The noise from Zanu PF’s constitution correspondent, serial flip flopper Jonathan Moyo is sickening. This is the same guy who led an unsuccessful campaign for the failed 2000 constitution process. This is the same guy, once labelled political harlot by some writers, who led an unsuccessful spirited attempt to wrestle the Speaker of Parliament seat from MDC’s Lovemore Moyo. Always against the people.

Why does Moyo think that his empty thesis in the Herald and Sunday Mail find takers? Zimbabweans are smarter than that nonsense.

All women dressed in mini-skirts and longs must be charged with treason or must be jailed for life!!!
Sounds strange, doesn’t it?
This rant was the contribution of one Chitungwiza girl during one of the constitutional outreach meetings last week.
She believed so much that such women are an abomination to society and should be put away for life.

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The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has indicted the Harare to stop arrests, detentions, violence and torture of workers with immediate effect.

The labour organization conducted a Commission of Inquiry into the Zimbabwe labour market last year. The report of the Commission of Inquiry notes that workers were still being harassed and intimidated long after the formation of a unity government last year.

I was asked by the Standard Newspaper to do a piece on New media focusing on general aspects.

We hope to follow this up with a more detailed expose on the different aspects of new media.

Kindly enjoy reading from the link below and feel free to send me your comments and areas you wish I can touch on
http://www.thestandard.co.zw/entertainment/23857-new-media–communication-made-easy.html

Zimbabwe’s education is in a mess.
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South African president Jacob Zuma has said Zimbabwe parties have agreed to a package of measures to be implemented concurrently as per the decision of the SADC Troika in Maputo.

Addressing journalists at the close of inter-party talks, Zuma, who left Harare on Thursday said the negotiators will however meet from 25 March to 29 March and report to report back to the facilitator by 31 March.

“I believe the implementation of this package will take the process forward substantially,” said Zuma.

He refused to take questions from journalists saying he will present a report to the Chairperson of the SADC Troika, Armando Guebuza of Mozambique before giving more details.

Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister and MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has called for peacekeeping force before elections that are likely to be held next year.

Tsvangirai, who formed a transitional government with President Robert Mugabe last year was speaking at his party’s rally in the satellite town of Chitungwiza. Under the terms of the agreement that formed the transitional government, the country must hold elections after 24 months.

“We agreed that within the next 18-24 months we go for elections, so far we have gone through the first year.We don’t want a violent election but an environment for a free and fair election where a loser accepts defeat and allows the winner to take over. We are not afraid of going for an election. I hear reports about violence about houses being burnt. We have to stop the violence before the election” said Tsvangirai.

“Let’s bring in foreign observers. Why don’t we have a peace keeping force so that everyone is going to exercise their democratic rights. Why don’t we have a peacekeeping force so that we have peace and stability before we conduct an election. If we can’t do it ourselves lets use SADC and AU to create that environment for a free and fair election,” he added.

Tsvangirai called for a conclusion to the interparty talks saying his party was putting measures to ensure that the talks are concluded.

“We are sick and tired of endless talks,” he said. “We shall take measures that there will be no more dialogue for dialogue’s sake. We are a country in a transition, so get ready for elections.”

Zimbabwe may hold elections next elections, but no date has been set. Last week, Mugabe told reporters that he will be his party’s candidate for the elections.
Tsvangirai beat Mugabe in the first round of presidential elections in March 2008, but later withdrew from a scheduled second round citing state sponsored violence against his supporters.

Suspected ZANU PF members working in cahoots with the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation have escalated death threats and harassment of civil society members, a feat described by activists as “serious”.
Addressing a joint press conference in Harare, Wednesday, leaders of various networks of civil society organizations that included Nango, ZLHR and the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, ZimRights director Okay Machisa said despite the formation of the transitional government last year, that the last three months have seen an escalation in the number of threats, intimidation and harassment leveled against members of civil society.
He said last week members of the ZimRights board received a series of mobile text messages warning them against pursuing their mandate to conduct civic eduction in rural areas on the constitution making process. Several other activists such as Nunurai Jena, ZimRights regional chairperson for Mashonaland West, Chitungwiza regional chairperson, Netsai Kaitano, Jabulisa Tshuma, the organization’s treasurer and Machisa had received threatening messages.
Trade unionist and secretary general of the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe (GAPWUZ) Getrude Hambira was forced into hiding due to fears for her safety.
Hambira together with the workers union’s leadership were summoned by the feared Joint Operations Command (JOC) and were taken to task overf a documentary entitled “House of Justice” and a report titled “If something is wrong” documenting the brutality surrounding the land reform programme.
“Security agents should strictly observe the principles of the rule of law and should adhere to the lawsd and regulations governing their operations. ZimRights and ZLHR have also taken note of the renewed rhetoric against NGOs emanating from some ministers and governors accusing some NGOs of interfering in the stalled constitution making process,” the statement said.
The civil society leaders said they had approached Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai highlighting the increase in incidents of violence and threats against their members. Their efforts to engage the co-Home Affairs ministers were fruitless.
“That civil society organizations are executing their legitimate and legal mandate of protecting and defending the inalienable rights and freedoms of citizens through such programmes as education, legal aid and information dissemination is undeniable. As such the organizations will not brook any attempts by rogue elements bent on perpertuating the suffering of Zimbabweans by intimidating is into silence and inaction,” the civil society statement said.