Legal expert says not necessary to extend life of parliament

By Violet Gonda 29 April 2013 A legal expert has said there are three main pieces of legislation that require amendments before the forthcoming election, but that it’s not necessary to amend the constitution to extend the life of parliament, as suggested in the media. Derek Matyszak was reacting to reports...

Parliament to urge editors to turn down hate speech

By Tichaona Sibanda 6 March 2013 Editors from both the independent and state controlled media will from Thursday attend a two day workshop on ‘ethics towards free and fair elections’ in Gweru. The indaba, in co-operation with Parliament’s Committee on Media, Information and Publicity, is to address...

Zimbabwe cabinet ministers clash over Headlands killing

By Violet Gonda 26 February 2013 There was an explosive Cabinet meeting Tuesday as MDC-T ministers confronted ZANU PF over the death of a 12 year old son of a party activist, who died in a suspected arson attack in Headlands this weekend. Cabinet meetings are closed to the media. But some ministers who spoke...