BILL WATCH 29/2015
[30th July 2015]
The General Laws Amendment Bill: Amendments to the Criminal Law Code
Introduction
The GLA Bill proposes wide-ranging amendments to the Code, many of them minor, some of them far-reaching, most of them technically complex. In this Bill Watch we shall explain the more important of these amendments.
BILL WATCH 28/2015
[27th July 2015]
Both Houses will be sitting this Week
Public Hearings This Week for GLA Bill and CPE Amendment Bill
BILL WATCH 27/2015
[21st July 2015]
National Assembly Sits this Week and Next
Senate is in Recess this Week but Sits Next Week
Both Houses in Recess during August
BILL WATCH 26/2015
[20th July 2015]
The General Laws Amendment Bill
Introduction
BILL WATCH 25/2015
[14th July 2015]
Parliament sat last week and continues this week
Cabinet Reshuffle: Monday 6th July
On Monday 6th July President Mugabe made new Ministerial appointments and reassigned other Ministers.
Appointments
BILL WATCH 24/2015
[6th July 2015]
Parliament sat last week and will continue this week
President Orders Three By-Elections, Including Mwenezi East
BILL WATCH 23/2015
[27th June 2015]
Hurungwe West, Swearing-in of New MPs, New Vacancies
Hurungwe West By-Election
A controversy has arisen over whether ZANU-PF’s Keith Guzah, declared winner of the Hurungwe West by-election on 10th June, was validly nominated to stand for the constituency.
What Does the Constitution Say?
BILL WATCH 22/2015
[26th June 2015]
Both Houses of Parliament Will Continue Sitting Next Week
Sovereign Wealth Fund Act Now in Force
The Sovereign Wealth Fund of Zimbabwe Act has been brought into force and its first board of directors appointed [details of the relevant statutory instrument and official notice under the heading Government Gazette at the end of this bulletin].
BILL WATCH 21/2015
[15th June 2015]
Both Houses of Parliament Will Continue Sitting This Week
By-elections Results: All 16 Seats to ZANU-PF
BILL WATCH 20/2015
[9th June 2015]
Both Houses of Parliament Resume Today, Tuesday 9th June
When the two Houses of Parliament resume today, they are scheduled, according to the 2015 Sitting Calendar, to sit for eight consecutive weeks until 30th July. There are normally three sittings a week.
Appointment of Clerk of Parliament
BILL WATCH 19/2015
[8th June 2015]
ZEC Appoints Chief Elections Officer
New Chief Elections Officer: Mrs Constance Chigwamba
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission [ZEC] has announced the appointment of Mrs Constance Chigwamba as Chief Elections Officer with effect from 1st June 2015. She fills the vacancy caused by the death of the former Chief Elections Officer, Mr Lovemore Sekeremayi in June 2014.
BILL WATCH 18/2015
[7th June 2015]
General Laws Amendment Bill:
Proposed Electoral Act Amendments: Part 2
Introduction
BILL WATCH 17/2015
[5th June 2015]
General Laws Amendment Bill:
Proposed Electoral Act Amendments: Part I
Introduction
The General Laws Amendment Bill [GLA Bill] was gazetted on 8th May [The complete 65-page Bill is available from Veritas at the addresses given at the end of this bulletin].
BILL WATCH 16/2015
[15th May 2015]
Parliament Sat Three Times This Week
By-Elections Update
Clarification: Vacant seats: Tsholotsho North and Glen View South
BILL WATCH 15/2015
[12th May 2015]
Parliament will Continue Sitting This Week, Starting on Tuesday 12th May
General Laws Amendment Bill Gazetted
BILL WATCH 14/2015
[5th May 2015]
Both Houses of Parliament will Resume on Tuesday 5th May
The Legislative Year So Far
The National Assembly and the Senate assembled for their first sittings of 2015 on 27th January. They sat on 21 days in January, February and March before adjourning on 19th March for the Easter vacation. During that time:
BILL WATCH 13/2015
[23rd April 2015]
ZEC Voter Registration and Voters Roll Inspection Exercise
22nd to 28th April
Parliamentary Vacancies and By-Elections as at 20th April 2015
This bulletin provides an update on—
BILL WATCH 11/2015
[27th March 2015]
President Orders Another 14 By-Elections to Fill National Assembly Vacancies
In today’s Government Gazette there is a Presidential Proclamation [SI 39/2015] ordering the holding of by-elections to fill 14 National Assembly constituency vacancies.
BILL WATCH 10/2015
[19th March 2015]
MDC-T Precipitates 21 More Parliamentary Vacancies
MDC-T Succeeds in Unseating 21 Renewal Team MPs
On Tuesday 17th March similar rulings were handed down, in the Senate by the President of the Senate and in the National Assembly by the Speaker, declaring vacancies in:
- 4 Senate seats
