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Public uproar over Zimbabwe MPs' upmarket stands
The Ministry of Local Government has issued a statement defending members of Parliament (MPs) accused of being part of a controversial land grab scheme that could see them receive between 300sqm and 1...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:36hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs get upmarket stands
A number of Members of Parliament (MPs), including those from opposition parties, are set to receive prime residential stands in the affluent Borrowdale district, just two years after being granted US...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:15hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs push for traditional herbs recognition
PARLIAMENTARIANS are pushing for a law protecting indigenous trees used mainly for medicinal purposes.Speaking during a debate on Tuesday, the lawmakers supported a NewsDay Weekender report on...Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 06:27hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs defraud Parliament
A group of ZANU-PF urban lawmakers including Martin Matinyanya (Mbare constituency), Trymore Kanopula (Harare South), and opposition legislator Richard Tsvangirai (Norton) among others, are embroiled ...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 11:02hrs | 1483 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe MPs want two distinct driver's licences for Automatic and Manual cars
Lawmakers in Zimbabwe have urged the government to introduce two distinct driver's licenses for automatic and manual vehicles in a bid to curb corruption and streamline the process of licensing driver...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:53hrs | 8404 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs go 9 months without allowances
In an unusual display of cross-party solidarity, Members of Parliament (MPs) in Zimbabwe have voiced their dissatisfaction regarding delayed disbursements of allowances, which they claim are severely ...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:50hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs push for stiffer penalties amid explosive AG report
Parliamentarians have reaffirmed their commitment to enforcing laws and imposing stringent penalties for public fund misuse. During a meeting convened by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 08:55hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda tells Zimbabwe MPs to 'respect taxpayers' money'
Parliament Speaker Jacob Mudenda has delivered a stern admonition to legislators who fail to attend to the business of the August House, cautioning them to "honour taxpayers' money."Mudenda's ...Published: 18 May 2024 at 11:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs urged to hold govt accountable
SPEAKER of National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has urged parliamentary portfolio committees to ensure the government is held accountable for the benefit of taxpayers.Addressing lawmakers during a ...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi pushes Zimbabwe MPs' visit to US to lobby sanctions removal
Bikita South legislator Energy Mutodi has moved a motion asking the house to put together a team of MPs whose task shall be to visit Washington to physically lobby the US Congress to remove sanctions ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 15:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs call for better pay for judicial officers
Members of Parliament are calling for increased remuneration for judicial officers, arguing that it is crucial for ensuring efficient and impartial service in Zimbabwe's courts.Wedza North leg...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs: Whose interests are they serving?
THIS writer was shocked to learn about Finance minister Mthuli Ncube giving in to the demands of the Zimbabwean MPs regarding the need for an upward variation for the budget for Parliament (NewsDay, D...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:28hrs | 14 | by Nicholas Aribino
Zimbabwe MPs urged to reject Mthuli Ncube's budget
ECONOMISTS have urged Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to redo the 2024 budget as the one he presented this week only serves to condemn the rest of the population to abject poverty.Ncube presente...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:43hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs edgy over gay rights
SOME parliamentarians believe Zimbabwe must not grant members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) community freedom to openly exercise their sexual rights.T...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs swearing-in set for tomorrow
NEWLY-elected Members of Parliament from both the National Assembly and Senate will be sworn-in tomorrow following the gazetting of General Notice 1406A of 2023 by the Clerk of Parliament, Mr Kennedy ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs demand answers over govt threat to media
LEGISLATORS have asked for Information and Publicity minister Monica Mutsvangwa to issue a ministerial statement explaining why government has threatened journalists reporting on the Al Jazeera ...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs fret over accommodation
LEGISLATORS have asked Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to urgently address the issue of their accommodation in Harare to allow them to complete crafting outstanding Bills currently before Parliament....Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs demand overdue allowances
LEGISLATORS are yet to be paid allowances backdating to September last year, despite getting assurance they would be paid during last year's pre-budget seminar, and Treasury having budgeted for them....Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs scale up dollarisation campaign
PARLIAMENTARIANS have made a fresh call for the scrapping of the weakening local currency in favour of dollarisation.Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, Pelandaba–Mpopoma legislator Charles...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs push for wealth tax
LEGISLATORS have urged Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to introduce a wealth tax to increase the country's revenue base and bolster social safety nets.Contributing to debate on the Finance Bill ...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs in near fist fight
THERE was chaos in Parliament yesterday with legislators almost exchanging blows after Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe claimed that reports of political violence were "lies".Opposition M...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs close to blows over probe into computer scandal
CHAOS rocked a session of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) Tuesday after members came close fist-fights during a heated oral evidence hearing into the controversial tender involvin...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe poll fees too costly'
THE cost of contesting elections in Zimbabwe is now the highest in Africa, a data analysis of the new candidate nomination fees set by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has shown.Zec's n...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs revolt over fuel coupons
Legislators on Friday threatened to block Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's mid-term budget as they protested against treasury's failure to provide them with fuel and to cater for their welfare....Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs snub desperate Wenela miners
