Posted by The MDC has reached an “understanding” on a constitutional amendment crucial to forming an all inclusive government.
“There’s been some shared understanding on the issue of the constitutional amendment” which will set out the powers of the new prime minister, MDC spokesperson Nelson Chamisa said.
“However other outstanding issues are still to be resolved,” Chamisa,MDC-T-Kuwadzana Central., added.
Amendment at a glance
The individual clauses of the Bill provide as follows: Clause 1 sets out the Bill’s short title, Clause 2 defines a couple of terms for the purpose of this Bill and Clause 3 seeks to substitute Chapter II of the constitution (citizenship) by another making it more comprehensive.
Clause 4 seeks to correct certain cross-references contained in Section 41 of the constitution (which previously cross-referred to members of the House of Assembly only) to make them clearer. For instance, that the “anti-defection” provisions of Section 41(1)(e) apply to elected senators as well as MPs.
Clause 5 seeks to omit from Section 57 (2) of the constitution the incidental reference to the Committee on the Standing Rules and Orders, for which fuller provision is to be made under Clause 6.
Clause 6 seeks to include a new section in the constitution which makes specific provision for the appointment and functions of the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders. For the period during which the inter-party agreements subsist, the composition of this committee will be as specified under sub-clause (2) of this clause.
Clause 7 provides that the appointment by the president of the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must be done in consultation with the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders.
Clause 9 provides for the appointment and functions of a new media commission to be called the Zimbabwe Media Commission.
Clause 10 seeks to amend the interpretation section of the constitution by revising the definition of “Committee on Standing Rules and Orders” in conformity with the amendment made under Clause 6.
Clause 11 and 12 will insert a new section and schedule in the constitution providing for certain transitional amendments in connection with the new and temporary office of Prime Minister.
The MDC must be very careful in these agreements because they have been led down this garden path before. There must be no more concessions until the whole raft of demands have been met. Very soon they will run out these bargaining chips and ZANU(PF) will be well on their way to ‘legitimise’ their illegal set-up. BE WARNED!!!
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The mdc is deliberately signing incomplete documents to slow down the progress of the talks.They do not want to be seen to be hamparing the talks so instead they only do enough to make people believe that they are interested in the talks.Last time they signed the MOU without fully laying down their demands.Now they have also signed this latest one but we know fully well that there are issues not agreed on based on their demands before the talks.Instead of working on these key issues morgan is running around the world to get some certificate to make him look credible as primeminister since he has no o levels.He really thinks a certificate of peace will help.There is no substitute for real education.All that hard work plus the final three hour exams-do or die.Those who have been there know what i am talking about.It helps you think on your feet and improves your decision making.Morgan lacks in that area and i hope as primeminister he will get a lot of help because he can not make his own decisions neither can we trust his judgement.
I see nothing but time wasting from the mdc.They are not acting in good faith at all.It is easy to balme zanu pf because all the media is biased against them but to overlook what the mdc is doing is scuicidal.How will he travel back from morroco without a valid document? SOmething is cooking and botswana is playing with fire.They probably want to create a sitaution where Zanu pf will arrest him for violating immigration laws so that he can claim sylum in botswana.I would not be surprised if he doesnt already have a botswana diplomatic passport.It would be scuicidal for zanu pf to give morgan a passport right now.Nothing will be done. Maybe we can close borders with botswana for now and see how he will travel there next time.
MDC is the worst thing to ever happen to zimbabwe.Until their creation by Tony blair when he came into power in 1997 with his new labour nonsense , we were just fine in zimbabwe. Time will tell what will become of the mdc , but the future does not look good with mdc in gvt.
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Zanu-PF admits Mugabe status not official
November 29, 2008
By Raymond Maingire
HARARE – A top-ranking official of President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF has publicly admitted that Mugabe is merely the “de facto” and not legally the Zimbabwean Head of State.
Zimbabwe’s former ambassador to China and a senior Mugabe aide Chris Mutsvangwa conceded Friday that Mugabe can only become Zimbabwe’s legitimate President when the pending Constitutional Amendment 19 Bill is passed into law.
Mutsvangwa is a prominent member of Zanu-PF’s media and publicity committee, which was formed to steer the party’s publicity campaign ahead of the disputed June 27 presidential election.
Mutsvangwa spoke as he defended Mugabe’s presence at a UN conference in Qatar to discuss the global financial situation.
