In the application filed at the High Court, the applicants,
the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, said
they wanted to be allowed to continue operating in the interim while awaiting a
court determination on the constitutionality of the ban.
They want a court declaration that Harare provincial
development coordinator Tafadzwa Muguti, Harare Provincial Affairs minister
Oliver Chidawu and Local Government
minister July Moyo have no regulatory powers over csos, non-governmental
organisations (NGOs) and private voluntary organisations.
Only 40 NGOs have been permitted to operate after they
presented their credentials to Muguti.
The NGOs, through their lawyer Tonderai Bhatasara of the
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, pleaded with the court to nullify Muguti’s
directive for them to report to his office, They want Muguti to bear the costs
of the lawsuit.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government accuses NGOs of
fronting the interests of the opposition and has on several occasions
threatened to shut them down. Standard
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