Doug Coltart has formally submitted objections to Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 and is encouraging citizens to lodge their own submissions before the May 18 deadline. The move comes weeks after he was assaulted during chaotic parliamentary hearings on the proposed amendments.
Zimbabwe is fast-tracking its Muzarabani oil and gas project to reduce reliance on imported fuel, aiming to stabilize local supplies, shield the economy from volatile global energy prices driven by Middle East tensions, and strengthen the country’s energy security.
Controversial Zimdancehall artists Hulengende and Malloti Rose have come under scrutiny after being named in Parliament over allegations that they are promoting and normalising drug and substance abuse through their social media content.
Resistance to plans to extend the term of office of President Emmerson Mnangagwa is intensifying after a group of retired generals and senior civil servants who are ex-combatants warned that any constitutional amendments must be decided by Zimbabweans through a referendum.
Zimbabwe currently does not have the technology at its borders to detect the full range of rare earth minerals that may be contained within lithium or other mineral exports, the Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Polite Kambamura, has told Parliament.
HARARE - The Zimbabwean government has been called upon to issue an urgent ministerial statement clarifying the implications of the financial crisis at South African sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Limited, amid growing concern over the potential impact on thousands of livelihoods in the Lowveld.
HARARE - Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Chalton Hwende has come under fire after publicly defending a proposal for Members of Parliament (MPs) to receive US$150,000 housing loans each, a move that has sparked widespread outrage among Zimbabweans.
BULAWAYO - Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has confirmed that the Zimbabwe government has bought the Monomotapa Crowne Plaza Hotel in Harare to accommodate Members of Parliament during sittings.
HARARE - Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has warned that the person responsible for cutting electricity during President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) “will regret the day he was born."
HARARE - President Emmerson Mnangagwa was forced to conclude his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in near darkness on Tuesday, as a power outage again struck the New Parliament Building in Mt Hampden just like last year during another address.
