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Senate President pleads with Mnangagwa to sanction absent Ministers
Senate President Mabel Chinomona has expressed deep frustration over the persistent absenteeism of ministers during parliamentary sessions, saying she will now ask President Emmerson Mnangagwa to inte...Published: 11 May 2025 at 12:40hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda warns Ministers
Speaker of the National Assembly, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, has issued a stern warning to Cabinet Ministers who continue to miss Parliament's question-and-answer sessions, questioning the sincerity of t...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 08:58hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to withhold payment for shoddy road repairs
Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona has announced that the government will withhold payment from construction companies that deliver substandard work on road repair projects...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 09:21hrs | 3848 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu takes ZEC toilet scandal to Senate
Opposition senator Sengezo Tshabangu has demanded answers from the Finance Ministry on why Treasury went ahead to disburse US$9 million towards the procurement of portable toilets and vests from a Sou...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to discipline his ministers
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda disclosed during a recent session that several cabinet ministers habitually avoid parliamentary business without providing explanations to President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:30hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF abuses Parly majority
ZANU-PF has been accused of leveraging its parliamentary majority to suppress debate on critical issues, with Speaker Jacob Mudenda and Deputy Speaker Tsitsi Gezi under scrutiny for blocking discussio...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Government settles $19,2bn BEAM arrears
GOVERNMENT has paid over $19,2 billion to primary schools around the country, to settle 2023 arrears of learners under the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam).Beam is a national school as...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo - Victoria Falls Highway rehab set to resume
THE rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway is expected to resume in the next two weeks as the Government commits to improving the country's road infrastructure in response to concerns b...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to adopt Zimsec model
IN a sign of the growing international respect for the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC), the South African government has requested that its students be examined by the body with the two ...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 07:00hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament spotlights Uebert Angel's diplomatic mischief
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Charlton Hwende Wednesday cheekily quizzed Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa if it was government policy for Zimbabwe's top diplomat Uebert Angel to demand ...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parly shielding govt from legislative scrutiny, says Chamisa's MP
HATCLIFFE legislator Allan Markham says Parliament is protecting cabinet and the President from answering crucial questions, after Treasury for the fourth time failed to answer questions on the shareh...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenged to answer questions in Parly
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) member of Parliament for Mbizo, Settlement Chikwinya, has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to attend the National Assembly and answer to pressing issues fac...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals to get modern equipment
Modern hospital equipment and machinery will be procured by the Government to replace old and obsolete items to ensure patients access quality services, Vice President and Health and Child Care Minist...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, July Moyo accused of bunking Parliament
MEMBERS of Parliament (MP) have expressed outrage at the repeated failure to attend House of Assembly business by some cabinet ministers and accused the Executive branch of government of disrespecting...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Senators fume over bunking ministers
SENATORS have attacked the Executive after ministers bunked the Upper House question and answer session.Only five ministers pitched up to take questions from Senators last Thursday, resulting ...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Banks: If gold rusts, what will iron do?
Native Commissioner Oates, I presume!LORD Jonathan Oates' ambition is becoming a latter-day colonial Native Commissioner.Too late chum, both by age and history! Still both don't deter ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 6 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Moyo divides opposition parties
MDC has come out guns blazing defending Local Government minister July Moyo's directive to stop elections of new mayors and committee chairpersons.This comes after the Citizens Coalition for C...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 14:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers trooping back to work after sack ultimatum
GOVERNMENT has claimed that school teachers have started returning to work and expects everyone back by the time its ultimatum forcing them to end their strike lapses on Tuesday next week.Teac...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Truant ministers cripple Parly
CABINET ministers have continued dodging the parliamentary question time in both the National Assembly and Senate, thereby doing a heavy blow to Parliament's key oversight function.The Q and A...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:53hrs | 12 | 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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love sparks debate in Parliament
IT'S two weeks after his demise and subsequent burial, but Zimdancehall chanter and liberation hero Soul Jah Love born Soul Muzavazi Musaka continues to make waves from the grave.Today, Member...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 pandemic grounds Zanu-PF
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube boycotted the Zanu-PF politburo on Wednesday, where the party's top brass spent hours discussing the dire state of the economy and how the ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chikwinya, a life full of drama
Hailing from humble beginnings and rising to fame as a politician of note, Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya (MDC Alliance) is a man of iron will.His life story is full of theatrics.Chikwi...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MPs rapped for un-honourable behavior
Zimbabweans have taken members of Parliament to task over their un-honourable conduct in the house calling on them to use their time making meaningful contributions towards the development of the coun...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 17:58hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MPs demand ailing Chiwenga for grilling
MDC MPs Wednesday demanded the presence of the country's two Vice Presidents to respond to their questions during parliament's question time in a period the country's economy continues to take a nosed...Published: 23 May 2019 at 20:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Mnagagwa threatened Eddie Cross into submission
The recent remarks by former MDC MP Eddie Cross in support of President Emmerson Mnangagwa should be read in the context of the Gukurahundi Genocide era when Mnangagwa threatened Cross exiled Professo...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 10:26hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa, Mugabe carefully planned Gukurahundi genocide
