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MPs slam ZINARA over financial leakages

Members of Parliament have condemned the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) following a damning Auditor-General's report that exposed serious financial leakages, corruption risks, and weak accountability systems.The Public Acco…

Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa linked tycoon displaces 30 Ex-MPs

More than 30 former Zimbabwean legislators have approached the High Court to contest the expropriation of residential stands that were originally allocated to them, alleging that the properties were transferred to controversial businessman…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 10:27hrs | | by Styaff reporter

MPS push for registration, uniforms for touts

Legislators have called for the formalisation of touts as part of efforts to curb rising crime and gender-based violence at the nation's bus termini, where lawlessness has become a growing concern.The proposal, tabled during a National Ass…

Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter

MPs slam govt over rural electrification delays

LEGISLATORS have criticised the government for failing to electrify rural communities, a move they say is crucial for driving industrialisation and improving education.In an interview yesterday, Gwanda North legislator Desire Nkala said th…

Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:26hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's forex receipts surge to US$7.3 billion

Zimbabwe recorded a significant boost in foreign currency receipts, raking in US$7.3 billion during the first half of 2025, according to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabweâ€™s (RBZ) latest Monetary Policy Statement (MPS).Presenting the Mid-Term …

Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

Whipping system in Parliament silencing Matebeleland MPs

The parliamentary whipping system employed by Zimbabwe's political parties is stifling the voices of legislators from the Matebeleland region, contributing to the region's continued marginalisation and underdevelopment, former Pumula MP Al…

Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 08:32hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe anti-drug fight disjointed, MPs warn

Members of Parliament have raised grave concerns over Zimbabwe's disjointed and under-resourced response to the country's escalating drug and substance abuse crisis, citing a lack of coordination, inadequate infrastructure, and severe staf…

Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter

Another Zimbabwean dies after xenophobic attacks in Addo

A 24-year-old Zimbabwean man, Apology Mandiudza, died last Tuesday in hospital, nine days after a brutal mob attack in Valencia, Addo. He was the fourth immigrant to lose his life in a wave of xenophobic revenge attacks that erupted on 25 …

Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Passerby bites off builder's lip for greeting him

A man from Chirundu, Mashonaland West, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after biting off another man's lower lip following a simple greeting.Joel Kwenda appeared before the Karoi Magistrates' Court on assault charges and was convi…

Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean MPs call for ban on pit bull terriers

In the wake of a recent fatal attack by Pit Bull Terriers on a Harare resident, members of Zimbabwe's Parliament have called for a ban on the breed, citing growing concerns over public safety.During a Question and Answer session on Wednesd…

Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:57hrs | | by Staff reporter

MPs grill Minister Masuka over bankability of new 'Title Deed'

Parliamentarians have raised concerns over the government's newly introduced comprehensive land tenure policy, pressing Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister Dr. Anxious Masuka to clarify key aspects of the in…

Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 16:18hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter

More land availed to MPs in exchange for loyalty

A new wave of explosive allegations has rocked Zimbabwe's political landscape, with reports surfacing that Members of Parliament (MPs) are being offered vast plots of land and large cash incentives in exchange for their loyalty to Presiden…

Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 14:33hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter

MPs push for legislation to protect vendors

Members of Parliament have launched a renewed call for legislative measures to protect the livelihoods of vendors, following concerns over the frequent confiscation of their goods by law enforcement authorities.Norton legislator Richard Ts…

Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 08:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe banks have robust cybersecurity systems'

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has prioritized cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) as critical pillars for the financial sector's growth and stability, according to its 2025 Monetary Policy Statement (MPS).RBZ Governor Dr. J…

Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 06:38hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF to crack whip on MPs

Zanu-PF Politburo member Ziyambi Ziyambi has urged disciplinary action against party Members of Parliament (MPs) and officials who habitually skip crucial meetings of the ruling establishment's organs. Ziyambi, who also serves as the Justi…

Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe MPs: Whose interests are they serving?

