Civil Society

[Daily Maverick] Let there be no mistake: corruption is Africa’s biggest killer. The Constitutional Court has repeatedly stressed that it destroys all we have fought for, and strikes at the heart of all our rights.Read More

[Daily Maverick] This week, organisations turn their attention to women as leaders, race dynamics, fake news and the struggling events industry.Read More

[New Zimbabwe] THE ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has bemoaned the manner in which the country’s defence forces continue to brutalise innocent citizens despite the nation having attained independence four decades ago.Read More

[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have filed an urgent application at the High Court against the ill treatment of arrested journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume.Read More

[New Zimbabwe] WOMEN in small-scale mining communities in Bindura, Mashonaland Central have ventured into prostitution for survival as the sector has been ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic.Read More

[Malawi News Agency] Ntcheu — World Vision says communities can develop positively if there is transparency and accountability in the implementation of developments projects.Read More

[FrontPageAfrica] Lofa County — Some farmers in Lofa County have called for an alternative livelihood since restriction has been placed on deforestation of land they used for agricultural activities.Read More

[SNA] Khartoum — The Steering Committee of the Sudanese Bar Association and the Human Rights Office in Sudan have agreed to encourage the competent and stabilizing authorities to establish the Transitional Justice Commission and link it with the victims and the areas that have been subjected to the violations committed …

[Capital FM] Nairobi — The Kenya Bankers Association has partnered with the Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSD Kenya), non-profit inABLE and Georgia Institute of Technology in a programme to promote access to financial services for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs).Read More

[Zimbabwe Standard] Prominent South African opposition leader Mmusi Maimane has emerged as one of the strongest supporters of the #ZimbabweanLivesMatter movement, which seeks to draw the world’s attention to alleged state sponsored human rights violations in Zimbabwe.Read More