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Zimsec Amendment Bill faces criticism

The Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Amendment Bill has been heavily criticised by disability rights advocates, educators, and members of the public for failing to uphold principles of inclusivity and equitable access to educ…

Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 08:42hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter

2 people show up for Zimsec bill hearing

A parliamentary public hearing on the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Amendment Bill (H.B.4, 2025) collapsed in Marondera after only two people showed up, in what observers described as a major setback in efforts to shape a k…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 21:18hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter

Civil servants' right to collective bargaining under threat

Proposed amendments to the Public Service Act could strip Zimbabwe's civil servants of key labour rights, including the right to fight for better wages and conditions, legal experts and labour activists have warned.The Public Service Amend…

Published: 29 Aug 2025 at 05:52hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's blueberries become 'blue gold'

Zimbabwe is cashing in as its blueberry exports surge, making the fruit a prized commodity in international markets from Singapore to Europe and the UK.Trade promotion body ZimTrade announced that Singapore is the latest country to stock Z…

Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 20:49hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter

Public hearings on ZIMSEC amendment bill begin

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education has launched public hearings on the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations (ZIMSEC) Amendment Bill, starting in Lupane today, with proceedings scheduled to continue in Bulaway…

Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 20:46hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe cabinet approves Postal and Telecoms Bill

Cabinet has approved the Postal and Telecommunications Amendment Bill aimed at aligning Zimbabwe's telecommunications framework with current trends and emerging technological developments.Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mi…

Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 12:49hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter

Zimsec Amendment Bill falls short, says teacher union

The Federation of Zimbabwe Educators Unions (FOZEU) has criticised the newly gazetted Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Amendment Bill, saying it fails to adequately address the structural and legislative shortcomings affecting…

Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 08:43hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter

Zimsec amendment bill, 2025 falls short of expectations

THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council Amendment Bill, 2025, which seeks to amend the existing ZIMSEC Act [Chapter 25:18], fails to tackle the legislative gaps arising from changes and needs in the education sector. The bill focused main…

Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 20:57hrs | 123 | by Obert Masaraure

US$1m for strategic minerals licence in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has gazetted a sweeping new Mines and Minerals Bill that seeks to clamp down on speculative mining claim hoarding while ensuring only credible investors participate in the extraction of strategic minerals. The Bill, introduced las…

Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:12hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter

New Zimsec Bill proposes stiff penalties for exam cheats

Examination candidates caught cheating or engaging in other malpractices could face up to five years' imprisonment under the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Amendment Bill recently gazetted by Parliament. The Bill, which is a…

Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:34hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa signs PVO Amendment Bill into law

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially signed the contentious Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill into law, marking a significant shift in Zimbabwe's regulatory framework for civic groups and non-governmental organisa…

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 13:45hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter

Foreign funded CSOs rail at govt over PVOs Bill

The government has faced intense criticism for fast-tracking the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, bypassing key input from Zimbabwe's civil society organisations (CSOs).The Bill, initially introduced in …

Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:08hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter

Election watchdog pushes for political parties Bill

The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has urged the government to develop a robust regulatory framework for political parties, emphasizing that this is essential for strengthening electoral democracy in the country. In a recent posi…

Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:47hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter

Matebeleland angered by King Munhumutapa's Private Member's Bill

A Private Member's Bill introduced by self-proclaimed King Munhumutapa, Timothy Chiminya, has ignited controversy in Zimbabwe, particularly within the Matabeleland region. Chiminya's bill seeks to amend Section 283 of the Zimbabwean Consti…

Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 14:39hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter

PVO Bill sails through Senate

The contentious Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill advanced through the Senate last week, raising alarms among critics who argue that the legislation could be weaponized against non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and c…

Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:48hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa orders Parliament to finalise PVO Bill

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the 10th Parliament to expedite the finalization of the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Bill, a move critics argue will significantly restrict the operations of non-governmental organizations…

Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:57hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter

'PVO Bill to define Zimbabwe's identity'

The recently passed Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill is set to transform the regulation of civic society in Zimbabwe, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said. The Bill, which passed thr…

Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:29hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter

