of the Criminal Code was not reasonably justifiable in a democratic. society for the protection of the public interest in public order or public safety. |
CCZ 07 14 MAYOR LOGISTICS (PVT) LTD v ZIMBABWE REVENUE AUTHORITY | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 22, 2014 |
| This Urgent Chamber Application was placed before me because the Chief Justice was not available to hear it. The application raised two questions for determination. The first question is whether an interim order suspending the operation of legislation compelling payment by a taxpayer of the amount of tax liable to be paid notwithstanding an appeal to the Fiscal Appeal Court or pending a decision of a court should be granted pending the hearing and determination of the main application challenging the constitutional validity of the legislation by the full bench of the Constitutional Court. |
CCZ 08 14 STREAMSLEIGH INVESTMENTS v AUTOBAHN INVESTMENTS | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 24, 2014 |
| The facts of this case are lengthy and fairly complex, but have been fairly summarised by GOWORA J in judgment no. SC 43/14. There is no point in regurgitating them. However, I will restate some of the facts for the purpose of providing a context to this judgment. |
CCZ 09 14 MUKANDI & 3 ORS v THE STATE | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Sep 25, 2014 |
| The applicants in this matter are seeking an order for the permanent stay of their prosecution on charges of fraud. They allege their constitutional right to a fair trial within a reasonable period, guaranteed under s 18(2) of the former Constitution, has been violated by reason of the inordinate delay by the State to bring them to trial. |
CCZ 10 14 TAYLOR FREEME v THE SENIOR MAGISTRATE, CHINHOYI & THE ATTORNEY GENERAL | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Oct 8, 2014 |
| The applicants in this matter are seeking an order for the permanent stay of their prosecution on charges of fraud. They allege their constitutional right to a fair trial within a reasonable period, guaranteed under s 18(2) of the former Constitution,has been violated by reason of the inordinate delay by the State to bring them to trial. |
CCZ 11 14 SENGEREDO v THE STATE | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Nov 10, 2014 |
| This application was referred to this Court by the court a quo in terms of s 24(2) of the old Constitution of Zimbabwe (hereinafter referred to as “the Constitution”). The applicant was charged in the magistrate’s court with two counts of fraud as defined in s 136(B) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. |
CCZ 12 14 MATIASHE v THE HON MAGISTRATE MAHWE N.O & AG OF ZIM | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Dec 4, 2014 |
| The applicant and one Cecil Rhaniel Chengetai Muderede (“Muderede”) were engaged in an intimate relationship until about 2005 when the relationship came to an end. At the centre of the dispute giving rise to the present proceedings are two properties. The first is Number 4 Goodall Avenue, Emerald Hill, Harare registered in the name of Helce Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd, a company incorporated according to the laws of Zimbabwe. |
CCZ 1 15 CHIKUMBU v THE STATE | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Feb 17, 2015 |
| This is an application referred to this Court in terms of s 24 (2) of the old Constitution. The applicant seeks an order for a permanent stay of his prosecution on the basis that his rights in terms of s 18 (1) and (2) of the old Constitution have been violated owing to the delay in finalising his trial. |
CCZ 2 15 MADANHIRE, MATSHAZI v ATTORNEY GENERAL | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Feb 19, 2015 |
| On 12 June 2014, in Judgement No. CCZ 2/14, this Court held that s 96 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] was inconsistent with the freedom of expression guaranteed by s 20(1) of the former Constitution. |
CCZ 3 15 MANYARA v THE STATE | Mar 1, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Mar 9, 2015 |
| The applicant in this matter seeks a permanent stay of prosecution in respect of a charge that arose more than 8 years ago. He claims that his right to a fair trial within a reasonable time, as enshrined in s 18(2) of the former Constitution, has been violated. |
CCZ 4 15 MAWERE v REGISTRAR GENERAL & 3 OTHERS | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 26, 2013 |
| This is an application, filed on the basis of urgency, in which the applicant seeks a declaratur that, being a citizen by birth, he is entitled to dual citizenship and that the law does not require of him to renounce his foreign citizenship before he can be issued with a Zimbabwean national identity document. |
CCZ 5 15 TOUR OPERATORS BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF ZIM v MOTOR INSURANCE POOL & 3 OTHERS | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 25, 2015 |
| The applicant, Tour Operators Business Association of Zimbabwe (TOBAZ), is an association of registered tour operators. Among other things, it buys and arranges insurance services for foreign tourists, including motor vehicle insurance for foreign vehicles entering Zimbabwe. |
