The WOZA members arrested and detained at Filabusi Police Station today were released without charge just after noon. Police returned all the t-shirts and scarves that they had confiscated but kept all the placards and copies of the People’s Charter to submit to provincial leaders.
Minutes before the peaceful protest was about to begin, a police [...]

Following on from the demonstrations and arrests in Bulawayo last week, over 100 members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) were arrested in Filabusi today. The exact numbers are not clear as activists are still entering the police station to hand themselves in.
Rural members of WOZA had gathered today in Filabusi, the administrative centre for [...]

The 34 members arrested whilst launching the People’s Charter in Gweru at the beginning of March appeared in remand court on 21st and 22nd March.
The 26 who were arrested during the demonstration appeared in court on 21st and were further remanded to 8th May. The following day, the eight who were arrested either before or [...]

The 20 WOZA members held for three days by police were finally released an hour ago after paying $30,000 bail each. They have been remanded to 4th April. The group of 17 women and 3 men were charged under Chapter 37 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act - ‘participating in a public gathering [...]

Update - 9pm
20 WOZA members remain in police custody in Masvingo tonight – their third night – in direct contravention of the 48-hours maximum period allowed under the Public Order and Security Act (POSA). Police gave the excuse that their equipment was not functioning properly so they could not take the statements of all [...]

10pm
Gweru
The nine members arrested whilst taking food to those in custody on Monday appeared in court late this morning. They were released on bail and were remanded to 23rd March. All of those arrested in Gweru following the launch of the People’s Charter on Monday have now been released.
Masvingo
The 20 arrested yesterday in Masvingo are [...]

The WOZA social justice charter – the People’s Charter - was successfully launched in Mutare this morning, as members of the organisation marched through central Mutare, defying a police ban on all demonstrations throughout the country. Approximately 30 women processed, singing and waving placards, from near Kingdom Bank up to the Civic Centre, a [...]

Whilst 36 WOZA members remain in custody in Gweru after launching the People’s Charter in the Midlands town yesterday, WOZA members again took to the streets today – this time in Masvingo. The message was the same – the people of Zimbabwe demanding social justice through the People’s Charter.
In the face of heavy police [...]

Monday 5th March – 6pm
Over 100 WOZA members in Gweru marched through the centre of town this morning to launch the People’s Charter and to encourage the people of their city to join in the struggle for social justice.
They marched from the clock along Robert Mugabe Way to the Post Office, where they [...]

Dr. Agostinho Zacarias
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Ms Agnes Asekongye Oonyu
United Nations office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Dear Dr Zacarias and Madam Asekongye Oonyu,
Re: The People’s Charter – a blueprint for a better Zimbabwe
The women and men of WOZA have initiated a non-violent campaign with the aim of mobilising Zimbabweans to demand social justice [...]