January 2017

Commissions Watch 1-2017

COMMISSIONS WATCH 1/2017

ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

[31^st January 2017]

Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission: Press Statement on Floods

Constitution Watch 3-2017

CONSTITUTION WATCH 3/2017

[31st January 2017]

Death Penalty Challenge in the Constitutional Court

on Wednesday 1st February, 2017

BILL WATCH 3-2017

BILL WATCH 3/2017

[31st January 2017]

Both Houses of Parliament Are Sitting This Week

Last Week in the National Assembly

New MP sworn in

The new ZANU-PF MP for Bikita West, Hon Beauty Chabaya, was sworn in on Thursday 26th January following her victory in the by-election conducted on Saturday 21st January.

Constitution Watch 2-2017

CONSTITUTION WATCH 2/2017

[25th January 2017]

Constitutional Amendment to Extend Presidential Powers

Introduction

Finance Bill, 2017

FINANCE BILL, 2017

Bill Watch Parliamentary Committees Series 2-2017

BILL WATCH

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 2/2017

[30th January 2017]

Parliamentary Committee Meetings: 30th January to 2nd February

There are only three open committee meetings this week. Details are given below, as just received from Parliament.

Monday 30th January at 10.00 am

ZHRC Press Statement on Floods

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND RELATED RIGHTS IN THE FACE OF ONGOING FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS

Class Actions Act [Chapter 8-17] updated as at 26-01-2017

TO provide for the institution and prosecution of legal proceedings by or on behalf of classes of persons and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. ENACTED by the President and the Parliament of Zimbabwe. Date of commencement: 20th October, 2000.

Constitution Watch 1-2017

CONSTITUTION WATCH 1/2017

[24th January 2017]

Invitation from Parliament for Public Comments on

The Constitution Amendment Bill

Parliament yesterday invited public comments on the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 1) Bill. In view of the importance of the Bill, the whole of the text of the invitation itself is set out below.

BILL WATCH 2-2017

BILL WATCH 2/2017

[23rd January 2017]

The National Assembly Resumes on Tuesday 24th January

The Senate will not sit until Tuesday 31st January

Coming up in the National Assembly

Budget Debate

Parliament Invites Public Comments on Constitution Amendment Bill

INVITATION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE AMENDMENT BILL HB1, 2017

Section 328(4) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe provides that;
“(4) Immediately after the Speaker has given notice of a Constitutional Bill in terms of subsection (3), Parliamentmust invite members of the public to express their views on the proposed Bill in public meetings and through written submissions, and must convene meetings and provide facilities to enable the public to do so.”

Bill Watch Parliamentary Committees Series 1-2017

BILL WATCH

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 1/2017

[23rd January 2017]

Parliamentary Committee Meetings: 23rd to 26th January

No Senate Thematic Committee Meetings

As the Senate will not be sitting until next week, starting on Tuesday 31st January, there are no thematic committee meetings this week.

National Assembly Portfolio Committee Meetings

CJ Chidyausiku's Speech at the Opening of the 2017 Legal Year

We gather here today to mark the official opening of the 2017 Legal Year.

For each year that I have presided over the official opening of the Legal Year, I have chosen a theme for my speech.

In 2016 I applauded the cordial relationship that has developed amongst the key players in the justice delivery system and which now characterises our interaction. I pray that this cordial relationship continues to grow from strength to strength.

Appropriation (2017) Bill, 2016 - [HB 14, 2016]

Bill to apply a sum of money for the serviceof Zmbabwe during the year ending on the 31st December 2017.

Public Accounts Committee report SC 24-2016

INTRODUCTION

BILL WATCH 1-2017

BILL WATCH 1/2017

[15th January 2017]

Post-Budget Seminar & Consultations for MPs This Week

Before Houses Resume on 24th January [National Assembly]

and 31st January [Senate]

Parliament’s last sittings of 2016 took place in the week before Christmas. The National Assembly then adjourned until Tuesday 24th January, the Senate until Tuesday 31st January.

2017 Estimates of Expenditure [Blue Book]

Estimates of Expenditure for the year ending, December 31, 2017. The full 2017 National Budget statement is available here.

LSZ Statement on Constitutional Amendment No 1 - 11 Jan 2017

Statement on the introduction of Constitutional Amendment Bill No.1 of 2016

Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 1) - H.B. 1-2017

The following Constitutional Bill is published with this Gazette Extraordinary in terms of section 328(b) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe-
Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 1) Bill, 2017 (H.B. 1, 2017).
This general notice nullifies General Notice 434 of 2016, which was published in the Extraordinary Gazette on 23rd December, 2016.

Note by Veritas: This Constitutional Bill was published on 3 January 2017.

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