CCZ 6 15 CHIHAVA & 2 OTHERS v THE PROVINCIAL MAGISTRATE FRANCIS MAPFUMO N.O & ANOTHER | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 15, 2015 |
| This is an application in terms of s 85(1(a) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe. The appellants allege that their constitutional rights as enshrined in ss 70(1(b), 70(1)(d) and 70(1)(c) have been violated through the manner in which criminal proceedings against them were conducted in the Magistrates Court sitting at Chivhu. They seek an order that the proceedings be quashed and a trial de novo ordered before a different magistrate. |
CCZ 7 15 KONSON vs THE STATE | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 22, 2015 |
| On 3 February 2014 under Case No HB 158/13, the High Court sitting at Bulawayo convicted the applicant of murder with actual intent to kill. After finding that there were no extenuating circumstances surrounding the commission of the offence, the court passed a sentence of death. |
CCZ 8 15 NYAMANDE vs ZUVA PETROLEUM | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Aug 1, 2015 |
| APPLICATION FOR URGENT SET DOWN OF APPEAL TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT |
CCZ 9 15 MWONZORA & 31 OTHERS vs THE STATE | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 11, 2014 |
| The applicants appeared before a Magistrate at Nyanga on 18 February 2011 facing charges of public violence as defined in Section 36 of the Criminal Law [Codification and Reform] Act, [Chapter 9:23]. The applicants were legally represented. |
CCZ 10 15 P General vs Telecel Zim | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Oct 8, 2015 |
| The court did not hear argument on the merits of this application, but determined it on the preliminary point of whether or not the matter had been properly brought before the Constitutional Court. |
CCZ 11 15 MUTAMBARA v THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ZIMBABWE | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Nov 18, 2015 |
| This application followed a referral of the matter to this Court by the Magistrates Court in terms of s 24 (2) of the former Constitution of Zimbabwe (“the old Constitution”). |
CCZ 12 15 MUDZURU v THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE LEGAL PARL AFFAIRS 0 | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jan 20, 2016 |
| The two applicants are young women aged 19 and 18 years respectively. They have approached this Court in terms of s 85(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) 2013 (“the Constitution”) which came into force on 22 May 2013. They complain about the infringement of the fundamental rights of girl children subjected to early marriages and seek a declaratory order. |
CCZ 13 15 MUTSINZE vs THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, ZIMBABWE | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Oct 1, 2014 |
| In August 1998, the applicant and two other co-accused were arrested on allegations of murder and armed robbery committed at Chiwaridzo Bottle Store located at Chipadze Township, Bindura. They were placed on remand. Their application for bail was dismissed. The applicant has been in custody since then. |
CCZ 03 16 Margaret Zinyemba vs The Minister of Lands etc & Another | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 24, 2016 |
| This is an application in terms of s 85(1)(a) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) 2013 (“the Constitution”) alleging that the applicant’s fundamental right to administrative conduct that is lawful, prompt, efficient, reasonable, proportionate, impartial and both substantively and procedurally fair enshrined in s 68(1) of the Constitution has been infringed. The cause of the alleged infringement is the decision by the first respondent to withdraw an offer letter given to the applicant to occupy a piece of agricultural land without giving her an opportunity to be heard on the proposed withdrawal of the offer letter. |
CCZ 06 16 SAMUEL SIPEPA NKOMO vs MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, RURAL & URBAN DEVELOPMENT & 2 ORS | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 29, 2016 |
| The applicant averred that he is a Member of Parliament for Lobengula Constituency in Bulawayo (having been so elected in the harmonised elections held on 31 July 2013) and residing in Bulawayo. He charges the respondents, and in particular the first respondent who is the Minister responsible for issues of local Government, with a violation of s 267 of the Constitution. |
CCZ 07 16 Makani et al v Arundel School | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jun 29, 2016 |
| The four applicants are the fathers and guardians of their respective minor daughters, all four of whom are pupils at Arundel School, a private girls’ school situated in Harare. The first and second respondents are the Trustees and Headmistress of the School. The third respondent is the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, cited in his official capacity, and the fourth respondent is the Attorney-General, also cited in his official capacity. |