Economic Empowerment Bill gets thumbs up

Stakeholders in Bulawayo, including small to medium enterprises (SMEs), have welcomed the Economic Empowerment Bill, which aims to replace the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act with a new Economic Empowerment Act. The Bill is exp…

Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:16hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's PVO Bill public hearing abandoned

A public hearing on the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill (H.B 2024) was abruptly halted in Harare after a female participant voiced strong opposition to the proposed legislation, sparking protests from sus…

Published: 18 May 2024 at 11:09hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe's Patriot Act smuggles in death penalty'

There is growing concern that an amendment to the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, also referred to as the Patriot Act, is attempting to reintroduce the death penalty through indirect means, just as human rights advocates are ac…

Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa refuses to sign PVO bill

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has refused to sign the contentious Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill into law and has sent it back to parliament for reconsideration. United Nations experts had urged Mnangagwa to reject the…

Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 18:56hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter

Amnesty International throws toys out of the pram over Zimbabwe patriotism law

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed the controversial Criminal Law Codification and Reform Amendment Bill into law, and this has raised tensions between Zimbabwe and the West and pro-Western organisations.Responding to the news, Khanyo…

Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 17:21hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter

Open Society Africa Programmes Director says Zimbabwe's 'Patriotic Act' is invalid ab initio

Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga says the new "Patriotic Act" - which basically is an amendment of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act - signed into law by President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday is invalid ab ini…

Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:50hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter

Public wage bill balloons 3 times ahead of key Zimbabwe elections

ELECTION-related spending by the Zimbabwean government is going through the roof as President Emmerson Mnangagwa goes for broke, spending public funds like confetti at a wedding to retain his position in the August presidential election.Fi…

Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:30hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's new Patriotic Bill just about 'loving your country,' says Mutsvangwa

The heavily criticised Patriotic Bill, which was passed by Zimbabwe's Parliament recently to clamp down on "subverting government", is not meant to suppress freedom of expression.This is according to Monica Mutsvangwa, the country's minist…

Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's 'Patriot Bill' threat to Zimbabwean journalists two months before elections

TWO months before presidential and parliamentary elections on 23 August, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges Zimbabwe to abandon a proposed "sovereignty and national interest" law that poses a major threat to journalism. Freedom of expre…

Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Ziyambi Ziyambi unpacks Bill on Zimbabwe patriotism

New changes to the criminal code will not infringe the freedom of criticising the Government or President, but rather targets criminals who press for sanctions that result in injury of Zimbabwe, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Min…

Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:23hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter

'Patriotic Bill' has made free and fair elections impossible

In the lead-up to Zimbabwe's election, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF  has passed a law that puts his opponents at considerable risk.Zimbabwe is just the latest of many unfree countries, such as China, Turkey and Iran, …

Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Amnesty International urges Mnangagwa to reject Patriotic bill

RIGHTS watchdog Amnesty International has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reject the Criminal Law Codification Amendment Bill known as Patriotic Bill saying it is a grave assault on human rights.The Bill which now awaits Mnangagwa's …

Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:45hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter

Patriotic Bill 'helps Zanu-PF cling to power'

THE Patriotic Bill, which is currently going through requisite processes before enactment, will not serve Zimbabwe's interests, but help the ruling Zanu-PF consolidate its hold on power, political analysts said this week.Parliament last we…

Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:33hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Patriotic Bill: The guilty are always afraid

If you are a law-abiding citizen of Zimbabwe or a bona fide organisation, why should you panic over a law that seeks to ring-fence the foreign policy of your country? Your own country?After all, when the law applies to you, you are presume…

Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:06hrs | 12 | by Isdore Guvamombe

Foreign funded NGOs angered by Zimbabwe's 'Patriot Bill'

THE controversial Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill, also known as the Patriot Bill, which was approved by the National Assembly last week has torched a storm, with legislators and legal experts questioning the constitu…

Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:53hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's Patriotic Bill imposes death on 'sell-outs'

Zanu-PF Wednesday invoked its parliamentary majority to muscle through, the controversial Criminal Law Amendment Bill - better known as the Patriotic Bill - which seeks to impose death, at the very extreme, on citizens "willfully damaging …

Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 18:19hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Patriotic Bill divides Zimbabweans

NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent) on Tuesday accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of smuggling a clause into the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Amendment Bill (Criminal Code), which forces patriotism on Zimbabweans.Mliswa rais…

Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Uganda lawmakers pass amended draft of anti-LGBTQI+ bill, retaining harsh penalties

Parliament in Uganda has passed a new amended draft of the anti-LGBTQI+ bill, maintaining the harsh punishments for same-sex acts.President Yoweri Museveni returned the bill to Parliament with recommendations that some provisions be toned …

Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

EU crafting own version of PVO Bill

THE European Union is working on a law that will force non-governmental groups, consultancies and academic institutions to disclose any non-EU funding - a piece of legislation that is almost similar to the Public Voluntary Organisation Bil…

Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:09hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa should be tried under the Patriotic Bill

That Patriotic Bill looks interesting now.In light of Aljazeera revelations, The President & his ministers should be tried under that Bill for treacherous & unpatriotic conduct. The Bill was maliciously designed to persecute those …

Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 21:07hrs | 14 | by Max Lion

South African hospital detains10-month-old Zimbabwean boy over R7 000 bill

A South African hospital has refused to discharge a 10-month-old Zimbabwean boy over an unsettled bill of more than R7 000.The boy underwent a neck lump operation at the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital where he was admitted on  Febr…

Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 19:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Schoolboy knifed to death after confronting neighbouring school bully

A 16-year-old schoolboy from Founders High School in Bulawayo was knifed to death after confronting two other pupils from a neighbouring school for bullying his friend, police said.Wayne Ndlovu, a Form 4 student, was stabbed on the neck an…

Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 19:31hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt gazettes new Police Amendment Bill

GOVERNMENT on Monday gazetted the new Police Amendment Bill, which includes provisions that will ensure that the Commissioner-General of Police is appointed by the President in consultation with the minister responsible for police.The Bill…

Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:45hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa signs law for complaints against security forces

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has gazetted into law the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission Act, which paves the way for people to report acts of misconduct by security services.The law is mandated by a constitution adopted in 2013, …

Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 20:59hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Rogue Zimbabwe civil society sponsor accusations of shrinking democratic space and protests

JUSTICE Ministry Permanent Secretary, Virginia Mabhiza has told African Union (AU) that concerns raised over Zimbabwe's shrinking civic space and protests against the intended Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Bill were sponsored by ro…

Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Zesa to bill in local, US dollars

WITH official and black market foreign currency exchange rates moving towards convergence, the Government is considering allowing customers to settle their electricity bills using either local currency or US dollars, Zimbabwe Energy Regula…

Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:07hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa pressures Parly on PVOs Bill

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has piled pressure on Parliament to fast-track the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill but opposition leaders have urged a rethink.Opposition legislators and human rights activis…

Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Mudenda rejects opposition legislators' PVOs Bill plea

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has rejected calls by opposition legislators to recommit the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill to the Committee Reading Stage after civic society organisations and foreign …

Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter

Mudenda to give verdict on PVOs Bill

OPPOSITION legislators have demanded that processes on the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill be halted until Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda delivers a verdict on allegations that the Bill was fast-tracke…

Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

What became of Zimbabwe's Patriotic Bill?

THE Zimbabwe government has made several attempts to close down the civic space in Zimbabwe through existing and new legislation. This includes some amendments to the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act that are in the Cyber and Data …

Published: 19 May 2022 at 18:59hrs | 32 | by Nompilo Simanje and Otto Saki

Zanu-PF hails PVOs Bill

Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity Christopher Mutsvangwa has hailed the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill, saying it will help Zimbabwe protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity against NGOs that have bee…

Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:11hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

UN condemns anti-NGO Bill

FOUR United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs have condemned the Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill as infringing on the civil and political rights of Zimbabweans and lamented shrinking democratic space in the country.In Se…

Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:39hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Cyber Security Bill sails through

THE Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill on Wednesday sailed through the Senate without debate, but media lobby groups have immediately expressed wary over the potential abuse of the law by the government to trample on people's rights t…

Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:37hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter

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