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MPs ordered to declare their assets or face contempt of Parly charge
LEGISLATORS have been given up to October 5 to declare their assets to comply with constitutional requirements and parliamentary rules.Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Pomp and fanfare as new Parly opens
THE official opening of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament saw President Mnangagwa delivering his maiden State of the Nation Address following his election on July 30. It was pomp and f...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
MDC plans to embarrass Mnangagwa today
Opposition legislators are planning to humiliate President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he presents SONA in Parliament today, as the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance continues to refuse to accept his July 3...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1944 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to be heckled by Chamisa's MPs?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces the prospect of being heckled by opposition members of the National Assembly when he opens the Ninth Parliament today, a sign that the country remains deeply polaris...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to deliver SONA, set agenda
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to deliver his first State of the National Address (SONA) and officially open the first session of the Ninth Parliament during which he will set the legislative a...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:20hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
China will continue supporting Zimbabwe projects
OUTGOING Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Huang Ping says China will continue to support several projects they initiated in the country, including the construction of a proposed new Parliament building ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Construction of new Zimbabwe Parly to start soon
Construction of the new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden is expected to commence soon after China identified a contractor, Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda has said. Ad...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:41hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs challenged to forego cars
ZANU-PF MPs have called on colleagues in Parliament to forgo their perks including top-of-the-range vehicles worth over $20m that government is set to buy them and channel the resources towards combat...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:31hrs | 3387 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa forces Obert Mpofu to relinquish his Senate seat
Former Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu has been forced to relinquish his Senate seat to make way for his successor Cain Mathema, a week after he lost his Cabinet post.President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:14hrs | 14806 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs planning to humiliate Mnangagwa on Tuesday
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will Tuesday come face to face with opposition MDC hostility when he goes to parliament to preside over the official opening of the First Session of the Ninth Parliament....Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:09hrs | 11254 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt moves to amend Constitution
The Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe officially opens on Tuesday with significant changes to Chapter 14 of the Constitution set to be introduced.The amendments are designed to streamline the struc...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 5363 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to present his first SONA
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is on Tuesday expected to officially open the first session of the ninth Parliament and present his first State of the Nation Address (Sona) since being elected into office on July...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:17hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to splash over $20 million on top-of-the range vehicles for MPs
Treasury is set to splash over $20 million on top-of-the range vehicles for Members of Parliament and Senators in the ninth Parliament.This is at a time when government is struggling to mobili...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:07hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive 'killer' herdboy in court
A PLUMTREE herd boy, who allegedly fatally stabbed his neighbour with a knife 15 years ago for kicking his dog before he fled to South Africa, appeared in court yesterday. Petros Pamani Ndebel...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:11hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Dexter Nduna still faces the threat of losing his seat
NEWLY-sworn-in Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna (Zanu PF) still faces the threat of losing his seat as the Electoral Court is set to hear the case in which the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) allegedl...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 1808 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's bitter MPs awaits Mnangangwa in Parly
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to officially open the Ninth Session of Parliament next week at a time the main opposition MDC Alliance MPs still insist that he stole the elections from their...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:30hrs | 2127 | by Staff reporter
Parliament apologises to Chief Justice Malaba, Chigumba
THE Parliament of Zimbabwe has apologised to Chief Justice Luke Malaba and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairwoman Justice Priscilla Chigumba for the rowdy behaviour exhibited by MDC-Alliance l...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:11hrs | 1042 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Chief Justice Malaba humiliated in Parliament
Chief Justice Luke Malaba had a torrid time in Parliament yesterday after the opposition legislators tried to stop him from swearing-in speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda and his deputy Ts...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 14:58hrs | 6545 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs heckle shaken Malaba, Chigumba
THERE was drama in the National Assembly yesterday as opposition MDC Alliance legislators heckled and booed Chief Justice Luke Malaba, calling him a "thief" after he entered the House to swear in retu...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 4935 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda retains Speaker of Parliament post
Zanu-PF Politburo member Advocate Jacob Mudenda was yesterday voted as the Speaker of the National Assembly to retain the post he held in the previous Parliament, after beating MDC Alliance's Ms Pauri...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 06:59hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mudenda elected 9th Parly Speaker
Advocate Jacob Francis Mudenda has been elected Speaker of Parliament of Zimbabwe for the 9th Parliament.Advocate Mudenda defeated MDC Alliance nominee Hon. Paurina Mpariwa.He polled 1...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 15:34hrs | 1872 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ministers get new jobs
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has deployed a number of former ministers who were dropped fromPresident Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet to the party headquarters where they will take up full-time jobs....Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 14:33hrs | 2870 | by Staff reporter
MPs vote for presiding officers
The First Session of Parliament has opened with the members selecting presiding officers, that is, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Deputy Speaker, Senate President and Deputy Senate President....Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 12:18hrs | 1311 | by Staff Reporter
Politburo unanimously agreed to retain Mudenda as the Speaker
PARLIAMENT today elects the Speaker of the National Assembly, Senate President and their deputies. Zanu-PF yesterday caucused on the matter at the ruling party headquarters in Harare. The appo...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to decide on Speaker of Parliament
