The National Constitutional Assembly was a non-governmental organisation formed in 1997 as a grouping of individual Zimbabwean citizens and civic organisations including, labour movements, student and youth groups, women groups, churches, business groups and human rights organisations, the founding Chairperson being Morgan Tsvangirayi who was then the Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress Of Trade Unions(ZCTU) It is currently led by chairperson Lovemore Madhuku. The organisation has historically been closely allied to the Movement for Democratic Change, but in 2013, became a political party of its own after rejecting the constitution written by the Government of National unity between MDC-T and ZANU - PF.
The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) was founded in 1997, and officially launched in 1998 at the University of Zimbabwe, by Zimbabwean individual citizens and civic organisations, amongst which were trade unions, opposition parties, student groups, women's groups, representatives of the informal sector, and church groups. The NCA was inspired by the popular uprising of the 1990s, and came to see the present constitution as an ideal umbrella cause in pursuing an array of political, social and economical causes. The constitution was seen by the NCA as particularly problematic in that it allowed too much power to be vested in the hands of the president, as well as it being a product of the outgoing British colonial administration, where several clauses have expired because they were only meant to be utilized for a certain number of years.
NCA as an organisation
The aims of the NCA are to help bring about the initiation of an inclusive and broad-based constitution-making process in Zimbabwe ; to foster, protect and deepen a culture of human rights and respect for the rule of law in Zimbabwe and to implement, incorporate and protect human rights. NCA carries out grassrootscampaigns, informing people about rights-related issues such as the need for an inclusive, broad-based constitution; facilitates debates; organises meetings, seminars and debate workshops; issues public statements; monitors legal, political and social developments in Zimbabwe; publishes reports on human-rights related topics such as the plight of women in Zimbabwe; and engages in local and international networking. NCA also organises demonstrations and civic education. The campaigns and other activities of the NCA have seemingly resulted in a more widespread awareness of constitutional issues among the Zimbabwean population.
The NCA has five branches: The Congress (legislative branch), the Annual Consultative Assembly (executive branch), the National Task Force, the Region, and the constituency. The Annual Consultative Assembly is the supreme governing organ of the NCA. The NCA changed its original structure in 2006, from having an Annual General Meeting (AGM) as its major decision-making entity, to having a Congress.
The congress meets every 5 years, and is made up of representatives from the various constituencies of the NCA, chairpersons, secretaries, youth representatives, women's representatives and committee members. The Task Force of the NCA is akin to an executive committee or board, and deals with the decision-making process in-between congresses, based on annual consultative assemblies. The institutional members of the NCA are composed of other organisations, such as political parties and woman's-, youth- and students’ organisations. NCA also has many individual members. Membership fees have recently been suggested as a source of income – one has generally been able to become a member by simply filling out a form. The organisation is believed to have a support base of up to 500.000 individuals, although this number includes MDC structures, as there is no national membership database.[1][2][3]
How do we solve Zimbabwe's problems?, interview with former NCA national director, Ernest Mudzengi
January 25, 2023
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This article is about the Zimbabwean organization For national constitutional assemblies generally see constituent assembly This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The National Constitutional Assembly was a non governmental organisation formed in 1997 as a grouping of individual Zimbabwean citizens and civic organisations including labour movements student and youth groups women groups churches business groups and human rights organisations the founding Chairperson being Morgan Tsvangirayi who was then the Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress Of Trade Unions ZCTU It is currently led by chairperson Lovemore Madhuku The organisation has historically been closely allied to the Movement for Democratic Change but in 2013 became a political party of its own after rejecting the constitution written by the Government of National unity between MDC T and ZANU PF Contents 1 History 2 NCA as an organisation 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe National Constitutional Assembly NCA was founded in 1997 and officially launched in 1998 at the University of Zimbabwe by Zimbabwean individual citizens and civic organisations amongst which were trade unions opposition parties student groups women s groups representatives of the informal sector and church groups The NCA was inspired by the popular uprising of the 1990s and came to see the present constitution as an ideal umbrella cause in pursuing an array of political social and economical causes The constitution was seen by the NCA as particularly problematic in that it allowed too much power to be vested in the hands of the president as well as it being a product of the outgoing British colonial administration where several clauses have expired because they were only meant to be utilized for a certain number of years NCA as an organisation EditThe aims of the NCA are to help bring about the initiation of an inclusive and broad based constitution making process in Zimbabwe to foster protect and deepen a culture of human rights and respect for the rule of law in Zimbabwe and to implement incorporate and protect human rights NCA carries out grassroots campaigns informing people about rights related issues such as the need for an inclusive broad based constitution facilitates debates organises meetings seminars and debate workshops issues public statements monitors legal political and social developments in Zimbabwe publishes reports on human rights related topics such as the plight of women in Zimbabwe and engages in local and international networking NCA also organises demonstrations and civic education The campaigns and other activities of the NCA have seemingly resulted in a more widespread awareness of constitutional issues among the Zimbabwean population The NCA has five branches The Congress legislative branch the Annual Consultative Assembly executive branch the National Task Force the Region and the constituency The Annual Consultative Assembly is the supreme governing organ of the NCA The NCA changed its original structure in 2006 from having an Annual General Meeting AGM as its major decision making entity to having a Congress The congress meets every 5 years and is made up of representatives from the various constituencies of the NCA chairpersons secretaries youth representatives women s representatives and committee members The Task Force of the NCA is akin to an executive committee or board and deals with the decision making process in between congresses based on annual consultative assemblies The institutional members of the NCA are composed of other organisations such as political parties and woman s youth and students organisations NCA also has many individual members Membership fees have recently been suggested as a source of income one has generally been able to become a member by simply filling out a form The organisation is believed to have a support base of up to 500 000 individuals although this number includes MDC structures as there is no national membership database 1 2 3 References Edit Evaluation of the National Constitutional Assembly NCA of Zimbabwe Archived from the original on 2011 06 08 http www idasa org za gbOutputFiles asp WriteContent Y amp RID 2830 AfricaFiles 2010 National Constitutional Assembly Report Archived from the original on 2011 07 16 External links EditNew website How do we solve Zimbabwe s problems interview with former NCA national director Ernest Mudzengi Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Constitutional Assembly amp oldid 1106576878, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
