Violence in zimbabwe. Medical search. Frequent questions

this has great relevance in 2023 as Zimbabwe heads towards yet another election in which the stakes are higher than ever before. (dailymaverick.co.za)
GWERU - High Court Judge, Justice Martin Makonese has warned those bent on causing violence and other disturbances ahead of the 2023 elections that they will be decisively dealt with by the courts. (nehandaradio.com)
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Chairperson Priscilla Makanyara Chigumba prepares to announce the presidential election results in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. (wavy.com)

A soldier walks between people after they were stopped by the Zimbabwe Defence Force as they tried to make their way to State House in Harare during mass protests against President Robert Mugabe on 18 November 2017. (dailymaverick.co.za)
VIDEO evidence of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) vice-chairperson Job Sikhala allegedly inciting public violence was yesterday played at the Harare Magistrates Court during his trial. (co.zw)
Opposition MDC party supporters protest in the streets of Harare in Zimbabwe during clashes with police Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (wnycstudios.org)
Following a pre-election visit to Harare in July to encourage a free, fair and transparent process (pictured) , The Elders urge all political parties to publicly recommit and adhere to the Peace Pledge signed on 26 June, refrain from violence and its incitement, and confine any challenge to the election result to the due process of law. (kofiannanfoundation.org)
The Elders welcome President Emmerson Mnangagwa's announcement of an independent investigation into the violence in Harare on 1 August and urge him to make every effort to curtail any further excessive use of force by the armed forces. (kofiannanfoundation.org)
Senior commanders of the Zimbabwe army today insisted that the military that were deployed to restore law and order in Harare on 1 August did not shoot any civilians. (insiderzim.com)
Harare correspondent Irwin Chifera of VOA's Studio 7 for Zimbabwe reported. (voazimbabwe.com)
JOHANNESBURG - Bearing placards proclaiming, 'The power of love can conquer the love of power', a group of activists from Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) marched through the streets of the capital, Harare, on St Valentine's Day to demand democratic and violence-free elections in March. (kubatana.net)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader on Sunday alleged "blatant and gigantic fraud" in the country's election after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner and international observers reported an atmosphere of intimidation against voters. (wavy.com)
The internal capacity building workshop on elections and human rights for the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission staff, under the EU funded "Support to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Project", was held from 18 to 20 October 2022 at Cresta Lodge Msasa, Harare. (lu.se)
The workshop brought together 24 participants (18 officers from the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission being the target beneficiaries of the training and are responsible for human rights investigations and monitoring), including the facilitators, the resource persons and RWI, Harare staff. (lu.se)
Management of children with pneumonia and HIV in low-resource settings : report of a consultative meeting, Harare, Zimbabwe, 30-31 January 2003. (who.int)

This article draws on research conducted in Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe that focused on violence in the context of political transition. (openrepository.com)

Six people were killed in the violence and the military has been blamed for using unnecessary force to end demonstrations by people upset by the delay by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to release the results of the 30 July elections. (insiderzim.com)
Mnangagwa was reelected for a second and final five-year term with 52.6% of the vote, according to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. (wavy.com)

The violence of electoral politics, as people flee Zimbabwe's borders. (ontheissuesmagazine.com)
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change said Monday that violence against its supporters in rural areas by ruling ZANU-PF party youth militia and others has driven many people to seek refuge in its offices across the country, creating a population of internally displaced people in need of humanitarian assistance. (voazimbabwe.com)
What is even more beguiling was SADC's decision to blame the West and sanctions for Zimbabwe's troubles, when the only person responsible for the dire state that Zimbabwe finds itself is Robert Mugabe. (jpost.com)
During the height of inflation from 2008 to 2009, it was difficult to measure Zimbabwe's hyperinflation because the government of Zimbabwe stopped filing official inflation statistics. (wikipedia.org)
NewZimbabwe.com - The Zimbabwe News You Trust is Zimbabwe's leading online newspaper and published by New Zimbabwe Media Ltd. (newzimbabwe.com)
In March 2021, former Zimbabwe vice president Joice Mujuru said she quit politics for farming, yet she was named as a powerful woman who could have become Zimbabwe's first female president. (theafricareport.com)

