Breaking the silence: A report on the Disturbances in Matebeleland and the midlands
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- Date recorded
- Feb 28, 1997
- Category
- Gukurahundi
- Summary
The report unveils the crisis which happened in the 1980's which consisted of Curfews in Matebeleland,detentions, tortures and political kidnappings, disappearances and threatened treason trials. It basically tells the story about Zimbabwe's internal conflicts and how the signing of the Unity accord in 1987 ended the disturbances.
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- Mar 20, 2020
The Aftermath of a Disastrous Venture A Follow up report on Operation Murambatsvina
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- Date recorded
- Sep 1, 2005
- Category
- Displacements
- Murambatsvina
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This report traces developments that have taken place since our June report and gives an overview of the main consequences of Operation Murambatsvina since it commenced on 19 May 2005. It also locates the Operation in the context of events that have happened in Zimbabwe over several years.
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- Mar 18, 2020
Operation Murambatsvina and its effects on political participation. final 17 May 2017
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- Date recorded
- May 1, 2005
- Category
- Displacements
- Murambatsvina
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A report demonstrating a recent study on risk aversion, Operation Murambatsvina [OM] had severe effects upon the population of Zimbabwe (Masunungure et al. 2017). The percentage of Zimbabweans that reported being “risk takers” in 1999 was 84%, but this dropped to a paltry 13% in 2005.The present study examined the changes in aspects of citizen agency – political participation, community participation, political trust and political affiliation – as well as lived poverty for three periods, 2004, 2005 and 2009.
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- Mar 18, 2020
Mrs A Tibaijuka Report on Operation Murambatsvina
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- Date recorded
- Jul 18, 2005
- Category
- Displacements
- Murambatsvina
- Politics & Governance
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The report outlines how the Government of Zimbabwe embarked on an operation to“clean-up” its cities. It was a“crash”operation known as “Operation Murambatsvina”, referred to in this report as Operation Restore Order. It started in the Zimbabwe capital, Harare, and rapidly evolved into anationwide demolition and eviction campaign carried out bythe police and the army.
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- Mar 18, 2020
Zimbabwe's Land Reform Booklet Web
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- Date recorded
- Feb 1, 2000
- Category
- Displacements
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The report shows findings from the study area of Masvingo pertaining to who got the land during the land reform program and whether they are utilizing it or not.
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- Mar 17, 2020
Land Reform and Property rights in Zimbabwe
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- Date recorded
- Apr 30, 2010
- Category
- Displacements
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The report talks of the forceful eviction of commercial white farmers during the fast track land reform process and how it was one of the primary drivers of Zimbabwe's sudden economic downfall. The process was characterized by gross human rights violations and disregard of the rule of law.
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- Mar 17, 2020
Rural Land Act [Chapter 20 18], 2003
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- Date recorded
- Mar 31, 2004
- Category
- Displacements
- Politics & Governance
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AN ACT to provide for the acquisition of State land and the disposal of State land; to provide for the control of the subdivision and lease of land for farming or other purposes; to provide for limiting of the number of pieces of land that may be owned by any person and the sizes of such land, and for prohibiting or restricting the rights of non-residents to own, lease or occupy land in Zimbabwe, and to provide for other matters incidental to and connected with the foregoing.
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- Mar 17, 2020
Fast Track Land Reform in Zimbabwe
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- Date recorded
- May 31, 2002
- Category
- Displacements
- Politics & Governance
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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.
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- Mar 17, 2020
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE : A window on the situation of Zimbabweans living in Gauteng
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- Date recorded
- Sep 30, 2005
- Category
- Displacements
- Summary
The ZTVP conducted a ‘snap’ survey of 236 Zimbabweans in 5 different locations of Gauteng during July and early August 2005. None of those interviewed were or are clients of the ZTVP or the related ‘Tree of Life’ healing programme.
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- Mar 17, 2020
Children's Act
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- Date recorded
- Jan 18, 2002
- Category
- Children
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AN ACT to provide for the establishment of children’s courts; to make provision for the protection, welfare and supervision of children and juveniles; to provide for the establishment, recognition and registration of certain institutions and institutes for the reception and custody of children and juveniles and for the treatment of children and juveniles after their reception in such institutions and institutes; to require the contribution by certain persons towards the maintenance of children and juveniles; to provide for the adoption of minors; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing.
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- Mar 16, 2020
Children and violence paper final 25 July 2013
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- Date recorded
- Jul 25, 2013
- Category
- Children
- Women
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The report contains research about violence that occurs after elections and how it is generally more violent than pre-election violence, and is mostly precipitated by the challengers.
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- Mar 13, 2020
Working Document on Youth Manifesto
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2014
- Category
- Children
- Politics & Governance
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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.
