By Mandivamba Rukuni Introduction An important recommendation of the Commission of Inquiry into Land Tenure Systems in Zimbabwe (1994) that I chaired was that Zimbabwe should maintain a multi-form...
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The significance of land compensation for rehabilitation of Zimbabwe’s land sector
by Mandivamba Rukuni Introduction The issue of compensation has been controversial and still represents an area of major disagreement between the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) and the dispossessed...
"I can arrest you" - the Zimbabwe Republic Police and your rights
In a country where the Rule of Law is no longer operational and the security forces operate with impunity, every citizen is vulnerable. A chance remark in a taxi, at a pub or even at a funeral could...
Zimbabwe Inclusive Government Watch – Issue 40
An analysis of events in Zimbabwe during May demonstrates that President Mugabe and Zanu-PF are gearing up for elections – which could be held later this year but will more likely take place during...
Zimbabwe Inclusive Government Watch - Issue 11
November saw news on Zimbabwe dominated by the on-going political differences between the Zimbabwe's three main parties. More than a year after it was signed, the Global Political Agreement (GPA),...
Will Zimbabwe's Medium-Term Recovery Plan work?
The document published as the successor to STERP, the Short Term Emergency Recovery Programme, is the MTP, or Medium Term Plan, the Zero Draft version of which has now been released by the Ministry...
Zimbabwe Inclusive Government Watch - Issue 10
"There is nothing in the GPA that has not been done by ZANU PF, nothing at all. We have fulfilled everything that the GPA wanted us to fulfill": Robert Mugabe, 24 October 2009 October has been a...
Zimbabwe: Abducted this evening: MDC employee Pascal Gwezere
We've just received information that MDC employee Pascal Gwezere was abducted today by armed men driving an Isuzu twin-cab in the Mufakose area of Harare at 6.45 pm tonight. We have confirmed that...
South African firms muscle in on Zimbabwe's Blood Diamonds
Special Assignment's programme "Zimbabwe's Blood Diamonds" will be broadcast on Tuesday 27 October at 8.30 pm on SABC 3 (South Africa) Broadcast: Special Assignment - SABC 3 Time: Tuesday 27 October...
Zimbabwe Inclusive Government Watch - Issue 9
The month of September began with Minister of Justice Patrick Chinamasa (Zanu PF) announcing that Zimbabwe was withdrawing from the SADC Tribunal, and declaring that the Zimbabwe Government would not...
Zimbabwe Inclusive Government Watch - Issue 8
August saw the continuation of the chaos in Zimbabwe, with ever more breaches of the GPA being recorded, the majority of which fell into the following categories: wanton politically motivated...
Zimbabwe: "We had nothing then and we still have nothing": the fourth anniversary of Murambatsvina
It was this time, Africa Day 25 May 2005, that Operation Murambatsvina was orchestrated by the Mugabe Government. It was as cold then as it is today, with temperatures getting to well nigh freezing...
Zimbabwe's prisons are death-traps
Zimbabwe's prisoners are suffering untold horrors in Zimbabwe's jails. The State is locking them up in hell-holes, condemning them to slow starvation and possible death from nutrition-related...
Action alert: United Nations Security Council to be briefed on the Zimbabwe crisis on Tuesday 29 Apr 2008
(Extract) It is more than a month since the elections were held on March 29th 2008, and we are still waiting for the Presidential results. Meanwhile, Zanu PF has embarked on a campaign of terror and...
Zimbabwe action alert: General strike begins tomorrow, Tues. 15 Apr
GENERAL STRIKE: The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has today called for a general strike in Zimbabwe starting tomorrow (Tuesday, 15 April 2008) after the high court refused to order the...
Zimbabwe election watch: Issue 20
(extract) Issue 20: 19 March 2008 Mugabe amends electoral laws With Zimbabwe's crucial 29 March elections just over a week away, President Mugabe has once again backtracked on changes agreed to at...
Zimbabwe election watch: Issue 19
(extract) Issue 19: 11 March 2008 Observer mission selection criticised as partisan A Southern African Development Community (SADC) observer mission comprising about 80 officials from the region was...
Zimbabwe election watch: Issue 18
(extract) Issue 18: 5 March 2008 March 2008 Elections - A climate of confusion and fear News24 (SA) sums up Zimbabwe's electoral landscape with the following comments: "Voters in Zimbabwe's...
Zimbabwe election watch: Issue 17
(extract) Issue 17: 25 February 2008 In an opinion piece titled "Mugabe's Rigging Nightmare", political commentator John Makumbe from the University of Zimbabwe points out he has "consistently...
Zimbabwe election watch: Issue 16
(extract) Issue 16: 28 January 2008 The announcement by President Mugabe that the elections will be held on March 29 has received widespread condemnation. The opposition Movement for Democratic...