Talks resume Monday as SA facilitation team arrive
The inter-party negotiations between the political partners in government over the implementation of outstanding issues re-started on Monday evening, after being adjourned on January 21st.
Diamonds missing after police ‘rob’ Central Bank
Almost 30kgs of diamonds from the controversial Chiadzwa diamond claim have reportedly disappeared after being removed from the Reserve Bank by police last week. The contested diamonds, which form part of the ongoing ownership wrangle of the Chiadzwa claim, had been moved to the central bank under Supreme Court orders.
Civil service strike paralyses government operations
Government operations came to a halt on Monday as the country’s civil servants went on strike demanding better wages. According to reports there were only limited services being offered at government hospitals in Harare while the trial of senior MDC official Roy Bennett had to be postponed with court staff also on strike.
Civil servants strike forces postponement of Bennett trial
High Court workers on Monday joined the civil servants strike forcing the postponement of Roy Bennett’s trial in Harare. Attorney-General Johannes Tomana, the state’s lead prosecutor told journalists the trial had been deferred indefinitely on account of the industrial action by government workers. The MDC Treasurer-General is on trial charged with illegal possession of arms for ‘terrorism, banditry and sabotage.’
Deadly storm hits Chiweshe school killing one pupil
Villagers at Maodzwa in Nzwimbo, Chiweshe district in Mashonaland central province are slowly picking up the pieces after their lives and homes were turned upside down on Friday by a ferocious storm that swept through the area leaving death and destruction in its wake.
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The inter-party negotiations between the political partners in government over the implementation of outstanding issues re-started on Monday evening, after being adjourned on January 21st. One of the negotiators Welshman Ncube from the MDC-M said they had also received an invitation to a meeting with the South African facilitation team at 3pm on the same day, before the scheduled inter-party meeting which was expected to start at 6pm.
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6.00-6.30
Station Opening with Mandisa
Newsreel
6.30- 7.00
Rules for Rulers with Lance Guma Letter from America with Stan Mukasa
7.00-7.30
Callback with Mandisa and Ezra
7.30-8.00
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Regional says ZANU PF know exactly what they are doing in continuing to delay the drafting of the new constitution. They have every intention of using this opportunity to impose their Kariba draft on the people, and, Simon talks about concerns raised by organisations representing People living with HIV and AIDS that a new constitution must also represent them and guarantee better healthcare access for all.
This week on Rules for our Rulers Lance Guma speaks to the Director of the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition McDonald Lewanika. The coalition put out a statement last week in which they made a number of recommendations for the constitution making process. Lewanika says all bases and militia groups deployed in the countryside to influence people should be disbanded, civil society should be allowed a greater role and that there should be no secrecy surrounding the constitution making process.
In Letter from America, Dr. Stan Mukasa argues that the civil service strike must of necessity be a rallying point for a new national confrontation with Mugabe and ZANU.
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Violet Gonda asks a number of Zimbabweans from various walks of life, what they think about sanctions. ZANU PF has warned there will be no more GPA concessions until the sanctions imposed by Western countries are removed. Parliament has seen heated discussions on this topic with ZANU PF insisting that the MDC should demand the removal of the restrictive measures. Some say the time has come for sanctions to be removed others claim the sanctions are targeted on particular individuals who are guilty of serious human rights abuses and have still not admitted wrong doing. In the next two weeks the European Union will be reviewing their measures, but what are Zimbabweans saying? Listen here