FORMER Zimbabwean mine workers who toiled under the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association (WNLA), also known as "Wenela", have accused the country's lawmakers of ignoring their plight and refusing t...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:03hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe MPs, ministers shunning local languages'
BUSINESSWOMAN and talk-show host Rebecca Chisamba has accused parliamentarians of not doing enough to promote the country's indigenous languages.Chisamba made the statement during an interview...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs grill Mutsvangwa over Mary's arrest
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister Monica Mutsvangwa had a torrid time in Parliament on Wednesday as she struggled to explain to legislators the reasons behind the continued per...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs booted out of hotels
LEGISLATORS are furious over their welfare because they are constantly being turned away from hotels over unpaid bills whenever the House is sitting.The issue was raised in the National Assemb...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe MPs get a salary of US$180' Temba Mliswa reveals
Norton Member Temba Mliswa says many Members of Parliament are impoverished because they are paid slightly above US$180 for the hard work they do in formulating laws and policies in parliament. ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 11:42hrs | 75 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe MPs appeal to SA to act on Operation Dudula
LEGISLATORS yesterday expressed concern over an anti-migrant group championing Operation Dudula in neighbouring South Africa, saying the recent brutal killing of a Zimbabwean, Elvis Nyathi was xenopho...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs on SA crisis intervention
LEGISLATORS have called on Zimbabwe and its regional counterparts to urgently take action on the raging South African crisis to rescue locals who could have been caught in the crossfire following rece...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs demand schools closure
PARLIAMENTARIANS yesterday accused government of rashly reopening schools when it was ill-prepared to deal with COVID-19 outbreaks at institutions of learning after a number of students tested positiv...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs demand US$7 000 salaries
ZANU-PF legislator Christopher Peter Chingosho (Headlands MP) yesterday raised a matter of privilege with the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda, requesting that Parliament raises salaries...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
It must be compulsory for Zimbabwe MPs to attend all Parliament sessions: No walk out
The government must make it mandatory or compulsory for all MPs to participate in the debate of all bills or issues concerning our country.That is what those MPs were elected for and are being paid fo...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 15:04hrs | 1 | by Njabulo
Are Zimbabwe MPs doing us any good?
CITIZENS who take the time and pain to go the extra mile and fight for other people to have the freedom to exercise their many God-given rights must be applauded, especially in a country like Zimbabwe...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs pressured to declare assets
THE Zimbabwean chapter of the African Parliamentarians Against Corruption (APNC) has revealed plans to make public an inventory of legislators who have complied with the asset declaration policy....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs paying lip service to electorate
Growing up in the high-density suburb of Mufakose, more than two decades ago, life was a potpourri of events. Seemingly with no form of entertainment to fill up the mundane township life, we s...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Ruth Butaumocho
Zimbabwe MPs demand $3 000 accommodation allowances
LEGISLATORS on Tuesday demanded that Finance minister Mthuli Ncube give them money so that they find their own accommodation in Harare instead of using hotels which Treasury was failing to pay for, re...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gives Zimbabwe MPs diplomatic passports
President Mnangagwa has given the nod for parliamentarians to be issued with diplomatic passports following years of lobbying from the legislators.The chairperson of the Portfolio Committee of...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 16:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs demand Land Cruisers, houses in Harare
Members of Parliament have demanded to be issued with Toyota Land Cruiser V8 vehicles, houses in Harare, security and five-digit salaries, accusing Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube of prioritising the ot...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:25hrs | | by ZimlIve
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 | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs 'eating' on behalf of hungry constituents
As the electorate and citizens we have an obligation to question the way we are governed and/or represented. Yes, it is every citizen's right to seek representation either in the Executive or the Legi...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:23hrs | 2 | by Elliot Ziwira
Greedy Zimbabwe MPs demand three meals with dessert
Members of the House of Assembly have demanded that they be served three luxury meals a day plus dessert while attending Parliamentary sittings. They also want Parliament to provide gym facili...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs humiliated overseas over govt debt
Zimbabwe's Parliament has over 12-year-old debt arrears owed to regional and international parliamentarian organisations, Parliament heard recently.This comes after Zimbabwe's national debt ha...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:39hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa defends Zimbabwe MPs 'greedy' demands
Norton independent legislator Temba Mliswa yesterday defended the demands made by Members of Parliament saying they must be given enough resources because the other two arms of the State; the Executiv...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs want liquid in water cannons probed
Parliament has been urged to institute an investigation into the chemical composition of the liquid in water cannons used by police to disperse crowds amid fears that the liquid could contain harmful ...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs must deal with real issues
ZIMBABWE held elections on July 30 this year, which brought forth a Ninth Parliament dominated by Zanu PF, while Emmerson Mnangagwa was deemed elected as President when the Constitutional Court dismis...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Editorial - newsday
New Zimbabwe MPs warned
CLERK of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda yesterday warned legislators against making inflammatory statements that can cause violence during parliamentary public hearings.Chokuda said this at an ind...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 08:43hrs | | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's impeachment being conducted at hotel
Zimbabwe MPs will debate impeaching proceedings against President Robert Mugabe at the Rainbow Towers Hotel, a senior member of the ruling party, Patrick Chinamasa, has said, according to this tweet:...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 13:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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