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Posted by ZDN on November 2, 2010
With the constitutional outreach meetings in Harare again ending on a violent and chaotic note Lance Guma speaks to MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa and asks him what next? Chamisa tells the programme why a negotiated constitution to produce a ‘transitional document’ might be the only way forward for now. He said the focus had to shift from the ‘process’ to the ‘content.’ [podcast]...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 27, 2010
This week on Rules for our Rulers Lance Guma speaks to Tayson Mudarikiri the Programmes Manager at the Youth Empowerment and Transformation Trust. Last week they launched a peace building song called Rugare aimed at youths in the country. [podcast]http://www.zimbabwedemocracynow.com/podcasts/rfr251010.mp3[/podcast] Rules for our Rulers [21:21m]: Download...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 20, 2010
Youth Alliance for Democracy on Rules for our Rulers Following revelations that less than 20% of the people who participated in the constitution making process were youths, Lance speaks to Thulani Mswelantho from the Youth Alliance for Democracy, to find out why. The participation levels are shockingly low given estimates that half of Zimbabwe’s population is made up of the youth. [podcast]h...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 13, 2010
Following the weekend announcement that a referendum on a new draft constitution will be held on the 30th of June 2011, Lance speaks to Constitutional Parliamentary Committee co-chairman, Douglas Mwonzora, and asks him about the process. What will they do about outreach meetings either abandoned or marred by violence and intimidation? Does he think the country will be ready for elections soon afte...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 6, 2010
Lance Guma speaks to the Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Exiles Forum, Gabriel Shumba, and to Innocent Chofamba Sithole from the Zimbabwe Diaspora Development Interface. The programme looks at the meeting between Zimbabwean groups in the Diaspora and the leadership of the Constitutional Parliamentary Committee (COPAC) this past Friday in South Africa. Another consultative meeting was held in th...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on September 29, 2010
Following the violence that disrupted constitutional outreach meetings in Harare last week, Lance Guma finds out what happens next. He speaks to Nixon Nyikadzino, the Senior Advocacy and Networking Officer at the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition. [podcast]http://www.zimbabwedemocracynow.com/podcasts/rfr270910.mp3[/podcast] Rules for our Rulers [16:23m]: Download...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on September 22, 2010
ZANU PF thugs disrupted constitutional outreach meetings over the weekend in Harare, Bulawayo and Chitungwiza, leading to a suspension of the exercise. On Rules for our Rulers Lance hosts a heated debate between Pedzisai Ruhanya from the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition and Madock Chivasa, spokesman of the National Constitutional Assembly. Chivasa blames a defective process led by politicians, Ruhanya...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on September 14, 2010
Lance Guma speaks to Tafadzwa Mugwadi, the President of one faction of the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU), which says it will campaign for a NO vote to reject the government-led constitutional process. Mugwadi explains why they have taken this position and also refutes allegations his ZINASU faction is a Trojan horse of the National Constitutional Assembly. [podcast]http://www.zimbab...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on September 9, 2010
Lance Guma speaks to Jessie Majome, Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development. She also chairs the sub-committee on information and publicity in the Constitutional Parliamentary Committee. Her committee recently organized a meeting in Mutare at which journalists were criticized for being too negative in their reporting about the outreach exercise. [podcast]http://ww...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on September 1, 2010
Lance Guma speaks to the Deputy Director of the National Association of Non Governmental Organisations, Machinda Marongwe, who talks about the funding crisis facing the constitutional outreach. He expresses surprise that so soon after the controversial international sale of diamonds from Chiadzwa, the Constitutional Parliamentary Committee is seeking an extra US$5 million from donors to fund a 15 ...
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