CCZ 08 16 Obediah Makoni vs Commissioner of Prisons & Anor | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 13, 2016 |
| The applicant in this matter was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend. Because of extenuating circumstances, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He was aged 19 at the time of his conviction and has been in gaol since 1995 for almost 21 years. The gravamen of his application is that life imprisonment without the possibility of judicial review or parole is unconstitutional. |
CCZ 09 16 BENARD WEKARE v THE ATTORNEY GENERAL | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Jul 20, 2016 |
| The two cases were heard together because they raised the same constitutional questions for determination. The cases are about the constitutionality of the provisions of the Broadcasting Services Act [Cap. 12:06] (“the Act”) on funding for the provision of public broadcasting services. |
CCZ 14 16 Majome vs ZBC | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Nov 9, 2016 |
| This is an application for relief made in terms ofs 85(l)(a) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act 2013 ("the Constitution"). The applicant is acting in her own interests although she also invokes the alleged violation of the rights of Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai ("MDC-T'), a political party of which she is a member. |
Respondents' Heads of Arguments in Ndlovu & Another v Minister of Justice & Another 0 | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Sep 8, 2015 |
| Both applicants are convicted murderers whose automatic appeals against the death sentence where dismissed by the Supreme Court under Supreme court judgments SC 33/05 and SC 36/14. |
CCZ 03 17 Chawira & 13 Ors v Min of Justice & 2 Ors | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Mar 20, 2017 |
| This matter was heard on 13 January 2016 with judgment being reserved. On 27 January 2016 this court determined that in view of the fact that this case raises similar issues as that of Farai Lawrence Ndlovu & Anor v The Minister of Justice Legal & Parliamentary Affairs Constitutional Application No. 50 of 2015, it was convenient that the two cases be consolidated and heard simultaneously. |
CCZ 01 2018 TIMOTHY SANGO B. EDWARD DUMBURA v THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF MANICALAND, CHURCH OF THE PROVINCE OF CENTRAL AFRICA | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Mar 28, 2018 |
| These are two separate applications which are substantially similar, in that they raise the same issues and seek the same kind of relief against the same respondent church.The applicants are employed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education as full time civil servants. |
CCZ 02 2018 GREATERMANS STORES AND ANOR v MINISTER OF PUBLIC SERVICE, LABOUR & SOCIAL WELFARE CCZ 86 15 | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Mar 28, 2018 |
| The applicants are companies duly incorporated in terms of the laws of Zimbabwe. They made an application to the Court in terms of s 85(1)(a) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act (“the Constitution”). They alleged that s 18 of the Labour Amendment Act (No. 5) 2015 (“the transitional provision”), as read with s 12 of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01] (“the Act”), is unconstitutional. |
CCZ 03 2018 ZIMBABWE DEVELOPMENT PARTY AND ANO v PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE AND TWO ORS FILE CCZ 15 18 | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | May 28, 2018 |
| This is an urgent chamber application for an order directing the Registrar to set down for hearing on an urgent basis the main application the applicants purported to file on 1 March 2018. The applicants are political parties represented by Mr Mukwazhe, who is the leader of the first applicant. In the application purportedly filed on 1 March 2018, under case no. CCZ 11/18 (the main application), the applicants did not seek leave to file the application. An endorsement was made on the application to the effect that leave to apply for direct access to the Constitutional Court (“the Court”) was not necessary. The parties in that application are the same as those in the present application. |
CCZ 04 2018 SHUMBA MAIN JMENT | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | May 30, 2018 |
| The applicants are all citizens of, but are not resident in, Zimbabwe. They give different reasons for their absence, with the first applicant citing political reasons. The second applicant cites economic reasons while the third applicant alleges his absence is premised on economic and political reasons. |
CCZ 05 2018 Justice Alfred Mavedzenge | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | May 31, 2018 |
| This is an application lodged in terms of s 85 (1) of the Constitution. The applicant seeks the following relief: It is ordered that The application be and is hereby granted. |
10 18 Gonese et al v President et al | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Oct 31, 2018 |
