Civic groups call for decentralised & inclusive electoral process

By Nomalanga Moyo 21 May 2013 Civic groups in Zimbabwe Tuesday called for a new decentralised voter registration exercise, saying the just ended one was fraught with anomalies. The civil society organisations (CSOs) made the call at press briefings held simultaneously in Harare and Bulawayo, in the first of...

Civil society ‘under siege’ as police raid youth offices in Bulawayo

By Violet Gonda 06 February 2013 Bulawayo police raided the offices of the National Youth Development Trust on Wednesday, two days after arresting two youths from the organization for allegedly possessing voter registration receipts. Initially 40 people were detained on Monday but were later released,...

Civil society denies being snubbed by African Union

By Tichaona Sibanda 29 January 2013 The country’s civil society groups have denied reports that they were snubbed by African Union leaders who met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia over the weekend for their annual summit. The state controlled media has been reporting that the AU ignored calls for the inclusion of...