POLITICS

Mawere to testify before a parliamentary panel on SMM

Zimbabwe lawmakers have formally okayed a request by South Africa-based businessman Mutumwa Mawere to explain at a portfolio committee hearing how the government seized his Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 December 2018

POLITICS

'Withhold Parliament benefits for rowdy MDC legislators'

THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland East youth league want President Emmerson Mnangagwa to withhold government benefits given to MDC Alliance legislators until the opposition recognises his legitimacy.The youths ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2018

POLITICS

Chinotimba identifies prostitute in Parliament

ZANU-PF's Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba caused furore in the National Assembly yesterday after calling MDC Alliance leader of the House Thabitha Khumalo a prostitute, leading to her walking out wi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Parliament orders accountant-general to publish 2016 financials

ACCOUNTANT-General Daniel Muchemwa has been ordered by Parliament to produce and publish government's consolidated financial statements for 2016 and 2017 before year-end.Muchemwa, who on Monday appear...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2018

POLITICS

Funding for Zimbabwe's new Parliament questioned

Zimbabwe is set to receive $165 million of Chinese aid for the full construction of a new Parliament building in Mt Hampden, yet Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has allocated $3,8 million in the 2019 Na...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 December 2018

POLITICS

'Mnangagwa has no control of Parliament'

President Mnangagwa respects the principle of separation of power and has no control of proceedings in Parliament, Presidential spokesperson Mr George Charamba said. This follows attempts by the priva...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2018

POLITICS

Parliament urged to oversee govt spending

PARLIAMENT has to keep strict checks and balances on government expenditure to control the budget deficit, economists have advised.Last week, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube presented his maiden 2019 Na...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Devolution expected to take centre stage in Parliament

THE public outreach that led to the crafting of the new Constitution in 2013 saw the birth of devolution of power. A majority of provinces advocated for the system of governance which was one of the i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2018

POLITICS

Mudenda retains Speaker of Parliament post

Zanu-PF Politburo member Advocate Jacob Mudenda was yesterday voted as the Speaker of the National Assembly to retain the post he held in the previous Parliament, after beating MDC Alliance's Ms Pauri...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2018

POLITICS

MRP opens Mthwakazi parliamentary indaba

SECESSIONIST Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) will today open its parliamentary indaba aimed at marketing the cause and struggle of the Mthwakazi people to the international community and to find releva...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 July 2018

POLITICS

Chiwenga tells Chamisa that 'Laws made in Parliament'

VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has hit out at MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa for tarnishing the reputation of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) by making unsubstantiated claims of im...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018

POLITICS

MDC-T intensify parliamentary bid

Some aspiring National Assembly members in Bulawayo from the Dr Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T faction have intensified their parliamentary bid with some door-to-door campaigns while expressing confidence ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2018

POLITICS

Biometric register for Ninth Parliament

Legislators in the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe - which will be formed after the July 30, 2018 elections -- will have their attendance recorded by a biometric register.Presiding officers will also rec...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Parliament exposes Obert Mpofu

Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu has suffered the indignity of having the land which he was leasing from the government being withdrawn because of non-production and the neglect of farm equipment.In ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2018

POLITICS

Chihuri, Matshiya face Parliament contempt charges

FORMER Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri and Home Affairs secretary Melusi Matshiya might face contempt of Parliament charges if it is proven that they presented fa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 June 2018

POLITICS

Shiri, parliamentarians head for showdown

LANDS, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri (Retired) and parliamentarians are headed for a showdown after legislators rejected regulations that sought to impos...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 June 2018

POLITICS

Mliswa causes Parliament storm

NORTON legislator, Temba Mliswa (independent) caused a storm in Parliament yesterday, when he proposed that war veterans should dump Zanu-PF for neglecting them, adding that the proportional represent...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 May 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe fails to appear before parliament

A Zimbabwe parliamentary committee gathered on Wednesday to hear evidence from former president Robert Mugabe, but there was no immediate sign that he would attend.Lawmakers want to question Mugabe ov...

By AFP | Published: 23 May 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe to appear in parliament today

Former President Robert Mugabe is expected to give oral evidence today before a parliamentary portfolio committee on diamond leakages at Chiadzwa, which he indicated in 2016 as pegged at $15 billion.T...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 May 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe to appear in Parliament on May 23

A Zimbabwe parliament committee has summoned former president Robert Mugabe to give evidence on Wednesday about diamond corruption alleged to have cost billions of dollars during his rule.Mugabe, who ...

By AFP | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

New parliament building takes shape

The construction of the new parliament building in Mount Hampden should begin soon following the availing of funds by the Chinese government during President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to the Asian co...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF Parliament aspirants preach unity

ZANU-PF Bulawayo province yesterday held constituency meetings to introduce candidates for the forthcoming general elections to the electorate.The message at all the meetings was that the party suppor...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2018

POLITICS

'A degree is not a passport into Parliament'

MUTARE West Zanu-PF parliamentary candidate Teedzayi Muchimwe, who recently defeated National Scholarships minister Christopher Mushohwe in the ruling party's primary elections, has said education was...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Parliament okays $153m airport deal

The National Assembly yesterday ratified the $153 million Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport expansion project following the signing of a loan agreement between Government and China Eximbank ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 May 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe, Mujuru summoned to parliament over diamonds

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development yesterday summoned former President Robert Mugabe to appear before it on May 9 to explain a claim he made in February 2016 that th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 April 2018
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