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MNANGAGWA HAS APPOINTED HIMSELF JUDGE JURY AND EXECUTIONER OVER EVERY COMMISSION IN THIS COUNTRY
The lawyers have spoken with one voice, and the verdict is damning. The removal of Jessie Majome from the chairmanship of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission is unconstitutional, unprocedural and unlawful. Senior advocates, the Constitution Defenders Forum, civil society and every Zimbabwean lawyer who has read Section 237 of our supreme law have reached the…
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ZANU PF FEARS THE BALLOT AND CHARAMBA HAS BEEN SENT TO HIDE IT
It takes a particular kind of contempt for the public to stand before a national audience, on a state platform, and openly misrepresent the constitution of the Republic. That is exactly what George Charamba, Deputy Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet, has just done. In a wide ranging interview with state…
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THE COLONIAL PLAYBOOK RETURNS, THIS TIME IN THE HANDS OF ZANU PF
There is a special kind of arrogance required to defend Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 by invoking the history of African disenfranchisement. Yet that is precisely what the regime’s propagandists are now doing. They walk us through the colonial statute books, from the Cape of Good Hope law of 1891 to the British South Africa…