
Dzikamai Bere
Dzikamai Bere is a Zimbabwean human rights activist, a peace worker and a transitional justice expert. Currently, he works as the National Director for the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights). ZimRights is Zimbabwe’s first post-independence indigenous human rights advocacy group, formed in 1992 with a growing grassroots membership of over 250 000 individual members across the country.
Zimbabweans Have Rejected the PVO Bill: Will the Parliament Listen?
Today I celebrate the people of Zimbabwe. They have turned out in their thousands around the country to attend the public hearings being held by the Parliament on two important proposed laws – the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill (PVO Bill) and the Persons with...
Dzikamai Bere,
May 31, 2024
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The PVO Bill: The Decapitation of Civil Society and the War on People Movements
The debate on the hashtag#PVOBill continues. Communities have spoken about this bill. They said they do not want this law. But we know what will happen. The elite will sit in fancy boardrooms and agree to pass that law. Some will argue that the bill...
Dzikamai Bere,
May 30, 2024
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Reshaping Peace: Reflections on #TheBerlinMoot and the Call for UN Charter Review Conference
I am grateful to the peace champions at the Berghof Foundation for inviting me to attend the Berlin Moot convened on 18 and 19 April 2024 in Berlin. I was glad to meet with some of the champions from across the world. It was happy...
Dzikamai Bere,
May 22, 2024
3 min read