EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The year 2020 was, by all accounts, a very difficult year for Zimbabwe. The global COVID-19 pandemic went beyond being just a health issue and the Zimbabwean government conveniently...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In his book, The Story of My Life, first published in 1984, the late nationalist and Vice President of Zimbabwe, Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, wrote, “What matters is that the...
1.0 Executive Summary On 25 October 2020, at Kandeya Primary School in Mt Darwin South, about 177 kilometres from the main capital, Harare, dozens of villagers gathered to receive agricultural inputs...
1.0 Executive Summary An anniversary of brutality For Zimbabwe, August 2020, has been the most complicated month. During this month, the ruling Zanu PF started off by celebrating two years after its...
1.0 Executive Summary The state of paranoia During the first week of July, Transform Zimbabwe leader, Jacob Ngarivhume announced he was galvanising support for a July 31 demonstration against...
Introduction A COLD JUNE In Zimbabwe, the winter season peaks in the month of June. But far from the usual cold weather the month brings, Zimbabweans across the country experienced a worsening...
INTRODUCTION The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) works with community structures and community-based partners in five districts of Zimbabwe namely Binga, Chiredzi, Matobo, Mutasa and Mutoko, . A brief...
‘Human Rights in the midst of the Covid-19 Global Pandemic: Zim in state of neglect’ Executive Summary In March 2020 citizens were preoccupied with the Corona Virus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) which...
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum), notes the directive issued by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on 27 March 2020 for a 21-day National Lockdown starting from today (Monday 30 March 2020)...
“Some animals are more equal than others” Executive Summary The month of February recorded violations of civil, political, social and economic rights totalling 195 violations with Mashonaland Central...
“As we remember January… Everything remains the same” Introduction January marked a year since the 2019 January national stay away violence that resulted in at least 17 people losing their lives. The...
Actions Speak Louder… Introduction As the curtain came down on 2019, Zimbabwe continued to experience economic challenges that saw the populace having a rather troubled festive season. Prices of...
It is the politics and not the space satellite The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Ms Hilal Elver who recently completed an 11 day mission after an invitation was...
Who will protect citizens from their ‘supposed’ protectors? The month of October brought not just scorching temperatures, but the searing heat may well be the signs of the hard and tough living...
Imaginary Steps Forward and Real Steps Backwards The death of former President, Robert Mugabe, the abduction of Doctor Peter Magombeyi, Doctors’ and students’ strikes, turning away of children from...
Section 77 of Zimbabwe’s Constitution states that “every person has a right to safe, clean and potable water and the State must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within the limits of...
One Year On: Shattered Hopes and Promises August 26 marked the anniversary of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s inauguration into office. Zimbabweans had very high hopes for his administration,...
Living on a prayer The month of July has sadly not brought much to celebrate for Zimbabweans as the country is cascading into the precipice of conflict amid a continued deterioration in living...
Chasing Shadows The Government of Zimbabwe has reverted to its systematic and coordinated Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and human rights activists attack modus operandi; a path they always take...
Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) joins the rest of Africa in celebrating the 56th year of Africa Day. We join our brothers and sisters across the Mother Continent in celebrating our Heritage, Culture and...