A debate on the possibility of a Patriotic Act to be enacted in our country's laws has been raging on ever since the Bill got tabled in the Parliament of Zimbabwe. A lot of diverse views have come to light, but the major indication has been that most people are not aware of its sig...
As we brace ourselves to host the 44th Ordinary SADC Heads of State and Government Summit, one would have expected Zimbabweans to experience heightened patriotic fervour and national pride. Why wouldn't we be? How often does a country get the chance to welcome so many heads of state and g...
Additionally, the government of Zimbabwe should repeal or substantially amend repressive legislation including the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, the Interception of Communications Act (ICA), the Public Order and Security Act (POSA), the Miscellaneous Offences Act (MOA), and the Access ...
The EU said the country’s democratic space risks shrinking further through the Data Protection Act, Private and Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill, the envisaged Patriotic Act, among other pieces of legislation. “The EU is concerned about these developments,” said the bloc. “Perpetrators of...
in the Declaration of Rights in the Zimbabwe Constitution. He said the section of the criminal Act under which they were being charged was: "open to abuse and potentially prohibits all forms of public gatherings or processions, in the circumstances, it thus violates the right to freedom ...
In 1965 the government unilaterally declared its independence, but the UK did not recognize the act and demanded more complete voting rights for the black African majority in the country (then called Rhodesia). UN sanctions and a guerrilla uprising finally led to free elections in 1979 and ...
12) report notes “it was an act of retribution against areas known by the Government to have voted for the opposition during the last few presidential and parliamentary elections.” The affected people were told to go back to rural areas even though most of the people affected had lived ...
open and fair one in the world. What we lack at times are prudent, genuinely patriotic leaders, willing or able to work closely with progressives, so as to form sensible coalitions, alliances, and networks that might possibly help produce social, economic, and political policies that are benef...
Nonetheless, Gutu, in his efforts in justifying the proposed notorious enactment of the draconian Patriotic Act - widely regarded as targeted at such Zimbabweans as Mudenda and Gutu are referring to - made the comparison to South Africans who, in spite of debilitating incessant electricity shortages...
Zimbabwe is planning to introduce a law to punish people who are deemed "unpatriotic" because they criticise the country when abroad - and it has left activists...