SW Radio Africa News stories for Monday 01 February

Magistrate’s conflict of interest exposed in land case
Samuel Zuze, the Chipinge magistrate, who found four farmers guilty of refusing to leave their properties last Tuesday, has presided over a case in which he has a vested interest. He is the alleged beneficiary of a farm owned by one of the white commercial farmers he convicted last week.

Attorney-general admits judicial corruption rife in Zimbabwe
The Attorney-General Johannes Tomana on Monday admitted that some of the judicial officers in the country were corrupt and inefficient. The under fire Attorney-General was giving oral evidence in Harare before a Parliamentary portfolio committee on Justice, Legal and Constitutional affairs.

Constitutional process suffering from partisan media coverage
Deputy Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs Jessie Majome has said the country’s efforts to craft a new constitution are being hampered by negative and partisan media coverage from the state media. Speaking on our Rules for our Rulers constitutional programme Majome said the state media was failing to appreciate that a tripartite government was in place, and their coverage was not reflecting this.

 

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SW Radio Africa News Headlines for Monday 01 February

 

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Violet’s guest is Dr. Albrecht Conze, the German Ambassador to Zimbabwe and Chairman of the eleven major donor organisations who are partly funding the constitutional reform process. ZANU PF has said it will make no GPA concessions until the sanctions are removed, in light of this we ask Dr Conze to clarify the position of the European Union on the sanctions, and explain if their decision will be guided by the MDC?

 

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In Letter from America, Dr. Stan Mukasa discusses “storms” that are gathering around Robert Mugabe and ZANU even as he pampers himself as invincible. Transcript

 

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Last week, in a landmark application submitted to the Supreme Court by Masimba Kuchera, Abraham Mateta and 4 other visually impaired applicants the court agreed to strike as unconstitutional a section of the Electoral act which stated blind could only vote in the presence of a police officer, and other election officers. Their victory heralds a major shift in how the state views disability, and Abraham hopes that people with disabilities will now start a more vigorous human rights campaign process. This special Callback program hears the views of these 2 young men, and their thoughts on their landmark court victory.

 

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