The co-chairperson of the Parliamentary Select Committee on constitutional reform, Douglas Mwonzora, has said President Robert Mugabe would be happy with a "no" vote on the Constitution because it will keep things the way they are; Mugabe with his despotic powers intact. Lovemore Madhuku. 

Attorney General’s Office Law Officer Chris Mutangadura will today argue before Justice Hungwe why his boss opposes human rights defense lawyer, Alec Muchadehama's application for the matter of MDC men, Kisimusi Dhlamini, Gandhi Mudzingwa and others, to be referred to the Supreme Court. Mudzingwa et al want case to go to Supreme Court. 

As thousands of Zimbabweans across the country converged for provincial constitutional consultative meetings, the National Constitutional Assembly has re-released its objections to the Kariba Draft constitution, thus backing up calls to come up with a people-driven Constitution rather than an imposed one.

On his return to Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has backed the boycott of Cabinet by his MDC Cabinet colleagues, saying it was an expression of the same frustrations that were expressed by Zimbabweans in general and by potential development partners whom he met on his trip.

The problems all emanate from the slow pace of the implementation of the GPA, he said and gave notice to “residual elements” in Zanu (PF) that removal of sanctions against them is directly linked to their behavior in respect of commitments made under the GNU.