adminZanu-PF-approved amendments to Copac Draft Constitution
Chapter 7Elections
127. 7.3.1(f) Remove “provincial and metropolitan councils”
128. 7.4(1)(b) Delete the clause
129. 7.4(3) Delete and substitute with:
“(3) Polling in by-elections to Parliament and local authorities must take place within ninety days after the vacancies occurred.”
Editorial Comment: GMB’s success restores farmers’ confidence
Reports that the Grain Marketing Board is now on the path towards recovery are most welcome and should help the parastatal restore confidence in the farming sector. At its annual general meeting last week the board reported making a profit and assured the nation of adequate grain for the nextWhy Zanu-PF had to amend draft
Tendai MoyoPolitical parties in the inclusive Government should not simply dismiss the amendments made by Zanu-PF to the Copac Constitutional draft without appreciating the historical context that guided the revolutionary party to meticulously make those changes. Unlike other parties in the inclusive
When the world wanted its Olympic games back
Title: The Great Olympic Swindle. . . when the world wanted its games backAuthor: Andrew Jennings and Clare Sambrook
Publishers: Simon & Schuster UK Ltd
US abusing UN charter: President
Hebert Zharare recently in TEHRAN, Iran
THE United States and its allies should be blocked from imposing alien values on smaller countries in the name of democracy, President Mugabe has said.
Addressing the 16th Non Aligned Movement Summit in Tehran, Iran, yesterday, the President said Nam was supposed to stop the West from abusing the UN Security Council.
The 67th Session of the UN General Assembly meets next month to discuss a number of issues affecting the world, among them the application of the rule of law at national and international levels.
“The meeting of the General Assembly on the rule of law must condemn extra application of domestic laws.
“We also must fight all attempts to abuse the general assembly’s high moral standing as an opportunity to prescribe domestic laws on member-states.
“We totally reject the imposition of alien values on which there is no global consensus,” he said.
“For us, the issue is crystal clear. The discussion should focus on the non-compliance with, and contemptuous disregard of the principles and purposes enshrined in the United Nations Charter and in international law by powerful members of the Security Council.”
President Mugabe said Nam was the biggest organisation in the world outside the UN and it was high time it took advantage of such strength to create a new world order.
“Our movement should use this collective strength to guide global affairs towards a new world order that is founded on the principles of justice, equity, sovereignty, equality of states, self determination, mutual respect, peaceful co-existence, respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states, non aggression and non interference in the affairs of other states.”
President Mugabe said as Nam celebrated its golden jubilee, it should promote the development of member-states and empowerment of their people.
Chombo’s ex-wife gets cars, houses in divorce settlement
Daniel Nemukuyu
Senior Court Reporter
THE marriage between Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo and his estranged wife Ms Marian Mhloyi was finally terminated yesterday after the High Court granted a divorce order with the consent of both parties.
Justice Ben Hlatshwayo granted the decree of divorce and ordered the distribution of matrimonial property as agreed by the parties.
Property shared was that which Minister Chombo had earlier offered.
Ms Mhloyi had however, failed to prove the other properties she claimed Minister Chombo was hiding from her.
She was allocated the bulk of the confirmed matrimonial property.
The property includes six haulage trucks and trailers, an AVM bus, an 18-tonne truck, a tanker, four cars and eight immovable properties.
Minister Chombo got flats at Eastview Gardens in Harare, an immovable property in Norton, a stand in Kariba, and all the properties at Allan Grange Farm in Raffingora.
Post-Export-2025-Feb-10-220404
Takunda Maodza
Senior Reporter
BRITAIN has filed an application for an intervenor in a case in which Zimbabwe is suing the European Union for imposing illegal sanctions against it.
This confirms President Mugabe’s usual statement that the dispute between Harare and London is bilateral.
Britain filed the intervenor application after realising that Zimbabwe had not cited it in its lawsuit against the EU filed in the General Court of the European Court of Justice.
Attorney-General Mr Johannes Tomana confirmed the move by the former coloniser yesterday.
“The UK has intervened saying it has personal interests in the case although we did not cite them in our court papers,” said Mr Tomana.
“They have filed an intervenor application and this is confirmation of what the President has always said that the issue between Zimbabwe and the UK is a bilateral matter.”
An intervenor is made by someone with substantial interests in a case filed before a court of law.
Such a party can obtain the court’s permission to enter into a lawsuit which has already started between other parties and to file a complaint stating the basis for a claim in the existing lawsuit.
Such intervention is only allowed if the party intending to enter into the case will not unduly prejudice the ability of the original parties to the lawsuit in conducting their case.
The EU had up to yesterday to respond to Zimbabwe’s lawsuit.
Britain declares interest in Zim-EU sanctions row
Takunda Maodza
Senior Reporter
BRITAIN has filed an application for an intervenor in a case in which Zimbabwe is suing the European Union for imposing illegal sanctions against it.
This confirms President Mugabe’s usual statement that the dispute between Harare and London is bilateral.
Britain filed the intervenor application after realising that Zimbabwe had not cited it in its lawsuit against the EU filed in the General Court of the European Court of Justice.
Attorney-General Mr Johannes Tomana confirmed the move by the former coloniser yesterday.
“The UK has intervened saying it has personal interests in the case although we did not cite them in our court papers,” said Mr Tomana.
“They have filed an intervenor application and this is confirmation of what the President has always said that the issue between Zimbabwe and the UK is a bilateral matter.”
An intervenor is made by someone with substantial interests in a case filed before a court of law.
Such a party can obtain the court’s permission to enter into a lawsuit which has already started between other parties and to file a complaint stating the basis for a claim in the existing lawsuit.
Such intervention is only allowed if the party intending to enter into the case will not unduly prejudice the ability of the original parties to the lawsuit in conducting their case.
The EU had up to yesterday to respond to Zimbabwe’s lawsuit.
Hikwa’s death might affect court cases
Court Reporter
THE death of Bulawayo High Court assessor and former educationist, Mr Patrick Sebenzela Hikwa might affect some cases, which had been partly heard.
UNWTO team impressed
Victoria Falls Reporter
THE United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) inspectorate team has completed the second preliminary assessment of designated tourist facilities in Victoria Falls