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- Mar 13, 2020
Our Branches Are Broken Using the Tree Of Life Healing Method
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- Date recorded
- Mar 30, 2016
- Category
- Gukurahundi
- Trauma
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This article assesses the effectiveness of the Tree of Life healing approach, which was one of the methodologies tried during the course of the research with a small group of survivors of the 1980s atrocities.
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- Mar 12, 2020
NPRC Press Statement Feb 2019
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- Date recorded
- Feb 27, 2019
- Category
- Politics & Governance
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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.
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- Mar 11, 2020
SC 32 2018 ZESA Holdings v Itai Utah
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- Date recorded
- Jun 12, 2018
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Summary
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.
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- Mar 9, 2020
Commissions Watch 4 2017 Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission A Report on Communities Displaced by Floods
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- Date recorded
- Jun 22, 2017
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- Displacements
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This bulletin is a summary of a report by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission [hereafter referred to as “the Commission” or “ZHRC”] recording its assessment of the human rights situation of communities in the Tsholotsho district affected by the floods experienced in the 2013/2014 rainy season.
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- Mar 9, 2020
31 August 2017 Commission Newsletter
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- Date recorded
- Aug 31, 2017
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- Politics & Governance
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ZHRC’s ability to go ‘where the angels fear to tread’ impresses Speaker
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- Mar 9, 2020
Investigative Report on Maganga Estate Evictions ( Mashonaland East Province) 2018
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2017
- Category
- Displacements
- Human rights Judgements
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This was a complaint on the arbitrary eviction and alleged violation of the complainants’ freedom from arbitrary eviction, right to dignity, the right to privacy and other interrelated rights of residents of Maganga Estate in Marondera-Mashonaland East Province (hereinafter referred to as the complainants).
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- Mar 9, 2020
Banjul charter
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- Date recorded
- Jun 27, 1981
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- Politics & Governance
- Summary
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.
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- Mar 9, 2020
BILL WATCH 64 2019 Coming up in the National Assembly This Week
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- Date recorded
- Nov 26, 2019
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- Politics & Governance
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Resumption of the Budget debate is on the Order Paper for today, Tuesday 26th November.
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- Mar 9, 2020
Commissions Watch 1 2017 Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Press Statement on Floods
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- Date recorded
- Jan 31, 2017
- Category
- Displacements
- Summary
This bulletin contains the text of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission’s Press Statement on the promotion and protection of environmental and related rights in the face of ongoing flooding in urban areas.
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- Mar 9, 2020
Witchcraft Offences Extract from Criminal Law Code
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- Date recorded
- Jan 1, 2006
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Summary
Before 1st July 2006 the law on witchcraft offences was contained in the Witchcraft Suppression Act. That Act was repealed by section 283 of the Criminal Law Code.
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- Mar 8, 2020
SC 26 2018 TM Supermarket v Itayi Nkomo Judgment
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- Date recorded
- May 8, 2018
- Category
- Politics & Governance
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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.
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- Mar 8, 2020
CCZ 03 13 MUZANENHAMO v OFFICER IN CHARGE CID LAW AND ORDER & 7 Ors
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- Date recorded
- Nov 14, 2013
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- Politics & Governance
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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.
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- Mar 8, 2020
ZHRC CHIREDZI ABDUCTION INVESTIGATION REPORT 2016
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- Date recorded
- Dec 30, 2015
- Category
- Human rights Judgements
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ZHRC CHIREDZI ABDUCTION INVESTIGATION REPORT 2016
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- Mar 8, 2020
COMMISSIONS WATCH 7 2017 ZHRC Internatioinal Human Rights Day
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- Date recorded
- Dec 12, 2017
- Category
- Politics & Governance
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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.
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- Mar 8, 2020
CCZ 02 14 MADANHIRE v ATTORNEY GENERAL
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- Date recorded
- Jun 12, 2014
- Category
- Politics & Governance
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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.
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- Mar 8, 2020
CCZ 12 14 MATIASHE v THE HON MAGISTRATE MAHWE N.O & AG OF ZIM
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- Date recorded
- Dec 4, 2014
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Summary
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.
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- Mar 8, 2020
SC 37 2018 Tracey Leigh Mackintosh (Nee Parkinson) v Antony William Mackintosh SC 433.16
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- Date recorded
- Jun 15, 2018
- Category
- Politics & Governance
- Summary
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.
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- Mar 8, 2020
ZHRC 2016 Annual Report
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- Date recorded
- Dec 31, 2016
- Category
- 2008 & Beyond
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The year under review was not without its fair share of challenges. Funding constraints have meant that the ZHRC continues to operate from only two offices Countrywide making it inaccessible to the larger populace.
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- Mar 8, 2020