Zim Parliament convenes next week

Mugadza Munyaradzi, AfricaNews reporter in Harare, Zimbabwe The Zimbabwean Parliament will finally convene next week, the clerk of parliament, Austin Zvoma. He was speaking on the national television and radio. He said the swearing in ceremony would take place on Monday or Tuesday. However, the Movement for Democratic Change had mixed reactions. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change for the first time won the Parliamentary elections making Zanu PF the opposition party. The MDC party won a combined 109 seats against 97 for Mugabe's party. SADC leaders at the just ended heads of state summit in South Africa urged Zimbabwe's political parties to convene parliament and ensure that legislators execute their duties while negotiations continued "to give effect to the will of the people" expressed in March. But the opposition... [read full story]