Mugabe, whose legitimacy as President is fiercely challenged by his opponents back at home, is representing Zimbabwe at the conference, alongside other world leaders.
“Zimbabwe is part of the UN system,” Mutsvangwa told journalists at the Quill Club, Harare ’s press club on Friday evening.
“Somebody has got to be representing the country and in our case it is the one who is the de facto Head of State who will soon be a de jure Head of State courtesy of an agreement which the MDC has signed already.”
The statement by Mutsvangwa is a climb-down from Zanu-PF’s earlier stance that has sought to portray Mugabe as having duly won the June 27 election. The controversial election was immediately dismissed as a sham by African observers due to political intimidation and open abuse of electoral procedures by Zanu-PF.
Mutsvangwa, who has virtually sidelined veteran politician and Zanu-PF spokesperson Nathan Shamuyarira, accused the MDC leadership of failing to stick to their own commitments.
“The MDC made Mugabe the Head of State in that agreement,” he said.
“We can’t have people who flip-flop as if they have got the memory of a duck. You have got to stick to what you have signed. You made Mugabe President; you made your own president the prime minister-designate. You have got to have the memory of an elephant – long.”
Mutsvangwa accused Tsvangirai of undiplomatic behaviour and of failure to appreciate he would soon become Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister.
“Tsvangirai is still trying to get used to the process of getting powerful,” he said, “He should be comporting himself as somebody who is about to enter high office of course under Mugabe as per his agreement.”
Mutsvanga, a former ZBC chief executive officer, lashed at former UN secretary general Dr Kofi Annan for his recent attempt to visit Zimbabwe to assess the ‘‘escalating humanitarian crisis’’ in the country.
Government last week barred a planned visit by Annan alongside former United States president Mr Jimmy Carter and Mozambican rights advocate Ms Graca Machel. Machel is the wife of Nelson Mandela.
The three belong to a group of former statesmen and prominent personalities known as the Global Elders.
Zimbabwe government officials suggested Annan was barred because he represented what they described as neo-colonial interests.
“He is an expatriate African who left Africa quite early (in his life),” said Mutsvangwa.
“That’s Annan. He spent a lot of time as a UN diplomat and his last and most important assignment in Africa was in Rwanda in 1994 and all that butchering went on.
“He was actually in charge of the UN peacekeepers and he made that country go through that horrid genocide.
“When he went into the United Nations, he never promoted even one African to become an important person at the United Nations.
“So I am talking of somebody whose history about Africa is at most sordid but probably very tenuous. Now he comes here masquerading as somebody who is a humanitarian. He allowed sanctions at the UN something he never condemned as secretary-general. Now he wants to come here to see the effects of those sanctions.”
Mutsvangwa accused Annan, a Ghanaian, of insincerity.
“He is a man looking for glory,” he said, “He is a man who wants to find a trusteeship in Africa at a later day. Let him go and seek for election in Ghana if he wants to become a ruler in Africa.”
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read the above article carefully. Read it several times and then try to interprete what the official is trying to tell you.
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Reality news. Here is your article . Please read it carefully to make sure you fully understand it.
“5 November 1997
From the Secretary of State
Hon Kumbirai Kangai MP
Minister of Agriculture and Land
Dear Minister
George Foulkes has reported to me on the meeting which you and Hon John Nkomo had with Tony Lloyd and him during your recent visit. I know that President Mugabe also discussed the land issue with the Prime Minister briefly during their meeting. It may be helpful if I record where matters now rest on the issue.
At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Tony Blair said that he looked forward to developing a new basis for relations with Commonwealth countries founded upon our government’s policies, not on the past.
We will set out our agenda for international development in a White Paper to be published this week. The central thrust of this will be the development of partnerships with developing countries which are committed to eradicate poverty, and have their own proposals for achieving that which we and other donors can support.
I very much hope that we will be able to develop such a relationship with Zimbabwe. I understand that you aim shortly to publish your own policies on economic management and poverty reduction. I hope that we can discuss them with you and identify areas where we are best able to help. I mentioned this in my letter on 31 August to Hon Herbert Murarwa.
I should make it clear that we do not accept that Britain has a special responsibility to meet the costs of land purchase in Zimbabwe. We are a new Government from diverse backgrounds without links to former colonial interests. My own origins are Irish and as you know we were colonised not colonisers.
