Fight for rights takes centre stage

Zimbabwe’s compliance to socio-economic, environmental, sexual, labour, and political rights has been described as appalling despite having passed a Constitution that demands the upholding of such rights.

The 2013 Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance report recently ranked Zimbabwe at 47 out of 52 African countries.
The poor result was particularly in the human development category, which includes observation of rights to shelter, health, education and many others.

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