The violence of increasingly bad leadership by President Mugabe and his party, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). (ontheissuesmagazine.com)
What is surprising is that our current self-styled liberators (MDC), following in the footsteps of our previous liberators (ZANU-PF), are admitting that violence is necessary to maintain the status quo. (ontheissuesmagazine.com)
Today, as Zimbabwe faces the prospect of a failed MDC-ZANU PF unity agreement, the question is: how much more violence can we take As a nation and as women, we are tired of feeling terror in our homes and in our hearts. (ontheissuesmagazine.com)
A number of civilians were hospitalised over the last two months as the MDC Alliance and Zanu PF turned Epworth into a hotbed of violence during their disputed primary elections. (nehandaradio.com)
By Gandri Maramba Suspected Zanu PF supporters have allegedly burnt to ashes the homestead of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) Masvingo youth chairman, Phillip Chingini, as cases of violence rise in Zimbabwe. (nehandaradio.com)
Mugabe's destruction of civil society began once he successfully out-manoeuvred Joshua Nkomo, the head of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and Bishop Abel T. Muzorewa to ensure that Mugabe's party: the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) won the April 1980 elections. (jpost.com)
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) suporters have narrated harrowing details on how they escaped death after they were attacked by suspected Zanu PF members in post-election violence cases. (zimbabweobserver.com.au)
VIOLENCE dominated the new Zanu PF provincial joint council of the main wing, women's and youth leagues' inaugural meeting held in Chinhoyi Saturday. (newzimbabwe.com)
Mashonaland West Provincial Minister, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka won the chairmanship ahead of Information Deputy Minister Kindness Paradza, former Zanu PF Mashonaland West youth league leader Vengai Musengi and ex-Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief executive Happison Muchechetere. (newzimbabwe.com)
Zimbabwe has a history of disputed and sometimes violent elections in the more than four decades of ZANU-PF rule, most notably under autocratic former president Robert Mugabe, who was leader for 37 years and oversaw a period of economic collapse that gained Zimbabwe international notoriety. (wavy.com)

Based on series of previous reports released during 2020 and 2021 by a consortium of Zimbabwean human rights organisations - the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum , the Counselling Services Unit (CSU), the Heal Zimbabwe Trust (HZT), the Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU) and Veritas - the consolidated report makes for very sorry reading. (dailymaverick.co.za)
Politically-motivated violence must not be allowed to consume the moral fabric of Zimbabwean society to the extent of forgetting even the sanctity of human life. (nehandaradio.com)
Human rights experts say Zimbabwean security forces are still perpetrating horrific crimes despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa claiming he would put a stop to the violence on Tuesday. (zimbabwesituation.com)
Abstract This dissertation is based on a qualitative study conducted in Johannesburg to explore the meanings that a group of Zimbabwean migrants attach to experiences of socio-political violence, called Gukurahundi. (wits.ac.za)
In June 2019, the Zimbabwean government announced the reintroduction of the Real Time Gross Settlement dollar (RTGS), to be known simply as the "Zimbabwe dollar", and that all foreign currency was no longer legal tender. (wikipedia.org)
When Zimbabwe gained its independence from the United Kingdom, the newly introduced Zimbabwean dollar was initially more valuable than the United States dollar at the official exchange rate. (wikipedia.org)
Zimbabwe attained its independence in 1980 after a war that pitted the colonial forces of Rhodesia against the Zimbabwean liberation guerrilla forces. (smallwarsjournal.com)

Reality on the ground in most of Sub-Saharan Africa and even relatively in the first world is that there's deep-rooted inequality in roles, rights and opportunities of men and women, and attitudes and social norms that condone or normalise such violence, have made the problem tenacious, but not inevitable. (thezimbabwemail.com)
The nineteenth-century 'Scramble for Africa' and the imposition of White Colonial rule allowed the whites who headed to the territory of Zimbabwe (known as Rhodesia at the time) to help themselves to the best land by pushed off the indigenous African population to the less fertile areas or forcing it to pay taxes and/or rents to the Whites. (jpost.com)
As senior affiliate at the RWI I bring my research and teaching experience for capacity building activities in the Armenia, Zimbabwe, regional Africa and Belarus programmes. (lu.se)

