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Aug
06
2020
By The African Mirror
African activists fight violence against women one law at a time

African activists fight violence against women one law at a time

HUMAN RIGHTS
KIM HARRISBERG AS a young girl growing up in northern Zimbabwe's mining community of Mashonaland, Beatrice Savadye watched as her friends were forced into child marriages and early motherhood while many became sick with HIV. Wanting a different life for herself and other girls, Savadye started the Zimbabwean women's movement Roots Africa seven years ago fighting for, among many things, legislation change to better protect women's rights in her region. Under the lockdown, Savadye is one of a band of female activists in Africa pushing for stronger laws to protect women trapped indoors with abusers from a surge in violence,…
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Aug
05
2020
By The African Mirror
After arrest, Zimbabwean novelist decries state “chokehold”

After arrest, Zimbabwean novelist decries state “chokehold”

NEWS
MacDONALD DZIRUTWE A prize-winning Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker arrested at recent protests accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of holding its people in a repressive "chokehold" as they endured an economic emergency. Tsitsi Dangarembga, whose latest book "This Mournable Body" has been nominated for a Booker Prize, was bundled into a police truck while holding placards on Friday and charged with breaking the COVID-19 lockdown to hold an illegal gathering. Bailed pending trial after a night in jail, the 61-year-old said she could not keep quiet while neglect and mismanagement left Zimbabweans unable to afford a decent meal and healthcare. "These…
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Aug
05
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe’s‌ ‌president‌ ‌names‌ ‌his‌ ‌deputy‌ ‌as‌ ‌new‌ ‌health‌ ‌ minister‌

Zimbabwe’s‌ ‌president‌ ‌names‌ ‌his‌ ‌deputy‌ ‌as‌ ‌new‌ ‌health‌ ‌ minister‌

NEWS
ZIMBABWE President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed his deputy Constantino Chiwenga as the new health minister, tasking him with reforming a decaying health sector amid a rise in COVID-19 infections and strikes by health workers. Chiwenga replaces Obaddiah Moyo who was removed from the post last month after allegations of corruption. In his new role, Chiwenga will be required to "stabilise, restructure and reform" the national healthcare system, the government said in a statement. The main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) immediately criticised the appointment, saying Chiwenga was not the right man for the job in a time of the…
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Aug
04
2020
By The African Mirror
Brutalised Zimbabweans cry for help

Brutalised Zimbabweans cry for help

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER ZIMBABWEANS, abducted, tortured and brutalised by their own government, have taken to social media to present evidence of their misery to raise the world’s awareness to their plight and to appeal for urgent help. Many videos and still photographs of ordinary people being brutally attacked by the police and the army have been posted on social media platforms. The hashtag #ZimbabweanLivesMatter has trended on Twitter, together with #Mnangagwa, in reference to the Zimbabwean President Emerson Mnangagwa, who has been blamed for unleashing the might of those on those it is supposed to protect. The Zimbabwean law enforcement…
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Aug
01
2020
By The African Mirror
Security forces head off anti-government protests in Zimbabwe

Security forces head off anti-government protests in Zimbabwe

NEWS
MACDONALD DZIRUTWE STREETS were deserted and businesses shut in Zimbabwe's two main cities on Friday after security forces were deployed to prevent anti-government marches called by activists over corruption and economic hardship. Protesters stayed away. Job Sikhala, an opposition lawmaker and one of the protest organisers, said the heavy security presence showed a state afraid of its citizens. He added: "Protracted demonstrations will be the way forward." He is among more than a dozen activists who are in hiding and who police say they are seeking for promoting Friday's protests. In Bulawayo and central Harare, the capital, businesses were shut…
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Jul
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe government minister died from COVID-19

Zimbabwe government minister died from COVID-19

COVID-19
ZIMBABWE's agriculture minister Perrance Shiri died from the COVID-19 infection, becoming the first senior government official to succumb to the pandemic, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed. Shiri, a retired general who helped plot a coup that ousted Robert Mugabe in 2017, died on Wednesday. The late liberation war veteran was declared a national hero and will be buried on Friday during a closed ceremony. "Now that it is confirmed that Minister Shiri died of COVID-19, we will follow World Health Organisation regulations on how the funeral should proceed," Mnangagwa said during a funeral wake at Shiri's home in Harare. Zimbabwe…
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Jul
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe businesses closed, streets deserted on day of protests

Zimbabwe businesses closed, streets deserted on day of protests

NEWS
ZIMBABWE's businesses were shut and streets deserted in the capital Harare early on Friday as security forces increased patrols to stop anti-government protests called by activists over corruption and economic hardship. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is under pressure to revive a stricken economy, has said the protests constitute an "insurrection" by the opposition. In central Harare and nearby Mbare township - a hotbed of past protests - businesses, including banks and supermarkets, were shut as police and soldiers patrolled the streets. "Workers were told not to come today just in case there was trouble," said a security guard, who identified…
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Jul
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe agrees to pay $3.5 billion compensation to white farmers

Zimbabwe agrees to pay $3.5 billion compensation to white farmers

NEWS
ZIMBABWE agreed on Wednesday to pay $3.5 billion in compensation to white farmers whose land was expropriated by the government to resettle black families, moving a step closer to resolving one the most divisive policies of the Robert Mugabe era. But the southern African nation does not have the money and will issue long term bonds and jointly approach international donors with the farmers to raise funding, according to the compensation agreement. Two decades ago Mugabe's government carried out at times violent evictions of 4,500 white farmers and redistributed the land to around 300,000 Black families, arguing it was redressing…
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Jul
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Seven babies stillborn in one night at Zimbabwe hospital as nurses strike

Seven babies stillborn in one night at Zimbabwe hospital as nurses strike

NEWS
SEVEN babies were stillborn in one night at a major Zimbabwean hospital this week because their mothers did not get adequate medical care due to a nurses' strike, doctors said, as a dispute over working conditions cripples hospitals. Nurses went on strike countrywide last month demanding U.S. dollar salaries, which the government says it cannot afford. That has left government hospitals with skeleton staff and doctors and senior nurses stretched at a time when the country is grappling with rising COVID-19 cases. Out of eight pregnant women who underwent caesarean sections on Monday night at Sally Mugabe Hospital, the biggest…
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Jul
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe minister Shiri, who helped plot Mugabe ouster, dies at 65

Zimbabwe minister Shiri, who helped plot Mugabe ouster, dies at 65

NEWS
ZIMBABWE's agriculture minister Perrance Shiri, a retired general who helped plot the ouster of Robert Mugabe in a 2017 coup, has died, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced. Shiri, who commanded the air force for 25 years until he joined the government in 2017, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday, two government sources said. He died in the early hours of Wednesday. "Shiri was a true patriot, who devoted his life to the liberation, independence and service of his country," Mnangagwa said in a statement. He did not say how Shiri died. But domestic media said Shiri, 65, succumbed to complications…
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