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DM168 AFRO DISPATCHES: Citizens step up to patch up Zimbabwe – and also elicit a giggle in tough times
Teenager Thuso Nyathi helps to control traffic at the busy intersection of Argyle Road and Prince Edward Street in Harare. (Photo: Supplied) Young people are taking the initiative to help solve the country’s challenges. First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. Throughout Zimbabwe’s capital city, Harare, road intersections have stories to tell.
DM168 AFRO DISPATCHES: Creative survival in Zimbabwe: Unemployment and fiscal crisis force the youth to get innovative
Tafadzwa Chidzungu (28) directs and regulates motorists over a makeshift ramp he built and controls in Harare, Zimbabwe. (Photo: Supplied) Zimbabwe’s economy has been in dire straits for decades, with many industries and multinational corporations either closing down or moving to neighbouring countries. First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper.
Zimbabwean Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono Faces Another Court Battle
Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi wants to resurrect a case in which the charges against journalist Hopewell Chin'ono were quashed. Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono faces yet another court battle after the country's Prosecutor-General, Kumbirai Hodzi, filed an application for the rescission of his recent acquittal by the high court on charges of publishing falsehoods.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono faces another court battle
Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono appears at the Harare Magistrates’ Court on 22 July 2020. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Aaron Ufumeli) Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi wants to resurrect a case in which the charges against journalist Hopewell Chin’ono were quashed.
MAVERICK CITIZEN 168: Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono wins court battle, but not yet the war
Hopewell Chin’ono. (Photo: Janet Heard) Zimbabwe’s High Court has quashed criminal charges of communicating false information against award-winning investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono. First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. Zimbabwe journalist and documentary filmmaker Hopewell Chin’ono was vindicated by a court ruling this week, but he has two further cases hanging over his head.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE: #DemLoot was made for talking: The Zimbabwe struggle song of a new generation
Zimbabwean jounalist and activist Hopewell Chin’ono. (Photo: Supplied) The ‘Dem Loot’ song by Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono appears to be resonating among the youth and corruption-conscious compatriots and is serving as a catalyst for conversation and activism.
MAVERICK CITIZEN 168: Uncle Bravo and his team of children grow food for the poor amid Zimbabwe lockdown
Mbare kids and Uncle Bravo. Photo: Fazila Mahomed. Coming from one of the oldest and most impoverished townships, Mbare in Harare, Uncle Bravo has for more than two decades worked on various community development projects, including children’s music concerts, teaching music, arts, mental health training and now the children’s community garden. First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper.
Zimbabwe: 'Zimbabwe Doesn't Have the Resources to Fight Covid'
Zimbabwe reported a 65% decline in positive Covid-19 cases over 72 hours. A closer inspection reveals that testing dropped by 59% over the same period amid the extension of a hard lockdown by another two weeks. A more aggressive second wave of Covid-19 has put pressure on Zimbabwe's dysfunctional public health system, and further eroded confidence in the ability of the government to safeguard its citizens who are unable to afford private healthcare.
ANALYSIS: ‘Zimbabwe doesn’t have the resources to fight Covid’
A staff member at Wilkins Hospital, Harare. (Photo: Fazila Mahomed) Zimbabwe reported a 65% decline in positive Covid-19 cases over 72 hours. A closer inspection reveals that testing dropped by 59% over the same period amid the extension of a hard lockdown by another two weeks.
Zimbabwe: Health Worker Suspensions Amplify Effects of Zim's Covid-19 Second Wave
An increasing number of nurses have tested positive for Covid-19 at Harare's biggest hospital as Zimbabwe succumbs to a second wave, while more staff were issued with suspensions and disciplinaries for alleged misconduct. More than 120 Zimbabwean nurses at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital (SMCH) have tested positive for Covid-19 as the country endures a harsh second wave of the coronavirus, since the beginning of its first lockdown in March 2020.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Health worker suspensions amplify effects of Zim’s Covid-19 second wave
Health workers in Zimbabwe have been on a continuous collision path with the government for many months. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Aaron Ufumeli) An increasing number of nurses have tested positive for Covid-19 at Harare’s biggest hospital as Zimbabwe succumbs to a second wave, while more staff were issued with suspensions and disciplinaries for alleged misconduct.
