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By Michelle Chifamba The possibility of a wide outbreak of the contagious COVID-19 has reached alarming levels not only in Zimbabwe but also in the SADC Region hence Harare has seen it fit to announce a 21-day total lock-down. The total lock-down also comes just days after the World Health Organisation urged the African Continent …
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By James Martin Election Resource Centre (ERC) says it has submitted to Parliament its analysis of the legal framework that governs elections in Zimbabwe. The analysis which was handed over to the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda is seeking among other things to help speed up electoral reforms in the country. Speaking recently, …
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Tuesday 05/02/2019 House Sitting
By Daniel Chigundu Progressive Political Parties (PPP) which is composed of Coalition of Democrats (CODE), Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have joined the bandwagon of parties that are calling for a national dialogue in Zimbabwe. National dialogue has been identified as one of the most practical ways of ending the …
By Daniel Chigundu Prominent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has called on the government to remove soldiers from the streets or to officially declare the State of Emergency. A State of Emergency is a situation of national danger or disaster in which the government suspends normal constitutional procedures in order to regain control. However, since …
Legal practitioners mostly from Harare took to the streets protesting against alleged capture of the Judiciary Service Commission by the military and Zanu PF government, which has gone on to affect the fair discharge of legal processes especially in re…
By Daniel Chigundu Kadoma Central legislator Muchineripi Chinyanganya says most of the new legislators fail to make contributions to debates or deliver their maiden speeches in the National Assembly, not because of intimidation but because they are not given the floor. Zimbabwe’s National Assembly has about 270 legislators (210 directly elected and 60 for proportional …
By Daniel Chigundu Kadoma Central legislator Muchineripi Chinyanganya says most of the new legislators fail to make contributions to debates or deliver their maiden speeches in the National Assembly, not because of intimidation but because they are not given the floor. Zimbabwe’s National Assembly has about 270 legislators (210 directly elected and 60 for proportional …