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In a clarion call for support and solidarity for the struggle of teachers in Zimbabwe, Tafadzwa Choto argues that there is now talk of a general strike to solve the long-standing crisis in the country. Government and bosses have declared war on workers, vendors, students, youths and the poor. (...)
In the city of Harare, Zimbabwe, the statue of one of the most famous spirit mediums in Zimbabwe’s liberation movement history is set to be erected, with the government having produced a 3D rendering of the statue as a proposal. In a time when statues across the world are being removed for their (...)
When Munashe Chirowamari left home on 11 October 2018 to join fellow trade unionists on a demonstration organised by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) against the ever-worsening economic situation in the country, little did he know that the state would not recognise his right to (...)
The death of Robert Mugabe (1924-2019) is being celebrated by Zimbabweans around the world. The 2008 massacre at the Chiadzwa minefield deserves to stand as a testament to his rule, writes Leo Zeilig.
Around the world tens of thousands of Zimbabweans are celebrating the death of Robert Mugabe. (...)
Civil servants union groups, Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) and Zimbabwe Teacher’s Association (ZIMTA) have rejected the 60% and 76% salary increment proposed by the government.
This was revealed by the statements published by both unions on the 26 of August 2019.
The offer for (...)
War veterans in Zimbabwe have allegedly issued threats to those intending to embark on protests against the government over the deteriorating state of affairs in the country.
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by advocate Nelson Chamisa has described the threats as disappointing. (...)
Since independence, Zimbabwe’s economic prospects have become more and more like a washed out fabric: every wash, it loses a little more luster and, with the passage of time, threatens to be reduced to rags. After inheriting a healthy economy at its independence in 1980 - though profoundly (...)
The economic outlook of post-independence Zimbabwe resembles a fading cloth: with each wash it has lost its lustre, and as time goes on it threatens to disintegrate into a rag. After inheriting a sound economy – albeit one with deep socio-economic disparities – on gaining independence in 1980, (...)
ROAPE’s Patrick Bond looks at the context for the 14-17 January nationwide protests in Zimbabwe. The protests were called by trade unions against an unprecedented fuel price hike, leading to repression, death, injuries and mass arrests reminiscent of former leader Robert Mugabe’s rule. Bond (...)
Security forces arrest hundreds since ‘stay-at-home’ protest called by unions
Hundreds of activists remain in hiding in Zimbabwe, on the fifth day of the worst government crackdown since the ousting of Robert Mugabe.
Soldiers and unidentified armed men conducted door-to-door searches in poor (...)
A month-long impasse between government and doctors over pay and conditions has left Zimbabwe’s health care system in a critical state, after the government suspended more than 500 medical staff last week.
The government refuses to give in to the doctors’ demands and has ordered striking doctors (...)
On 16 November 2018, seven members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) – including ZCTU Secretary General Japhet Moyo and ZCTU President Peter Mutasa – appeared in court to face charges of disruption of public order under the country’s draconian Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) (...)
Opposition MDC backers report being harassed, detained and beaten after recent election
Hundreds more activists have gone into hiding in Zimbabwe as security agencies intensify a crackdown launched shortly after the election 10 days ago.
Millions of people cast votes in the poll, the first (...)
At the end of 2017, the world watched with keen interest as President Robert Mugabe was deposed after 37 years of ruinous rule, and replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa, who promised “a new democracy”.
The change of power is also significant for those interested in Zimbabwe’s death penalty policy. (...)
Imperialism is less concerned with human rights and democratic elections in Africa. What really matters is the maintenance of a system that serves their interests no matter how it assumes or maintains power. The same goes for Zimbabwe; what they are interests in is not the new president, but (...)
Apologetics for a kleptocratic tyrant have nothing to do with anti-imperialism.
Why do so many Western leftists feel the need to defend , kleptocratic despot like Robert Mugabe Is it because a country like Zimbabwe and its struggles only matter for them to score points against their (...)
Robert Mugabe was no socialist. He was a man obsessed with his own power and control.
When the history of Robert Mugabe is written, it will not be about a black man raised by a single mother, who defied all odds in racially segregated Southern Rhodesia to pursue an education at the highest (...)
Zimbabwe CSOs joint statement on the military take over
More than a hundred civil society organizations have urged Robert Mugabe to resign as president of Zimbabwe following military intervention in the country’s politics. The organizations have also asked the military to ensure restoration of (...)
Faced with a growing crisis in South Africa, President Jacob Zuma has raised the prospect of a radical reorientation of the ANC and the possibility of radical economic transformation. Alarmed, another faction of the South Africa’s capitalist class, has thrown its support behind the Zuma Must (...)
ROAPE’s Leo Zeilig talks to Antonater Tafadzwa Choto about the ongoing economic crisis in Zimbabwe, the impact on ordinary people, and some of the factors that are likely to worsen or mitigate the crisis in forthcoming years. Choto is a well-known labour activist, researcher and currently (...)
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