Zimbabwean Artist Draws 'Inspiration From Rejection' to World Stardom
By making art from recyclable materials - other people's rubbish - Moffat Takadiwa is commenting on environmentalism and inequality. He is also sending the garbage back to the West through his practice: 'As they continue dumping in Africa, I return it,' he says.
Daily Maverick 168: Zimbabwean artist draws ‘inspiration from rejection’ to world stardom
Moffat Takadiwa working at his studios By making art from recyclable materials – other people’s rubbish – Moffat Takadiwa is commenting on environmentalism and inequality. He is also sending the garbage back to the West through his practice: ‘As they continue dumping in Africa, I return it,’ he says.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Zimbabwe’s main opposition factions wrestle for control of party HQ building
Leader of the Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance party Nelson Chamisa. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Aaron Ufumeli) The MDC has split more than five times and the latest occupation of the party headquarters is likely to aggravate the already fierce battle for the iconic building which both camps see as the soul of Zimbabwe’s democratic struggle.
ANALYSIS: Creeping clampdown on dissent: Beware Zimbabwe’s cybersecurity bill
President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa. (Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The intensified prosecution of those expressing themselves on Twitter and other social media platforms indicates the government’s desire to protect itself from public pressure. Now, a new bill clamping down on cybersecurity and data protection is set to further curtail freedom.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE: State of siege: Zimbabwe puts the boot in journalism and freedom of speech
Zimbabwe journalists march against police brutality in 2017. (Photo: MISA) Violent attacks on journalists, student leaders and other voices happening in full view of the police paint a worrying image of the country’s ever-declining humanitarian situation. “Journalism has been criminalised,” said award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono during one of his court appearances in August before he was granted bail on 2 September.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Commercial farmer evicted from contested land in Zimbabwe
More than two dozen officers from the Zimbabwe Republic Police sheriff’s department arrived at Martin Grobler’s farm on Friday afternoon to enforce a supreme court order that was awarded to a new landowner, Ivy Rupindi, in an almost two decades-old land expropriation legal battle. The police escorted Rupindi, who is a Ministry of Agriculture employee, to the farm to enforce the eviction.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Legal knives are out for human rights lawyers in Zim
Zimbabwean lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa. (Photo: EPA / Lucas Dolega) Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has lodged a court challenge against the magistrate presiding over investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono’s case, which is due back in court on Monday. “I’m going to challenge this decision in the higher courts,” said Beatrice Mtetwa soon after being barred by magistrate Ngoni Nduna from representing persecuted journalist Hopewell Chin’ono.
Zimbabwe Unable to Pay Billions to Former White Commercial Farmers - Offers Land Instead
Hardly a month after pledging to pay former white commercial farmers US$3.5-billion compensation for land improvements done before farm seizures in the 2000s under the late President Robert Mugabe, authorities in the troubled southern African state are now offering land in lieu of the reparations.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Zimbabwe unable to pay billions to former white commercial farmers — offers land instead
Two of 11 of Zimbabwe's last white farmers (unnamed) leave court after being ordered to stand trial for defying a government eviction notice, at Chegutu magistrates court in Mashonaland West province, 100km north-west of Harare, Zimbabwe, 11 October 2007.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Ailing journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and activist Jacob Ngarivhume finally granted bail
Hopewell Chin’ono, left, and Jacob Ngarivhume talk to the media at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison after their successful bail application. (Photo: Doug Coltart) The release comes after four previous attempts by the two men since their arrests on 20 July.
Zimbabwe: Jailed Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono Has Covid-19 Symptoms, Says Lawyer
'Swabs have been taken and [we are] now awaiting test results after which the legal team would want Hopewell Chin'ono to be admitted at a hospital soonest. He has been given medication for the meantime.' After spending six weeks in remand prison applying for bail a record three times, incarcerated journalist Hopewell Chin'ono on Monday 31 August sent a distress call to his lawyers that he was "seriously ill" and in need of urgent medical attention.