THIS writer was shocked to learn about Finance minister Mthuli Ncube giving in to the demands of the Zimbabwean MPs regarding the need for an upward variation for the budget for Parliament (NewsDay, December 20 2023).The budget allocation …

Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:28hrs | | by Nicholas Aribino

Zimbabweans must vote against unpatriotic MPs

WE, the Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Initiative, a non-partisan group of Zimbabweans living abroad, feel betrayed by Zanu PF parliamentarians and President Emmerson Mnangagwa for failing to amend the Electoral Act to include the diaspora vote. A…

Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 07:00hrs | 5 | by Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Initiative

Zimbabwe MPs demand overdue allowances

LEGISLATORS are yet to be paid allowances backdating to September last year, despite getting assurance they would be paid during last year's pre-budget seminar, and Treasury having budgeted for them.Norton legislator Temba Mliswa this week…

Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean MPs raise new demands

LESS than two months after being pampered with US$40 000 housing loans that divided public opinion countrywide, legislators are now mourning over not being paid sitting allowances for nearly five months.The housing loans caused fissures wi…

Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa to recall rebellious MPs over the $40,000 loans?

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has said that his party's lawmakers who accepted the US$40 000 loan facilities from parliament crossed the line and will be punished.Parliament offered US$40 000 housing loan to eac…

Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe MPs appeal to SA to act on Operation Dudula

LEGISLATORS yesterday expressed concern over an anti-migrant group championing Operation Dudula in neighbouring South Africa, saying the recent brutal killing of a Zimbabwean, Elvis Nyathi was xenophobic.The issue was raised as a matter of…

Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

Adequately fund health sector: MPs

LEGISLATORS have called on Treasury to adequately fund the health sector which has for decades been heavily dependent on development partners.This comes after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured) presented a ZW$927 billion budget for t…

Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:18hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Recalling MPs an assault on democracy

Nhimbe Trust expresses its shock and condemnation of the recent illegal recall of six Members of Parliament from the majority opposition (MDC Alliance) purportedly in terms of section 129(k) of the constitution.The total number of oppositi…

Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:59hrs | | by Nhimbe Trust

MPs slate Mthuli Ncube's national budget

PARLIAMENT has poked holes into Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's 2021 budget allocation for the Primary and Secondary Education ministry after he allocated $55 billion towards education, 73% of which will be gobbled by employment costs. Cha…

Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

'Shut down schools,' MPs tell govt

PARLIAMENT has recommended that the government immediately shuts down schools, blaming the rising COVID-19 cases on its failure to adequately prepare for the reopening of learning institutions after 57 pupils at Chinhoyi High School tested…

Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Voters don't understand our role, says MPs

LEGISLATORS yesterday said they often ended up performing duties which were not theirs just to win votes as the bulk of the electorate was ignorant of the roles played by the President, Members of Parliament and councillors.The issue came …

Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe MPs paying lip service to electorate

Growing up in the high-density suburb of Mufakose, more than two decades ago, life was a potpourri of events. Seemingly with no form of entertainment to fill up the mundane township life, we spent most our formative years, dreaming about f…

Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Ruth Butaumocho

Should Zimbabwe's 'unwitty' MPs be sent back to school?

In our series of letters from African writers, Zimbabwean journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe looks at whether politicians need better qualifications.Zimbabwe has one of the highest literacy rates in Africa. It is a country of learned…

Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 16:19hrs | 1 | by Brian Hungwe

Monetary policy statement, an admission of failure

On February 20, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, John Mangudya, issued his monetary statement which contained both admissions of failure in the economy and a topsy-turvy aspiration for an immediate better future.The monetary policy state…

Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Gomo

Of mute MPs and their mute brigade

Parliament offers its members many platforms to speak on diverse issues.A member can rise on the floor to table a petition, a private members' Bill, raise a matter of national importance, ask a question or provide information on a pertinen…

Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:55hrs | 2 | by Blessings Mashaya

