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Zimbabwe’s all-stakeholders conference hurriedly convened – Zvoma

Published on: 15th July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – Clerk of Parliament, Mr Austin Zvoma said the just ended constitution making conference was hurriedly convened resulting in the glaring inadequacies that were witnessed at the indaba on Monday.
Addressing journalists at Parliament building yesterday, Mr Zvoma cited the delay in confirming the budget by donors, late drafting of programmes, delay in [...]

Madhuku calls for People’s Convention July 27

Published on: 15th July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – National Constitutional Assembly chair Lovemore Madhuku has called for a constitutional convention on July 27, after declaring that the ‘gathering’ of July 13 and 14 could not by any stretch of the imagination be called an All-Stakeholders’ Conference.
“The Rainbow Towers gathering of 13 and 14th July 2009 cannot, by any stretch [...]

Zimbabwe suffering from structural impunity – Amnesty International

Published on: 12th July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – The heat was turned up a notch on Zimbabwe this week as Amnesty International – which once campaigned for the release from prison of President Robert Mugabe during the liberation struggle – presented a damning report to the government of national unity documenting what it called “structural impunity” in the country.
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MDC MP jailed for 18 months

Published on: 12th July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – CHIPINGE – The MP for Chipinge South, Meki Makuyana, was on Thursday sentenced to 18 months in prison on charges of kidnapping by a Chipinge magistrate.
He was sentenced together with three other MDC members, Hardwork Masaiti who is the councillor for ward 26 in Chipinge South, Simon Chaya and Wedzerai Gwenzi, zim NET [...]

New Democratic United Front movement formed in Zimbabwe

Published on: 9th July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – A new movement, the Democratic United Front (DUF), has been formed to advocate for a people-driven Constitution, organisers have said.
The DUF says it is concerned with the non-participatory nature of the constitutional making process under Article 6 of the Global Political Agreement and the marginalisation of working people.
The DUF claims over [...]

Over 5000 Zimbabwean asylum seekers allowed to stay in the UK

Published on: 9th July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – More than 63,000 of the 450,000 historic cases that were found to have slipped under the radar for years have now been told they can stay.
Many are because they have been in the country for so long hat the Home Office would have difficulty trying to remove them on human rights [...]

Father Alex takes over scandal-ridden Bulawayo Catholic Archdioces

Published on: 4th July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – BULAWAYO – Father Alex Thomas Kaliyanil, the new Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bulawayo; who replaces Pius Ncube, one of Africa’s most respected churchmen who was dethroned in 2007 after a damaging sex scandal with a married woman, takes over the archdiocese on Sunday.
Father Alex, appointed by the Catholic Pope, [...]

Efforts to bar killer cop from UN mission

Published on: 3rd July, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Kosovo has been warned against accepting a Zimbabwean police officer to serve with it because of allegations that he was involved in torture whilst working in Harare.
Police sources say senior officials were now looking at withdrawing Inspector Mawone, a ruthless police instructor at Morris [...]

Patrick Kombayi – A National Hero – ZINASU

Published on: 1st July, 2009

TheZimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) is disappointed by ZANU PF’s lack of sincerity in their failure not to acknowledge and recognize the contribution made by the late veteran politician and businessman Honorable Dr Patrick Kombayi.

Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) is disappointed by ZANU PF’s lack of sincerity in their failure not to acknowledge and recognize [...]

Zimbabwe temperatures fall

Published on: 30th June, 2009

ZIMBABWE-HARARE-Zimbabweans have been urged to brace for a colder spell in the next coming weeks, amid reports that cattle, goats and chicken are dying from the plummeting temperatures.
In an interview with zim NET radio on Tuesday, the Meteorological Services Department Director Dr Amos Makarawu, said that livestock was succumbing to low temperatures, which dropped to minus [...]

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