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MPs in Parly fistfight over Chivayo
MPs from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday exchanged blows in Parliament over whether controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo must be summoned to testify on corruption allegations invol...Published: 24 hrs ago | 2691 | by Staff reporter
MDC legislator slaps Mliswa in Parly
There was drama in Parliament yesterday after MDC-T legislator, Ms Memory Mbondiya slapped outspoken Norton legislator, Mr Temba Mliswa forcing the Public Accounts Committee meeting to disband. ...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:32hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
Parly's Chivayo meeting abandoned
The Parliament's Public Accounts Committee meeting this morning was prematurely ended after a violent confrontation between MDC-T proportional representative, Ms Memory Mbondiya and Norton legislator,...Published: 10 May 2021 at 17:28hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
Youth Perception on Implications of the Constitutional Amendment Bill No2 on elections now and the future.
Zanu pf Youths are totally happy on Constitutional Amendment Bill number 2, while MDC Alliance Youth are totally against the Amendment Bill number 2 for they say they create a one party state in Zimba...Published: 10 May 2021 at 12:20hrs | 540 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Ex-MDC parly candidate falls in UK local elections
A FORMER MDC parliamentary candidate for Bindura North constituency, Elliot Pfebve who tried his luck in the United Kingdom local council elections representing the British Labour party was defeated b...Published: 09 May 2021 at 10:06hrs | 2371 | by Staff reporter
Parly under pressure to pass PFM Bill
LOCAL civil society groups are lobbying Parliament to pass the Public Finance Management Bill which will force public and constitutional bodies to implement recommendations arising from Auditor-Genera...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:17hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Arrest Zinara looters, says Parly
PARLIAMENT'S Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered law enforcement agents to arrest chefs implicated in the looting of Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara)'s funds, running into millio...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Parly intervenes in Sikhala CDF project
PARLIAMENT says it will intervene in a matter in which Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala (MDC Alliance) is accusing Zanu-PF supporters and Chitungwiza Town Council officials of attempting to stop th...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:43hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Biti, 5 others back in Parliament
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti and five other legislators are set to bounce back to Parliament after the High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by Benjamin Rukanda, who last m...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:40hrs | 1504 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora Parly plot exposed
DISGRUNTLED opposition MDC-T senators have accused their party leader Douglas Mwonzora of whipping them to vote for the passage of the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2 while critic...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:29hrs | 4700 | by Staff writer
Parly exposes Zinara tender scam
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) unprocedurally awarded lucrative contracts to private entities to supply equipment and services that prejudiced the parastatal of huge amounts of mo...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1265 | by Staff reporter
Winky D demands US$12 000 from Magamba TV for copyright breach
PROMINENT Zimdancehall artiste, Wallace Chirumiko, popularly known as Winky D has slapped Magamba TV Network with a US$12 000 lawsuit for infringement of copyright after network reproduced and played ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 05:34hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Parly okays scrapping running mate clause
The Second Bill to amend the Constitution sailed through the National Assembly yesterday after it got an overwhelming two thirds majority vote required for its passage. At least 191 MPs predom...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 06:56hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Zapu to decide on Khaya Moyo, Mathema's fate on Parly recalls Saturday
ZAPU will Saturday hold its National People's Council (NPC) meeting where the proposed recall from Parliament of former senior party members who are now Zanu-PF MPs will be top of the agenda.T...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:38hrs | 3676 | by Staff reporter
Zapu plots SK Moyo, Mathema, Nyoni parly recalls
OPPOSITION Zapu is contemplating its own round of recalls from Parliament on all its former members, including Zanu-PF national spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo, who went in the august House through the ...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:33hrs | 10540 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala confronts Parly over blocked CDF project
ZENGEZA West MP Job Sikhala (MDC Alliance) has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda asking him to rein in ruling Zanu-PF party supporters he alleged were stalling a Constitue...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1800 | by Staff reporter
118 MDC MPs face Parly sanctions
The 118 sitting and former MDC Members of Parliament and senators who sang, remained seated or walked out when President Mnangagwa came to Parliament on five formal occasions should be found in contem...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:29hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
MDC's Kucaca Phulu slams Parly recall
RECALLED MDC Alliance legislator for Nkulumane, Kucaca Phulu has described his misfortune as an attack on the opposition and a disregard of the 2018 election results from which he secured the mandate ...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 07:22hrs | 2445 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda to drop inept Parly chairpersons
INCOMPETENT parliamentary portfolio committee chairpersons face the sack, with National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda saying they were doing a disservice to the House and the electorate. Mude...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 15:40hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allies bullish despite Parly setback
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance yesterday demanded that government should lift the ban on by-elections, which it imposed citing COVID-19 prevention measures.The opposition party said autho...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:08hrs | 4043 | by Staff reporter
Politics of the stomach choking Zimbabwe
It is really sad and beyond imagination to see democracy being shoved into the blast furnace with the aim of creating a one party state.Is recalling members of parliament by any chance g...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 19:35hrs | 1456 | by Leonard Koni
Parly exposes steel firm's fraudulent certification
HARARE-BASED steel manufacturing company, Steel Brands (Pvt) Ltd, was fraudulently awarded an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) certificate by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and Harare ...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1034 | by Staff reporter
Radio initiative petitions Parly over licences
A BULAWAYO-BASED community radio initiative has petitioned Parliament demanding licensing of "real" community radio stations.Y Star FM was snubbed by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BA...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:45hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Chombo grilled over devolution funds
THE Local Government Ministry was last week grilled in Parliament over funds allocated towards devolution, which legislators said were yet to be released from the fiscus.Local Government deput...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:05hrs | 1487 | by Staff reporter
Parly fights in teachers' corner
PARLIAMENT yesterday urged government to urgently improve the welfare of teachers before schools reopen for the first term to motivate them and, therefore, improve the pass rates in public examination...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe grilled over spot fines
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has said government is working on modalities to ensure that various methods of payment are used at police roadblocks to make it easy for payment of spot fines....Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:40hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
3 MDC-T proportional representatives sworn in
Three MDC-T proportional representatives were sworn in yesterday after the party recalled some of its legislators last year.The new members are Nomvula Mguni (Bulawayo), Grace Miranzi (Mashona...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:44hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Ministers snub Parly
MINISTERS this week snubbed Parliament's crucial question-and-answer session over COVID-19 fears. Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda confirmed receiving apologies from eight ministers, includ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Parly summons minister over grade 7 results
Parliament has summoned Primary and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema to explain the Grade 7 pass rate decline. The national pass rate is 37,11 percent, a drop of 9,79 percent from 2019's 46,9...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Parly raises concern over COVID-19 testing
THE chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health, Ruth Labode, yesterday expressed concern over the fact that Zimbabwe has a few free COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1201 | by Mutiusinazita
Khupe refused to vacate Parly top post?
Leader of Opposition in Parliament Thokozani Khupe has refused to vacate the position to pave way for MDC-T's newly elected president Douglas Mwonzora ,triggering a fresh row in Zimbabwe's secon...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 07:35hrs | 6196 | by Staff reporter
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 | 434 | 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 | 2599 | 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 | 400 | 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 | 2612 | 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 | 423 | 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 | 5391 | 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 | 1675 | 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 | 986 | 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 | 8885 | 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 | 1255 | 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 | 695 | 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 | 1329 | 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 | 3678 | 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 | 5989 | 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 | 3809 | 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 | 9065 | 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 | 1694 | by Staff reporter
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