August 2021

2021-08-27 Reserve Bank Press Statement on the Deliberations of the Monetary Policy Committee [MPC]

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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (the Bank) met on the 27th of August 2021 and deliberated on recent economic and financial developments and their implications on monetary policy.
The Committee noted with satisfaction the strong economic growth which is envisaged to be strengthened by the favourable global economic outlook and the US$961million SDR allocation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 23 August 2021.

International Day - International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 30 August 2021

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International Day of the Victims of
Enforced Disappearances

[30th August 2021]

What are Enforced Disappearances?

According to the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, proclaimed by the General Assembly in 18th December 1992, enforced disappearances occur when:

Guardianship of Minors Act as at 1 Aug 2021

AN ACT to amend the law relating to the guardianship and custody of minors.
[Date of commencement: 30th June, 1961.]
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Guardianship of Minors Act [Chapter 5:08].
2 Interpretation
In this Act—
“clerk of a children’s court” and “children’s court” shall have the meanings, respectively, given to them by the Children’s Act [Chapter 5:06].
[Definition amended by section 49 of act

SI 2021-224 Customs and Excise (Suspension) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 (No. 250)

IT is hereby notifi ed that the Minister of Finance and Economic Development has, in terms of section 235 as read with section 120 of the Customs and Excise Act [Chapter 23:02], made the following regulations:—
1. These regulations may be cited as the Customs and Excise (Suspension) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 (No.

Guardianship of Minors Amendment Bill - Minister's 2nd Reading Speech & Portfolio Committee Report

The Second Reading Stage of the Guardianship of Minors Amendment Bill started in the National Assembly on Tuesday 24th August 2021 (with the delivery of the Second Reading speech by the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs) and continued on Thursday 26th August (with the presentation of the Report on the Bill by the Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs).  Proceedings were then adjourned until Tuesday 7th September.

SI 2021-221 Date of Commencement: Attorney-General’s Office Act [Chapter 7:19] (No. 4 of 2011)

Gazetted and in force 25 August 2021

HIS Excellency the President, in terms of section 1(2) of the Attorney-General’s Office Act [Chapter 7:19] (No. 4 of 2011) (as amended by the Attorney-General’s Office Amendment Act, 2020 (No, 6 of 2020)), hereby fixes the date of publication of this notice as the date on which the said Act shall come into operation. 

SI 2021-220 Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) (National Lockdown) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order, 2021 (No. 33)

Gazetted and in force 25 August 2021


IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Health and Child Care has, in terms of section 8(1) of the Public Health (COVID-19 Prevention, Containment and Treatment) Regulations, 2020 (published in Statutory Instrument 77 of 2020) made the following order:—

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