Zimbabweans say horrific abuse has continued even after President Emmerson Mnangagwa denounced the violence as 'unacceptable' and said that 'heads will roll' on Tuesday. (zimbabwesituation.com)
Violence or misconduct by our security forces is unacceptable and a betrayal of the new Zimbabwe,' Mnangagwa said on Twitter. (zimbabwesituation.com)
President Emmerson Mnangagwa set up a seven-member commission led by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe to look into the violence and report back in three months. (insiderzim.com)
This denial of culpability is to be expected, but few trust it because Mnangagwa is implicated not just in the violence, but also in the cover up. (democracyinafrica.org)

The latest violence comes at the end of a long string of splits and power struggles within the MDC since the death of founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai in 2018. (co.zw)

Sources said many homes were burned over the weekend in Uzumba and Maramba-Pfungwe in Mashonaland East Province, a focal point for violence which surged in the wake of March 29 election gave the combined opposition a parliamentary majority. (voazimbabwe.com)
Post-election violent attacks in Zimbabwe: "The two men in these images are both MDC office bearers in the Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe. (globalvoices.org)

In 2004 REDRESS issued a report on the trends and patterns of organised violence and torture in Zimbabwe, detailing their associations with elections and showing clearly and graphically that in recent years organised violence and torture were most closely associated with elections. (redress.org)

Zimbabwe has been under the world's microscope as the country held its first election following the ousting of autocratic Robert Mugabe . (independent.co.uk)
In a shocking communiqu , the SADC declared its solidarity with Mugabe, the man responsible for the destruction of Zimbabwe. (jpost.com)
In a shocking communiqu , the 14 countries that make up the Southern African Development Community (SADC) declared their solidarity with Robert Mugabe, the man responsible for the destruction of Zimbabwe. (jpost.com)
When politics failed, Mugabe turns force as seen in 1983 when he sent the North Korean-trained Fifth Brigade to the Midlands and Matebeland regions to crush opposition which mostly came from Joseph Nkomo's Zimbabwe African People's Union. (jpost.com)
Consequently, whites came to own and control the best lands in Zimbabwe, something that Mugabe was determined to overturn. (jpost.com)
These sanctions affected the government of Zimbabwe, asset freezes and visa denials targeted at 200 specific Zimbabweans closely tied to the Mugabe regime. (wikipedia.org)
Optimism about Zimbabwe turning a new page in the aftermath of the first election since Mugabe was removed in a de facto coup last year quickly evaporated when opposition supporters took to the streets on Aug. 1 to protest against what they described as rigging by the election board. (starradiouk.com)

On 18 April 1980, the Republic of Zimbabwe was born from the former Republic of Rhodesia. (wikipedia.org)

The Solidarity Peace Trust in Kwazulu-Natal said information that it has received from its member organizations suggests well over 3,000 people need humanitarian assistance as a rising number of rural dwellers are driven from their homes by politically motivated violence. (voazimbabwe.com)

Aidsfonds is looking to fund 2 -3 organisations in Mozambique and 1 organisation in Zimbabwe for the period 1 January- 31 December 2024. (advance-africa.com)
This call for proposals is specifically for organisations based in Zimbabwe and/or Mozambique, that work towards better health and rights for sex workers. (advance-africa.com)
An alliance of five child rights organisations, Joining Forces Zimbabwe (JFZ) said on Wednesday while the country has laws to protect girls and women from sexual violence, it is not fully implementing them to eliminate the social ill. (co.zw)
The organisations want to use the collective power to accelerate change to secure children their rights and end violence against them through piloting and scaling innovative and effective approaches worldwide that are driven by the voices and needs of children. (co.zw)

The report, as the title suggests, covers the periods of mass violence from 1972, the substantive beginning of the Liberation War that brought independence to Zimbabwe, through all the periods up to 2020, and after the coup in 2017. (dailymaverick.co.za)
Sikhala is accused of inciting public violence in a video that was published in 2020. (co.zw)

The report questioned at the time whether it was possible to have free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, given both the scale and intensity of previous abuses, the extent to which these abuses had damaged the structures necessary for such a democratic exercise, and the ever-lurking threat of violence and torture which broke out periodically as the election date approached. (redress.org)
The overall objective of the workshop was to build and strengthen the capacity of the ZHRC to discharge its mandate of promoting and protecting human rights in Zimbabwe with a focus on redressing elections-related human rights violations that are usually associated with electoral contests. (lu.se)
The Zimbabwe Constitution and the Election Act recognize this and have specifically granted the ZHRC the duty to monitor and observe elections in the country. (lu.se)

