2010

Human Rights Watch, Global Witness, and PAC Canada report on the smuggling of diamonds, army presence, and human rights violations in Chiadzwa.

Op 26 en 27 mei (20.30) wordt in De Balie in Amsterdam het toneelstuk The Great Escape vertoond, waarbij op humoristische wijze de alledaagse politieke werkelijkheid van Zimbabwe in beeld wordt gebracht.

Lecture Godfrey Kanyenze, Director of LEDRIZ, on the state of the Zimbabwean economy scheduled on May 11 from 15.30 to 17.00 at the African Studies Centre in Leiden.

From April 20 to April 24 ZCTU President Lovemore Matombo was in the Netherlands. He was the main guest at the EVS Africa Day and met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen.

Godfrey Kanyenze, Director of the Labour and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe (LEDRIZ), will present a lecture at the African Studies Centre in Leiden on Wednesday 24 April discussing the state of Zimbabwe's economy.

On the upcoming Africa Day Zimbabwe Watch will organise a workshop with Lovemore Matombo and Irene Petras. They will discuss the current human rights situation in Zimbabwe and will try to provide a future perspective.

Op maandag 29 en dinsdag 30 maart wordt op het Movies that Matter festival de film ‘Mugabe and the White African’ vertoond.

After almost four months of delay, the Kimberley Process finally appoints a monitor for the certification of the Chiadzwa diamonds. Zimbabwe Watch welcomes the appointment of Abbey Chikane, but hopes he will get the promised ‘full and unhindered access’ and the ability to operate in a transparent way.

'House of Justice’, an impressive documentary which shows the consequences of the brutal violence which is conducted against Zimbabwean farmers and their employees.

As of 04-01-2010 Hugo Knoppert will be the new Coordinator of Zimbabwe Watch. "Zimbabwe Watch offers me the possibility to combine work and ideals. "