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Pros, cons of registration of political parties
FOR many years, there have been calls for political parties in Zimbabwe to be registered, and the calls have become louder after divisions in the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party r...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:20hrs | 67 | by Veritas
More needs to be done to achieve gender equality
INTERNATIONAL Women's Day (IWD), celebrated annually on March 8 offers an opportunity to reflect on progress made with regards to gender equality, call for change and celebrate acts ...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Veritas
Time to ratify AU Charter on Democracy
AS we reflect on the just passed International Day on Democracy, we find it worrying that Zimbabwe has not ratified the African Charter on Democracy, Elections, and Governance. It is a long time since...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Veritas
Is it a crime to publish false news?
EARLIER this month, reports circulated on social media alleging that a police officer in Harare had struck a woman with his baton and killed a baby strapped on her back. The police issued a de...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:25hrs | 6 | by Veritas
Zimbabwe's Peace, Order Bill still unconstitutional
At a sitting that started on August 8 and ended at 4.10am on August 9, the National Assembly passed the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill with amendments, most of which were intended to meet objecti...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Veritas
Lawyers speak on Prisca Mupfumira's case
The Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Hon Prisca Mupfumira, has been arrested on serious charges involving corruption and abuse of office. When she appeared in court after bei...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 12:40hrs | 1 | by Veritas
Only RTGS dollars are legal tender
On Monday, an important statutory instrument (SI) was published in a Government Gazette Extraordinary: the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (Legal Tender) Regulations, 2019 (SI 142 of 2019).The effect...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Veritas
The new Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill is cruel like POSA
There have been reports in the State-owned press that the Government was planning to repeal the "toxic" Public Order and Security Act (POSA) and replace it with a new Maintenance of Peace and Order Bi...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 09:37hrs | 3 | by Veritas
Mthuli Ncube's 2% tax still illegal
At the beginning of this month the Minister of Finance and Economic Development announced an increase in the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax [i.e. the tax on electronic money transfers] from five cen...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 20:15hrs | 1 | by Veritas
Extension of Defence Forces retirement age
BILL WATCH 35/2014[11th September 2014]Both Houses of Parliament Are Sitting Again This Week Extension of Defence Forces Retirement Age: Not Compliant with Constitution...Published: 12 Sep 2014 at 10:20hrs | 1 | by Veritas
Constitution Watch
Implementing the New Constitution : What Has Been Done So Far?Introduction In Constitution Watches 33 to 38 of 2013, which were published between August and October last year, we set out s...Published: 02 Jul 2014 at 01:22hrs | 1 | by Veritas
Clarifying Zimbabwe's new Constitution, citizenship
There have been media reports that the new Constitution, whose provisions relating to citizenship, voting and elections came into operation on May 22 2013 (the publication day of the new Constitution)...Published: 30 Jun 2013 at 11:48hrs | 2 | by Bill Watch, Veritas
Zimbabwe's harmonised elections are complex
From the voters' point of view, the new system will be fairly easy to understand.Voters are used to the idea of harmonised elections and casting three separate votes in one polling-station doe...Published: 09 Jun 2013 at 09:21hrs | 1 | by veritas
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