discussions were also kick started around a Patriotic Bill which however never saw the light of day. This Bill was aimed at criminalising citizen engagement or correspondence with ‘foreign agents' except by state officials and also to criminalise what ...
But those who back the proposed Patriotic Bill, as it has been called, say that it is about national cohesion. "The government has always tried to persuade its citizens to behave in a patriotic way to maintain unity," Chief Whip for the governing Zanu-PF party Pupurai Togarepi told the ...
“It is a delayed law, honestly, because it is an inherent thing that everyone should be patriotic to their country,” said Mr Mataranyika. “If someone calls for the imposition of sanctions then they should be punished accordingly.” Having noted the diplomatic chaos that comes with private...
Zanu PF legislators such as Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba were in support of the Bill saying it has noble intentions since it encourages people to be patriotic. “This Bill is not meant to curtail the existence of political parties, but it is there to encourage the people of Zimbabwe t...
The opposition also alleged that the Zanu-PF-proposed Patriotic Bill and the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Act were all tailored to silence the opposition. The opposition said the arbitrary arrest of opposition supporters and senior officials, including Zengeza West member of Parliam...
“These include the Data Protection Act and, if enacted, Bills such as the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill and the envisaged “patriotic provisions” in the Criminal Law Amendment Bill. “The EU also maintains its concerns that the recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry...
and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants,robert Gabriel Mugabe, in His Individual and Personal Capacity, Zimbabwe African National Union-patriotic Front, Stan Mudenge, Jonathan Moyo, Certain Other Unknown Named Senior Officers of Zanu-pf, Defendants, v....
if their chances to gain power are slim. When UPND organized this demonstration, they were doing badly. The Patriotic Front and its leader Michael Sata became more and more hopeful during Mwanawasa’s first term. He considered constitutional reform a non-issue in ...
Those who blindly support, and even shield a leadership that is taking the country in a dangerous direction are the real enemies of the State and unpatriotic. They are guilty of propagating division and disunity among the nation through their intolerance. ...
The NYS proposal comes when Zanu-PF is accused of trying to silence dissent by railroading controversial laws such as the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill and the Patriotic Act. “That the party should advocate for the enactment of the Patriotic Act,” Makombe added. The youths als...