Zimbabwe Weekly Update – week ending 25 Jan 2010

Posted by ZDN on January 26, 2010

Politics Inter-party talks were again adjourned on Wednesday and are expected to resume in two weeks. MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said that the party is losing patience and allegedly wants to declare a deadlock in its negotiations with Zanu-PF. It plans to refer the agenda to SADC and South African President Jacob Zuma. The MDC appears to be standing its ground on key issues it wants re...

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Rules for our Rulers – Podcast – 18.01.10

Posted by ZDN on January 19, 2010

Lance Guma speaks to the co-chairman of the Constitutional Parliamentary Committee, Douglas Mwonzora, about the reasons for delaying the deployment of outreach teams countrywide. He tells the programme they needed to carry out an audit after several people tried to be fraudulently accredited onto the outreach list. [podcast]http://www.zimbabwedemocracynow.com/podcasts/rfr180110.mp3[/podcast] ...

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Rules for our Rulers – Podcast – 16.11.09

Posted by ZDN on November 18, 2009

Nyanga North MP Douglas Mwonzora (co-chairperson of the Parliamentary Select Committee which is leading the constitution making process) is the guest this week. Lance asks him for a progress update, as they will soon send out teams countrywide to begin consulting people on the constitution. Mwonzora says they will be distributing questionnaires, asking people specific questions related to what sor...

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Public desperate for people-driven constitution

Posted by ZDN on July 31, 2009

A debate on whether or not the new constitution process represented a false start attracted a capacity, enthusiastic audience at the Mass Public Opinion Institute’s monthly forum last night (July 29). Speakers were Bishop Ancelimo Magaya on behalf of the Christian Alliance, Dzimbabwe Chibge, a lawyer, and the Hon. Douglas Mwonzora, MP for Nyanga North and co-chairman of the Parliamentary Select ...

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