We do, however, recognise the very real issues you face over land reform. We believe that land reform could be an important component of a Zimbabwean programme designed to eliminate poverty. We would be prepared to support a programme of land reform that was part of a poverty eradication strategy but not on any other basis.
I am told Britain provided a package of assistance for resettlement in the period immediately following independence. This was, I gather, carefully planned and implemented, and met most of its targets.
Again, I am told there were discussions in 1989 and 1996 to explore the possibility of further assistance. However that is all in the past.
If we look to the present, a number of specific issues are unresolved, including the way in which land would be acquired and compensation paid – clearly it would not help the poor of Zimbabwe if it was done in a way which undermined investor confidence.
Other questions that would need to be settled would be to ensure that the process was completely open and transparent, including the establishment of a proper land register.
Individual schemes would have to be economically justified to ensure that the process helped the poor, and for me the most important issue is that any programme must be planned as part of a programme to contribute to the goal of eliminating poverty. I would need to consider detailed proposals on these issues before confirming further British support for resettlement.
I am sure that a carefully worked out programme of land reform that was part of a programme of poverty eradication which we could support would also bring in other donors, whose support would help ensure that a substantial land resettlement programme such as you clearly desire could be undertaken successfully. If is [sic] to do so, they too will need to be involved from the start.
It follows from this that a programme of rapid land acquisition as you now seem to envisage would be impossible for us to support. I know that many of Zimbabwe’s friends share our concern about the damage which this might do to Zimbabwe’s agricultural output and its prospects of attracting investment.
I thought it best to be frank about where we are. If you think it would be helpful, my officials are ready to meet yours to discuss these issues.
Yours sincerely
Claire Short.”
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hezvo!vasaina futi.asi pfungwa dzavo anongove mabubbles.ngavaendeka ku bhotswana vambonogara nekuti conifiyuzheni dzavo dzkafanana.ini hangu bodo.asi hanzi we r going to meet so we cn make hw 2 procceed .bhati matosainaka asi munofamba nerivhesi.champion puppets.
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Reality News all of you in ZANU pF are confused.just last week i heard you say tha GONO is suitable for being govenor of the RSERVE BANK for the third term blah blah because he doesnt use book economics and theory blah! blah!. this doesnt apply to the presidency does it? you hypocrites.
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Why dont zanu pf zealots like NICOL and reality news understand a simple issue like this one?Nothing has been signed because there was no need at this stage!What was done was for MDC and zanu pf negotiators to agree on the aspects of constitutional amendment no.19.This will then be presented to the principals for their endorsement before parliament votes for the amendment’s consideration into law.The MDC is only saying they are satisfied with the amendment at this stage but for it to pass into law (at voting stage) they are going to make sure that all the outstanding issues are agreed upon before they vote for it.Zanu pf cannot bulldoze the amendment into law on their own( and even with the assistance of the Mutambara faction) because a 2/3 majority is required to do this.So Zanu pf and MDC have to agree first before the amendment can become law, because it is them both who can only raise the required 140/210 votes!!!The Mutambara faction’s famous balance of power does not count here.So contrary to what the zanu pf zealots are mistakenly assuming,the MDC is way on top of the situation.
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In a significant setback to Robert Mugabe’s regime, uniformed soldiers have for the first time rioted in the centre of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, after trying to withdraw cash from a bank that had run out of money.
Emerging details of the riots will embolden Zimbabweans ahead of protests planned for Wednesday by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions against a government policy that stops people from drawing more than 500,000 Zimbabwe dollars (18p) from banks per day. The rioting marks the first time the low morale of the rank-and-file has exploded into public violence.
Witnesses said about 70 soldiers, believed to be from Harare’s main KG6 barracks, turned violent after spending Thursday queuing at the main branch of the Zimbabwe Allied Banking Group. ‘They stayed in the banking hall at closing time,’ a staff member said. ‘At about 4.30pm we told them there would be no money, and they ran amok. They insulted the staff, then went outside and smashed the windows.’
The group moved on to Roodepoort bus station, a few blocks away, where they assaulted black-market currency dealers and robbed them.
A soldier, who declined to be identified, told a local reporter: ‘We have no food in the barracks. There is no medication in military hospitals, and we cannot access our money in the banks. Even if people are to riot, there would be no enthusiasm to stop them.’
