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Thursday, 10 January 2013 11:05
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe is rushing back to Harare today in a last-ditch effort to clear the last hurdles in the constitution-making process. Cutting short his annual vacation in the Far East, Mugabe is expected to arrive in Zimbabwe today...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Wednesday, 09 January 2013 09:58
HARARE - Zanu PF and the two MDC formations in the fragile unity government have struck a deal on the stalled draft constitution raising hopes that a referendum can finally be conducted. The new deal addresses areas of conflict contained in...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Sunday, 30 December 2012 14:00
HARARE - Zimbabwe's political players are determined to find common ground and resolve contentious issues, Constitutional Affairs minister Eric Matinenga said this week. Following a meeting of a special committee set up by the Global Political Agreement (GPA) Principals President Robert...Read More
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Friday, 14 December 2012 09:51
HARARE - A seven-member Cabinet taskforce produced a new draft constitution for Zimbabwe on Wednesday, seeking to beat a Christmas deadline set by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is also eager to get the draft out...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 11 December 2012 11:54
HARARE - Prospects of a breakthrough in the constitution-making process logjam hinge on today’s meeting between President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF and the two MDC formations led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Industry and Commerce minister Welshman Ncube. Mugabe, in...Read More
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012 11:31
HARARE - A special summit of southern Africa’s regional body Sadc called on President Jacob Zuma to immediately help resolve disagreements over a new Zimbabwe constitution threatening to disrupt a roadmap to a fresh election. Zuma — Sadc’s point man in...Read More
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Saturday, 01 December 2012 12:56
HARARE - Zimbabwe's long-awaited new constitution must now be amended by proxies from leaders of the three ruling parties, but signs are this will be anything but a smooth transition. The next step for the charter after the Constitutional Parliamentary Committee...Read More
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News » Ndakaziva Majaka, Staff Writer
Saturday, 10 November 2012 13:10
HARARE - The new draft constitution is a “better devil” than the current Lancaster House charter, Zapu vice president Emelia Mukaratirwa has said. She told supporters in Gwanda at a recent rally meant to garner backing for the draft, that the...Read More
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Sunday, 04 November 2012 14:01
HARARE - The big news since the Second All-Stakeholders meeting has been President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Industry minister Welshman Ncube’s role in the constitution-making process. Mugabe opened a can of worms when he stated that the Principals...Read More
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Friday, 02 November 2012 09:41
HARARE - The constitution-making process has been a mess thus far, yet the people of Zimbabwe have maintained some measure of hope that sanity will prevail. And that whatever comes out of this process would at the very minimum, allow society...Read More
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Thursday, 01 November 2012 09:59
HARARE - Parliament's constitution select committee is giving in to executive demands to hand all Constitution reports so that the three Principals can finalise the writing of the new charter. The 25-member Parliament select committee met in Harare yesterday amid executive...Read More
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012 15:24
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe today officially opens the fifth session of the Seventh Zimbabwe Parliament after an inexplicable and inordinate delay. Mugabe’s opening of Parliament comes barely a week after his unsolicited declaration at the Second All-Stakeholders’ Conference that the...Read More
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Friday, 26 October 2012 11:23
HARARE - The just-ended constitution Second All- Stakeholders’ Conference ended without clarity regarding the next step in finalising the draft constitution, a coalition of local rights groups has said. The Zimbabwe Peace Project, Zimbabwe Election Support Network and Zimbabwe Lawyers for...Read More
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012 10:53
HARARE - The right to peaceful assembly is guaranteed by the Zimbabwe Constitution. But that right is subject to certain rules and regulations and those restrictions are precisely for events such as the ongoing Second All-Stakeholders’ Conference. It is absolutely...Read More
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012 10:46
HARARE - Excitement, anticipation and dance took centre stage at the opening of the constitution Second All-Stakeholders’ Conference yesterday as delegates cheered the country’s political gladiators. First to receive a standing ovation from the cross-party gallery was Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai...Read More
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