Zimbabwean government
Zimbabwe's outspoken opposition lawmaker freed on bail
Job Sikhala, vice chairman of the main opposition party Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-Alliance), was arrested on 21 August and charged with...
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Zulu: ANC had very frank meeting with Zanu-PF leaders about Zim unrest
NEC member and Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu was part of an ANC delegation led by Secretary-General Ace Magashule sent to the neighbouring country by the party this week.
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After meeting ZANU, ANC delegates say they'll return to meet other stakeholders
Ace Magashule has told reporters that these stakeholders they will meet with at a later stafe include the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Non-Governmental Organisations Forum and opposition politician Simba Makoni.
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Mpofu says ANC meeting ZANU to discuss ‘mutual interest’, denies there's crisis
A nine-member delegation of the ANC led by secretary-general Ace Magashule was due to land in Zimbabwe on Tuesday afternoon, ahead of talks on Wednesday.
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Chin’ono gives harrowing account of 45-day imprisonment at Chikurubi
Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was released last week after being in custody for 45 days on charges of inciting violence on social media.
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Zimbabwe to reopen schools from 14 September for students taking final exams
The first students to return, on 14 September will be those taking Cambridge International exams. Those taking locally administered final exams will go back two weeks later.
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Zimbabwe to meet Vatican envoy over Catholic bishops' criticism
Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi described a pastoral letter written by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference last weekend as 'inappropriately prescriptive and grossly disrespectful'.
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Will SADC leaders speak on Zimbabwe as virtual summit gets under way?
Civil society and the opposition in Zimbabwe warned that the region shouldn't put Mnangagwa in charge of the politics, defence and security organ yet he was voted in last August.
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Rights organisations decry treatment of inmates at Zim’s Chikhurubi prison
Rights organisations decry treatment of inmates at Zim’s #Chikhurubi prison #ZimbabweanLivesMatter
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Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC Alliance angry over SA envoys ‘snub’
Baleka Mbete, Ngoako Ramatlhodi and Sydney Mufamadi flew out of Harare on Monday evening without meeting the MDC Alliance.
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Police clash with #ZimbabweanLivesMatter protesters at embassy in Pretoria
The Not in My Name Movement had organised the picket out the Zimbabwe High Commission to protest the human rights abuses in Zimbabwe.
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‘Zimbabwe is free’ – Govt official denies crisis, reports of clampdown
Zimbabwe's information, publicity, and broadcasting service's secretary Nick Mangwana says despite reports of a government clampdown, there is no crisis or implosion in the country.
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Dirco: SA will send help to Zimbabwe...if need be
Pressure is mounting on the South African government to say something significant about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Zimbabwe.
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UN’s Guterres urges govt in troubled Zimbabwe to uphold human rights
The UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has urged the government to allow people to express themselves and gather in line with Zimbabwe's human rights obligations.
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Zimbabwe activist, journalist charged in court over planned protests
Jacob Ngarivhume, an activist and opposition politician behind the 31 July demonstrations, and freelance journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin’ono were arrested at their homes on Monday.
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Zimbabwe mulls tightening lockdown as COVID-19 infections rise
The number of confirmed cases is now more than 1,000 with 19 dead, far fewer than in South Africa but the signs are ominous.
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Zimbabwe extends COVID-19 lockdown by another 2 weeks
With 40 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and four deaths, the danger of the pandemic still seems very far away to many in the country which is already hit by a deep economic and humanitarian crisis.
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Zimbabwe lockdown: Coffin makers included on list of essential services
Zimbabwe announced its national 21-day lockdown last week, now a list of essential services has been published in the government notice.
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Zimbabwe orders total lockdown from Monday to combat coronavirus
The decision is seen hurting an economy already struggling with a drought, shortages of foreign exchange and a staggering unemployment rate of over 90%, forcing people to survive on informal trade.