Zimbabwe’s soldiers and police are paid in local currency. A police officer, who declined to be named, said: ‘The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has a facility for us to collect money, but senior officers are looting all of it and asking us to go to get ours from the banks.’
Defence analyst Michael Quintana said the violence might signal the beginning of the end for the Mugabe regime. ‘The army is down in strength from nearly 40,000 to about 26,000. There have been thousands of desertions. Barracks have stopped feeding all but senior officers, and soldiers depend on corruption and theft for incomes. If the time has come when they are ready to revolt, then the game will soon be up for Mugabe.’
Zimbabwe’s official inflation annual rate is estimated at 231 million per cent, but independent economists cite the inflation rate in the billions of per cent. The 18p maximum account withdrawal buys a quarter of a loaf of bread and thousands of people spend their days in bank queues.
Scarface.Fungai.Reality propaganda.Nicol. Is this the same army you want to use to fight Botswana.You are all living in a dream world.
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It is plain knowledge that the Zanu PF gang would take over and root out the MDC leaders in any so called shared government. One by one they would accidentally get shot or die of mysterious circumstances. It is in the best interest of the the MDC to have at least the police force behind them for some protection. Zanu PF knows no laws, they have their own rules, and anybody who gets in the way will disappear. The MDC have so far played a good game of cat and mouse with Mugabe.
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CHOKWADI-REALITY NEWS-INDABA ZAKUQALA-NHAU DZEKUTANGA-SEZVAZVIRI-
November 29, 2008
THABO Mbeki has presented the sequence of events, exposing the illogical
reasoning of the MDC, inconsistencies and contradictions and the continuous
shifts in positions. I don’t think he is just wanting to force march the
MDC(T) into a government.
Remember the MDC and Zanu-PF signed this agreement in the presence of the
whole world. If the MDC now believes that they made a mistake and that a
unity government with Zanu-PF cannot work, they must come out clearly and
say so. They cannot in one breath say they are committed to the agreement
and then refuse to discuss the instrument that can put that agreement into
operation.
We do not want this forum to provide analysis only critical of Zanu-PF
without pointing out the lack of maturity and capacity of the leadership of
the MDC which has to a large extent also contributed to the mess that we
find ourselves in. I would like a more meaningful response from the MDC to
Thabo Mbeki’s letter rather than the childish response of walking away from
a deal that they signed against the better judgement of many people.
A unity government means joint responsibility and accountability. From the
day they signed the GPA, the two MDC’s and Zanu-PF become jointly and
severally accountable to what is happening to the people of Zimbabwe.
Remember, we have no elected government in place as the three parties agreed
to set aside the election process and proceed with negotiations whose
outcome was a signed agreement.
Of course, I agree that Simba Makoni, with at least 8 percent of the
presidential vote should have been part of the negotiating process, a
position that the MDC (T) should have insisted on, if they truly are for
democracy and wanted an inclusive government. Equally, even if we do not
like Prof Arthur Mutambara for whatever reasons, because his party got seats
in Parliament, it is also logical that he be part of the negotiation process
to from a government, even if he himself was not elected. But the spirit of
the negotiations has been more about power sharing than forming an inclusive
government.
Hence, they have not even discussed for once the policies that will inform
this government but simply who will have what power. So what policies will
inform this government with regards to the economy, social and other sectors
is a discussion that I think is more mature and productive than the current
shenanigans.
The truth is the MDC (T) has no Plan B to extricate us from this mess. So
let’s cut out all the nonsense and political posturing. The “Chitongai
tione” approach is but an admission of failure and not acceptable, given
that for the past eight years the people of Zimbabwe have put their hopes
and faith in the MDC to bring about change.
It’s time for Zimbabweans to talk tough to leaders of both political
parties. Their hands are full of the blood of 380 cholera victims and the
many who continue to starve in Zimbabwe. We need more serious leaders than
this. Most importantly, we now need leaders not politicians.
REALITY NEWS.COM
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The dictactor has been in Qatar and is accusing EU an USA of promoting regime change in Africa, he talking a lot of rubbish, the electorate of Zimbabwe voted him out. The message is clear the man should go, this signing of documents and trips to South Africa are a waste of resources. The people voted in March and mugabe and his ZEC didn’t want to accept defeat and we are now in this merce because of mugabe. The man should go, the message is so clear and the mind of the voters were not influenced by EU and USA. Taneta nebenzi iri.(Cholera, no cash, abnormal inflation, high uemployment rate, no fuel, no medicine, no food, no skilled workers) This is what we call failure indeed.
