The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has revealed that Zimbabweans have approved of a new constitution subjected to a referendum last Saturday. According the electoral body, nearly 95 percent of the voters in the referendum approved of the new constitution. 3 079 966 voted Yes, while ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionCOPAC draft awareness meetings flop in Bulawayo
Public awareness on the proposed constitutional draft had a false start in Bulawayo after two of the initial meetings with residents failed to kick-off. Copac officials failed to turn up for meetings at Killarney Hall and Lockview Primary School meant to raise awareness on the ... Read More »
MISA Zimbabwe approves of media clauses in draft constitution
A media advocacy organisation, Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has welcomed the new media reforms enshrined in the new draft constitution. Speaking at the Bulawayo Press Club on Tuesday, MISA senior programmes officer Nyasha Nyakunu said they were happy with the proposed provisions in ... Read More »
Prof Ncube's MDC boycotts constitution indaba opening
The Professor Welshman Ncube led Movement for Democratic Change party on Monday snubbed the opening ceremony of the 2nd All Stakeholders’ Conference protesting against “smuggling in” of Professor Arthur Mutambara as a GPA principal. MDC leader Welshman Ncube accused President Robert Mugabe of reneging on an ... Read More »
Constitution indaba in limbo as civil society mulls snub
Civic society organisations under the National Association for Non Governmental Organisations (NANGO) and Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition are threatening to pull out of the constitution Second All Stakeholders’ Conference further casting doubt on the success of the process. The development follows an urgent High Court ... Read More »
Zimbabwean civic organisations fall out over draft charter
Civic organisations opposed to the Parliamentary Select Committee COPAC draft have dismissed the constitution convention organised by the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition as a non event that is being bankrolled by the international community in support of the draft. Activists who spoke to Radio Dialogue ... Read More »
Disability group rejects Zimbabwe draft constitution
The Disability Agenda Forum of Zimbabwe, an organisation representing the disabled says it has started campaigning for a No vote ahead of the second stakeholders conference joining the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)which has already rejected the draft constitution. Tungamirai Kurunzirwa, an official with the forum said ... Read More »
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