Zimbabwe Situation

Source: ZOU part-time lecturers sing the blues –Newsday Zimbabwe The university is also reportedly failing to provide students with basic learning facilities and such tools as internet and modules. ZIMBABWE Open University (ZOU) part-time lecturers have gone for two semesters without being paid their allowances, NewsDay has established. The lecturers have not received their allowances […] …
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Source: Africa University sets up 4th applied sciences college -Newsday Zimbabwe The CEAS joins the College of Business, Peace, Leadership and Governance, the College of Social Sciences, Theology, Humanities and Education, the College of Health, Agriculture and Natural Sciences and the School of Law. AFRICA University has established a fourth College of Engineering and Applied […] …
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Source: ‘Patriot Bill’ threatens rights, freedoms: UN –Newsday Zimbabwe THE international community has criticised President Emmerson Mnangagwa for signing the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill into law. THE international community has criticised President Emmerson Mnangagwa for signing the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill into law. The Bill, commonly known as the […] …
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Source: US$400m facility won’t stabilise economy: OMIG –Newsday Zimbabwe Last month, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya revealed during the Afreximbank’s 30th annual meetings held in Ghana, that he had finished negotiating for a US$400 million facility to stabilise the economy. OLD Mutual Investment Group (OMIG) says the US$400 million funding secured by […] …
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Zimbabwe is heading to the polls next month but there are growing concerns about a clampdown on political freedom in the run-up. For more, we speak to Advocate Fadzayi Mahere. #DStv403 …
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Source: Silobela minerals should benefit locals: Chamisa – The Midlands Observer By Chipo Gudhe Zimbabwe’s Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) party leader, Nelson Chamisa, said mineral resources should uplift local communities and construct essential health facilities. Chamisa made the call at a rally at Donsa, Silobela a region he pointed out as having potential because […] …
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Source: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied This report documents the persecution by the State of Job Sikhala, Member of Parliament for Zengeza West, human rights lawyer and a senior member of Zimbabwe’s opposition political party Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). Job Sikhala was arrested on the 14th of June 2022 together with fellow opposition Parliamentarian, […] …
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Source: Patriot Act Now Law with effect from Friday 14th July 2023 BILL WATCH 27/2023 Patriot Act gazetted on Friday 14th July 2023 The Criminal Law Codification and Reform Amendment Act, 2023 [link] – better known as the Patriot or Patriots Act – was published in the Government Gazette on Friday 14th July as Act No. 10 of 2023. […] …
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Source: Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 15th July 2023 https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/53049444196/sizes/m/ No train strikes today and it  was good to have a better attendance. In the lead up to Zimbabwe elections on 23rd August, our activists once again discussed the likelihood that this election (as usual) would be rigged and that a Zanu PF victory was a foregone conclusion. […] …
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Former minister Saviour Kasukuwere banned from running as an independent candidate because he lived outside Zimbabwe Source: Former Mugabe ally appeals ban on contesting Zimbabwe general election – The Irish Times Former minister Saviour Kasukuwere banned from running as an independent candidate on grounds he lived outside Zimbabwe for the last 18 months A man […] …
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