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Parly bemoans underfunding of Transport ministry
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development has expressed concern over the funding gap for the Transport ministry, saying it would affect reconstruction of roads...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 17:03hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Parly gets the very short end of stick
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube needed to be at his frugal-best when he was crafting the 2021 National Budget.Funding requests to Treasury for the 2021 financi...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:51hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda bemoans Parly budgetary allocation
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday expressed dismay over the $7,1 billion budgetary allocation that Parliament got for 2021 saying it would compromise its oversight role. ...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:54hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Mentally ill Mamombe faces Parly recall
MDC HARARE WEST legislator Joana Mamombe is facing a recall from Parliament after doctors confirmed that she suffers from mental illness. On Thursday ZANU-PF legislator for Mberengwa North Hon...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | 2590 | by Staff reporter
Petitions won't remove Govt, says Mudenda
Civic organisations are free to petition Parliament, but a constitutionally-elected Government will only be removed through an election rather than unconstitutional regime change means, Speaker of Par...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP wails in Parliament
ZANU-PF MP for Nkayi South Stars Mathe shocked legislators on Wednesday after she requested for an opportunity to wail over sanctions in the National Assembly in the middle of a debate.This co...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 17:11hrs | 2434 | by Staff reporter
Minister 'misleads' Parly committee
THE Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture has threatened to charge Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba with contempt of Parliament for providing contradictory statements over lan...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:54hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Speaker of parly cracks whip on Mthuli
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday blasted Finance minister Mthuli Ncube for failing to table the 2021 national budget strategy paper before Parliament for condonation.Mu...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 08:36hrs | 5380 | by Staff Reporter
Student teachers petition Parly over allowances
STUDENT teachers have petitioned Parliament to push the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government to raise their monthly allowances currently pegged at $150, which translates to less than US$2 using...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:23hrs | 1666 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP pushes for 50% youth quota in Parly
ZANU-PF legislator Tatenda Mavetera (proportional representation) has called for a 50% youth quota representation in Parliament, saying Zimbabweans must be embarrassed that its youthful population is ...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:30hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance MPs defy Chamisa's Parly resignation directive
Some MDC Alliance legislators have refused to resign from parliament in defiance of their leader Nelson Chamisa's directive.According to a contact, the MDC Alliance formation directed that par...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 12:54hrs | 8872 | by Innocent Mujeri
Agric perm sec faces contempt of Parly charges
PARLIAMENT has warned the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture John Basera against withholding critical information on the beneficiaries of government programmes, including command agric...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Parliament under a Zanu-PF government manufactured majority
Our parliament under a zanu-PF government manufactured majority just doesn't exist, making every election in Zimbabwe a joke. There is no judiciary to complement the arms of government and therefore t...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:21hrs | 693 | by Clemen Moyo
Khupe Parly return an attack on democracy, claims ZimRights
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has described the swearing in of MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe and 14 of her acolytes as MPs to replace recalled MDC Alliance legislators as an...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:28hrs | 1322 | 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 | 3665 | 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 | 5978 | by Staff reporter
'Sad day for democracy'
LAWYERS, political analysts and opposition party leaders yesterday described the swearing in of opposition MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and her 14 party nominees as replacements for the recalled MDC A...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:56hrs | 3787 | 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 | 9048 | 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 | 1687 | by Staff reporter
Khupe sneaks into Parly, by-elections banned
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday suspended holding of by-elections to fill in seats for recalled MDC Alliance MPs and councillors, as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) confirmed in ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:36hrs | 3468 | 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 | 3223 | by Staff reporter
Zim Parliament barking up wrong tree on auction system
An all too familiar joke that has been doing the rounds ever since Zimbabwe's economy hit turbulence is that every citizen of this country has become an economist of sorts. This places the burden of f...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 10:47hrs | 1741 | by Dr Tim Rainhard
Parly orders CVR to urgently sort out number plates' shortage mess
PARLIAMENT has ordered the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) department to sort out the mess created by the shortage of number plates amid an ongoing police blitz on vehicle owners driving without displa...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
5-year jail term for distributing nudes
PARLIAMENT heard yesterday that citizens preferred a five-year jail term for people who take and distribute nude videos and pictures without the victim's consent.This is contained a report by ...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1295 | by Staff reporter
VIPs bleed Zesa, parly to probe
PARLIAMENT will next month launch a full-scale investigation into operations at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) with the aim of recovering millions of dollars, which were, according t...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1725 | by Staff reporter
Parly defends clampdown on machete gangs
CHAIRPERSON of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines, Edmond Mkaratigwa has defended the recent deployment of security forces on rowdy machete gangs which he described as "vampires" disturbin...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:08hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
Woza engages Parly over schools opening
WOMEN of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) will tomorrow engage the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education, stakeholders and parents to gauge the country's readiness for the re-openi...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 991 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns MPs from bunking Parly
