March 2018

Bill Watch 5-2018 - Indigenisation Act Amendments Now Law

BILL WATCH 5/2018

[17th March 2018]

Indigenisation Act Amendments Are Now Law

It was expected that amendments to the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act would have been made in Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Amendment Bill.

Instead they were tucked away in the annual Finance Act, which deals mainly with taxation and as usual was passed by Parliament with little debate.

Appropriation (2018) Act

To apply a sum of money for the service of Zimbabwe during the year ending on the 31st December, 2018.
 
ENACTED by the Parliament and the President of Zimbabwe.
 
Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (2018) Act, 2018.
 
This Act was gazetted and came into operation on Wednesday 14th March 2018 (General Notice 158A/2018, published in a Government

Veritas Draft Electoral Amendment Bill - updated 2018

This Bill was prepared by Veritas as a more comprehensive alternative to the Government's Electoral Amendment Bill 2017, currently going through Parliament (March 2018).

This Bill will amend the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13] to align it more closely with the Constitution and to facilitate the holding of free and fair elections.  The main focus of the amendments are the following:

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