BILL WATCH 17/2019
[28th March 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament Have Approved the
African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance
Bill Watch
BILL WATCH 16/2019
[27th March 2019]
The Senate is Sitting This Week
The National Assembly has Adjourned to Tuesday 7th May
In the Senate This Week
Yesterday
Cyclone Idai
The Senate resumed sitting yesterday, Tuesday 26th March, having been in recess for the previous two weeks. At the end of Thursday’s sitting it is expected to adjourn until Tuesday 7th May.
BILL WATCH 15/2019
[21st March 2019]
The New Monetary Policy : Legal Issues
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe delivered his Monetary Policy Statement on the 20th February and, amongst other measures, announced the following:
BILL WATCH 14/2019
[13th March 2019]
The National Assembly is Sitting This Week
The Senate is in Recess until 26th March
Zimbabwe Ratifies Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty [CTBT]
On 13th February Zimbabwe ratified this treaty, which was signed on its behalf in 1999. On 14th February a national seminar on CTBT took place in Harare.
BILL WATCH 13/2019
[12th March 2019]
Unfinished Business
January’s Defence Forces Deployment:
Parliament Not Yet Officially Informed
Nearly two months have passed since mid-January, when the Defence Forces were deployed in support of the Zimbabwe Republic Police in the maintenance of public order. The heavy-handed deployment continued for some time.
BILL WATCH 12/2019
[6th March 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament are Sitting This Week
Finance Act and Appropriation (2019) Act Gazetted
These Acts were published in a Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 20th February:
Finance Act, 2019 (No. 1 of 2019) [link]
BILL WATCH 9/2019
[15th February 2019]
From the Horse’s Mouth: Finance Minister Ncube Tells Senators
What US Dollar/Bond Note Parity Means when Paying Government or its Agencies
Confusing legislative terminology
BILL WATCH 10/2019
[17th February 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament are in Recess until Tuesday 5th March
Monetary Statement Late
BILL WATCH 8/2019
[10th February 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament Have Adjourned to Tuesday 12th February
Both Houses of Parliament sat again last week. Both enjoyed a relatively easy week. Only one sitting lasted until after 5 pm; the others ended well before that, most of them just before or just after 4 pm. After Thursday afternoon’s sittings both Houses adjourned until next Tuesday, 12th February.
BILL WATCH 7/2019
[3rd February 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament Have Adjourned to Tuesday 5th February
Polarisation in Parliament over the Current Economic and Security Situation
BILL WATCH 6/2019
[28th January 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament Will Resume Sitting on Tuesday 29th January
Coming Up in the Senate
BILL WATCH 5/2019
[25th January 2019]
Update on Statutory Instruments January to August 2018: Part 3
BILL WATCH 4/2019
[24th January 2019]
Update on Statutory Instruments January to August 2018: Part 2
This bulletin follows on from Bill Watch 37/2018 of 9th November [link], which was Part 1 of a series aimed at providing basic information, not previously provided in our bulletins, about the approximately 170 statutory instruments [SIs] gazetted during the period January to end of August 2018.
BILL WATCH 3/2019
[21st January 2019]
Finance Bill : When Does it Come into Force? Can the Senate amend it?
Introduction
BILL WATCH 2/2019
[20th January 2019]
Fixing of Fuel Prices
BILL WATCH 1/2019
[14th January 2019]
Both Houses of Parliament are in Recess until Tuesday 29th January
Last Parliamentary Sittings of 2018
Both Houses of Parliament reassembled on Tuesday 18th December and completed three sittings before adjourning until Tuesday 29th January.
The National Assembly approved:
BILL WATCH 44/2018
[13th December 2018]
Both Houses Will Resume Next Week, on Tuesday 18th December
The Week Ending Friday 7th December in the National Assembly
BILL WATCH 43/2018
[4th December 2018]
The National Assembly will Resume on Tuesday 4th December
to Debate the 2019 National Budget.
The Senate will not Meet again until 18th December
Last Week’s Preparations for the Budget Debate
BILL WATCH 42/2018
[30th November 2018]
After the Budget Speech on 22nd November both Houses Adjourned:
National Assembly until 4th December, Senate until 18th December
BILL WATCH 41/2018
[25th November 2018]
2019 National Budget
Professor Mthuli Ncube, Minister of Finance and Economic Development, presented the 2019 National Budget Statement and the 2019 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure [the “Blue Book”] to the National Assembly on the afternoon of Thursday 22nd November 2018.