Two weeks into Zimbabwe's constitutional revision public consultation process, the parliamentary select committee in charge of the operation is seeking US$3 million in supplementary funding for equipment and travel expenses from the government and the United Nations Development Fund, sources said Thursday.

Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen, I am here today to announce a ministerial reshuffle. This reshuffle is about the MDC delivering to the people of Zimbabwe. what they are looking for - real change.

Most people agree that elections are the one and only way civilized nations decide who should and who should not form the government of the country. In Zimbabwe developments in the most recent past point to a disturbing trend where this tried and tested democratic tradition has been turned upside down. Not only has the process of electing public officials itself been marred with violence and death but even more disturbing with the refusal of those so resoundingly rejected at the polls refuse to accept the verdict as handed down by the people. It is, sadly not only a Zimbabwean first but also Kenyan phenomena, which one fears may turn out to be Africa’s contribution to the democracy and elections debate in the halls of academia in world universities and colleges. Sadly this is no longer theory but a very sad chapter in the ever catastrophic African record of dictatorship, life presidency and kleptocracy.