Bill Watch

BILL WATCH 14/2020

[14th April 2020]

Covid-19 and the Law : Part 1

BILL WATCH 13/2020

[8th April 2020]

Parliamentary Work 10th March – 18th March

Both Houses of Parliament Stand Adjourned until 5th May

BILL WATCH 12/2020

[7th April 2020]

Covid-19: Financial Assistance for Vulnerable Groups

Introduction

On the 27th March the President announced that the country would go into “lockdown” for 21 days, starting on Monday the 30th March.  He said all businesses should stop working and people should stay in their homes for the 21-day period, except those engaged in essential services.

BILL WATCH 11/2020

[30th March 2020]

Return of Farms to Certain Dispossessed Farmers

BILL WATCH 10/2020

[24th March 2020]

Regulations to Curb Spread of COVID-19

BILL WATCH 9/2020

[19th March 2020]

Notice:  Both Houses of Parliament Have Adjourned

until Tuesday 5th May [or later if necessary]

ADJOURNMENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO CURB THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS

BILL WATCH 8/2020

[12th March 2020]

Increase in Scale of Fines

BILL WATCH 7/2020

[11th March 2020]

Update on Bills and Acts

Both Houses of Parliament are sitting this week

Progress on Bills in the National Assembly

International Treaties Bill [link]

BILL WATCH 6/2020

[4th March 2020]

Alteration of Maximum Farm Sizes : Why?

Introduction

BILL WATCH 5/2020

[25th February 2020]

Parliamentary Sittings in February 2020

Both Houses of Parliament resumed sitting on Tuesday 11th February after a six weeks' recess.  They met again last week and will continue this week, with sittings from Tuesday 25th February.

BILL WATCH 4/2020

[18th February 2020]

Back-dating Tax Exemptions and Refunds

Introduction

On the 31st January the Minister of Finance published two statutory instruments in the Gazette, numbers 24 and 25 of 2020, back-dating exemptions from income tax and refunds of value added tax (VAT) granted to the giant Chinese telecommunications company, Huawei.

 

BILL WATCH 3/2020

[23rd January 2020]

Parliament Invites Public Comment on Constitution Amendment Bill

Parliament yesterday published the following self-explanatory notice:

BILL WATCH 2/2020

[19th January 2020]

Parliament Invites Public Comment on Five Bills

Parliament has invited written submissions on each of the Bills listed below.

Submissions should be received by Parliament on or before the date specified in the list as the deadline.  

 BILL WATCH 1/2020

[4th January 2020]

Parliament is in Recess until Tuesday 11th February

Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2) Bill Gazetted

BILL WATCH 69/2019

[16th December 2019]

Both Houses Will Sit Again This Week, from Tuesday 17th December

Consumer Protection Act Now Law

The Consumer Protection Act [Chapter 14:14] [link] was gazetted as Act No. 5 of 2019 on Tuesday 10th December 2019.  The Act came into force as law on that date. 

BILL WATCH 68/2019

[10th December 2019]

Parliament Will Sit This Week, Starting Today, 10th December

This bulletin outlines the programme for this week’s sittings.  First, however, is a paragraph that had to be omitted from Bill Watch 67/2019 of 6th December [link] to avoid undue length.

Non-Adverse PLC Reports on Bills Announced Last Week

BILL WATCH 67/2019

[6th December 2019]

Both Houses Are Due to Sit Again on Tuesday 10th December

BILL WATCH 66/2019

[5th December 2019]

The Financial Adjustments Bill, 2019

BILL WATCH 65/2019

[1st December 2019]

In the National Assembly 26th to 28th November

Both Houses will be in Session this Week

Last week, only the National Assembly was in session.  The House concentrated on:

BILL WATCH 64/2019

[26th November 2019]

Only the National Assembly will be Sitting This Week

The Senate will Not Meet Until Tuesday 3rd December

Coming up in the National Assembly on Tuesday 26th November

2020 National Budget Debate

Resumption of the Budget debate is on the Order Paper for today, Tuesday 26th November. 

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