A Zimbabwe war veteran has filed an urgent High Court application seeking to halt Constitution Amendment Bill No. 3 (CAB3), alleging MPs received vehicles and cash to influence the legislative process.

Six Zimbabwean liberation war veterans have issued Parliament with a 72-hour ultimatum to halt the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 3) Bill (CAB3), accusing legislative leaders of presiding over what they describe as an unconstitutional and procedurally flawed amendment process.

The National Assembly will reconvene on Tuesday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa called an extraordinary sitting to consider Senate amendments to Constitution Amendment Bill No. 3, a crucial step before the legislation can become law.

Former CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has condemned opposition MPs who supported Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 alongside ZANU-PF, accusing them of betraying citizens who have suffered political persecution and hardship over the years.

HARARE — The Constitutional Court has dismissed separate legal challenges brought by a group of liberation war veterans and opposition legislator Prince Dubeko Sibanda against the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3, clearing two immediate legal hurdles facing the proposed legislation.

Businessman Wicknell Chivayo has rejected Temba Mliswa's accusations of bribing MPs over CAB3 and has sensationally claimed he previously bought the former MP a US$107,000 Ford Raptor.

Temba Mliswa has accused businessman Wicknell Chivayo of undermining the credibility of Constitution Amendment Bill No. 3 after a CCC MP who supports the bill received a Toyota Fortuner and US$50,000 in cash.

HARARE – ZANU PF says it is not opposed to a referendum on the proposed Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment No. 3 Bill (CAB3), but maintains that the country's supreme law does not require the proposed constitutional changes to be subjected to a public vote.

HARARE — ZANU PF national legal secretary and Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has reaffirmed that Members of Parliament will vote on the controversial Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment No. 3 Bill (CAB 3) through a public show of hands rather than a secret ballot, arguing that the process promotes transparency and accountability.