Bearing this in mind, it is little surprise that the Commission set up to report on the causes of the post-election violence that accompanied Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial election victory has also met with consternation and suspicion, both in Zimbabwe and the international community. (democracyinafrica.org)

Zimbabwe Defence Forces chief Philip Valerio Sibanda also insisted that the military did not shoot any civilians. (insiderzim.com)

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said arrests of suspected protesters continued, with many denied bail. (zimbabwesituation.com)
Director Irene Petras of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights concurred, saying cultural views continue to be a problem. (voazimbabwe.com)

The CCC says it has recorded at least 50 cases of post-election violence targeting its supporters, particularly in rural areas since the disputed August election. (zimbabweobserver.com.au)
As a mother, I feel so disturbed by what is happening to our supporters, and we call upon the police to arrest all the perpetrators of this violence. (zimbabweobserver.com.au)
Before the election, Chamisa alleged in an interview with The Associated Press that his party's rallies had been broken up by police and his supporters had often been intimidated and threatened with violence. (wavy.com)

Horrific camps like these were reported in the world's media before the 2008 election, all over Zimbabwe. (peacedirect.org)

Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum acting director Wilbert Mandinde expressed concern over the post-election violence incidents. (zimbabweobserver.com.au)
The Commissions terms of reference are to investigate the circumstances that led to the post election violence, the main actors involved and their motivations, whether the use of force was appropriate to the circumstances, the role of the Zimbabwe Republic Force and finally to make recommendations for future conduct. (democracyinafrica.org)

Ian Smith was the first pioneer of terror in Zimbabwe, then Rhodesia. (ontheissuesmagazine.com)
From its origins as Rhodesia up to this very moment, Zimbabweans have known nothing but violence and fear. (ontheissuesmagazine.com)

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe blamed the hyperinflation on economic sanctions imposed by the United States of America, the IMF, and the European Union. (wikipedia.org)
Mugabe's regime also resulted in the United States and the European Union applying sanctions on Zimbabwe for alleged human rights abuses. (wavy.com)

This shows what the country reported about specific programmes to prevent different types of violence and services for victims, and the extent of their implementation. (who.int)
ZIMTA condemned the violence affecting teachers and asked protection for affected teachers to make sure there is no disruption of teaching and learning programmes. (ei-ie.org)

He faces other charges that include obstructing the course of justice and another of inciting the public to commit violence in Nyatsime after the murder of opposition activist Moreblessing Ali, in a case that has kept him in remand prison for close to seven months now. (co.zw)
Meanwhile, six members of Tsvangirai MDC formation and freelance journalist Frank Chikowore appeared in court Monday to face charges of public violence in connection with a general strike the opposition attempted to mount last Tuesday. (voazimbabwe.com)
It is possible to end political violence even if you are opposition. (musvozimbabwenews.com)
Widespread poverty and violence, including government violence to stifle political opposition, also undermines confidence in the future. (wikipedia.org)
The willingness of the government to blame the opposition Movement for Democratic Change for the violence - on the basis that MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and his collogues incited the protest - has further raised concerns that the report will be a whitewash. (democracyinafrica.org)

Thirty percent of women across the globe have been victims of violence at least once in their lifetime and in most cases at the hands of the people they trust. (thezimbabwemail.com)
In having those proper systems in place and being able to resort to the system, so that the police and law enforcement are able to do what they need to do,' said Petras, 'women and other victims of domestic violence would feel comfortable and confident in reporting cases. (voazimbabwe.com)
The violence victims include Buhera South candidate Solomon Hodhera, who was allegedly attacked together with party polling agent, Rangarirai Sithole. (zimbabweobserver.com.au)
Men who are victims of gender based violence do not usually report the cases due to fear of society and other circumstances. (mobilecommunityzim.com)

With laws to protect women and punish perpetrators, services to rebuild women's lives and comprehensive prevention that starts early, ending violence against women and girls can become a reality. (thezimbabwemail.com)

The total available amount under this call is 140.000 euro for 2024, including €90,000 for Mozambique and €50,000 for Zimbabwe. (advance-africa.com)

