Post 23 August – Zimbabwe needs to do more to restore trust and confidence With the inauguration, cabinet announcement and swearing-in of new Ministers well out of the way, on 18 September, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa left for the 78th session of the...
Zimbabweans exercised their democratic rights on August 23 and 24, participating in crucial elections that would determine their representatives in council, Parliament, and the presidency. The contest primarily boiled down to a fierce battle between the ruling Zanu...
Access to energy is a priority of Zimbabwe’s National Development Strategy (NDS1) for economic growth, which envisages a prosperous upper-middle-income society by 2030. This strategy envisions gross national income per capita at more than US$5 000 in real terms by...
Africa’s mining sector must institute critical reforms if it is to avert the deepening of the resource curse. Increasing global demand for “development” or “critical” minerals and transition fuel sources (such as liquid natural gas) renders this a governance priority....
As Zimbabwe counts down to the 2023 elections, civil society is again fighting for its very existence.
Education re-entry or continuation policies for pregnant schoolgirls, while still perceived as controversial in some contexts, have gone a long way in protecting their right to education. Re-entry laws, policies, and measures have secured girls’ right to remain in...
Zimbabwe to hold by-elections on 26 March
Adaptation, the climate buzzword for restoring and protecting delicate ecosystems, and the financing of adaptation initiatives, were at the top of the Glasgow COP26 agenda. To give proper effect to adaptation, however, African governments have a lot of local work to...
The right to water is enshrined in the Zimbabwean Constitution and in statute law. This is one of the most important developments effected by the 2013 Constitution because the fulfilment and enjoyment of all other rights such as food, health, life, work and education...
The 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution’s well-articulated provisions for media freedom are in stark contrast to the fragility of the country’s current media landscape, 41 years after the attainment of independence. The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) is a constitutional...
Post 23 August – Zimbabwe needs to do more to restore trust and confidence With the inauguration, cabinet announcement and swearing-in of new Ministers well out of the way, on 18 September, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa left for the 78th session of the...
Zimbabweans exercised their democratic rights on August 23 and 24, participating in crucial elections that would determine their representatives in council, Parliament, and the presidency. The contest primarily boiled down to a fierce battle between the ruling Zanu...
Access to energy is a priority of Zimbabwe’s National Development Strategy (NDS1) for economic growth, which envisages a prosperous upper-middle-income society by 2030. This strategy envisions gross national income per capita at more than US$5 000 in real terms by...
Africa’s mining sector must institute critical reforms if it is to avert the deepening of the resource curse. Increasing global demand for “development” or “critical” minerals and transition fuel sources (such as liquid natural gas) renders this a governance priority....
As Zimbabwe counts down to the 2023 elections, civil society is again fighting for its very existence.
Education re-entry or continuation policies for pregnant schoolgirls, while still perceived as controversial in some contexts, have gone a long way in protecting their right to education. Re-entry laws, policies, and measures have secured girls’ right to remain in...
Zimbabwe to hold by-elections on 26 March
Adaptation, the climate buzzword for restoring and protecting delicate ecosystems, and the financing of adaptation initiatives, were at the top of the Glasgow COP26 agenda. To give proper effect to adaptation, however, African governments have a lot of local work to...
The right to water is enshrined in the Zimbabwean Constitution and in statute law. This is one of the most important developments effected by the 2013 Constitution because the fulfilment and enjoyment of all other rights such as food, health, life, work and education...
The 2013 Zimbabwean Constitution’s well-articulated provisions for media freedom are in stark contrast to the fragility of the country’s current media landscape, 41 years after the attainment of independence. The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) is a constitutional...