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HARARE — Zimbabwe’s draft constitution was sent to parliament Tuesday, where it is expected to be approved after it was overwhelmingly endorsed by citizens in a March referendum. The charter will be debated next week in the lower house and senate.
HARARE – The contents of the new draft constitution were dictated by President Robert Mugabe, Zanu (PF) negotiator to Copac Paul Mangwana told journalists at an informal discussion last Friday.
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s new draft constitution — agreed on by the country’s warring political protagonists — has severely eaten into President Robert Mugabe’s hitherto imperial executive powers, Constitutional Affairs minister Eric Matinenga has said.
Principals to the GPA agreed on Thursday to retain the contentious issue of the running mates in the new constitution, but the relevant chapter will be suspended for 5 years and will have no effect in this year’s elections.
This is, without doubt, a defining moment in our nation’s political, social and economic trajectory. The journey that we have traveled up to this critical point has been long and arduous. Indeed, there were occasions when it seemed there was no light at the end of the proverbial tunnel.
The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) has demanded that the Constitutional Parliamentary Select Committee (Copac) should apologise to the people of Zimbabwe for wasting their time and tax payer’s money.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai personally called MDC-N leader Welshman Ncube who was in Uganda for a COMESA conference last week and advised him that he had to be involved as one of the Principals in the constitution making process.
Journalist Lance Guma speaks to Jessie Majome the Deputy Minister for Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development. Majome is the MP for Harare West constituency and spokesperson for the Constitutional Parliamentary Select Committee (Copac). Interview broadcast 20 November 2012 Lance Guma: Good evening Zimbabwe and thank you for joining me on Nehanda Radio. This week on […]
The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) dismisses with the utmost contempt a press statement from the MDC-T’s Information Department attacking the NCA Chairperson Professor Lovemore Madhuku over comments attributed to him in the state controlled Sunday Mail newspaper dated 18 November 2012.
Journalist Lance Guma speaks to Jessie Majome the Deputy Minister for Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development. Majome is the MP for Harare West constituency and spokesperson for the Constitutional Parliamentary Select Committee (Copac). In this 50 minute interview Majome tackles questions to do with the reported deadlock over the adoption of the Copac draft, whether […]