Category Zimbabwe

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How COVID-19 exposed China’s anti-Black racism

Draconian containment measures introduced by Chinese authorities as the COVID-19 pandemic spread in early 2020 exposed Chinese society's underlying anti-Black African racism, sexism, toxic masculinity, and conservative nationalism.

The Zimbabwean Progressive
March 3, 2021

US Capitol protesters, egged on by Trump, are part of a long history of white supremacists hearing politicians’ words as encouragement

Last week's assault on the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump white nationalists, far-right extremists, QAnon adherents, and members of white supremacy groups "reflects a long history" of U.S. political leaders encouraging deadly white supremacist violence against democratic governments, writes Shannon M. Smith, a historian of protests and Reconstruction.

The Zimbabwean Progressive
January 12, 2021

Boycott Amazon on Black Friday, urges economist Yanis Varoufakis

Boycotting Amazon on Black Friday, the e-commerce’s behemoth’s profitable day of the year, would #MakeAmazonPay for its widely-documented labour malpractices, anti-democratic practices, and ongoing COVID-19 profiteering, says Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis.

Obert Madondo
November 27, 2020

Repression in Zimbabwe exposes South Africa’s weakness

Roger Southall, a professor of sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, explains how and why Pretoria's diplomacy has so far failed to use Zimbabwe's dependency on South Africa to force the Mnangagwa regime to stop its ongoing persecution of opposition leaders, dissenters, rights defenders and journalists.

The Zimbabwean Progressive
August 22, 2020

Mnangagwa regime grossly uprepared to protect Zimbabweans from coronavirus

As Zimbabwe officially records its first two coronavirus cases and one death, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ability and willingness to protect ordinary Zimbabweans from unnecessary Covid-19 deaths, pain and suffering remain highly questionable.

Obert Madondo
March 24, 2020

A tribute to Zimbabwean liberation hero Dumiso Dabengwa

The late Zimbabwean liberation war hero Dumiso Dabengwa played a defining role during the final years of Zimbabwe's war of liberation from colonial rule, as well as during the independent country's first few years, when "the British had already made a decision with Mugabe" to carry out the Gukurahundi genocide.

The Zimbabwean Progressive
June 22, 2019

Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum condemns Mnangagwa government’s continuing crackdown on human rights defenders

In this press release, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum condemns the Mnangagwa government's latest arrest of human rights defenders and criminalisation of human rights work in Zimbabwe in violation of fundamental rights and freedoms protected by the Constitution of Zimbabwe and international law.

The Zimbabwean Progressive
May 27, 2019

Trump’s letter to the House and Senate on renewal of Zimbabwe sanctions

Renewing the United States' long-standing sanctions on Zimbabwe for another year, President Donald Trump stated that "the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe’s democratic processes or institutions continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States".

Obert Madondo
March 10, 2019