HARARE – A much-awaited draft on Zimbabwe’s constitution — to pave way for key elections in the country — was yesterday tabled in Parliament for debate today and Thursday, as it is expected to take centre stage in both houses this week.

In 1999 two historic processes occurred in Zimbabwe that shaped the political landscape, namely the first National Working Peoples Convention in 1999, as well as the first People’s Constitutional Convention.

Greetings to all of you my fellow Zimbabweans, especially those who continue to hope for change in Zimbabwe. I shall be writing to you regularly to hopefully give you new perspectives on developments in your country.

President Robert Mugabe has met with South African President Jacob Zuma on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly in New York late on Tuesday and assured him that the adoption of a new constitution was on track.

This article seeks to analyse the key provisions of the new draft constitution recently approved by the Parliamentary Constitution Select Committee and submitted to the Government of National Unity principals against the background of ZANU-PF constitutional amendments.

The MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has moved to dismiss a statement attributed to Deputy National Organising Secretary, Abednico Bhebhe, that said they were planning to write their own constitutional draft.

Given the heated debate over the draft constitution produced by the three parties in the coalition government, COPAC co-chair Douglas Mwonzora (MDC-T) defends his party’s position on the draft. In Part 2 of this interview with SW Radio Africa journalist Lance Guma he responds to accusations that they sold out.

HARARE – Southern Africa’s regional body Sadc looks set to convene an extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe after disagreements over a new constitution threatened to disrupt a roadmap to a fresh election.

Zimbabwe could be headed for a general election after Robert Mugabe’s regime threatened its coalition partners claiming that any deadlock over the draft Constitution is a call for an immediate general election under the old Constitution.