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Copac: Zanu PF pushes for Chinhengo’s ouster http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 12 January 2012 17:40 ZANU PF’s allegations of gross irregularities in the drafting of a new constitution are part of its attempt to replace Copac-appointed drafters, particularly Justice Moses Chinhengo. Chinhengo crossed swords with Zanu PF for passing judgments against the state in farm invasion cases at the turn …
New Zimbabwe Constitution: problems mount http://www.thezimbabwemail.com By Staff Reporter 18 hours 42 minutes ago Harare, – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) last Friday disowned a national report on the constitutional making process that appeared in the government controlled Herald newspaper and accused Zanu-PF of trying to derail the charter making process. MDC-T spokesperson Douglas …
Constitution Watch of 30th November 2011 [Drafting to Start Soon – Reminder of the Process so Far] CONSTITUTION WATCH 2011 [30th November 2011] Constitution Drafting to Start Soon The constitution-making process is nearing the point at which the three principal drafters will start their task of drafting the new constitution. The process has taken so …
Constitution process in chaos http://www.timeslive.co.za/ JAMA MAJOLA | 25 September, 2011 03:52 The constitution -making process in Zimbabwe is in disarray as thematic committees capturing data in narrative forms were locked in heated arguments this week on how to do it and what guidelines to use. The situation throws President Robert Mugabe’s election plans further into disarray. Checks …
Lessons for Zimbabwe’s constitutional reform process http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/ Having inherited a constitution negotiated between the colonial and liberation forces at the dawn of independence (the Lancaster House Constitution) in 1979 and having amended that constitution 19 times in the last 30 years, Zimbabwe is trying for the second time in just over a decade to completely overhaul its constitution.28.07.1102:53pmby DR …
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Zim’s Constitution-making To Resume Next Week http://www.radiovop.com Harare, July 24, 2011 – The stalled constitution-making process is expected to resume on Monday after the Management Committee of the Constitution Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) held a crisis meeting to sort differences over what methodology to use to compile data from the outreach exercise. The process stalled two weeks ago on …
Constitution will be ready by year-end http://www.dailynews.co.zw By EditorFriday, 22 July 2011 15:32 HARARE – A committee leading the crafting of the country’s new constitution has told visiting South African talks facilitators that the final draft will only be ready by year-end, putting to rest misleading claims by Zanu PF that polls will go ahead this year. President …
S. African Facilitators Said to Pledge Funding for Zimbabwe Constitution Rewrite http://www.voanews.com 21 July 2011 Political analyst Brian Raftopolous said the Zuma administration has more clout within SADC now and can move to isolate Harare diplomatically if the ZANU-PF side of the government continues to hinder progress Sithandekile Mhlanga and Violet Gonda | Washington Facilitators working under …
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COPAC temporarily halts drafting of new constitution http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tichaona Sibanda14 June 2011 Any hopes of Zimbabwe having a referendum by September this year have been dashed, following COPAC’s decision to temporarily halt the drafting of a new constitution. Our correspondent Simon Muchemwa told us the delays in securing the $1.8 million to complete the exercise have forced …
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COPAC suspends operations over dual-citizenship stalemate http://www.thezimbabwemail.com 10/06/2011 14:32:00 Staff Reporter HARARE – Zimbabwe constitution making body COPAC has suspended operations after a deadlock was reached following fundamental differences over the issue of dual citizenship between the MDC-T’s and the former ruling party Zanu PF. Zanu PF select committee co-chairperson, Paul Mangwana, who revealed to The Zimbabwe Mail that …
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