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for a snap meeting Monday of his Zanu-PF party's politburo reportedly to make a decision on who will be Speaker of the National Assembly as well as Senate Presi...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 12:03hrs | 3070 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance attacks Mudenda over electoral reform comments
THE MDC Alliance yesterday blasted Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda for claiming that the opposition legislators in the last Parliament never moved any motion for electoral laws....Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Sino-Hydro, ZPC cornered over employment opportunities
HWANGE district administrator Simon Muleya yesterday convened an urgent crisis meeting with Sino-Hydro and Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) management, chiefs and Zanu-PF officials to discuss employment m...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance failed to bring amendments to electoral law
The MDC Alliance and civil society failed to bring to Parliament any proposed amendments to the electoral law despite endless calls for reforms every time they faced elections, Speaker of the National...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T slept on duty, says Mudenda
The opposition and civic society failed to bring to Parliament any proposed amendments to the electoral law despite endless calls for reforms every time they faced elections, Speaker of the National A...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda tipped to retain Parly Speaker post
Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda is tipped to retain his position as it emerged that both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, have expressed confidence in ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:55hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in fresh Commonwealth bid
ZIMBABWE has again expressed interest in rejoining the Commonwealth after it sent a parliamentary delegation led by Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda to lobby for readmission at the 49th Commonwealt...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:39hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa running out of time
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure to appoint Cabinet ahead of his trip to the Far East on Friday where he is scheduled to attend the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Co-operati...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 07:14hrs | 3819 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in fix over new Cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is engaging Parliament over the swearing-in of the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe and the appointment of a new Cabinet, as he races against time amid reports that government...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:46hrs | 2557 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's inauguration speech
The First Lady, Amai A. Mnangagwa, Chairperson of the African Union, His Excellency President, Paul Kagame, Heads of State and Former Heads of State here present,Chairp...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 17:48hrs | 4691 | by President Mnangagwa
Human skull eats cattle
PRESCRIPTION gone bad!A Binga man tired of being poor consulted a sangoma that advised him to bury a human skull in his kraal to change his fortunes. More than 20 years later, the skull has br...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:32hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu, Matanga sued for unlawful dismissal
A POLICE officer based in Bulawayo has sued Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu, Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and the Police Service Commission for unlawfully dismissal.Khumbulani ...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:57hrs | 3398 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's bitterness the X-factor
FORMER president Robert Mugabe (pictured) has accused several of his former Zanu-PF lieutenants of betraying him in his hour of need and launched a fresh attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:24hrs | 3703 | by Staff reporter
ZEC voter educators injured in car crash
FIVE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) voter educators have been hospitalised, with the driver said to be in critical condition, after they were involved in an accident along the Deka-Jambezi Road i...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 06:59hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Hippo attack, drown women in Zambezi river
TWO women from Binga drowned in the Zambezi River after their boat capsized during a hippopotamus attack while they were fishing.Gladys Munkombwe (43) of Kadika Village and Mufutuli Mudenda (2...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:37hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu, Mudenda get Mnangagwa praise
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday paid tribute to Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu and Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda's roles in the political transition that ush...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:45hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens to fire Charamba
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told Binga villagers that they would soon receive ZBC television and radio signals, 38 years after independence.Addressing hundreds of Zanu-PF supporters...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:45hrs | 5079 | by Staff reporter
Soldier, cop up for culpable homicide
A MEMBER of the Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) and a police officer have separately appeared in court charged with culpable homicide and negligent driving leading to the death of a pedestrian.AFZ...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:27hrs | 768 | by Staff rpeorter
Turning dream of a $10bn budget into reality
IT is now 24 days to D-Day - the day of democracy, when we all go to a polling station and at the cost of about $50 each (the cost of an election in Zimbabwe) we are asked to appoint our next batch of...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:07hrs | 336 | by Eddie Cross
Biometric register for Ninth Parliament
Legislators in the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe - which will be formed after the July 30, 2018 elections -- will have their attendance recorded by a biometric register.Presiding officers will ...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:09hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Power station expansion excites Hwange residents
PEOPLE from Hwange District are excited about the Hwange Power Station expansion project which they say is a game changer in the development of the district.President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wed...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:24hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready for polls, says Mudenda
Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda has briefed the 43rd Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum on the Zimbabwe's preparedness for harmonised elections scheduled ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:14hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
High Court dismisses appeal by 2 convicted serial burglars
THE High Court has dismissed an appeal against conviction and sentence by two serial burglars who stole $80 000 after raiding two supermarkets, including aspiring Zanu-PF Bulawayo South aspiring MP, R...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:29hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
2018 Election: We now need a signal
Today is the day the nomination court sits to accept nominations for the elections that is the councillors, MPs, and presidential candidates. Various parties are concluding on their final lists of rep...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:51hrs | 396 | by Munyaradzi N Ziburawa
Mugabe: Factor or bogeyman on July 30?
At a bar somewhere a guy – possibly some political party panjandrum or activist – was shouting knowingly and betting his last dollar that in the few weeks to come we were going to see former presi...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:08hrs | 756 | by Staff writer
Mliswa gives up on Mugabe summons
FORMER President Mr Robert Mugabe is off the hook after Parliament recused him from appearing before a parliamentary committee over claims he made in 2016 that $15 billion in diamond revenues was unac...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:51hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
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