Dr Gandawa’s Devolution White Paper
Zimbabwe as a Federal Republic — Devolution White Paper
Covid19 Was a Chance for Devolution Structures
By Correspondent Just like digitalisation, devolution is slowly dying a natural death, reduced to a state function nicety and empty aphorism for the state media and propagandists to latch onto and harp about. The political establishment in the country has remained unconvinced of its safety if they allow both a life of their own. All…
Devolution is Problematic: Former Dep Minister Dr Gandawa
Correspondent Devolution has been the talk of the town since inception of the new constitution. However little has happened as the government continues dragging its feet to fully implement devolution. Below we reproduce part of former Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Dr Godfrey Gandawa’s white paper on the devolution issue in Zimbabwe. For…
Parliamentary Portfolio Committee Findings on Councils
Correspondent The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Governnent recently toured various cities to assess the operations of Councils. Below are the recommendations from their findings. a) The WASH sector is in a deplorable state mainly due to the obsolete infrastructure. b) The lack of access to foreign currency has affected the local authorities’…
Victory for Residents on Devolution- CHRA
Correspondent The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA), Community Water Alliance (CWA) and MP Rusty Markham won the High Court Case compelling government to put in place supporting legislation on devolution. The High Court ordered that” Any or all of the respondents shall, within a period of six 6) months, that is to say, by 31 March 2021submit…
Breaking: Gvt Given 6 Months To Present Devolution Bill
Correspondent The High Court has ruled that the government should present a Devolution Bill before Parliament within the next 6 months. The ruling follows a court challenge by the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA), Community Water Alliance and legislator Allan Markham. The trio sought to have the Ministry of Local Government enact the laws envisaged…
ZANU PF is Afraid of Devolution: Study
Correspondent A study into the country’s devolution program has concluded that the ruling ZANU PF party is afraid of truly devolving power as this may give the opposition more power. The briefing paper, titled Devolution in Zimbabwe, states that from its research “devolution provided for in Zimbabwe’s new Constitution is not yet being implemented, but…
The Who, What, When and How of Devolution
Correspondent The new constitution brought with it a new concept in local governance which is supposed to speed and spread development. We have here reproduced important factors around the concept of devolution using a write-up by the Zimbabwe Legal Information Institute (ZIMLII). This information will answer most of the questions surrounding the much-talked about but…
Government Distributing Devolution Funds Illegally
By Correspondent The disbursement and use of devolution funds going on across the country is unconstitutional as it goes against the laid down stipulations of how that money is supposed to be used experts have revealed. Government has been releasing devolution funds which have already been used with some cities like Masvingo going on to…
Gvt Fighting Devolution Through Backdoor: Experts
By Tafadzwa Muranganwa Experts have voiced concern that the proposed constitutional amendment bill will derail the devolution implementation. The Constitutional Amendment Bill in Clauses 20, 21, 22 and 25 seeks to remove members of the legislative assembly from provincial councils and this has not gone down well with many experts who believe it will…