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JOMIC fails to attend WOZA complaints
Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)
September 24, 2012

Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) leaders Jennifer Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu responded to a Joint Operations and Monitoring Committee (Jomic) request for a meeting. The activists were in the company of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) chief Law officer Lizwe Jamela. The meeting was requested after WOZA submitted letters of complaint about the Zimbabwe Republic Police over the last few weeks.

However the Monday 8am meeting flopped as MDC T Neffat Sibanda was the only one who attended the meeting to advise WOZA that Jomic Bulawayo were referring their complaints to the Hare headquarters as they only deal with 'political violence' cases. When he was questioned about the Jomic role of ensuring the Global Political Agreement is implemented, he declined to expand.

Before the formation of the Bulawayo office, WOZA took complaints directly to Jomic in Harare and once even conducted a protest at their offices but no solutions were forthcoming.

WOZA complained about police harassment and the 'tribalisation' of police response in Bulawayo. WOZA leaders had given up on Jomic but at the behest of ZLHR decided to give them another try but it is apparent the body will not focus its energy on the GPA implementation but on intraparty violence, leading human rights defenders and the people of Zimbabwe out in the cold.

Meanwhile WOZA Founder / National Coordintor and winner of the Ginetta Sagan Fund of AIUSA embarks on a speaking tour of the United States. Various events can be found here

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