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MPs clash over declaring health system state of emergency

A heated debate broke out in the National Assembly last week after outspoken Chiredzi Central MP Ropafadzo Makumire tabled a motion urging government to declare Zimbabwe's public health system a state of emergency.Makumire cited collapsing…

Published: 17 Sep 2025 at 08:14hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter

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 | 227 | 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 | 277 | 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 | 360 | 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 | 61 | 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 | 147 | 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 | 515 | 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 | 48 | 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 | 399 | 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 | 293 | 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 | 464 | 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 | 760 | 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 | 307 | 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 | 151 | by Staff reporter

8 ex-MPs short-listed for Zacc commissioners' interviews

Eight former legislators have been shortlisted for public interviews for the position of commissioners at the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), following the expiry of the terms of office for all sitting commissioners.In a statem…

Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:57hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter

MPs demand clarity on Zimbabwe govt's Mpox response plan

Lawmakers in Zimbabwe put Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Sleiman Kwidini under scrutiny on Wednesday, seeking detailed explanations regarding the government's response to the recently confirmed cases of mpox in Harare and Mberengwa.…

Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:48hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter

'Blacklisting contracted firms that fail to deliver'

Legislators have implored government to identify and blacklist companies that fail to deliver goods and services to government departments despite having won tenders and further accepted upfront payment.Millions of US dollars in scarce pub…

Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 13:33hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter

Car dealers evade MPs over undelivered Zimbabwe govt vehicles

Parliament's public accounts committee has announced that car dealers who failed to deliver vehicles to government departments, despite receiving taxpayer funds, will be summoned to face MPs after making excuses to avoid appearing. The Aud…

Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 13:08hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter

RBZ governor to unpack MPS in Bulawayo

The Zimbabwe Independent, in partnership with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), will tomorrow host an event in Bulawayo to unpack the 2024 Monetary Policy Statement (MPS).Other partners include the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries, t…

Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:58hrs | 1 | 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 | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe MPs urged to hold govt accountable

SPEAKER of National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has urged parliamentary portfolio committees to ensure the government is held accountable for the benefit of taxpayers.Addressing lawmakers during a joint induction workshop for the portfolio comm…

Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Tshabangu's legal team continues winning streak

The High Court in Harare has this afternoon granted CCC and its Interim Secretary General - Sengezo Tshabangu - leave to execute pending an appeal ex-CCC recallees in the Supreme Court in case Number SC44/24; the court's judgment in case n…

Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:03hrs | 7 | by Jonathan Moyo

CCC MPs turn against Chamisa?

THE majority of CCC legislators have no intention of following Mr Nelson Chamisa who resigned from the opposition party last week.While there were expectations that Mr Chamisa's resignation from CCC would open floodgates of resignations, o…

Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:49hrs | 129 | 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 | 16 | by Nicholas Aribino

CCC consults supporters on Parly pull-out

THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday said it was consulting its supporters on the way forward as it mulls pulling out of Parliament in protest over the "sham" December 9 by-elections.CCC candidates belonging to the main factio…

Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's MPs refuse to disengage

The CCC demonstrated hypocrisy and double standards in Harare as its party legislators attended a meeting of Parliament's Committee on Standing Rules and Orders (SROC), just one day after their leader, Mr. Nelson Chamisa, declared their di…

Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's MP candidates' legal woes mount

A new court application has been filed at the Bulawayo High Court to prevent the 12 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentary candidates from running in the August 23, 2023 elections.This comes after the Bulawayo High Court Judge J…

Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 19:46hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

20 aspiring MPs fail to file nomination papers

At least 20 aspiring Members of Parliament (MPs) in Bulawayo failed to submit their nomination papers last week, as they could not raise the required US$ 1000 fees.Zimbabwe is holding harmonised elections in August this year."â€¦Some of th…

Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 16:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

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

CCC clears air on double candidacy

THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has cleared the air on the Bulawayo double candidacy debacle amid concerns that the anomaly was triggered by unapproved candidates whose nomination papers were fraudulently signed by…

Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

UK MPs fail to cancel Mnangagwa invite?

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa leaves the country today to attend the coronation of King Charles III at a ceremony set to be attended by other world leaders, royals and celebrities in London, the United Kingdom.In one of the major successes of the Se…

Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

2 CCC veteran MPs walks away from Chamisa?

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators for Mutare Central and Mutasa Central, Innocent Gonese and Trevor Saruwaka have stepped down from contesting in this year's polls despite being nominated.CCC opted for a citizens-centric proc…

Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 06:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

12 Zanu-PF MPs bite the dust in Mashonaland Central

PRELIMINARY results for the just-ended Zanu-PF primary elections in Mashonaland Central indicate that 12 National House of Assembly candidates fell by the wayside in the primary elections held over the weekend paving way for newcomers.The …

Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

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 | 3 | by Staff reporter

MPs for sale, damnable loans

DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, the Legislature ought to have felt unease about the impropriety of accepting housing loans from Treasury at a time hospitals are in dire straits. It is damnable that they scoo…

Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Cyprian M Ndawana

Biti complains about ministers' failure to attend budget debates

LEGISLATORS have lamented failure by Cabinet ministers to attend 2023 budget debates last week saying this shows their lack of commitment to Parliament business, including critical budget discussions.Last week, opposition Members of Parlia…

Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:35hrs | 9 | 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

Chamisa faces open revolt from CCC MPs?

CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa faces open revolt from his party legislators after he tried to stop them from receiving a US$40 000 Government loan through a populist announcement on social media.Mr Chamisa, whose party is fractured as the co…

Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

MPs say forced to stay in grubby Harare lodges

LEGISLATORS have been forced to put up in sub-standard lodges in Harare, footing their own bills, as the treasury has not paid hotel bills since July 2022, NewZimbabwe.com can reveal.One of the MPs who spoke to NewZimbabwe.com Tuesday on c…

Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

MPs want Zimbabwe to quit Cites

LEGISLATORS are calling on the government to quit Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in order for the trading and eating of wildlife animals to go on unencumbered, owing it to increased …

Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Chokuda told to resign

OPPOSITION legislators have called on Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda to resign after laying the blame for the dodgy laptop and desktop tender, and suspicious fuel allocations at the august House on his doorstep.Chokuda appeared before…

Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe MPs revolt over fuel coupons

Legislators on Friday threatened to block Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's mid-term budget as they protested against treasury's failure to provide them with fuel and to cater for their welfare.The legislators held a tense meeting with Ncube…

Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

MPs quiz minister over ailing Marry Mubaiwa court torment

Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa Wednesday cheekily evaded a question by opposition MPs on whether it was appropriate for Zimbabwean courts to drag critically ill accused persons from hospital beds to face trial within court building…

Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 08:02hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Mliswa in scathing attack on fellow legislators

OUTSPOKEN Norton legislator Temba Mliswa Friday launched a scathing attack on parliamentarians, questioning whether they were not actively grooming corruption by remaining mum and failing to query tenders and questionable characters coming…

Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 15 | 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 | 3 | by Staff reporter

MPs propose 60-year sentences for rapists

Members of Parliament have called for 60-year mandatory sentences for rapists saying the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act) Chapter 9:23 does not prescribe deterrent sentences.This came out in a report tabled in the National Assemb…

Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:42hrs | 2 | 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 | 13 | by Staff reporter

MPs demand formalisation of artisanal mining

LEGISLATORS have called for policy reforms that lead to formalisation of artisanal mining and the informal sector to ensure they play a major role in stimulating economic growth and promote a flexible labour market.Since the 1990s, Zimbabw…

Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

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