Citizen engagement key to open, inclusive policymaking

THE adoption of a citizen-centric worldview in policymaking and service design is a manifestation of the fundamental commitment to citizens' participation in governance that characterises a democratic polity.At its broadest, the commitment…

Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:10hrs | | by Terrence Muvoti

Chamisa's MPs must go beyond heckling, walkouts

WHILE heckling and walkouts during parliamentary sessions are common the world over, and are considered legislators' privileges, it is important that in countries like ours, where a positive attitude may be the difference between life and …

Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Newsday Comment

Mnangagwa meets visiting British MPs

Two British legislators have jetted into the country and immediately met President Emmerson Mnangagwa at his Munhumutapa offices in Harare this evening.The two; Katie Hoie, who chairs a group of British legislators in Parliament, and Conor…

Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 16:32hrs | | by Staff reporter

MPs must not bicker before witnesses

Lack of political maturity and respect of rules of the august House by legislators continues to manifest during committee proceedings, if a meeting between Members of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs last week i…

Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Zvamaida Murwira

11 Zanu-PF MPs expelled

Parliament yesterday expelled eleven Zanu-PF legislators after the ruling party notified the august House that they no longer represented the interests of the revolutionary party.This brings the number of Zanu-PF MPs that have been expelle…

Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chinamasa blasted over misplaced priorities

MDC legislator, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga yesterday asked Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa to provide $6 million for acquisition of menstrual cups for girls, as she questioned why condoms are provided for in the national budget, wh…

Published: 18 Jan 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF to recall more MPs

More heads will roll in the National Assembly as the ruling Zanu-PF party moves to weed out all expelled members, party chief whip Lovemore Matuke said yesterday. On Tuesday, the ruling party recalled from Parliament expelled Zanu-PF bigwi…

Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Parliamentarians should push for funding for constitutional awareness

As Parliament resumes sitting on the 24th of Janaury 2017 and legislatures are going to be debating the 2017 National Budget Statement, Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights would like to urge the Members of Parliament (National Assembly…

Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 15:18hrs | 2 | by Mr Benedict Sibasa

Some MPs' misplaced priorities worrisome

The past week saw the Zimbabwean House of Representatives members coming together from all the political divide, calling for the government to handle their welfare well the same way as some other arms of government which are the Executive …

Published: 09 Mar 2016 at 15:56hrs | 1 | by Mukachana Hanyani

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Supreme Court nullifies Welshman Ncube AI-generated legal submissions

'Mnangagwa is panicking'

Chiwenga's wife catching strays

Family yet to bury loved one 2 years after mysterious death

'Eat my wife, I kill myself'

RBZ policies, not banks, driving high lending rates

Zimbabwe to host major Africa trade fair from 2029

Govt urged to tighten screws on human trafficking

Zimbabwe night vending ban falters

Hughton, Redknapp among 200 applicants for Warriors job

Levy scandal as Harare buys only 2 ambulances

Chiwenga missed Mnangagwa's SONA

Mega Pak Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd manager up for fraud

Fugitive car dealer arrested after 5 years on the run

Harare Councillors and directors snub 2026 budget announcement

Bulawayo Polytechnic gutted by fire

Six Dead, 40 Injured in Harare–Mukumbura Road Bus Crash

No to 2030 extension

Police confirm Bulawayo-Beitbridge road accident

Zimbabwe loans ARVs to Botswana, donates portion in regional health solidarity

Govt to launch Responsible Mining Initiative amid worsening land degradation

MP Mhangwa urges govt to cut LPG Import Bill through local gas substitution

Man dies in bicycle accident

Relegation-threatened Bosso players boycott training

Pavillon bus involved in a serious accident

Tragedy in Mt Darwin as cow falls into well, killing young woman

Zimbabwe announces strict enforcement of axle load limits

Zanu-Pf, Eureka Mine unleash violence on artisinal miners

Church Leaders Unite to Tackle Africa's Social Crises at Landmark Summit

Minister to Lead Sanitation Awareness Drive in Guruve Amid Open Defecation Concerns*