SADC Tribunal future uncertain

SADC Tribunal future uncertain http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell17 May 2011 The future of the regional human rights court remains uncertain, amid reports that Justice Ministers from across Southern Africa have agreed that the court’s decisions are null and void. A Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is set to get underway in Namibia on Friday, where …

Tough Road Ahead For Zimbabwe’s New Constitution

Tough Road Ahead For Zimbabwe’s New Constitution http://www.voanews.com Peta Thornycroft | Harare  May 17, 2011 Zimbabwe’s main political parties are at odds again, this time over the process of transferring public opinion into 17 clauses of the proposed new constitution. About a million people attended some 5,000 public meetings last year, and President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party says …

SADC Set To Discuss Zim Land Reform

SADC Set To Discuss Zim Land Reform http://www.radiovop.com 17/05/2011 20:08:00 Harare, May 17, 2011 – Zimbabwe’s controversial land reform programme is set to take centre stage in the upcoming Southern African Development Community (SADC) special summit on Zimbabwe to be held on Friday, a SADC official has told Radio VOP. The summit to take place in Namibia will …

M&G’s battle for secret Zim report reaches ConCourt

M&G’s battle for secret Zim report reaches ConCourt http://mg.co.za GLENDA DANIELS – May 17 2011 20:18 The Mail & Guardian’s efforts to gain access to a report on Zimbabwe’s 2002 presidential election reached the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. The report was commissioned in 2002 by then-president Thabo Mbeki, who requested that justices Dikgang Moseneke and Sisi Kampepe …

Foot And Mouth Vaccines Run Out In Mat South

Foot And Mouth Vaccines Run Out In Mat South http://www.radiovop.com/ 16/05/2011 15:14:00 Gwanda, 16 May 2011 – Thousands of cattle in Matabeleland South province could succumb to the deadly Foot and Mouth disease amid revelations that the region has run out of vaccines to fight the highly contagious disease. A fresh outbreak has been reported in Stanmore, …

Overhaul justice delivery system

‘Overhaul justice delivery system’ http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Thelma Chikwanha, Staff WriterMonday, 16 May 2011 16:19 HARARE – Human rights lawyers have called for an urgent overhaul of the country’s justice delivery system to stop the continuing abuse of the law by the Attorney General’s (AG) office, through the  inappropriate invocation of the notorious Section 121 of the Criminal Procedure …

Now Zimbabwe talks of a gold standard while warning of U.S. dollar devaluation

Now Zimbabwe talks of a gold standard while warning of U.S. dollar devaluation http://www.mineweb.com Zimbabwe’s Central Bank governor has gone on record as warning about the fall in value of the U.S. dollar while suggesting that his country should move towards a gold backing for its own currency.Author: Lawrence WilliamsPosted:  Monday , 16 May 2011 LONDON – …

Zim crisis faces being left off SADC agenda

Zim crisis faces being left off SADC agenda http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell16 May 2011 The Zimbabwe crisis could once again be bumped off the agenda of upcoming talks by leaders in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), apparently because South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma might not attend. The SADC Summit is set to get underway in Namibia …

Afeared of its own Tribunal

Afeared of Its Own Tribunal http://www.ipsnews.net/ By Servaas van den Bosch WINDHOEK, May 16, 2011 (IPS) – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) faces several awkward problems at the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State scheduled for May 20-21. Mediating between parties in Zimbabwe over a workable plan for elections and power-sharing in Madagascar may be the headlines, …

SADC Tribunal judgments void: Minister

Sadc Tribunal judgments void: Ministers   Sunday, 15 May 2011 22:16 Patrick Chinamasa By Sydney Kawadza JUSTICE ministers from Southern Africa have acknowledged that the Sadc Tribunal was improperly constituted and its decisions were null and void. At a summit held in Namibia last August, Heads of State and Government resolved to suspend the tribunal …