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Chamisa's MPs refuse to disengage
The CCC demonstrated hypocrisy and double standards in Harare as its party legislators attended a meeting of Parliament's Committee on Standing Rules and Orders (SROC), just one day after their leader...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time CCC show its cards
THE election tide is past and now we can see who was swimming naked.So much was promised during the election season and the period to deliver starts here and now.President Emmerson Mna...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Chamisa chides CCC MPs for getting US$40 000 loans
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says the US$40 000 loans given to legislators were in fact bribes to stop the MPs from speaking out against ongoing looting.He says a...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 18:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Call for public nominations for Zec posts
PARLIAMENT has called on the public to nominate two people to fill the posts of commissioners for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) whose contracts are set to expire on August 31 this year....Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora consolidates power
NEWLY-elected MDC president Douglas Mwonzora was yesterday accepted into the Parliament's Standing Rules and Orders Committee (SROC) to replace Innocent Gonese - an ally of his erstwhile colleague, Ne...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC wants looted funds to be repatriated home
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo yesterday urged Parliament to tighten legislation to ensure that all illegally-acquired wealth siphoned out of the cou...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs hold Mthuli Ncube hostage
LEGISLATORS from across the political divide on Tuesday held Finance minister Mthuli Ncube hostage and threatened to derail his 2019 mid-term budget review if he did not increase and pay their sitting...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa demands improved conditions of service for MPs
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (independent) has threatened to drag government to court to force it to improve the welfare of MPs by providing them with vehicles and increase their salaries.Raising a ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa threatens to sue Govt, Parly over his poor $1,800 salary?
Norton legislator Mr Temba Mliswa has threatened to sue the Government and Parliament over poor remuneration for parliamentarians. Mr Mliswa said this in the National Assembly yesterday while ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'ZACC should be strengthened'
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission powers should be strengthened to enable the organisation to adequately fight the scourge of corruption in the country. This was said by prospective commissioner...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 01:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda blocks fuel situation debate
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday shot down a request by MPs to discuss the fuel situation in the country as a matter of urgency, saying legislators will get a chance to grill E...Published: 22 May 2019 at 16:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Mnangagwa's pick for new Zacc chair
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has chosen High Court judge, Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo (pictured), who is also Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo's wife, to be the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commissio...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa, Nduna dropped from Parly committees
PARLIAMENT has removed Norton and Chegutu West legislators, Mr Temba Mliswa and Dexter Nduna, from their positions as portfolio committee chairpersons. Mr Mliswa was the chairperson of the Min...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 22:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya to appear before Parly committee
The Reserve Bank Governor of Zimbabwe, Dr John Panonetsa Mangudya, is set to appear before the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee to explain several monetary issues as the august House resumes sit...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira chairs team to probe Mliswa
PARLIAMENT's Committee of Standing Rules and Orders has appointed Council of Chiefs president Fortune Charumbira to chair the Privileges Committee that was set up to investigate allegations against No...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 22:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa-led Parliament committee dissolved
Parliament's Committee of Standing Rules and Orders yesterday dissolved the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development and is set to unveil a Privileges Committee to investigate...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 23:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament meets over Temba Mliswa bribe
Parliament's Committee of Standing Rules and Orders is expected to meet today and constitute a Privileges Committee to investigate allegations against Norton legislator and three others that they dema...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs in near fistfight
TEMPERS flared in Parliament yesterday during the sitting of the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy when Norton MP Temba Mliswa accused former Transport Committee chairperson, Dexter Nduna, of il...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Anti-corruption commission corrupt, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he will next week restructure the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) as part of his fight against graft, arguing it had become a haven for corruption....Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption fight set to get fresh impetus
President Mnangagwa's anti-corruption fight is set to get fresh impetus following the resignation of Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairman Dr Job Whabira and his entire commission yester...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 23:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft commissioners resign