The prospect of a Commission of Inquiry in Zimbabwe generates both optimism and trepidation. (democracyinafrica.org)

The paper argues that it is critical to recognise sexual and gender-based violence as bound to systemic gendered inequality if such forms of violence are to be addressed and mitigated when periods of violent conflict end. (openrepository.com)

Mozambique: Authorities must investigate police violence against peaceful protesters. (org.zw)

Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe is an ongoing period of currency instability in Zimbabwe which, using Cagan's definition of hyperinflation, began in February 2007. (wikipedia.org)

Taking into account the fact that many don't report sexual violence, this figure is likely higher. (independent.co.uk)
One in every three girls in Zimbabwe experiences sexual violence before they turn 18, according to the UN children's organisation, UNICEF. (independent.co.uk)
In Zimbabwe it continues to be one of the most prominent human violations with about 1 in 3 women aged 15 to 49 having experienced physical violence and about 1 in 4 women having experienced sexual violence since the age of 15. (phoebecentre.org)
Based on country data, it reports that up to 70 percent of women experience physical or sexual violence from men in their lifetime. (ipsnews.net)
A: Central America and the Dominican Republic have established three urgent lines of action: against femicide (gender-based murders of women), the situation of migrants, and visibilising the question of sexual violence. (ipsnews.net)
According to a study carried out by U.N.-Women in five European countries, fewer than 10 percent of women report crimes of sexual violence. (ipsnews.net)
They are designed to measure the prevalence and circumstances surrounding emotional, physical, and sexual violence against males and females in childhood (before age 18). (ucsd.edu)
Sexual violence against girls is a real threat in many of Tanzania's poorest communities, and the CDC Foundation is supporting legislation on domestic violence and sexual offenses, the creation of a child-friendly court and a national education campaign. (cdc.gov)
According to data released in CDC's June 2015 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), one in four girls in seven countries studied experience some form of childhood sexual violence by the time they are 18. (cdc.gov)
Republic of Iran, some deficiencies physical and sexual violence. (who.int)

I reflected that instead of celebrating 10 years of a progressive constitution, we must hide in shame as this report shows our failure to build the Zimbabwe envisioned in the 2013 constitution. (dailymaverick.co.za)
These developments violate both national and international law, including our own constitution and the African Charter on Human Rights, of which Zimbabwe is part of. (zimbabweobserver.com.au)
She says the lack of female candidates is in clear violation of sections 17, 56 and 80 of the Zimbabwe constitution, which calls for gender equality in all sectors, including politics. (theafricareport.com)

Imagine a world where women are not subjected to gender-based violence? (thezimbabwemail.com)
The paper examines the relation between political transition and sexual and gender-based violence in the three countries. (openrepository.com)
Gender Based Violence undermines opportunities for women and denies them the ability to fully utilize their basic human rights. (phoebecentre.org)
Young girls are most at risk of gender-based violence, unsafe environments, and face a higher risk of HIV infection. (phoebecentre.org)
Gender-based violence : emerging issues in programs serving displaced persons. (who.int)

Violence Against Children Surveys are nationally representative household surveys of children and young adults aged 13 to 24 years. (ucsd.edu)
As part of a global public-private partnership called Together for Girls and under the leadership of country governments, we are taking aim at the dual epidemics of violence and HIV, by implementing the Violence Against Children Surveys (VACS) in 14 countries with high HIV burden - to get a clear picture of the severity of the problem and to inform targeted solutions. (cdc.gov)

For example, on Nov. 25 the U.N. commemorates the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which marks the start of 16 days of activism to raise awareness about the serious problem of gender violence, until Dec. 10, Human Rights Day. (ipsnews.net)

On 06 August, SERNIC arrested Armando Munhequeia (Doppaz), a musician, on the grounds of incitement to violence and defamation of the President of the Republic and his family. (org.zw)

The Kofi Annan Foundation and Electoral Integrity Initiative advise countries on how to strengthen the integrity and legitimacy of their electoral processes and avoid election-related violence. (kofiannanfoundation.org)

A people-led transitional justice movement must rise in Zimbabwe. (dailymaverick.co.za)
In looking forward, I believe the report is evidence of the urgent need for transitional justice in Zimbabwe. (dailymaverick.co.za)

