BILL WATCH
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 9/2025
[12th May 2025]
Open Committee Meetings This Week
There are six open Committee meetings scheduled for this week, as indicated below.
In addition, two committees will be conducting field visits, one to hospitals and clinics and the other to innovation hubs and industrial parks in tertiary education centres. The times and dates of the visits are shown below.
“Open”, in the context of committee meetings, means that the meetings are open to attendance by members of the public, but as observers only. Members of the public wishing to attend meetings in the New Parliament Building will need to produce their IDs to gain entry to the Building.
Monday 12th May at 10 am
Public Accounts Committee
Oral evidence from the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works on issues raised by the Auditor-General in her report on the Ministry’s management of revenue-generating properties. Also:
Oral evidence from the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development on issues raised by the Auditor-General in her report on the Ministry’s support for the production of PPE and sanitisers for Covid-19.
Venue: Committee Room 15, third floor, New Parliament Building.
Monday 12th May at 10:30 am
Portfolio Committee on ICT, Postal and Courier Services
Oral evidence from the Ministry of ICT, Postal and Courier Services on the Ministry’s 2024 third and fourth quarter Budget Performance Reports
Venue: Committee Room 3, first floor, New Parliament Building.
Monday 12th May at 10:30 am
Thematic Committee on Climate Change
Oral evidence from the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Wild Life on the climate financing landscape
Venue: Committee Room 4, first floor, New Parliament Building.
Monday 12th May at 2 pm
Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development
Consideration of the draft report on the 2024 fourth quarter Budget Performance Report of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development
Venue: Committee Room 6, second floor, New Parliament Building.
Tuesday 13th May at 10 am
Thematic Committee on Indigenisation and Empowerment
Oral evidence from the Ministry of Women Affairs, Small and Medium Enterprises and Community Development on the Ministry’s submissions on capitalising the Women’s Empowerment Bank.
Venue: Committee Room 2, first floor, New Parliament Building.
Thursday 15th May at 10 am
Portfolio Committee on Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture
Oral evidence from the Ministry of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture on the Ministry’s 2024 third and fourth quarter Budget Performance Reports
Venue: Committee Room 15, third floor, New Parliament Building.
Verification Visits and Consultations on Access to
Health Services by Sex Workers
Below is the schedule of visits and consultations by the Thematic Committee on HIV and AIDS regarding access by sex workers to HIV/AIDS and sexual reproductive health services. At the venues the Committee will be meeting officials of the National AIDS Council, the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare and the Centre for Sexual Health and HIV AIDS Research. The Committee will also be receiving submissions from sex workers.
Bindura
Date: Monday 12th May
Venue: Chiwaridzo Clinic
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Harare
Date: Tuesday 13th May
Venue: Avenues Drop-in Centre
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Fact-finding Visits by the Portfolio Committee on Higher and Tertiary Education to Innovation Parks and Industrial Hubs
in Universities and Technical Colleges
The Portfolio Committee on Higher and Tertiary Education will be visiting innovation parks and industrial hubs in universities and technical colleges round the country. At all venues the Committee will be meeting college officials and touring the parks and hubs.
Below is the Committee’s itinerary:
Monday 12th May
Mutare
8 to 10 am: Mutare Polytechnic College
10:30 am to 12 midday: Manicaland State University of Applied Science
Tuesday 13th May
Masvingo
10 to 11 am: Masvingo Polytechnic College
11 am to 1 pm: Great Zimbabwe University
Wednesday 14th May
Gwanda
9 am to 12 midday: Gwanda State University
Thursday 15th May
Lupane
9 am to 12 midday: Lupane State University
Friday 16th May
Bulawayo
8:30 to 11 am: Bulawayo Polytechnic College
11:30 am to 1 pm: National University of Science and Technology (meeting officials)
2 to 4 pm: National University of Science and Technology (tour of park/hub)
Saturday 17th May
Gweru
8 to 10:30 am: Midlands State University
11 am to 1 pm: Gweru Polytechnic