Zimbabwe: Jailed journalist Hopewell Chin’ono has Covid-19 symptoms, says lawyer
Detained Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono. (Photo: zwnews.com / Wikipedia) ‘Swabs have been taken and [we are] now awaiting test results after which the legal team would want Hopewell Chin’ono to be admitted at a hospital soonest.
Analysis: Zimbabwe denies human rights abuses amidst government crackdown
Members of Not In My Name SA Movement protest in solidarity with Zimbabweans at the Zimbabwean Embassy on August 07, 2020 in Pretoria, South Africa. It is reported that the group protested against the alleged human rights violations taking place in Zimbabwe. The country is facing challenges with the decaying economy, the health system has collapsed and the unemployment rate is alarming.
Zim outrage: Deepening Zimbabwean human rights crisis causes international outrage
Opposition alliance activists arrested after staging a demo at Harare Magistrate’s Court in solidarity with their MP Job Sikhala, who was arrested on charges of inciting public violence. (Photo: Fazila Mahomed) The Zimbabwean government has remained steadfast in its defence against accusations of human rights abuses and the suppression of dissent amid growing international condemnation by human rights groups, diplomats and legal fraternities across the globe.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Zimbabwe’s downward socio-economic and political spiral picks up speed
Lawyer Doug Coltart and Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono at the Harare Magistrates court on 26 July 2020 - photo supplied by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights With Zimbabwe’s socio-political and economic state rapidly deteriorating, there is no sign of relief as at least a dozen human rights lawyers have been arrested and arraigned before the courts.
Zimbabwean Government Slams Archbishop, and Court Bars Jailed Hopewell Chin'ono's Lawyer
The Zimbabwean government has accused the archbishop of Harare of inciting civil war, while the lawyer of detained journalist Hopewell Chino'no was barred from representing him. The crisis in Zimbabwe has taken a new twist following a #ZimbabweanLivesMatter solidarity statement and call for dialogue made by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) on 14 August.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Zimbabwean government slams archbishop, and court bars jailed Hopewell Chin’ono’s lawyer
Zimbabwean president of the Law Society of Zimbabwe and Hopewell Chin’ono’s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa. (Photo: EPA / Lucas Dolega) The Zimbabwean government has accused the archbishop of Harare of inciting civil war, while the lawyer of detained journalist Hopewell Chino’no was barred from representing him. The crisis in Zimbabwe has taken a new twist following a #ZimbabweanLivesMatter solidarity statement and call for dialogue made by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) on 14 August.
South Africa: Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono Still in Jail As State Attempts to Bar His Lawyer
On justifying the need to further remand Chin'ono to 18 August, the magistrate said he did not have 'wi-fi at home for the purposes of doing further research'. A Harare Magistrate's Court on Friday 14 August remanded in custody journalist Hopewell Chin'ono after magistrate Ngoni Nduna postponed the ruling on an application by State prosecutor Whisper Mabhaudhi to bar Chin'ono's defence lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa for contempt.
ZIMBABWE: Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono still in jail as state attempts to bar his lawyer
Arrested Zimbabwean freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono arrives for his initial court appearance at the Harare Magistrate’s Court. (Photo supplied) On justifying the need to further remand Chin’ono to 18 August, the magistrate said he did not have ‘wi-fi at home for the purposes of doing further research’.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE: Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono is still trying to get bail
Beatrice Mtetwa addresses journalists at the Harare Magistrate’s Court on 26 July 2020. (Photo: provided by ZLHR) Chin’ono is not being allowed food from outside and has been surviving on water and biscuits. His lawyers are not allowed private meetings with him. A fresh bid for bail by journalist Hopewell Chin’ono took place on Thursday 13 August before magistrate Ngoni Nduna following an in-camera application by the State.
Coronavirus Zimbabwe: Harare: Covid-19 epicentre
More than two million citizens in Zimbabwe’s capital city Harare are faced with a serious health hazard after it became the new Covid-19 epicentre in the troubled southern African country. Of the 490 cases recorded countrywide on 1 August, 485 were from the capital. Harare’s two biggest referrals, Harare Central and Parirenyatwa hospitals either have poor or no supply of running water or basic sundries and the infrastructure is dilapidated and obsolete.