| This is an application in terms of s 167(2)(d) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe for the Court to determine whether Parliament or the President has failed to fulfil a constitutional obligation. The applicants aver that the respondents have failed to do so in respect of the presentation and passage of the Local Government Amendment Act No. 8 of 2016 in Parliament. It is further averred that presenting and passing a Bill in contravention of the Constitution amounts to a failure to fulfil a constitutional obligation. |
Chamisa v EDM & Others Pages 1 28 | Feb 28, 2019 | Elections & violence | Aug 10, 2018 |
| This Application challenged the results of the presidential election announced irregularly by the 23rd and 24th respondents on the 3rd day of August 2018. It also challenged the declaration by the 23rd respondent that 1st respondent ids the duly elected presidential candidate for the presidential for the presidential election that took place on the 30th day of July 2018. |
Mnangagwa opposing papers Part2 | Feb 28, 2019 | Elections & violence | Aug 1, 2018 |
| SADC electoral Observation Mission to the Republic of Zimbabwe Preliminary statement by his Excellency Manuel Domingos Augusto. |
Mnangagwa opposing papers Part1 | Feb 28, 2019 | Elections & violence | Aug 15, 2018 |
| E.D Mnangagwa Urges the court to dismiss Chamisa's application as there was no valid challenge to his election. |
CCZ42.18 NELSON CHAMISA v EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA | Feb 28, 2019 | Elections & violence | Aug 3, 2018 |
| Malaba CJ's decision stated that,This is the unanimous judgment of the Court. It must be noted that it, however, does not contain the full reasons thereof. These will be issued in due course. |
CCZ 9 2018 Democratic Assembly for Restoration of Empowerment & 3 Others vs newbert saunyama No & 3 Others | Feb 28, 2019 | Justice & accountability | Oct 17, 2018 |
| On 4 July 2017, the Supreme Court acting in terms of s 175(4) of the Constitution referred a constitutional matter to this Court. The essence of its order is to seek from this Court an answer to the question whether or not s 27 of the Public Order and Security Act [Chapter 7.11], (POSA) is constitutional. |
GN 2018 267A Appointment of Prosecutor General | Feb 28, 2019 | Institutional reform | Feb 8, 2019 |
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List 2018 Statutory Instruments complete | Feb 28, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 31, 2018 |
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List 2018 SIs as at 30 November | Feb 28, 2019 | Institutional reform | Nov 30, 2018 |
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List Statutory Instruments of 2017 January to May | Feb 28, 2019 | Institutional reform | May 31, 2017 |
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Zimbabwe Youth and Sports and Recreation Councils Act [Chapter 25 19], Feb 2012 | Feb 28, 2019 | Institutional reform | Feb 1, 2012 |
| AN ACT to provide for the establishment of the Zimbabwe Youth Council and to provide for the functions thereof; to provide for the registration and regulation of clubs and national associations; to provide for National Colours for youth; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing. |
Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Debt Assumption) Act, 2005 | Feb 28, 2019 | Institutional reform | Mar 24, 2006 |
| ACT To empower the State to undertake the discharge of certain obligations of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. |
Zimbabwe National Security Council Act, 2009 | Feb 28, 2019 | Institutional reform | Mar 4, 2009 |
| ACT To provide for the establishment, composition, functions and meetings of the Zimbabwe National Security Council; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. |
ZIMBABWE IRON AND STEEL COMPANY (DEBT ASSUMPTION) | Feb 28, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 30, 2018 |
| "ACT To provide for the settlement of certain liabilities incurred by the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. |
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Act [Chapter 2 12], Amended January 2008 | Feb 28, 2019 | Institutional reform | Jan 30, 2008 |
| ACT To provide for the terms of office, conditions of service, qualifications and vacation of office of members of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, the procedure at meetings of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and the appointment of the Chief Elections Officer; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. |
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Act [Chapter 2 12] showing proposed amendments Nov 2007 0 | Feb 28, 2019 | Institutional reform | Dec 30, 2007 |
| ACT To provide for the terms of office, conditions of service, qualifications and vacation of office of members of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, the procedure at meetings of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and the appointment of the Chief Elections Officer; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. |