The Eurozone continues to exhibit all the signs of a deepening depression. Against this background, what are the chances of SADC successfully implementing a similar regional convergence model if the perpetrators of the framework are falling short?
LESOTHO Prime Minister Tom Motsoahae Thabane, on what the government called a “state visit” to Zimbabwe last week, said his country was praying for President Robert Mugabe to take a leading role in Sadc if he finishes with the country’s politics. MuckRacker
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.
In Maputo, Malawi’s President Joyce Banda was inducted as the newest member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) heads of state, a group that had, until now, been an exclusive old boys’ club.
Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party remained deadlocked on whether to accept a new draft constitution that trims the powers of the President. Wednesday’s meeting of the Politburo was the third such meeting to discuss the draft. The meeting ended late last night.
An outspoken lawmaker from the party of Zimbabwe’s long serving ruler Robert Mugabe on Tuesday rejected a new draft constitution that would rein in presidential powers as an attack on democracy.
Future Vice-Presidents in Zimbabwe will be elected directly by voters, unlike in the past where they were appointed from within the party in government. This is contained in the final draft of the new constitution which has finally been made available by COPAC.
The ruling by the Supreme Court last week specifically ordering the holding of by-elections in the three vacant constituencies, namely Bulilima East, Nkayi South and Lupane East — and by extension other areas as well — has provoked a heated debate and lots of interesting dimensions to the public political discourse.
The political parties in Zimbabwe’s inclusive government have now begun playing out their electoral endgames eleven months prior to the expiry of its constitutional term of office in June 2013 writes Takura Zhangazha.
The crumbling of Robert Mugabe’s power base and the interference of ambitious army generals is behind the vicious infighting and violence that has marred ZANU PF district coordinating committees (DCC), a political analyst has told SW Radio Africa.
President Robert Mugabe’s call to the African National Congress (ANC) to ignore the recent ruling by the Pretoria High Court that South Africa must investigate Zimbabwean officials over allegations of torture has been dismissed by the ANC.
HARARE – South African President Jacob Zuma says elections in Zimbabwe can only be held when the security sector is de-politicised, in a move largely viewed as a flexing of muscles amid growing reckless political statements by military generals.
President Jacob Zuma will now have a hands-on-approach to Zimbabwe’s political crisis amid fears in Zanu PF that last week’s SADC extraordinary summit held in Angola effectively ended President Robert Mugabe’s ambition to stand in elections.
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has entered into a reality distortion field similar to that suffered by the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein because his lieutenants are feeding him lies which are now influencing his decision ahead of a crucial election.
Today the 21st of February, President Robert Mugabe turns 88 years old. We are aware that he has splashed millions of dollars in organizing a lavish party for himself and his group accomplices that have plundered our resources, killed our relatives, persecuted our leaders and destroyed our country driving millions into poverty.
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