SA demands reforms in Zimbabwe before polls
Mail & Guardian, 5 March 2012 South Africa on Monday dismissed a push by Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe for new polls without long-delayed reforms required by the country’s unity deal....
View ArticleZimbabwe: Ruling sets fear among civic groups
Mail & Guardian, 22 March 2012 Activist Munyaradzi Gwisai emerged from court pumping a defiant fist in the air. His conviction, with five of his colleagues, on charges of plotting to topple Robert...
View ArticleUN rights chief arrives in Zimbabwe
Mail and Guardian SA’s Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights, has arrived in Zimbabwe on her first mission to the troubled Southern African nation. Officials said Pillay’s week-long...
View ArticleUN High Commissioner for Human Rights statement at end of visit to Zimbabwe
Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at a press conference during her mission to Zimbabwe UNHCR, Harare, 25 May 2012 “Good morning and thank you for coming – and I wish...
View ArticleExtraordinary Summit of SADC Luanda 1 June
Communique from the SADC Summit 1 June 2012 1. An Extraordinary Session of the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held in Luanda, Republic...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Should targeted measures/sanctions stay or go?
On 17 July the British Government announced that they want the EU to suspend their appropriate targeted measures/sanctions on all but a few individuals around President Mugabe. Alistair Burt,...
View ArticleEU changes position on Zimbabwe
The EU has just announced it has changed its position on targeted measures in Zimbabwe. The ban on bilateral funding has been suspended and the travel ban and assets freeze on all but a few key...
View ArticleZanu PF dismiss EU changes to targeted measures
SA Mail and Guardian “It’s all nonsense,” Rugare Gumbo, spokesperson for the Zanu-PF, said. “Why are they talking about a lifting of sanctions dependent on the holding and outcome of a referendum? We...
View ArticleUN watchdog lifts tight monitoring on Zim diamonds
Mail and Guardian A UN-mandated watchdog has agreed to end monitoring controls on Zimbabwe’s diamond trade, after the government allayed concerns over Marange mines. Zimbabwe’s diamond industry has...
View ArticleSADC Communique from Summit in Tanzania including statements on DRC and M23...
The Extraordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania from 7 – 8 December 2012....
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch report on Zimbabwe
Human Rights Watch Zimbabwe’s “unity government” is failing to carry out reforms in the country’s Global Political Agreement that are vital for the country to hold credible, free, and fair elections in...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Human rights activists should be freed and the harassment of civil...
Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA), the successor organisation to the Anti Apartheid Movement, supports the call for the release of the Director of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) and...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Attacks on human rights defenders
58 Civil Society Organsiations(CSOs) including ACTSA have released the following joint statement on the criminalisation of CSOs and their work in Zimbabwe HARARE, 18 January 2013 – We, the Zimbabwean...
View ArticleThe EU Zimbabwe 18 February 2013
The EU has lifted the travel ban on six members of the government of Zimbabwe. 21 people and one company have been removed from restrictive measures list (travel ban and asset freeze). A peaceful and...
View ArticleSouth Africa to Investigate Zimbabwe’s Politically Motivated Rape
AIDS Free World South Africa has made a groundbreaking decision to investigate crimes against humanity in Zimbabwe. This unprecedented action positions the country as a global leader in confronting...
View Article“Zimbabwe must respect fundamental freedoms in run-up to constitutional...
Three United Nations Special Rapporteurs urged today the Government of Zimbabwe to respect international human rights norms and standards pertaining to freedoms of association, of peaceful assembly and...
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International Women’s Day 2013: Time for action to end violence against women
8 March, is International Women’s Day. The United Nations have called for people across the world to campaign on the theme “A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women.”...
View ArticleZimbabwean Civil Society Organizations condemn criminalisation of human...
Zimbabwe Europe Network HARARE, 08 March 2013-We, the undersigned Zimbabwean Civil Society Organizations, condemn the sustained and escalating assault on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved...
View ArticleArrests in Zimbabwe overshadow referendum vote
Deutsche Welle Aides to the Zimbabwean prime minister have been arrested on unknown charges. The news came as vote counting was underway in a constitutional referendum. The three senior aides to Prime...
View ArticleZimbabwe approves new constitution
BBC Zimbabwe’s new constitution was approved by an overwhelming majority in Saturday’s referendum, the electoral commission has said. The document, which will limit future presidents to two five-year...
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