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COPAC Statement (1000kb pdf)
2nd All Stakeholders Conference Draft Report (704kb pdf)
Today, 7 November 2012, the Parliamentary Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) announced officially at a press conference held at Rainbow towers in Harare that th...
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Trial of the 29 Glenview residents charged with the murder of Inspector Petros Mutedza on the 29th of May 2011 continued today. The defence team led by Beatrice Mtetwa, cross examined Detective Chief Inspector Ntini who was the lead investigator in th...
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Zinasu President, Pride Mkono, was arrested on Thursday, the 1st of November 2012, on contempt of court charges, emanating from a skipped court appearance on POSA charges, leading to a warrant of arrest. President Mkono, Known to his constituents as “...
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An MDC-T rally which was scheduled for the 28th of October 2012 at Darwendale stadium was postponed by local council to pave way for a football match. This comes as the second cancellation of an MDC-T rally in Darwendale after a previously sched-uled rall...
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Eight ZANU-PF members accused of murdering Cephas Magu-ra, an MDC activist, in Mudzi in May this year were granted a ‘token’ US$100 bail each, by Justice Mwayera at the High Court on the 26th of October 2012.
The ZANU PF members who stand accused of ...
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Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition in partnership with Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) held a talk show at Courtald Theatre in Mutare on the 31st of October 2012 under the topic, “The Zimbabwe Constitution Making Pro-cess: Post 2nd All Stakeholders Confer-ence, ...
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Introduction
The Legislative agenda for the 5th session of Parliament, as presented at its opening by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Mr. Robert Mugabe, had nothing much to offer by way of a legislative agenda that can facilitate the spiri...
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Zimbabwe National Students Union, (ZINASU) Secretary General, Tryvinne Musokeri who has been in Hwahwa Prison for the past three weeks was today, Monday 29 October 2012, further remanded in prison by a Gweru Magistrate.
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Deep controversy continues to surround the exploitation of minerals across the country for patronage purposes disguised in some instances, as indigenization and empowerment. Reports coming from Kwekwe are that ZANU PF Youths in the Midlands Town have sc...
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Press Statement
29 October 2012
ZLHR CHALLENGES DEMOLITION OF EPWORTH HOUSES
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) finds it crucial to highlight the importance of the right to housing and takes this opportunity to speak out and condemn the rec...
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The 3rd edition of the Protest Arts International Festival kicked off in Harare at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, yesterday the 25th of October 2012. The festival running under the theme “Imagining and Re-inventing the Future”, aims at facilitating the dev...
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The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition held a talk show on constitutional reform in Masvingo on Thursday 25 October 2012. The talk show was a Post-Second All Stakeholders Conference platform for feedback from the people leading the process (the COPAC Chairper...
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In May 2012, the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Reform (COPAC) announced that the drafting process of a New Constitution for Zimbabwe had been completed, and submitted a draft to the Management Committee of the process for scrutiny an...
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The Constitutional Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) Second All Stakeholders Conference ended yesterday, 23 October 2012, at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) with Delegates labeling it a qualified success, with many questions still...
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“The Public Debt Contraction process is bound to improve if the COPAC Draft constitution, released on the 18th of July 2012, is adopted in its current form as the new constitution of Zimbabwe”. These were the sentiments of social and economic justic...
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In a shocking and regrettable development, Kwekwe Magistrate Ms Stambiso Ncube yesterday ( Tuesday the 23rd of October 2012) became the first Magitrate to convict a Civil Society activist of contravening the Public Order and Security Act ( POSA). Kw...
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The Second All Stakeholders’ Process, yesterday the 22nd of October 2012, kicked off to a good violence free start. While the conference was free of violence, it was replete with drama as the proceedings took place. The first sign of this drama w...
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African human rights and constitutional activists have commended the Zimbabwean civic society organizations for fighting for their autonomy in the constitution making process. The Activists, Cyprian Nyamwamu of Kenya and McDonald Chipenzi of Zambia were...
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The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Professor Welshman Ncube yesterday, 22 October boycotted the Second All Stakeholders Conference opening ceremony. The Conference which started its official business yesterday with an official opening by pr...
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