Category Archives: Parliamentary
Britain leads Zimbabwe constitutional exercise in the UK
Zimbabwe Guardian by Staff Reporter 10 August 2010 THE Zimbabwe “constitutional reform initiative” in the United Kingdom is not wholly independent and the final communique that will be submitted to Copac in Zimbabwe might not represent the views of the majority of Zimbabweans in that country, a source has told the Zimbabwe Guardian. Last week we […]
Senate adjourns debate on Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Bill
The Herald 25 February 2010 Herald Reporter The Senate has adjourned debate on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill to March after senators requested more time to go through the amendments to the proposed law passed by the House of Assembly. This is the second time Senate has postponed debate on the amendment. In […]
Mugabe plans laws to silence critics
Peta Thornycroft Zimbabwe is poised to introduce draconian laws to silence its critics, both at home and abroad, who face 20 years in jail if they “publish or communicate a falsehood”. Opposition members have condemned the measures as “the most fascist legislation this country has known”. The Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Bill, went through […]
Zim ratifies SADC protocol on fugitives
The Herald By Tandayi Motsi Fugitives from justice will soon have no hiding place as steps are being taken to harmonise legal systems in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), in addition to strengthening domestic regulatory and supervisory systems for the monitoring and detection of organised crime in United Nations member-states To this end, last […]
Probe team vindicates MDC claim
The Independent THE MDC team that inspected the disputed 2002 presidential poll has produced a report alleging that at least 490 000 fraudulent votes were stuffed into ballot boxes to give President Robert Mugabe his fifth term in office. In an interview on Tuesday, the party’s former secretary for legal affairs, David Coltart, said: “After […]
MDC factions fight over State funds
The Chronicle Harare Bureau THE Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC faction is set to lose out on the $8 billion State funds the opposition party got as its share under the Political Parties Finance Act. This comes in the wake of a five point proposal by Bulawayo South Member of Parliament, Mr David Coltart, aimed at securing […]
War of words in parliament over African Commission report
SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe News By Lance Guma A war of words has erupted between government Chief Whip in parliament Joram Gumbo and opposition MP David Coltart over a report by the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) regarding Zimbabwe’s human rights situation. Coltart moved a motion in parliament commending the ACHPR for […]
Government Chief Whip castigates MDC’s Coltart
The Herald Herald Reporter GOVERNMENT Chief Whip Cde Joram Gumbo has castigated Bulawayo South MP Mr David Coltart (MDC) for misleading the House of Assembly on the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) position on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe. Cde Gumbo told the Assembly on Thursday that contrary to claims by […]
Motion: Report of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights in Zimbabwe
Extract from Hansard (edited) MR COLTART: Madam Speaker, on the 5th of December last year the African Commission of Human and People’s Rights passed a resolution in Banjul, I had asked that the Resolution be printed but due to problems with this Honorable House’s photocopying equipment – the Resolution could not be printed in time […]
Motion brought by the Hon David Coltart regarding the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Resolution on Zimbabwe
Dated 5 December 2005: Tabled by David Coltart on 7 February 2006 NOTING the resolution of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights on the situation of human rights in Zimbabwe passed in Banjul on the 5th December 2005 set out in full below; The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights meeting at […]