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Iwe Dynamos, uri saskamu, zidofo like tsvangison, zibenzi to the worst extent….Tsvangson haana kuhwina march election…The western stooge failed to get more than 50% of votes in the presidential election saka according to our constitution, his 47% is not a victory!!!!!! that’s why there was a runoff in june…..he was defeated by Cde R.G.Mugabe in the runoff…….Dynamos uri kurasika papai??, 8 months after march election…kuomesa musoro sedamba….You mdc idiots have to come to terms with the fact that the stooge tsvangison did not win march election …..he then chickened out of the runoff when the tide had turned against him…that’s why he’s still a mere opposition leader
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Fungai haufungi.Mugabe is the opposition leader.One with the most number of MPs is the ruling leader.If Bob won 27th June why is he failing to make a cabinet of stupid folks like idiot Fungai??
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Fungai you are an idiot like your master, how long did mugabe and his ZEC take to announce the results, what were they doing all that long answer this question. Morgan won those elections fair and square and don’t send your CID’s to me like you are doing to Biti (chokwadi ndiro chokwadi makaloser) mugabe will trot the glob during UN missions but there is no one who is interested to listen to him. I am happy his friend Thabo is now an ordinary citizen of South African with no power because he is a dictactor like mugabe. Fungai you are a fool really wake up and join us in re-building Zimbabwe.
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zanu pf must learn a lesson it must shunt corruption
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This business of “in consultation” needs to be clarified. The last agreement said Mugabe would appoint ministers ” inconsultation” with the prime minister and he proceeded to do it himslef and say ah, i consulted him on my decisions, nothing was said about him having to agree with my decision, just that I had to consult him saka case closed.
MDC should just pull out and wait for the soldiers to finish what they’ve just started.
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Dynamos go to hell,, usatinyaudze, all that junk you’re now saying about march results is now nonsensical and irrelevant…..Chinzwa mafacts chaiwo…..The ABSOLUTE FACT remains that the western sponsored stooge tsvangison failed to win the march election constitutionally..The uneducated stooge only has simple majority in parliament , therefore the parliament is hung because no party has the required 105 seats to form gvt..Constitutionally, he was defeated in june by President R.G.M…This is why Cde Mugabe continues to be invited to heads of states and gvt summits to represent zimbabwe, alongside other heads of states..Mind you, there are 40 world leaders in Doha, Quatar…..!!!!!!,,vana Dynamos endai kuchikoro please kuti musazotinetsa nekutsanangura these simple situations everyday…Nyaya yekusadzidza iyi….Tell your uneducated leader ,morgan to also go to school and finish ZJC and O’level
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Fungai. You are the fool. It is well known that the reason it took you zanu idiots so long to declare the results was because Morgan had won by such a huge margin and you idiots needed more time to rig the results. Dont you find it strange that Morgan recieved so many votes in the rerun of which he was not a candidate as he had pulled out.Morgan did not take place in the rerun yet people still voted for him. zanu only knows how to cheat which is why they will never achieve anything. I hope you zanu idiots are ready to take on your own army. They have had enough of your lies and propaganda. You are trying to make them out to be fools but they all know what you idiots are up to.
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Saka zvanetsa kunyora kuti “MDC reaches an Agreement with ZANU P”? Sichupeti dzevanhu.
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Baba, takaona kuti makapusa saka tichikubirirai every time. We know you just cry and run to mommy everytime that happens and zvopera zvakadaro.Chero tikaita another election we will just cheat you again.
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Fungai, ndiwe SASKAMU, ZIDOFO. U’r a RETARD. People are suffering becoz of u bastards. Kutaura kwako ndekwe munhu ari kugara outside Zim. at our expense. Iko zvino maximum yatinopiwa ku bank is Z$500thsd tichikwira combi this same amount one way…..zvinoratidza kusafunga nekupererwa kwevamwe vanhu vari greedy vanozviita vakadzidza asi vasiri kuziva zvavari kuita. Iko zvino hanzi maximum withdrawal yave Z$100million withdrawing once a week kurakidza kuti u’ve run out of ways of solving your own problems. Kunge zvinonzi Z$100million yacho inotenga How can u limit me on my hard earned cash????. As I speak there’s no water in the CBD, yamunoti capital city yeZimbabwe, muHarare, yamaiti Sunshine City and surrounding industiral area dzese…..kuzoti isu vekurukisheni takatokanganwika kuti kune vanhu vanoshandisa mvura. Moti hanzi tiri kugona kutonga and all is well in Zimbabwe. Asi muri vanhu rudzii?? Manje tinozvishandira hamutigone and hatife nezhara. We are not thieves like you. Ishe vanotida tese. Government tisu vanhu. Zvido zvedu kunyanya. Hatichada musatimanikidze. Chibvai zvakwana! Mbeki akangonzi haachadiwa akabvuma wani. ‘Ushe madzoro’. Regai tione kuti munosvikepi nechihurumende chenyu chakaora. Siyanai na Morgan Tsvangirai adii zvake.