THE Gukurahundi genocide, in which an estimated 20 000 Zimbabwean citizens were killed by a crack parallel army unit, the Fifth Brigade, in the early 1980s, was carefully planned, well before dissiden...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa ejected from Parliament chambers
Norton legislator, Mr Temba Mliswa was ejected from the National Assembly yesterday for disorderly conduct in the Chamber after he continued rumbling despite repeated efforts by presiding officer to b...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti is a clever lawyer - but no match for Mthuli in the economic sphere
AFTER weeks of conjecture we had the first budget of the new government on Thursday. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube was not thrown by the chaos that resulted when the MDC members refused to respect the...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross
Mnangagwa splashes on new house
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is building a majestic house in the leafy Borrowdale suburb in Harare, which is likely to become his retirement home.The Daily News crew visited the president's ne...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Debate on Mnangagwa's 'billion-dollar mansion' blocked
THE Speaker of Parliament last week blocked debate on the construction of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's claimed multi-billion-dollar private Harare mansion.The Zanu-PF leader also has a prope...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 11:03hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
2018 elections promise to be 'smart'
The Military Assisted Transition (MAT) took place in November last year. It is now six months into 2018 and seven months since the MAT. How are we doing? Our world has certainly changed and it is very...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Losing Zanu-PF MPs in rebellion
Zanu-PF legislators who lost in the recently-held primary polls are becoming rebellious in their attitude in the National Assembly which could force the ruling party to rely on the whip system to push...Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scrap off cannabis/ mbanje license fee
The radical Member of Parliament for Uzumba, Simbaneuta Mudarikwa has urged the government to completely erase the recently proposed $50 000 licensing fees for mbanje farmers highlighting that the fee...Published: 11 May 2018 at 16:22hrs | | by A Mhlongo
Lumumba want to prove he is not gay on Mliswa's wife
CONTROVERSIAL Zanu-PF youth empowerment activist Acie Lumumba on Thursday dared legislator Temba Mliswa to bring one of his "many" wives or daughters so he could prove he was not gay as alleged by the...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senator Mohadi irked by ministers' boycott of question time in parly
Beitbrige Senator Tambudzani Mohadi has expressed concern over the Ministers' continued boycott of question time session in parliament.Mohadi made the remarks during senate in Harare last Thur...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 06:15hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
'Zanu-PF MPs, chiefs instil fear in rural voters'
National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda has urged opposition legislators to grill Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi today over allegations that Zanu-PF was intimidating voters by demanding serial numbe...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: When even the opposition is charmed
A MONTH into his reign, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has already charmed a lot of Zimbabweans with his vision and initiatives for the turnaround of the country but most significantly has won praise ev...Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 08:21hrs | | by Chronicle Editorial Comment
Structural adjustments is critical for your administration president Mnangagwa
Government is Government and this should be separated from a private business and entity. Ministers have to report to duty on time and set targets on them, and if a minister fails to perform he should...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 17:07hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mudenda challenges Parly
The Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda has challenged Parliament to create an appropriate legal framework for the promotion of media independence and diversity.He said thi...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministers turn up to answer questions
THIS week's National Assembly question and answer session, the first after President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed office, proved to be special for some MPs as the majority of Ministers turned up to answ...Published: 09 Dec 2017 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliamentarians owed $15m in allowances
Members of the National Assembly and Senators are demanding $15 million in amounts owed to them for sitting allowances that have not been paid since the commencement of the present 8th Parliament in 2...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Engagement of Wellcash Debt Collectors raises eyebrows
A motion moved last week by Matabeleland South Proportional Representative MP Mrs Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC) on the virtual presence of Wellcash Debt Collectors in most local authorities an...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 01:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Maziwisa needs to do more for Highfield'
It is made up mostly of old houses some of which were built in the 1930s, and a majority of senior citizens in Harare live in Highfield.The constituency is highly populated, there is a hive of...Published: 03 Oct 2017 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament reduced to hall of comedy
In 1787 in Britain, news reporters were first officially welcomed into the proceedings of Parliament.And on the first occasion, Edmond Burke (1729 – 1797), an Irish statesman, writer and phi...Published: 24 Sep 2017 at 16:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe slams his ministers
President Robert Mugabe received a rare round of applause from all legislators during the State Opening of Parliament yesterday after he sharply rebuked ministers for their frequent absence from Parli...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 14:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stop it, Mr Tsvangirai!
Mr Speaker Sir, a week ago Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko made an important observation during the Senate's Question Time on the cause of political violence and what should be done about it....Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Farirai Machivenyika
Kasukuwere to deal with vendors
Government will soon deal with illegal vendors who have crowded out open spaces and pavements in urban areas, especially Harare, to restore sanity in city centres. This was said by Local Government, P...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Command Agriculture 'thief' faces Parly grilling
OPPOSITION MDC-T parliamentarians are ready to cause Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa to be hauled before the august House if he fails to provide the contentious "term sheet" related to Sakunda Hold...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T Chief Whip blasts ZBC for avoiding to screen Gukurahundi argument in Parliament
MDC-T Chief Whip Innocent Gonese has lambasted the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation TV for avoiding to screen the Gukurahundi debate when Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo got grilled by legislat...Published: 12 May 2017 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
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