EDITORIAL: Time to tell the truth about the referendum

>In yesterday’s edition of The Citizen, we reported that the planned referendum on the Proposed Constitution could be held side by side with the October elections instead of April 30, which has been widely publicised.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Oct

EDITORIAL: Time against referendum ahead of 2015 elections

Last week, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda and other Members of the Constituent Assembly (MCAs), seemed to suggest they would convince the President to call the referendum on the proposed Constitution ahead of the 2015 General Election.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Jan

EDITORIAL: Let the truth set us free!

>Land disputes, which we used to hear of only in other African countries, are now right here with us. We no longer read about them. We witness them in our neighbourhoods.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

26 Apr

EDITORIAL: Our Stand: Truth and justice for all

>South Africa is accusing both local and international media of blowing out of proportion the attacks on foreigners in that country. If the top leaders in South Africa had their way, the media would give the mayhem a blackout and focus on supposedly not tarnishing the Rainbow Nation’s image as a peaceful and safe place to live.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Mar

EDITORIAL: Death of UN Boss: Will the truth finally out?

There is a very real possibility that we may finally get to know who killed Dag Hammarskjold, the one-time United Nations secretary general who died in a plane crash in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. The world’s top diplomat was on a peace mission when he died. There are those who believe he was a victim of foul play linked with the Cold War.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Apr

EDITORIAL: Who’s telling truth in sugar shortage story?

>For some years now, we have been made to believe there are two things happening in the sugar industry: One, we have been informed there is an influx of imported sugar, which is certain to kill the local sugar industry. And two, we have often been told that there is an acute shortage of sugar, the reported influx notwithstanding!

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Oct

EDITORIAL: Let us have a rethink ahead of referendum

>Fifty years-plus after independence, we agreed to overhaul the current constitution, because we believed we could do with a new, more progressive one.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Apr

EDITORIAL: Voter education is key to a successful referendum

>About 52 per cent of people on the Mainland would have voted for the Proposed Constitution had the referendum been held between January and February this year, according to a Twaweza opinion poll.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

27 Oct

EDITORIAL: Don’t reduce referendum date into game of politics

>The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has reversed its position on the referendum and is now saying it can organise the exercise to accept or reject the proposed new Constitution in April next year.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Mar

EDITORIAL: It is time to go back to the drawing board

>Tennis is one of the less popular sports here. In recent years, though, it has recorded significant progress with some fine talent looking to turn professional.

 

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