THE Zanu-PF caucus meeting held at the party headquarters yesterday warned Members of Parliament from bunking sessions. In an interview soon after the caucus meeting, Zanu-PF chief whip Pupura...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:49hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to pick ministers outside Parly
ZANU-PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi has proposed changes to the Constitution to allow the President to appoint all ministers outside Parliament to avoid a situation where Cabinet ministers holding sen...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:33hrs | 6666 | by Staff reporter
Parly whipping system stifles robust debate
ANTI-GRAFT lobby group, Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has blamed Parliament's whipping system for stifling debate on corruption, with MPs ordered to blindly rubber-stamp party positions an...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:15hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Parly hits Chamisa MPs again
PARLIAMENT has revoked diplomatic passports issued to 22 recalled MDC Alliance legislators.In a letter yesterday, Clerk of Parliament Kenneth Chokuda said the MDC Alliance MPs had ceased to be...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 14:26hrs | 3721 | by Staff reporter
Uproar as Mnangagwa promises to give back land to white farmers
Zimbabweans on social media have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of reversing the gains of Independence promising to give some white farmers land. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncu...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 10:31hrs | 11262 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Parly resumes sitting today
Parliament resumes sitting today after a two-month COVID-19-induced break which came about after five legislators tested positive to the virus. Yesterday, Parliament kickstarted its compulsory...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 07:48hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
ZimPF demands $1m from MDC-T $7,5m Parly grant
THE Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) is demanding a share of $7, 5 million allocated to the MDC-T recently by the Justice Ministry under the Political Parties Finance Act.In a letter of demand da...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:12hrs | 2054 | by newzimbabwe
Parly director, wife up for stock theft
PARLIAMENT of Zimbabwe library director Isiah Munyoro and his wife Pedzisai have been arrested for stealing 22 goats from a villager in Gutu, Masvingo province.The couple on Wednesday appeared...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:46hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Parliament shut down after 2 MPs test positive for COVID-19
Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda has announced that two Members of Parliament have tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus. Mudenda said the two MPs were part of a team that had...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 09:52hrs | 7111 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Herbert Murerwa, Biata Nyamupinga eye Parly return
Former Finance minister Herbert Murerwa and ex-legislator Biata Nyamupinga are tipped for the Goromonzi South seat if the incumbent Energy Mutodi is expelled from the party.Mutodi was dismisse...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 19:04hrs | 6039 | by Staff reporter
'Half of ZANU PF MPs never reached Form 2' Mliswa says
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says half of the ruling ZANU PF Members of Parliament did not reach Form 2 and that makes them fail to debate progressively at the August House. Said M...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 15:06hrs | 8622 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lawyers, residents snub Parly meeting
BULAWAYO lawyers and residents on Tuesday snubbed the public hearing on the Attorney-General (AG)'s Office Amendment Bill and the National Prosecuting Authority Amendment Bill, forcing parliamentarian...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:44hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube in trouble
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube and some officials in his ministry face contempt of Parliament charges after the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Finance accused them of treating the august H...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:30hrs | 15113 | by Staff reporter
SA closes Beitbridge border after customs officer tests positive
South Africa has temporarily closed its component of Beitbridge Border Post after one of its customs officers tested positive for the novel coronavirus (covid-19).According to border off...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:51hrs | 1942 | by Staff reporter
Zivhu recalled from Parly
CHIVI South MP, Killer Zivhu, has been recalled from the National Assembly following his expulsion from the ruling Zanu-PF party last month.The announcement of his recall was made by Speaker o...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:50hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new Parly structure complete
Structural works on the imposing six-storey Parliament Building in Mount Hampden sitting on a 70-metre platform above the scenic surrounding area, symbolically projecting legislative supremacy, are 10...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:50hrs | 1283 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt neglecting diplomats, Parly told
THE government is neglecting its foreign missions and owes ambassadors and employees a cumulative US$30 million in salaries, rentals and tuition fees.Presenting oral evidence before the Parlia...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:53hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 5 MPs challenge Parly expulsion
FIVE MDC Alliance MPs who were recalled from Parliament by MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe last week, have approached the High Court challenging their expulsion.The affected MPs are; Basilia Maja...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:36hrs | 5213 | by newzimbabwe
Condemn Zimbabwe human rights violations, EU Parly told
AN informal network of European non-governmental organisations, the Zimbabwe Europe Network (ZEN) has called on the European Union Parliament to pass a resolution condemning ongoing human rights viola...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:28hrs | 1308 | by Staff reporter
Court reserves judgment on Parly constitutional challenge
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo has reserved judgment in the matter in which a local non-governmental organisation is seeking an order to stop Parliament from conducting public hearin...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 19:18hrs | 1015 | by Staff reporter
Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga outlines operational challenges
Police manning roadblocks and securing quarantine centres need more protective equipment, transport and allowances for food, with quarantine centres needing more lights and fencing, Commissioner-Gener...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:35hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Senate sits for 30 minutes, adjourns
SENATE on Thursday sat for only 30 minutes and adjourned to June 30 after discussing the Marriages Bill which was passed last week by the National Assembly.The House (Senate) resumed sitting o...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:35hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Parly engages police to summon Agric perm sec
AGRICULTURE secretary John Bhasera will now be dragged before Parliament through police summons after he failed to appear before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee onLands and Agriculture t...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:34hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
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