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Imi Baba, kwanai semari yebhazi mazvinzwa!!!, Itai semunhu mukuru…Zvese zvamave kutaura izvi it’s nonsense….The bottom line is you have to wait for the next 5 years for another election. becoz mdc-t is still an opposition party., .state house is in your dreams…mdc is just a barking dog, ,while zanupf is the elephant.
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Nyandwe, you’re whinning about the hardships that your uneducated leader tsvangison invited through his call for illegal economic sanctions…..Masanctions ari kubaya masappota eMDC-T…..Vana Nyandwe pamaishevedza masanctions maifungei???,Mdc-t together with EU and United States called for a Germany company to stop supplying paper for printing money and it obliged…Now , what happens??, mdc-t supporters are failing to access their cash at banks…..
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THE Government of Zimbabwe has rejected Sadc Tribunal’s ruling that 78 white former commercial farmers whose properties were compulsorily acquired by Government for resettlement could keep their farms and said that the land reform programme will not be reversed.
The Minister of State for National Security, Lands, Land Reform and Resettlement, Didymus Mutasa, said the Zimbabwean Government would disregard the judgment made last week.
“They (the tribunal) are day-dreaming because we are not going to reverse the land reform exercise,” he said and added that the Government would continue with planned acquisitions in line with policies set up eight years ago.
Mutasa emphasized that the remaining white-owned farms would be acquired by Government for the benefit of those black farmers who were marginalized by the white settler regime for decades.
The minister said the acquisition was meant to correct decades of land injustice in Zimbabwe.
“There is nothing special about the 75 farmers and we will take more farms. It’s not discrimination against farmers, but correcting land imbalances,” he said.
Last December the Sadc’s Namibian-based tribunal prevented Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s government from evicting Chegutu farmer Michael Campbell, his 65 employees and their families from his Mount Carmell farm ─ one of the country’s main exporters of mangoes and citrus fruits. The number of farmers in the case rose to 78.
The Sadc ruling was made in accordance with the declaration and treaty that Harare signed in August 1992 on regional trade agreements.
The farmers said Harare in breach of its obligations under the treaty, after it signed into law Amendment 17 more than two years ago and that it discriminated on racial grounds.
The amendment allows the seizure of white-owned farms, for distribution to landless blacks, without compensation. It also bars courts from hearing appeals from the dispossessed white farmers.
Lawyers’ papers argued that “a failure by member states to uphold the principles of human rights, democracy and the rule of law” would cut across the range of commitments Sadc states had entered into under the constitutive act of the African Union and African charter on human and people’s rights.
On Friday, the Sadc Tribunal ruled that 78 white farmers could keep their farms because the land reform programme discriminated against them.
President of the tribunal Judge Luis Mondlane said the Zimbabwean Government had violated the treaty governing the 15-nation regional bloc by compulsorily acquiring white-owned farms for resettlement.
“The 78 applicants have a clear legal title (for their farms) and were denied access to the judiciary locally,” he said.
Judge Mondlane ordered the Government “to take all measures to protect the possessions and ownership” of the 75 farmers still on their farms.
Mutasa dismissed the call to protect the farmers, saying Government would treat white farmers equally as everyone else.
The verdict was the first major ruling by the Sadc Tribunal since it first convened in April last year.
A lawyer representing resettled farmers, Advocate Farai Mutamangira, described the ruling by the regional court as shocking because it ignored the history of the land issue in Zimbabwe.
He said the tribunal had consistently demonstrated lack of understanding of land reform in Zimbabwe and its meaning to Zimbabweans.
