Copac Reports

Media coverage of the constitutional reform exercise: Report No. 42 - 2010

Official assurances by the minister that the constitution-making process will continue despite the challenges. However, no effort was made to reconcile the report with earlier reports that Copac was facing financial constraints, which were hindering progression to the subsequent stages.

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Media coverage of the constitutional reform exercise: Report No. 38- 2010

Official update on Harare outreach exercise. Presents the constitutional consultative meetings as having been peaceful and well attended.

Media coverage of the constitutional reform exercise: Report No. 34- 2010

Official update on the violent disruption of some outreach meetings in Harare. Report does not question Mangwana on the prudence of resetting the dates for the disrupted meetings to October 16-17 before Copac had secured funds for the exercise.

Media coverage of the constitutional reform exercise: Report No. 33- 2010

Official update on the administrative modalities of constitution revision. Reports Mangwana blaming the “
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    • Media coverage of the constitutional reform exercise: Report No. 32- 2010

     Update on rights violations in constitutional reforms. Official announcement on the suspension of outreach programmes in Harare due to outbreak of political violence at some outreach meetings in Mbare, Budiriro and Glen View, among others.

    Media coverage of the constitutional reform exercise: Report No. 31- 2010

    THE NATIONAL BROADCASTER, ZBC, broadcast 21 reports (12 repeats) on constitutional reforms, all news stories. The most heard political party was ZANU PF, which they quoted 19 times, followed by MDC-T (six times). MDC-M was not sought for comment.

    Media coverage of the constitutional reform exercise: Report No. 28- 2010

    August 23 – August 29, 2010
    Electronic media summary
    THE NATIONAL BROADCASTER, ZBC, broadcast 16 news reports (eight repeats) on constitutional reforms. The most heard political party was ZANU PF, which they quoted 11 times. MDC-T and MDC-M comment was not sought.

    Media coverage of the constitutional reform exercise: Report No. 27- 2010

    August 16 – August 22, 2010
    Electronic media summary
    THE NATIONAL BROADCASTER, ZBC, broadcast 21 news reports (seven repeats) on constitutional reforms. The most heard political party was ZANU PF, which they quoted 12 times followed by MDC-T (four times). MDC-M was not sought for comment.

    Media coverage of the constitutional reform exercise: Report No. 27- 2010

    August 16 – August 22, 2010
    Electronic media summary
    THE NATIONAL BROADCASTER, ZBC, broadcast 21 news reports (seven repeats) on constitutional reforms. The most heard political party was ZANU PF, which they quoted 12 times followed by MDC-T (four times). MDC-M was not sought for comment.