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Chiwenga poll ban takes new twist
Parliament is backtracking on its stance that Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's suspension of by-elections to fill vacant parliamentary and municipal seats was constitutional, saying the pronounce...Published: 16 hrs ago | 3479 | by Staff reporter
VP Chiwenga poll ban takes new twist
Parliament is backtracking on its stance that Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's suspension of by-elections to fill vacant parliamentary and municipal seats was constitutional, saying the pronounce...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 11:37hrs | 11639 | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli Ncube must formalise artisanal miners in 2021 budget: Zela
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been urged to include policy reforms in the 2021 national budget which will decriminalise artisanal mining activities, given the reports that small-scale miners were ...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:28hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
WHO says COVID-19 can't stop elections
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has poured cold water on government's recent decision to suspend byelections citing COVID-19 fears, saying elections could safely be held during pandemics as long a...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1386 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP accuses Mudenda of favouritism
A ZANU-PF MP has accused National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda of favouritism by giving preferred legislators more opportunities to contribute in Parliament than others.The allegations were ...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:36hrs | 1244 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to deliver State of the Nation Address
President Mnangagwa will deliver a State of the Nation Address next Thursday as well as officially open the Third Session of the Nineth Parliament where he will set Government's legislative agenda for...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:32hrs | 3142 | by Staff reporter
ZEC suspension of elections baseless, Mudenda rules
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) had no legal basis to call off by-elections based on a statutory instrument that has not undergone parliamentary scrutiny, the Speaker of Parliament declared on...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:30hrs | 1186 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Zec sued over by-elections
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, his deputy Constatino Chiwenga and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) have been taken to court by disgruntled voters for unilaterally suspending by-elections in cont...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:47hrs | 2558 | by Staff reporter
US Ambassador to Harare lays re-engagement cards on the table
WORLD superpower, the United States of America, stands accused of interfering in Zimbabwe's internal political affairs by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his government and the ruling Zanu-PF party....Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 19:51hrs | 3406 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chief whip hails Chamisa's MPs
ZANU-PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi has hailed opposition MDC MPs and their ruling party counterparts for discarding divisive politics to engage in constructive debates in the National Assembly....Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 20:54hrs | 6722 | by Staff reporter
Tapiwa Makore's murderers must be executed, says MP
ZANU-PF legislator for Mhangura, Precious Masango yesterday raised a matter of privilege in the National Assembly over the recent gruesome murder of a seven-year-old Murewa boy Tapiwa Makore by his un...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:08hrs | 2243 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Parliament rejects petition to make Matabeleland an Independent country
Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda has announced a petition by one Ndaniso Mpande from Gwanda was sent to the August House requesting it to debate a motion that shall see Matabeleland being ...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 08:01hrs | 3603 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MPs astonish Parly Speaker
The Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda said that 142 Members of Parliament had not applied for funds to develop their constituencies even at a time they needed PPEs or sanitisers in light ...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 07:28hrs | 5943 | by Staff reporter
Khupe takes over as leader of the opposition in Parliament
Thokozani Khupe's opposition power grab was complete on Wednesday after she was sworn-in as an MP, along with a coterie of her supporters who were defeated in elections in 2018.The MDC-T leade...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:29hrs | 2085 | by Staff reporter
Khupe Parly return return hits a pothole
MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe and her 14 party nominees' march to Parliament, where they are set to replace recalled MDC Alliance MPs, is now hanging in the balance following an urgent court ap...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:10hrs | 8952 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda, MPs roast Executive for undermining Parly
SPEAKER of Parliament Jacob Mudenda and opposition legislators yesterday took turns to grill Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi for allowing members of the Executive to take legislative business lightly...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:05hrs | 1665 | by Staff reporter
Gloves off again in brawling MDC's scorched earth fight
ANY lingering hopes that warring MDC factions would soon come to their senses were quashed yesterday, after the main opposition's interim leadership led by Thokozani Khupe, pictured, recalled a furthe...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 08:00hrs | 6539 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda blocks debate on Mamombe incarceration
OPPOSITION MDC legislators this week unsuccessfully tried to bring the case of incarcerated Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe up for discussion in bid to get the youngest MP in the National Assembl...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1811 | by Staff reporter
Passport is a human right, says Mudenda
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has said a passport is a human right and not a privilege because it affords people the right to movement as enshrined in the Constitution.Mudenda...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:28hrs | 2224 | by Staff reporter
Khupe recalls Chamisa deputy and 9 more MPs
The MDC-T recalled 10 more MDC Alliance lawmakers on Thursday, as the battle for the control of Zimbabwe's main opposition escalated.Among those to lose their seats was MDC Alliance vice presi...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 22:16hrs | 7354 | by Staff reporter
Govt publishes school calendar
Government has published a school calendar, which will see the last term of this year ending seven days before the Christmas Holiday. According to the government, the last term of 2020 ends on...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:40hrs | 6232 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces Parly grilling
LEGISLATORS yesterday accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of appointing incompetent ministers who were incapable of giving lucid responses in Parliament.Norton MP Temba Mliswa demanded that M...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:31hrs | 3206 | by Staff reporter
Mathema to issue statement on striking teachers
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema is today expected to issue a ministerial statement in the National Assembly on the problems in the education sector where teachers have refused to...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs confront Mudenda
MDC Alliance MPs on Tuesday confronted National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda over the continued incarceration of Harare West legislator Joanna Mamombe.The embattled Mamombe was earlier this ...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:22hrs | 2160 | by Staff reporter
Khupe set to recall Chamisa's VP, 5 MPs
MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe has set her sights on recalling MDC Alliance co-vice president, Lynnette Karenyi-Kore and five other MPs from the beleaguered rival opposition.The six M...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 18:30hrs | 3400 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa blasts ZACC, SACU
NORTON MP Temba Mliswa Wednesday urged Parliament to act on a land scandal in Aspindale, Harare involving businessman Billy Rautenbach and the state as the anti-corruption bodies were failing to prote...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1715 | by Staff reporter
Biti demands a gym at Parliament?
