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Chamisa's MPs take Mudenda to court
MDC Alliance MPs have approached the High Court challenging Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda's decision to bar them from receiving their sitting allowances.The 112 MPs are argui...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:30hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda under fire
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda today expressed ignorance and a lack of concern over the legislative challenges and needs of persons with disabilities.Jacob Mudenda was speaking as one of ...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 18:04hrs | 2196 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mudenda stokes fire on MDC MPs
SPEAKER of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda yesterday announced a nine-member Privileges Committee made up of eight Zanu PF MPs and one opposition member to investigate MDC Alliance legislators fo...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs face the music for Mnangagwa snub
MDC MPs are at the mercy of their rivals after National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda Tuesday announced an all-Zanu-PF constituted Privileges Committee to investigate contempt of parliament charges e...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:05hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Doctors to stage a protest in Harare today
Doctors will stage a peaceful protest on Wednesday in Harare where they intend to hand over a petition to the Speaker of parliament Jacob Mudenda in a bid to lobby the legislature to address their pli...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 04:53hrs | 3724 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MPs in trouble over Mnangagwa boycott
MDC legislators have today found themselves in huge trouble after Parliament constituted a Privileges Committee to investigate whether their conduct was not in contempt of Parliament when they boycott...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 20:24hrs | 2708 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube budget statement a fraud, says Biti
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube's 2020 budget statement is in a shambles with several errors and inconsistences in figures compared to those in the proposed estimates of expenditure (Blue Book), former ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:21hrs | 378 | by Staff rpeorter
Energy Mutodi speaks on sex in parliament saga
Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi has refused reports that he was caught pants down with a fellow parliamentarian at a parliament toilet. Said Mutodi, "No matter how much appetite t...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 14:14hrs | 5501 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC slams Jacob Mudenda
THE MDC has come out guns blazing at National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda for alleged bias against the main opposition's legislators.MDC secretary for legal affairs Innocent Gonese last wee...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:53hrs | 297 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF MP scolds 'drunk' MDC MPs
AS if the ongoing rivalry between MPs representing the two main parties was not enough drama inside Zimbabwe's parliament, a Zanu-PF legislator Thursday accused MDC MPs of sneaking out of the house du...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:48hrs | 225 | by newzimbabwe
MDC-A complains over 'disruptive' Zanu-PF MPs
MDC Alliance legislator Settlement Chikwinya has lodged a complaint with speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda over the disruptive behavior of Zanu-PF legislators in the sitting of parliamentary portfol...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 20:40hrs | 1616 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF cripples Parly committee meetings
CHAOS continued yesterday in Parliament after the Portfolio Committee on Information and Media chaired by Binga North legislator Prince Dubeko Sibanda (MDC Alliance) was disrupted by Zanu PF legislato...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:43hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa to mobilise public to beat up Zanu-PF and MDC MPs
NORTON legislator Themba Mliswa (Independent) yesterday threatened to mobilise the public through social media to protest in Parliament and beat up legislators for wasting taxpayers money after Zanu P...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:28hrs | 6880 | by Staff reporter
New Parly building on schedule
Construction of the new Parliament Building is on schedule and expected to be completed by March next year. Yesterday, President Mnangagwa toured the construction site in Mt Hampden, just outs...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:21hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF-MDC tiff set to spill into Parliament sitting this Tuesday
THE tiff between Zanu-PF and opposition MDC supporters could spill into parliament sitting during resumption this Tuesday with National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda yet to find a solution to the acr...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:50hrs | 841 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF MPs disrupt meeting chaired by Biti again
ZANU-PF MPs Friday again disrupted a committee meeting chaired by MDC legislator Tendai Biti, insisting they did not recognise the politician's leadership of parliament's Public Accounts Portfolio Com...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:50hrs | 2806 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF plots MDC carnage
ZANU-PF has reportedly set in motion plans to purge MDC chairpersons of parliamentary portfolio committees using its majority in the august House, setting the stage for another bruising fight between ...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:06hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti dismisses Ncube's budget as 'cocktail of cowardice, falsehoods'
The MDC on Thursday dismissed Mthuli Ncube's 2020 budget statement as a "cocktail of cowardice, deception, delay and delusion."Ncube announced a ZWL$63.6 billion budget which he said also mark...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:19hrs | 2641 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs refuse to recognise Biti
ZANU-PF MPs who are members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee on Friday reportedly walked out on chairperson Tendai Biti "questioning his legitimacy".The Public Accounts Committee (PAC...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:15hrs | 1547 | by Staff reporter
'Poor funding compromises Zacc independence'
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is poorly funded to independently exercise its duties, leaving it exposed to manipulation and Parliament should make sure it has been allocated a sound b...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
MDC snubs Mnangagwa to bury cadres
THE opposition MDC yesterday continued with its protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy and snubbed the 2020 national budget presentation over his presence in Parliament.All...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs to be punished after 2020 budget presentation boycott
INDEPENDENT MP Temba Mliswa on Thursday demanded Parliament takes disciplinary action after all MDC legislators boycotted Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's 2020 Budget presentation in their continued di...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:47hrs | 2712 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa, Mwonzora power struggle is a staged-managed sideshow
THE alleged tussle for power between opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and former secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora is nothing but a staged-managed sideshow to destabilise the MDC, the party has said....Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:43hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda reverses decision to bar Chamisa's MPs from Parly debate
Speaker of the House of Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda yesterday reversed the ruling he made last month barring MDC Alliance legislators from posing questions to Cabinet ministers due to their refusa...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:33hrs | 1970 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa drops Mnangagwa legitimacy challenge
NELSON Chamisa's opposition MDC has dropped a key demand questioning the legitimacy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, paving the way for possible talks between the chief political rivals to resolve Zim...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:52hrs | 10189 | by Staff reporter
Parly summons minister over doctors' strike
Parliament has demanded a ministerial statement from Health minister Obadiah Moyo explained the state of the country's health delivery system after government fired over 280 doctors recently. ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1702 | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema's appointment as Education Minister a disaster for Mthwakazi
The recently announced changes in the cabinet by Mishack Sibanda effected by Emerson Mnangagwa government leaves a lot to be desired.Cain Mathema is a former member of the Froliz party which l...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 09:25hrs | 3658 | by Mqondisi Moyo MRP President.
