Kariba Draft

A constitution is the highest law of the land, which defines and limits the powers of government and its various branches, vis-à-vis each other, and the people, and provides a strong foundation for a state based on the rule of law.
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Zimbabwe’s political crisis has been a hot subject in the region and beyond. In finding a solution it resulted in a compromised negotiated ‘Global Political Agreement’ of September 2008 that formed the inclusive government.
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President Robert Mugabe has told his Zanu PF party to prepare for elections in 2011 and work towards emerging victorious. Mugabe told the fifth congress of the Zanu PF Women’s League at the weekend that the inclusive government formed…
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Statement: The MDC remains committed to its founding values and principles and as a people-driven party, we fully believe in a truly people-driven Constitution-making process. In our election manifestos in 1999, we made the following…
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NCA Press Statement Remaining on the path of a genuine people driven constitution This statement wishes to re-affirm the position of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) vis-à-vis the current attempts by the government of Zimbabwe…
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The journey to a new people-driven Constitution is irreversible despite attempts by some retrogressive forces to derail the process, the co-chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee, Douglas Mwonzora has said. Addressing 4 000…
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There has been pandemonium at the Harare Conference Centre where the first All-Stakeholders Conference on the New Constitution opened this morning.   Reports from people in the centre have come in and apparently when Lovemore Moyo, Speaker…
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The Kariba Draft that Zanu PF is trying to impose on the people is not only disastrous but a threat to democracy and the people of Zimbabwe should reject it, the MDC deputy-treasurer Elton Mangoma has said. Addressing mayors and…
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By Cuthbert Nzou HARARE - Zimbabwe's labour movement on Tuesday accused the former opposition MDC parties of selling out on the people by agreeing to have Parliament instead of citizens leading the writing of a new governance charter for…
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By Dr Alex Magaisa The constitution-making season appears to have begun, albeit with squabbles over the notorious Kariba Draft concocted by a collection of politicians sometime in 2007. When the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)…
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