The National Assembly portfolio committee meetings listed below, to be held tomorrow, Thursday 30th May, at Parliament in Harare, will be open to the public.
Both Houses Sat Last Week and is Sitting Again This Week
Coming Up in Parliament This Week
At the end of last Thursday’s sitting both Houses adjourned until today, Tuesday 28th May. This is a departure from the Sitting Calendar, which envisaged a break until 11th June. The departure must have been prompted by the need for accelerated progress on pending Bills.
Parliament Calls for Nominations to Fill One Vacancy on the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission
There is one vacancy to be filled on the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission following the resignation of Commissioner C. T. Khombe before the expiry of his term of office.
CALL FOR PUBLIC NOMINATIONS FOR PERSONS TO SERVE ON ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
The Standing Rules and Orders Committee of the Parliament of Zimbabwe is mandated in terms of sections 237 and 243 of the Constitution, to nominate candidates for appointment by his Excellency the President to serve as Commissioners on the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission provided for in Chapter 12 Part 3 of the Constitution.
The Senate thematic committee and National Assembly portfolio committee meetings listed below, to be held on Thursday 23rd May at Parliament in Harare, will be open to the public.
The Tripartite Negotiating Forum Bill went through its Committee Stage in the National Assembly on Friday 17th May. Several clauses were amended, notably provisions giving the Government twice the representation (14 members) allocated to each of Organised Labour (7 members) and Organised Business (7 members). The amendments reduce Government members to 7.
This statutory instrument was published in the Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 20th May 2019. It enacts a new Petroleum Pricing Model with effect from that date, replacing the model introduced on 13th January 2019.
See also SI 116/2019 gazetted on the same date to reduce the excise duty on petrol, diesel and power kerosene.
This statutory instrument was pulished in a Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 20th May 2019. With effect from that date the statutory instrument, made by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, reduces the rate of excise duty on leaded petrol and unleaded petrol [down to a uniform rate of $1.15 per litre] and the rate of excise duty on diesel and power kerosene [down to a uniform rate of $0.90 per litre]. The new rates are expressed in the local dollar - not the US dollar. [The former rates of duty came into effect on 13th January 2019 under <
Open Committee Meetings : Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st May
The National Assembly portfolio committee meetings listed below, to be held on Monday 20th May at Parliament in Harare, will be open to the public. [Further open committee meetings to be held on Thursday 23rd May will be notified in a separate bulletin as soon as possible.]
IT is hereby notifi ed that the Minister of Finance and Economic Development has, in terms of section 90 of the Income Tax Act [Chapter 23:11], made the following regulations:—
Open Committee Meetings : Monday 13th to Thursday 16th May
The National Assembly portfolio committee meetings listed below, to be held this week at Parliament in Harare, will be open to the public. [Senate thematic committees will not be holding open meetings.]