Female MPs represented by Mutasa North MP Chido Madiwa demanded that there should be a nursery and breastfeeding room in Parliament to cater for MPs with young babies. Mudenda responded: "Ther...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:16hrs | 2476 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs demand US$7 000 salaries
ZANU-PF legislator Christopher Peter Chingosho (Headlands MP) yesterday raised a matter of privilege with the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda, requesting that Parliament raises salaries...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:13hrs | 2513 | by Staff reporter
ZACC wants looted funds to be repatriated home
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo yesterday urged Parliament to tighten legislation to ensure that all illegally-acquired wealth siphoned out of the cou...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:33hrs | 3283 | by Staff reporter
Voting in Zimbabwe a waste of time
SPEAKER of the Nation-al Assembly, Jacob Mudenda wonders why there is so much voter apathy among voters in Africa with only 35% of populations voting. As a lawyer, he should be educated enough...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | 580 | by A Mbire
Jacob Mudenda fingered in controversial appointment of ZINARA board member
Reeds Dube, the losing ZANU PF candidate for Hwange Central has been appointed to the ZINARA board. Dube is a business man and politician who has contested 3 times under the ZANU PF banner and i...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 14:56hrs | 2405 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Speaker laments voter apathy
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday decried voter apathy, saying legislators should look deeply into the issue to find out why only 35% of the voting population actually participa...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:24hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
Zacc Commissioner suspended over corruption
A member of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, Frank Muchengwa, has been suspended for misconduct pending a tribunal that will look into what have been described as "corruption allegations" to s...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda youths petition Parliament
GWANDA youths have petitioned Parliament to push through a clause guaranteeing a 30% quota representation in the legislature to ensure full representation from local to national platforms.In a...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:08hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Ministers face contempt charge
Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda was apoplectic at an age-old delinquency that has plagued the National Assembly for years truancy.He warned some Government ministers against conte...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:02hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Don't demand 2nd term fees, schools ordered
SCHOOLCHILDREN are not going to be charged second term school fees as there was no learning during the COVID-19-induced lockdown period, Primary and Secondary Education deputy minister Edgar Moyo said...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:52hrs | 2033 | by Staff reporter
War vets back Mnangagwa over land
WAR VETERANS say they "strongly support" Government's recent move to compensate white former commercial farmers, black Zimbabweans and investors whose land was covered by Bilateral Investment Treaties...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 3022 | by Staff Reporter
If Jonathan Moyo's advice is premised on "cut yangu yakamira sei" in the future dispensation, then this country is in for a joke
Listening to the lecture Jonathan Moyo gave in last week one-hour video now circulating in the social media, it felt sick in the pit of the stomach. It is for this reason one must be careful what soci...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 20:22hrs | 7033 | by Nomazulu Thata
Ziyambi under fire over truant ministers
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, who is also leader of government business in the House, was on Wednesday grilled by Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda for failing to commandeer fellow Ca...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 1166 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda warns absconding ministers
Cabinet ministers will he held in contempt of Parliament if they continue missing business sittings, Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda warned yesterday. He issued the war...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:09hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
MPs flock to Parliament
SEVERAL MPs yesterday physically turned up at Parliament although the House had started rolling out virtual meetings, with all legislators supplied with tablets.During yesterday's sitting in t...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | 2297 | by Staff reporter
'Witch hunters' wreak havoc in Binga during lockdown
A group of self-styled 'witch hunters' are extorting livestock, cash and other property from Binga villagers, taking advantage of Covid-19 restrictions that have reduced police visibility to enrich th...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 20:28hrs | 2093 | by Staff reporter
2 women hit by stray bullets during police raid
A Hwange woman had her stomach ripped open while another what hit in the chest by stray bullets reportedly fired by police officers who were dispersing illegal coke traders in Madumabisa village on Sa...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 20:25hrs | 3702 | by Staff reporter
Leaked audio shakes Mnangagwa allies
ZANU-PF heavyweights whose names feature on a sensational audio clip of a conversation allegedly between business tycoon Kuda Tagwireyi and Temba Mliswa which points to growing frustration with Presid...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:25hrs | 6166 | by Staff reporter
Compulsory Covid-19 testing for MPs
MEMBErS of Parliament will be subjected to compulsory Covid-19 tests when Parliament resumes sitting on September 1.The decision was made by the Parliament's standing rules and orders committe...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:21hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda reported to the Special Anti-Corruption Unit
Pressure Group Chapter 2 Movement has reported Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda to the Special Anti-Corruption Unit over allegations involving a $1 million land scandal which involves ZESA Holdings...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 18:19hrs | 4748 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kezi Clinic lies derelict 10 years on
KEZI Clinic in Matobo District, Matabeleland South province, has been lying derelict for more than 10 years after local communities contributed material resources towards its rehabilitation.Ke...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:51hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activist's wife in court over falsehoods
MDC Alliance activist and Gweru council employee, Tamuka Denhere's wife, Lilian, last week appeared in court facing allegations of falsely claiming that her husband had been abducted.Lilian (3...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:50hrs | 1093 | by Staff reporter
Zec risks flouting the law over recalled MPs
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has been warned that it risks flouting the law if it lets the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T fill the gazetted 15 proportional representation (party list) seats that were ...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:24hrs | 2334 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe square off again
EMBATTLED opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has rekindled his fight against rival MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe saying she no longer had legal grounds to claim leadership of the main opposi...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 08:05hrs | 11615 | by Staff reporter
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