BILL WATCH 17/2014
[13th April 2014]
Public Meetings for Input on the State of the Information & Media Industry in Zimbabwe
Veritas is sending out this notice as it is important for all media stakeholders – which includes all members of the public as media readers, listeners and viewers – to attend the meetings listed below and offer their views.
BILL WATCH 16/2014
[31st March 2014]
Both Houses Will Sit This Week, Starting Tuesday 1st April
Bills Awaiting Parliamentary Legal Committee [PLC] Reports
There are two Bills awaiting PLC reports:
National Prosecuting Authority Bill [referred to the PLC after its First Reading in the National Assembly on 26th February]
BILL WATCH 15/2014
[19th March 2014]
The National Assembly is Sitting This Week
The Senate will not sit again until Tuesday 25th March
Reports from Parliamentary Legal Committee on Statutory Instruments
BILL WATCH 14/2014
[18th March 2014]
The National Assembly is Sitting This Week
The Senate will not sit again until Tuesday 25th March
Coming up in the National Assembly This Week
The week’s sittings of the National Assembly will start on Tuesday 18th March at 2.15 pm.
Bills
BILL WATCH 13/2014
[4th March 2014]
Both Houses of Parliament Are Sitting this Week
Coming up in Parliament This Week
Both Houses start sitting on 4th March.
National Assembly Bills
BILL WATCH 12/2014
[4th March 2014]
The Electoral Amendment Bill
Part II Deficiencies in the Bill
Deficiencies in the Bill
Some defects in the Bill have already been noted when outlining the Bill in Part I, but there are also several important issues that are not dealt with in the Bill; the Constitution requires some of these issues to be dealt with:
BILL WATCH 11/2014
[4th March 2014]
The Electoral Amendment Bill
Part I – Contents of the Bill
Introduction
The Electoral Act regulates the way in which elections are conducted in Zimbabwe; it deals with presidential and parliamentary elections as well as elections to provincial and metropolitan councils and local authorities.
BILL WATCH 10/2014
[26th February 2014]
Parliament Resumed Sitting on Tuesday 25th February
Late Insertion
BILL WATCH 9/2014
[21st February 2013]
Both Houses of Parliament Will Sit Next Week on Tuesday 25th February
Update on Bills
This Year’s Bills Still Awaiting Gazetting as Acts
BILL WATCH 8/2014
[20th February 2014]
Regulations on Human Trafficking
Part II
Overview and Critique
Overview
The regulations:
BILL WATCH 7/2014
[19th February 2014]
Regulations on Human Trafficking
Part I – Background
On the 3rd January this year the Government published the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) (Trafficking in Persons Act) Regulations, 2014, which are intended to give effect to the Palermo Protocol [see more about this international agreement below]
BILL WATCH 6/2014
[18th February 2014]
Parliament is Not Sitting This Week
Eastern Districts Retreat for Parliament’s Presiding Officers and
Members of Liaison and Coordinating Committee
BILL WATCH 5/2014
[4th February 2014]
Both Houses of Parliament Are Sitting Again This Week
Coming up in Parliament 4th to 6th February
National Assembly
Budget business
BILL WATCH 4/2014
[29th January 2014]
Both Houses of Parliament Sat Last Week and are Sitting This Week
Coming up in Parliament Today and Tomorrow
National Assembly
Budget business to continue
Resend of BILL WATCH 3/2014
and results of By-Elections
[27th January 2014]
Apology
In response to so many readers asking for Bill Watch 3/2014 in the usual format, we are resending it and also adding the results of the by-elections. We apologise that a server hitch changed the original bulletin into plain text format.
BILL WATCH
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 3/2014
[24th January 2014]
Committee Meetings Open to the Public: 27th to 30th January
BILL WATCH 2/2014
[20th January 2014]
Both Houses of Parliament will Sit again on Tuesday 21st January
Tuesday 21st January is the date fixed by both the National Assembly and the Senate for their next sittings after the presentation of the 2014 Budget by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning on 19th December. Budget business tops the National Assembly Order Paper.
BILL WATCH 1/2014
[8th January 2014]
Both Houses of Parliament are in Recess until Tuesday 19th November
Anti-Trafficking in Persons Regulations Gazetted under Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Act
BILL WATCH 62/2013
[20th December 2013]
Parliament has Adjourned following Yesterday’s Budget Presentation
Both Houses will Resume on Tuesday 21st January 2014
Budget Presented
BILL WATCH 61/2013
[18th December 2013]
The 2014 Budget will be Presented in Parliament on Thursday Afternoon
As notified in Bill Watch 60/2013 of 17th December, the 2013 National Budget Statement will be presented by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Hon Patrick Chinamasa, on Thursday 19th December.
