The Zimbabwe Guardian

Editorial: Chinamasa poll extension application above board

Our reporter — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:51:00 +0000

Tags: Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, PM Morgan Tsvangirai, President Mugabe, Welshman Ncube, Zimbabwe Constitutional court

Minister of Justice, Patrick Chinamasa, late yesterday filed a poll extension request with the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe (that is the Supreme Court sitting as the Constitutional Court) as urged by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc). President Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, Professor Arthur Mutambara and Professor Welshman Ncube were scheduled to meet tomorrow to discuss [...]

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Gvt files poll date extension bid, Zanu-PF supports the bid

Our reporter — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:57:18 +0000

Categories: Breaking News, National

Tags: Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, Sadc, Southern African Development Community, Zimbabwe harmonised elections

GOVERNMENT has filed an application to extend the July 31 deadline for holding harmonised elections in the wake of an appeal by the the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) extraordinary summit in Maputo, Mozambique, last weekend. The Zanu-PF party took a different position from that of the inclusive Government, saying there was no basis for the [...]

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African Union team jets in ahead of elections

Our reporter — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:04:13 +0000

Categories: National

Tags: African Union, African Union pre-observer team, Dr Kondwane Chirambo, Joyce Kazembe, Zanu-PF, ZEC Deputy Chairperson

A 10-member African Union (AU) pre-observer team has arrived in Zimbabwe to assess the prevailing situation as the country braces for harmonised elections slated for 31 July 2013. This arrival comes as Zanu-PF has indicated that it will not apply to the Constitutional Court for an extension of the date of elections by two weeks. [...]

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Zanu-PF will not seek extension of election date: Gumbo

Our reporter — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:27:54 +0000

Categories: Breaking News, National

Tags: President Robert Mugabe, Rugare Gumbo, Sadc Maputo Summit 2013, Zanu-PF, Zimbabwe harmonised elections

Zanu PF will not not file a request to the Constitutional Court to request deferment of the election date to two weeks after 31 July 2013 as urged by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc). This was revealed by Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Rugare Gumbo in a statement to the Zimbabwe Guardian on Tuesday. [...]

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Election period has started: ZEC

Our reporter — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:59:44 +0000

Categories: Breaking News, National

Tags: Justice Makarau, Justice Rita Makarau, ZEC, zimbabwe

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chairperson, Justice Rita Makarau (pictured) has announced that part of the new constitution that compels the commission to work closely with media houses has become operational. This also marks the beginning of the election period, and the elections are expected to start on 31 July 2013, as stated in a [...]

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MDC-T lacks a solid vision for land reform: Professor Ian Scoones

Our reporter — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:29:13 +0000

Categories: Breaking News, National

Tags: Agenda for Real Transformation, MDC-T policy document, Professor Ian Scoones, Zimbabwe land reform programme

The MDC-T policy document fails to develop a solid Zimbabwean vision for land and agriculture, Professor Ian Scoones writes. In his critique of the MDC-T policy document, Agenda for Real Transformation (ART), Professor Scoones said the sections on agriculture do not capture the realities on the ground. “The sections on agriculture and land are rather poor, [...]

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Gvt has no legal basis to approach the Constitutional Court: Law experts

Our reporter — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:24:34 +0000

Categories: National

Tags: Goodwills Masimirembwa, Lovemore Madhuku, Zimbabwe Constitutional court, Zimbabwe elections 2013

GOVERNMENT has no legal basis to approach the Constitutional Court seeking an extension to the July 31 poll date order that it has already complied with, legal experts have said. They said the appeal to President Mugabe, by Sadc extraordinary summit of heads of state and government who met in Mozambican capital, Maputo, on Saturday, [...]

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Zimbabweans better placed to solve own problems: Dlamini-Zuma

Our reporter — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:04:04 +0000

Categories: African News, Breaking News, National

Tags: African Union, African Union Commission Chairwoman, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, President Mugabe, zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Constitutional court, Zimbabwe harmonised elections, Zimbabwe Supreme Court, ZIMBABWEANS

ZIMBABWEANS are better placed to resolve their own problems regarding the holding of presidential and parliamentary elections and regarding President Robert Mugabe’s decision to call an election on July 31, the head of the African Union commission said on Monday. Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court, sitting as a Constitutional Court ordered President Mugabe two weeks ago to [...]

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Tsvangirai creating false crisis: Chinamasa

Our reporter — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:38:01 +0000

Categories: National, Opinion & Analysis

Tags: Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa, Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe harmonised elections

MY attention as Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs in the Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe has been drawn to a statement released to the media on June 13, 2013 by the Hon Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. The Statement politically challenges the legal steps taken by his Excellency the President Mugabe, to comply with [...]

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High Court summons issued against Tsvangirai’s son over loan

Our reporter — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:29:39 +0000

Categories: Breaking News, National

Tags: Edwin Tsvangirai, High Court, Interfin Banking Corporation, Peter Bailey, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s son Edwin has been dragged to the High Court for failing to pay back over US$107 000 that he allegedly borrowed from the struggling Interfin Banking Corporation in 2010. Interfin is under curatorship and the curator Peter Bailey filed summons for provisional sentence against Tsvangirai under High Court Number 4044/13 on [...]

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