“The tribunal deliberately chose to ignore history and proceeded to decide the matter outside of its historical context. The tribunal got the whole matter wrong at both the municipal and international law. There were so many avenues of escape for the tribunal.
“There are more than 100 reasons and grounds upon which the tribunal could have made findings in favour of the beneficiaries of the land reform, but deliberately chose not to do so,” he said.
Adv Mutamangira questioned the logic for and reasons as well as the jurisprudence that the tribunal is developing for the region.
He added that the tribunal decision was completely at variance with the whole essence of liberation and self-determination.
“In short, the tribunal has behaved like a colonial court of the 1950s and 60s by entrenching and protecting colonial minority interests,” he said.
Government, Adv Mutamangira said, would not abandon its policy on land on the basis of the shocking ruling by the tribunal.
The SADC tribunal was created as part of a peer review mechanism within the organisation. It aims to ensure the objectives of Sadc’s founding treaty, including human rights and property rights, are upheld.
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MANY people are baffled by the latest somersault made by the MDC-T party in signing the Constitutional Amendment No 19 Bill. But how could they be baffled? The MDC-T baffles those that want to be baffled. Endless times those whose protest vote they learnt to the MDC have quibbled the decision of this virgin group of politicians – the green group, I call them.
“It’s a nullity, it’s a nullity,” cried one UZ-trained lawyer, Tendai Biti, against the wise advice of his former constitutional law professor, Welshman. Never defy your elders, unless they are not your elders and unless they represent someone else.
Our elders have been discredited by those whose interests they do not represent; so how could we accept other people’s elders?
“Morgan Richard Tsvangirai is the next President of the Republic of Zimbabwe,” belted a lawyer – an abrupt lawyer whose only trip overseas was to oversee and put in line a group of partisan and blindingly loyal supporters in the Diaspora who were crossing the line and defying the protocol. This is his experience.
The only other time we see him overseas is when he is invited to blurt in front of a more informed group of funders. He informs them that their “investment” is still worth the while. “We can still bet on that horse,” and the horse obliges.
Monday morning: “It’s a nullity. We will not enter into any further negotiations until the facilitator is changed!” We all believed them, despite the perennial history of political flip flops. “This time they really mean business,” said one MDC drunk. I was naïve. I believed him.
Friday afternoon: “If you’re optimistic, the glass is half-full, if you’re pessimistic, it is half-empty,” belted the inexperienced Chamisa announcing, half-heartedly that they had appended their signature to a document they said was full of faults. Are you pessimistic or optimistic Chamisa? When did it ever become our choice? It’s your choice, the MDC’s choice to decide whether that glass is half full or half empty. Tell us: Is it half-empty, or half-full? Save your skin! What did the Funder say this time? Did he or she say “It’s the end of the road?” If not, how do you explain your turnaround? Then again, the history of flip-flops is characteristic of your party’s leadership.
We have signed Amendment Number 19 Bill, the one presented by Zanu PF “pending consultations and endorsement by our different leadership organs,” says Chamisa. How could you sign anything pending consultations and endorsements? You either sign or you don’t and many people I know consult first and then sign. Your party always does things in reverse, doesn’t it?
“Zimbabwe parties agree on power-sharing bill: MDC” writes the Washington Post, hesitatingly! “On-off talks between President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC have made little progress since they reached a deal in September seen as the best hope of pulling Zimbabwe back from economic collapse,” writes the paper further. So Mugabe is the President? Yes indeed, he always was. He has been, since the June 27 runoff presidential election.
“Chamisa said the talks had ended,” reluctantly reported the Washington .Post
“On our part, the MDC leadership will meet next week to discuss this, and give a direction as to how we are going to proceed.” Proceed on what? You have already proceeded!
“ZANU-PF officials were not immediately available for comment.” What an amusing statement from the Washington Post. Available for comment? So that they can put their own spin to the comments and twist words from Zanu PF or MDC Mutambara – their usual way of reporting on Zimbabwe? They have become media savvy now and will not communicate with hostile media anymore.
We now impatiently await the next turnaround from the MDC-T party, in characteristic fashion.