Commissioners of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) have resigned with immediate effect.In statement, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda said Presi...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 20:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa allies gun for Mudzuri
DIVISIONS rocking the MDC Alliance played out in the open yesterday when allies of party leader Mr Nelson Chamisa confronted vice president Engineer Elias Mudzuri, scolding him in public for having at...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt clarifies issuance of new broadcasting licences
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has not issued new licences, but has registered service providers with existing licences and who in any case enjoy freedom of establishment in terms of the...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudenda names SROC legislators
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday named MPs who will sit in the Standing Rules and Orders Committee (SROC), seen as crucial in the appointment of parliamentary portfolio and the...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa appointed ZEC commissioners
MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday revealed that he played a crucial role in the appointment of commissioners to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), which today he condemns as lackin...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
MDC Alliance's ballot paper demands slammed
DEMANDS by some opposition political parties that they should be involved in the printing of ballot papers to be used in this year's harmonised elections are outrageous as they are fully aware of the ...Published: 23 May 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC poll demands outrageous, says Charamba
Demands by some opposition political parties that they should be involved in the printing of ballot papers to be used in this year's harmonised elections are outrageous as they are fully aware of the ...Published: 23 May 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Parliament slashes portfolio committees
PARLIAMENT'S Standing Rules and Orders Committee (SROC) has reduced the number of portfolio committees from 20 to 15 and reappointed committee chairpersons.The slashing of committees and re-ap...Published: 25 Dec 2017 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MPs demand their dues in USD
Members of Parliament are demanding their Constituency Development Fund and outstanding allowances to be paid in foreign currency and also to be issued duty free certificates to import vehicles ahead ...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament greenlights ministers' lifestyle audit
PARLIAMENT has approved the lifestyle audit for legislators including ministers, a development compelling them to declare their assets in line with Constitutional provisions.The new Consti...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda reads riot act
Jacob Mudenda, Speaker of the National Assembly, has threatened to punish Cabinet ministers and their deputies who are in the habit of absenting themselves from Parliament without good reason. ...Published: 09 Feb 2015 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament clerk retires after serving parly for 2 decades
HARARE - OUTGOING Clerk of Parliament Austin Zvoma yesterday said he was leaving the august House a happy man after clocking nearly 26 years in the hot seat.Zvoma leaves Parliament barely a ye...Published: 19 Nov 2014 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zvoma forced to retire
PARLIAMENT's Standing Rules and Orders Committee yesterday resolved to retire Clerk of Parliament Austin Zvoma at the end of this month despite his resistance based on the new Constitution which he sa...Published: 18 Nov 2014 at 08:19hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Retirement due Zim Clerk of Parliament tries to extend his term of office
Clerk of Parliament Mr Austin Zvoma is trying to manipulate provisions of the new Constitution to extend his term of office, it has emerged.The Sunday Mail reported that Mr Zvoma will soon rea...Published: 26 Oct 2014 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
No money for former MPs
Legislators from Zimbabwe's 7th parliament are wallowing in poverty amid reports that the national assembly would not be able to pay their outstanding allowances in the foreseeable future.MPs ...Published: 05 Sep 2014 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube fights Mudenda
MDC leader Welshman Ncube has approached the Speaker of the House of Assembly Lovemore Moyo challenging the appointments of Zanu-PF politician Jacob Mudenda and Supreme Court Judge Justice Rita Makara...Published: 08 Mar 2013 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai: The growl of a disembodied politician
Why is the Prime Minister sounding irritable these days, hardly a fortnight into his latest engagement? One would have thought with a coolant right in the home, our foremost minister would approach li...Published: 07 May 2012 at 10:34hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Tomana has a right to refuse prosecuting legislators - legal gurus
ATTORNEY-General Mr Johannes Tomana has a right to refuse prosecuting legislators accused of abusing the Constituency Development Fund if the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission defies his orders, leg...Published: 25 Mar 2012 at 15:53hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Mnangagwa steps down
The state media on Monday reported that the Zimbabwe Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has agreed to step down from a Parliamentary Privileges Committee set up by the House of Assembly to investigat...Published: 29 Jan 2012 at 22:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF legislators walk out of Parliament over Zvoma
Zanu-PF legislators walked out of Parliament on Thursday over the debate of an MDC-T motion calling for the dismissal of Clerk of Parliament Mr Austin Zvoma.Mr Zvoma had in the morning filed a...Published: 16 Dec 2011 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
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