#31stJuly Clampdown: Zimbabwean government lashes out at anti-corruption protesters with an an iron fist
A worrying increase in dissent, human rights abuses and arbitrary arrests of journalists – this is how the opposition leadership and its supporters, including government critics, are characterising the Zimbabwean socio-political space in the run-up to planned nationwide protests against corruption under the hashtag #31stJuly.
ZIMBABWE: Detained journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin’ono vows to continue anti-corruption campaign
Hopewell Chin’ono at Harare Magistrate’s Court. (Photo: Fazila Mahomed) Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono was in good spirits when he left the Harare Magistrate’s Court, raising a clenched fist as he boarded the Zimbabwe prison services truck with fellow inmates to return to remand prison. His next court appearance is on 7 August. “I’ve been denied bail because I reported what the organisers of the #31July demonstrations said. Journalism has been criminalised.
ZIMBABWE: Whistle-blowing journalist remains in police custody as bail hearing is delayed
Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono arriving at court while a prison guard carries the court papers. (Photo: supplied) Hopewell Chin’ono has spent another night in jail as his bail hearing was postponed – once again. He is charged with ‘intent to promote public violence’, but evidence to prove this has yet to be produced. Arrested journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and co-accused Jacob Ngarivhume first appeared before a Harare Magistrate’s Court on 21 July charged with plotting against the government.
#31JULY ARRESTS : Zimbabwean whistle-blower journalist behind bars while authorities finalise search warrants
Arrested: Freelance Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono. (Photo: zwnews.com / Wikipedia) Zimbabwean police 'guard' the home of arrested journalist Hopewell Chin’ono while they try and find evidence to prove the alleged offence which led to the arrest. Chin'ono's lawyers point out that the police are trying to confiscate items which they believe will incriminate the journalist.
HEALTHCARE CRISIS: Executives fired from Zimbabwe’s top hospitals while health workers’ strike continues
There is a shortage of healthcare personnel in Zimbabwe after at least 32 healthcare workers tested positive for Covid-19. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Aaron Ufumeli) The crisis in Zimbabwe’s healthcare system has deepened as the government this week fired executives from the top five public hospitals in the country. Last week news broke that Health Minister Obediah Moyo had been sacked for corruption involving Covid-19 funds.
Zimbabwe Fires Health Minister for Alleged Embezzlement
Dr Obadiah Moyo, Zimbabwe's Minister of Health and Childcare, has been fired following his involvement in a US$60-million deal for the procurement of Covid-19 medical supplies by Drax International, a company allegedly linked to the first family.
CONDUCT UNBECOMING: Zimbabwe fires health minister for alleged embezzlement
A Zimbabwean police officer affixes a coronavirus information poster on a truck in the Mbare township of Harare, Zimbabwe. (Photo: EPA-EFE /Aaron Ufumeli) Dr Obadiah Moyo, Zimbabwe’s Minister of Health and Childcare, has been fired following his involvement in a US$60-million deal for the procurement of Covid-19 medical supplies by Drax International, a company allegedly linked to the first family.
CORONAVIRUS: Zimbabwe health workers down tools as Covid-19 incidents climb
Health workers have gone on strike several times in the past few months, calling for authorities to meet their demands. (Photo: EPA-EFE / Aaron Ufumeli) The standoff comes at a time when the country is experiencing a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases, from 132 in June to 567 infections and seven deaths by 2 July.
CASH CRUNCH: Zimbabwean government bans largest mobile money transactional platforms
A man holds Zimbabwean Dollar Bond Notes on August 05, 2018 in Harare, Zimbabwe. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Due to cash shortages that have troubled the country for more than a decade, mobile money has become a currency among citizens who use it to send funds to their loved ones, buy airtime and pay for goods and services.
MDC FACTION BATTLES: Zimbabwe election suspended after recall of opposition MPs
MDC headquarters in Harare. In a move seen by many as a threat to democracy and the survival of opposition politics, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission suspended the holding of by-elections or any other electoral activities under Covid-19 regulations, amid a controversial recall of four opposition Movement for Democratic Change-Alliance members from parliament.
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