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All you zanu idiots can say a lot of rubbist all we will mantain is that you are a party of the past, that will not change. No sane person will want to work with a government of thieve. The SADC Tribunal has made a rulling and you say they should go to hell. Why should it be that MDC has got to listen to SADC yet you don’t listen to SADC. I believe in land reform and I just don’t think zanu handled the process well anywhere there is nothing in zanu’s hands that is handled well. You can talk of Flip Flop Flup Flap Flep Flop, but nothing will change the fact that mugabe is the worst President in the world, a murderer (Gukurahundi, cholera, hunger etc) a destroyer(murambat****). He is the most hated being in the earth. No one will support your government if there is no equal sharing of power in this new government. The sooner he becomes an ordinary citizen of Zimbabwe like his friend Mbeki in RSA the better for the Zimbabwe and its people.
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“Fungai,Nicol,Scarface,’Reality News’ etc what a hardworking cyber-army.WHICH APPOINTMENTS DO YOU WANT IN [MY GOERVENMENT]” says mugabe
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Fungai,Nicol,Scarface,’Reality News’ etc hamulume
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Each hour zanu gets smaller as more and more people are moving over to MDC.Each time a zanu idiot opens his mouth or makes a statement they lose more members to MDC because of their lies.zanu is dying a slow painfull death.They are too stupid to reallize what they are doing and so we will just wait as we continue to grow stronger each day.We have infiltrated the army,the police,and the CIO and they haven’t got a clue who we are.Please you zanu idiots keep up with your stupid idiotic remarks because soon the whole country will be MDC. What we have all noticed is that every time there is about to be trouble, that idotic fool they call their president runs from the country like a girl.They are begging for MDC to form a government with them because they know that with out MDC they are finnished. They will not get one ounce of help from the outside world with out the MDC. As they have shown us they do not know how to run a country with out the help of the outside world. In every single comment they cry about sanctions. Sanctions this sanctions that sanctions everything. They never stop.Soon the USA,Britain and the EU will be targeting all those who are proping up this illegal government from SA. Botswana is now pulling its high commission out of Zimbabwe and will soon close its borders.Soon other countries are going to do the same.They can no longer support this illegal regime.zanu is dying and these are the last of its pathetic kicks.
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Heeeeeeeeeee tipeiwo chikafu-heeeeeeeeee tipeiwo this and that…thats morgan on his foreign tours.Mugabe on his foreign tour says———-please remove these evil sanctions that are stopping our country from feeding the rest of southern Africa.When you remove these bloody illegal sanctions , we can feed ourselves because we are not beggers.Morgan is and will always be a begger.He is wasting time begging because we only want these sanctions removed so we can begin to rebuild our rich economy.All this regime change will come to pass.
Obama has just offered Hillary clinton secretary of state post -will the mdc do that if morgan was president? No there will be a blood bath instead of rebuilding the country.Obama and Hillary could not see eye to eye but when it comes to the interests of the country they all put their diffences aside.For some reason i can not see Chamisa-Biti-Morgan etc Extending the olive branch to anyone.It will be retribution from day one and the response from zanu pf may result in the mother of all civil wars.It is better Zanu pf in power than MDC.MDC can only operate under supervision other wise the economy will collapse even with sanctions removed.The country will descend into chaos.The future is better only under a GNU or zanu pf.
Ndapedza….and morgan please stop embarassing our country by your begging mentality.You campaigned for sanctions to destroy the country and now you want to beg for food aid? imbwa yemunhu…one day ndichakurowa yeku mumbayi manje.Ndino kusprayer ne AK47 masikati machena.you ugly fool.
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The greatest weakness a person will ever have is “never accepting blame and always finding scapegoats to your problems”. Zimbabwe’s problems are chiefly of Mugabe’s making. His obsession with power. His security forces have killed more civlians than Smith’s army. To cap it all Smith did that during a war. Mugabe wasted state resources fighting Zapu and Nkomo, Alfonso and MNR, the DRC war etc. Mugabe will never extend an olive branch to anyone. Yes the British are responsible for someof our problems, but Mugabe is responsible for the majority of our problems. There are many people who have the same problems with me. In 1984 my mother was raped was gukurahundi soldier resulting in me being conceived. My mother’s community never accepted me, I had problems to even get a birth certificate. I did not get a chance to go to school until when I was 11 years old and my uncle took me to South Africa. I am at university now, but I lost years of my life. Go to many parts in Matabeleland you will find so many stories like mine. I do not understand all these people posting praises for Mugabe. Do they condone what he did? Scarface, Reality news, Abel, NICOL etc are CIOs. Please accept that Mugabe has failed and will do anything to find someone to blame.
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