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COPAC to appoint principle drafters to write text of new constitution http://www.swradioafrica.com By Tichaona Sibanda14 April 2011 The Constitutional Parliamentary Committee (COPAC) is spearheading the drafting of a new constitution and has identified the three people who will be responsible for putting the final document together. ‘We sat down as the select committee and looked at individuals …

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Const input flawed – Mwonzora http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Tavada MafaSaturday, 26 March 2011 12:43 HARARE – Zanu (PF) used the time when COPAC chairman Douglas Mwonzora  was in jail to tamper with input from the diaspora on the new constitution.Mwonzora has confronted his Zanu (PF) counterpart Paul Mangwana over the deliberate exclusion of four key areas in …

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Zimbabwe Makes Progress Towards New Constitution http://www.voanews.com/ Peta Thornycroft | Johannesburg  March 24, 2011 Despite a troubled start, Zimbabwe is making  progress towards producing a new constitution. There is broad agreement on most constitutional principles between the majority party in the legislature, the Movement for Democratic Change, and President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party. A key stipulation in the …

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Zimbabwe referendum ‘delayed to September’ (AFP) – 10 hours ago HARARE — Zimbabwe’s draft constitution is only expected to be ready for a referendum by September and not in June as originally scheduled, the constitutional affairs minister said on Thursday. The new charter is meant to clear the way for fresh polls following the country’s bloody 2008 elections, …

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CONSTITUTION WATCH CONTENT SERIES 1/2011 [14th March 2011] A Declaration or Bill of Rights Most modern constitutions have a declaration or bill of rights setting out fundamental rights and freedoms that are specially protected by the constitution.  Declarations of rights have a long history.  English-speaking people regard their first as the Magna Carta of 1215, …

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War vets, soldiers fingered in violence report http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Chengetai Zvauya, Staff WriterFriday, 25 February 2011 18:12 HARARE – Notorious war veterans and the military are leading a violent crusade against opposition party supporters in the countryside, a new report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) shows. In its quarterly report which focused on politically-motivated human rights and …

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‘Zim can revert to old constitution if GPA fails’ http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Friday, 18 February 2011 09:27 Paidamoyo Muzulu ZIMBABWE can revert to the old constitutional order minus Amendment No19 if the Global Political Agreement (GPA) signed in September 2008 collapses, constitutional lawyers said this week. This follows statements from Zanu PF, including President Robert Mugabe who …

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Graca Machel tells Zim leaders to respect Constitution process http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda17 November, 2010 The globally respected wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, Graca Machel, arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday on a three-day mission to assess how the coalition government and other institutions are dealing with children’s rights. Machel is known as …

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Date for referendum on constitution set for June 30 http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Lance Guma11 October 2010 The Constitutional Parliamentary Committee (COPAC) has said a referendum on a new draft constitution is likely to be held next year on the 30th June. Speaking to SW Radio Africa COPAC co-chair Douglas Mwonzora said they had completed the outreach …

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‘Army in renewed terror campaign’ http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Thursday, 30 September 2010 21:06 CONSTITUTIONAL Parliamentary Committee co-chairman Douglas Mwonzora has accused the military and other state security agents of terrorising villagers during the outreach programme of the constitution-making process, saying a climate of fear was  enveloping  outlying districts of the country. Mwonzora said this week as a …

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