On 23 and 24 August 2023, Zimbabwe held its second harmonised elections since the infamous 2017 coup which ousted the long-serving former president, Robert Mugabe. Shortly after the coup, expectations for enhanced social protection mechanisms were soon shattered by the extrajudicial killings, torture, sexual assault...
The year 2016 witnessed a new wave of protesters following citizens' engagement in social movements such as #Tajamuka/Sesijikile, #ThisFlag among others. As the protests against deteriorating economic conditions gained momentum, State agents increasingly resorted to the use of brute force, torture, abductions and arbitrary arrests...
We, the undersigned civil society organisations based and working in Zimbabwe welcome the peaceful and smooth transition in the presidium currently underway in Zimbabwe. We congratulate the incoming President and all members of his emerging government. It is our hope that this transition will usher...