Under discussion was the controversial Domestic Violence bill. (ontheissuesmagazine.com)
The Domestic Violence Act became law in October 2007. (ontheissuesmagazine.com)
Domestic violence continues to be a major issue, with 78 per cent of women who had experienced violence claiming it was at the hand of their husband or partner. (independent.co.uk)
Domestic violence against women remains a major problem in Zimbabwe despite legislative safeguards adopted six years ago, and concerted efforts by the government and lobby groups to curb the scourge. (voazimbabwe.com)
Responding to the high incidence of domestic abuse, the government enacted the Domestic Violence Act in 2006 amid cheers from advocates, but six years down the line, critics say the law say the law has not lived up to expectation. (voazimbabwe.com)
Güezmes says that to bring about change, young people and men must be drawn into the "historic cause" against domestic violence. (ipsnews.net)
On her visit last week to Havana, Güezmes told IPS about the challenges, advances and setbacks in the fight against domestic violence and the regional response to the global call for action "Say NO - UNiTE to End Violence against Women" , launched in 2008 by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. (ipsnews.net)

Sex worker-led movement building, service delivery, advocacy and working with key stakeholders Hands Off aims to tackle structural barriers to HIV prevention and services to sex workers, reducing violence against sex workers. (advance-africa.com)

Under his government, Smith patented a brutal style of violence that provoked a guerrilla war of liberation against white colonial rule. (ontheissuesmagazine.com)
Guerrilla violence was selective and generally did not alienate the liberation guerrilla fighters from the rural populace. (smallwarsjournal.com)
This article derives from the author's doctoral study on the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)'s guerrilla war. (smallwarsjournal.com)

1. Now, I would like to you to think back to all the violence incidents we talked about, such as when a wifepartner [husbandpartner], parent or adult relative, or authoritative figure was violent towards you. (ucsd.edu)

These have encouraged people to talk about incidents of violence and how to defuse them. (peacedirect.org)

The aspects are propaganda and violence that were deployed by the Rhodesian Front-led government and the liberation movements. (smallwarsjournal.com)
The liberation forces used violence against members of the rural population who collaborated with the Rhodesian regime and security forces. (smallwarsjournal.com)
I simply examine and revisit the nature of war-time violence and propaganda and present a critical expose which has been lacking in much of the documented narratives of the war of national liberation. (smallwarsjournal.com)

brink, and give the people of Zimbabwe the opportunity of a peaceful transition to democracy. (kofiannanfoundation.org)
We are deeply saddened by the scenes of violence that have followed the largely peaceful voting in Zimbabwe. (kofiannanfoundation.org)
Intended as mechanisms for the peaceful arbitration of political rivalries, they frequently become flashpoints for political violence. (kofiannanfoundation.org)

Uganda and Zimbabwe. (bvsalud.org)

The violence is not limited to adults. (independent.co.uk)

The information is from the WHO Global status report on violence prevention 2014. (who.int)
Having worked very hard in support of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) , the report makes me ashamed at the realisation that our conflict-prevention mechanisms have failed dismally to tame the monster called violence. (dailymaverick.co.za)

In the recent wave of violence post-election this year you found both men and women succumbing to violence and it resulted in the loss of life - and that's a big concern," said Abigail Matsvayi, director of the Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association (ZWLA), an organisation helping women stand up to abuse. (independent.co.uk)
Freedom House, a non-profit, non-partisan organisation ranks Zimbabwe as one of the most oppressed countries in the world, on par with North Korea, Sudan, Iran, and Syria. (jpost.com)

This report expands on this and produces additional material on human rights violations in Zimbabwe. (redress.org)
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) is a coalition of twenty-one human rights NGOs in Zimbabwe. (hrforumzim.org)
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) unreservedly condemns the increase in cases of interparty and intraparty political violence. (kubatana.net)

Across Zimbabwe they have set up volunteer peace committees to reach across divided communities and influence local councils and police. (peacedirect.org)
Angry and dangerous ex-police officers and ex-soldiers are many in Zimbabwe. (co.zw)
A police officer who was guarding the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front offices in the central business district said he fired a total of 25 warning shots but the demonstrators who appeared to be drunk kept advancing until he had to seek refuge in the party offices. (insiderzim.com)
A self-proclaimed prophet in Zimbabwe found himself in hot water with the law after police discovered an unusual item in his home. (co.zw)

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