Chamisa allies go for the kill
Former MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora is under the cosh within the country's main opposition, with the party revealing yesterday that it would initiate disciplinary proceedings against him tha...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:35hrs | 10064 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs in another Mnangagwa head-on
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is Thursday headed for yet another potential confrontation with MDC MPs when he returns to parliament for Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube 2020 national budget presentation....Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:29hrs | 2685 | by newzimbabwe
Mudenda keeps Chamisa's MPs guessing
Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has kept MDC legislator guessing about whether or not they will be allowed to hold ministers to account in Parliament, saying they will only know their f...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 3020 | by Staff reporter
Khupe loses ConCourt challenge
THE Constitutional Court has dismissed Dr Thokozani Khupe's application challenging her expulsion from Parliament in April last year.Dr Khupe, who was the MDC-T Proportional Representation Mem...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 17:57hrs | 2927 | by Staff reporter
Parliament recommends ZDF to get capital projects tenders
PARLIAMENT has recommended that Government should consider awarding capital projects tenders such as for road construction to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF). The suggestion was made at the ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:37hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
'Give ZEC power to postpone elections'
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) have come up with a draft Electoral Amendment Bill, which will give the Zimbabwe Electoral Commiss...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:21hrs | 1123 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allies in fresh push to expel Mwonzora from MDC
AS DIVISIONS continue to ravage the MDC over how to tackle President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF, as well as its simmering leadership tussles, former party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says h...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 12:04hrs | 5430 | by Staff reporter
Sithembiso Nyoni lampooned for lack of seriousness
Minister Sithembiso Nyoni torched a storm from fellow MPs when her ministry reported that it had failed to employ ward development coordinators in Matebeleland North because there are no people qualif...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 11:39hrs | 2777 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe students design app for church offerings
TWO students at the Bulawayo Polytechnic College have designed a mobile application that makes paying tithes and church offerings hassle-free.The application (app) does not need Internet conne...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube dismisses ministries' budget demands
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube has dismissed over $112 billion in total budget 2020 proposals made by State departments for the coming financial year.Ncube told MPs at the just ended pre-budget...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:43hrs | 419 | by newzimbabwe
10-member cartel fuels price hikes in Zimbabwe
THE Speaker of the National Assembly, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, yesterday said wanton price hikes in the country are caused by a cartel of 10 people. Giving a keynote address at the 2019 Pre-Bud...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1794 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala labels Mudenda 'a dictator'
THERE was drama in the National Assembly yesterday, which resulted in Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala (MDC Alliance) losing his temper and angrily labelling the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mude...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:42hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Britain plot Brexit plan - Ambassador Robinson
Zimbabwe should expedite the ratification of its trade agreement with the United Kingdom (UK) to ensure the continuation of trade relations when Britain leaves the European Union (EU). This wa...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 09:03hrs | 2384 | by Staff Reporter
Mudenda bans MDC MPs from asking questions in Parliament
The Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda has issued a ruling banning MDC members of Parliament from participating in a Question and Answer session with Ministers in parliament because their pa...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 14:49hrs | 7606 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mliswa demands Parly committee chair reshuffling
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (independent) yesterday called for rotation of parliamentary portfolio committee chairpersons in a move targeted at removal of Gokwe Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who l...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1532 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa corruption report to be tabled in Parliament soon
Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda yesterday said the judgment of the Privileges Committee set up to investigate allegations of corruption against Norton legislator Temba Mliswa a...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 05:55hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance MPs want sitting allowance reinstated
Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda yesterday thwarted attempts by MDC-Alliance legislator Innocent Gonese, to raise through a point of privilege in the House the matter involving ...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 05:54hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's 2020 budget headache
Parliament says structuring next year's budget presents a serious headache as the imploding economy continues to be saddled by runaway inflation and skyrocketing prices stemming from currency volatili...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:19hrs | 2818 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda attacked in Serbia
Government is engaging host countries to ensure Zimbabwean public officials receive adequate security when on international duty where they continue to be hounded by individual opposition-aligned elem...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:33hrs | 5490 | by Staff reporter
Reconciliation is more than just the truth
Not long ago the Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda addressed the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) capacity building workshop held in Bulawayo. In his candid and poignant ...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:47hrs | 71 | by Tamsanqa Mlilo
MDC MPs lose allowances
PARLIAMENT has docked the allowances of opposition MDC legislators as punishment for walking out on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (Sona) last month, the Daily News reporte...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 18:30hrs | 5622 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Emmerson Mnangagwa
14 October 2019Petition to The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare.Cc: Ministry of Health, Matebeleland North Province.Cc: CEO Tsholotsho HospitalCc: St Lukes Hospital....Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:55hrs | 2059 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Parliamentarians plotting a coup?
A certain section of ZANU PF Members of Parliament is plotting to move a motion calling for the removal of speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda accusing him of sabotaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa t...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 05:02hrs | 7512 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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