BILL WATCH

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 13/2018

[8th April 2018]

Final Public Hearing on Companies etc. Bill plus
Open Committee Meetings Monday 9th April

Final Public Hearing on Companies and Other Business Entities Bill

Readers are reminded that the Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs will be holding its final public hearing on this Bill:

Date:  Monday 9th March

Time:  10.00 am

Venue:  National Assembly Chamber.

The Bill was only gazetted on 9th March.  The prompt public hearings indicate that it is being accorded priority treatment by Parliament.  So this may well be the last opportunity for interested organisations and individuals to make criticisms of and recommendations for improvement of the Bill face to face with members of the Portfolio Committee.  The committee will include an account of public reaction to the Bill in its report to the National Assembly in due course. 

If attending, please use the entrance to Parliament on Kwame Nkrumah Ave between 2nd and 3rd Streets.  Please note that IDs must be produced.  

Queries should be addressed to Mrs Khumalo [Committee Clerk] 700181- 8, 252936-50, ext. 2153].

Open Committee Meetings

The committee meetings listed below, to be held at Parliament in Harare, will be open to attendance by members of the public, but will not be full public hearings or consultations.  Members of the public may attend the meetings as observers only, not as participants, i.e. they may observe and listen but not speak.

Monday 9th April at 9 am

Portfolio Committee: Mines and Energy

Oral evidence on the mining operations in Chiadzwa from:

• the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, Dr Obert Mpofu,
• the Commissioner-General of Police, Cde G. Matanga, and
• others.

Note:  At the last meeting Dr Mpofu refused to answer questions from the Committee.

Venue:  Senate Chamber

Chairperson:  Hon Temba Mliswa

Committee Clerk:  Mrs Mataruka

Monday 9th April at 10 am

Public Accounts Committee

Oral evidence from the Permanent Secretary of Finance and Economic Development on the Audit Report for Appropriation and Fund Accounts [2016].

Venue: Committee Room 4

Chairperson: Hon Mpariwa

Committee Clerk: Mr Ratsakatika

If attending either of these open meetings, please use the entrance to Parliament on Kwame Nkrumah Ave between 2nd and 3rd Streets.  Please note that IDs must be produced.

The details given in this bulletin are based on the latest information from Parliament. But, as there are sometimes last-minute changes to the meetings schedule, persons wishing to attend should avoid disappointment by checking with Parliament that the meeting concerned is still on and open to the public. Parliament’s telephone numbers are Harare 700181-8 and 252936-50.

Reminder: Members of the public, including Zimbabweans in the Diaspora, can at any time send written submissions to Parliamentary committees by email addressed to clerk@parlzim.gov.zw or by letter posted to the Clerk of Parliament, P.O. Box 298, Causeway, Harare or delivered to Parliament’s Kwame Nkrumah Avenue entrance in Harare.