IT NEVER RAINS BUT POURS FOR CHINAMASA AND TEAM IN LONDON Tuesday 5th July 2016 By: Mandulo Pasichigar Just a day after the beleaguered duo of Zimbabwean Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa and the governor of The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, John Mangudya were besieged by Zimbabwean activists at Chatham House, London, they were in for a rude awakening on Tuesday 5th July, 2016 when an even bigger crowd of Zimbabwean protesters awaited them at DLA Piper UK LLP, 3 Noble Street, London EC2V 7EE in London. The more than sixty drumbeating and vociferous protesters, mainly from The Zimbabwe Vigil, Restoration […]

The Super Vigil commemorates the first anniversary of the abduction of Itai Dzamara by demonstrating outside the Zimbabwe Embassy in London 13th March 2016 On Friday 12th March 2016 scores of Zimbabwean Human Rights Activists resident in the UK converged at The Zimbabwe Embassy in London. This was to commemorate the first anniversary of the abduction and disappearance of prominent Zimbabwean human rights and political activist, Itai Dzamara and to demonstrate against the Zimbabwean Government for its obvious hand in the said abduction. In the same breath, the human rights activists demonstrated against the recent destruction of houses in urban areas, mainly […]

ROHR ZIMBABWE IN SOLIDARITY WITH VENDORS 28th June, 2015 By Panyika Anselm Karimanzira Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe activists in Zimbabwe stood in solidarity with vendors in the month of June 2015 following an ultimatum issued by the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Dr Ignatius Chombo for the vendors to vacate their sites in cities and towns in Zimbabwe within seven days or face the wrath of the Zimbabwe National Army. Dr Ignatius Chombo’s argument is that vendors must not operate from undesignated sites but, curiously, the government, through local authorities has not provided sufficient […]

STATEMENT BY RESTORATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (ROHR) ZIMBABWE ON THE ABDUCTION OF POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ITAI DZAMARA 12th March, 2015 ROHR Zimbabwe has noted with grave concern the abduction of Political and Human Rights activist and leader of Occupy Africa Unity Square movement, Itai Dzamara purportedly by“unknown” people on Monday 9th March, 2015. We cannot help but notice that this has all the hallmarks of the state agents and is reminiscent of numerous such abductions in the past, notably that of Jestina Mukoko on 3rd December, 2008 and Paul Chizuze on 8th February in 2012. The former went […]

ROHR ZIMBABWE HOLDS INAGURAL RISK MANAGEMENT TRAINING WORKSHOP By Samuel Mangoma, Programmes Officer     21st May, 2014 ROHR ZIMBABWE held its inaugural Risk Management workshop on the 19th of May in partnership with the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR). The workshop which was targeting ROHR Zimbabwe’s board of trustees, technical staff and one provincial representative was held against the backdrop of renewed efforts to resuscitate ROHR Zimbabwe’s activities and programmes as a civic society organisation after more than three years of limited action in the Zimbabwean chapter. Among other issues, the workshop managed to tackle the following items […]

OF ILLEGALLY ALLOCATED STANDS and DEMOLITIONS of-illegally-allocated-stands-and-demolitions B.y Patrick Gore          13th November, 2013 Polarisis of Analysis. (A phrase from Mwalimu Ray Haggins) …When a person fails/refuses to properly analyze the information availed to them. This is normally caused by an imbedded belief and/or desire. It is quite clear to me that the desire to own wealth causes a Polarisis of Analysis in a large section of our Zimbabwean population. Educated people have been known to “plant” large amounts of cash in the ground with the “belief” that it would grow. Thousands gather at religious meetings and give large tithes with […]

INVITATION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO STUDY UNDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES PROGRAM (HRAP) AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK We are inviting any member of Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe who is interested to study under The Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) at Columbia University, New York to express his or her interest as a matter of urgency. Please send in your letter of expression of interest plus a detailed CV to e-mail panyika.karimanzira@rohrzim.org and, without exception, copy in (cc) e-mail gracerohr@yahoo.com. All such expression of interest will be pooled and submitted to an independent panel which will then […]

ANOTHER FIVE YEARS IN THE GRIPS OF A DICTATOR By Mavu Chinyani            17th September, 2013 Ever since the 2013 Zimbabwean elections results were announced, I for one feel like I am in a nightmare from which I shall wake up to the relief of finding that I was only dreaming. That Robert Mugabe, cruel and unpopular as he is, won the elections is beyond comprehension. It couldn’t be, indeed the whole thing was “cooked up” and yet despite all the signs and evidence of the blatant rigging, we are going to be stuck with him for yet another 5 years. […]

WITHERTO ZIMBABWE AFTER ELECTIONS 2013 Personal opinion:   by By Patience Kasi 16th August, 2013 So, the elections have come and gone. The feeling I get is …, your guess is right, “stunned, beyond belief!!” I, like the majority of Zimbabweans, was actually hoping for change this time around but it did not happen. If the results of the 2013 elections are anything to go by, then we are in for the ”long haul”. What do you do when your vote is not made to count for who you voted for? What do you do when election results are manufactured […]

ROHR Zimbabwe Mannchester General & Feedback Meeting – Saturday 14th September 2013   St Peter”s House Church & Chaplaincy, Manchester University Precinct Centre (opp Blackwell”s Bookshop), Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9GH   Notice is hereby given that there will be a general & feedback meeting of ROHR Zimbabwe in Manchester as follows; – Event: ROHR Zimbabwe Manchester General & Feedback Meeting Date: Saturday 14th September 2013 Time: 2:00pm – 5.00pm Venue: St Peter”s House Church & Chaplaincy, Manchester University Precinct Centre (opp Blackwell”s Bookshop), Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9GH Notes:   The Chairperson of The Board of Trustees of ROHR […]