PART V
ADMINISTRATION OF ZIMBABWE GENDER COMMISSION
10 Appointment and functions of Chief Executive Officer of Zimbabwe Gender
Commission
(1) Subject to this section, the Commission shall appoint, in consultation with the Minister,
on such terms and conditions as the Commission may fix, a person to be the Chief Executive
Officer of the Zimbabwe Gender Commission and, subject to any other law, may suspend or
discharge such person.
Provided that the Minister, with the approval of the Public Service Commission, may assign
persons employed in his or her Ministry to act as the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission.
(2) No person shall be appointed as Chief Executive Officer and no person shall be qualified
to hold office as Chief Executive Officer if he or she is not a citizen of Zimbabwe or ordinarily
resident in Zimbabwe.
(3) The appointment of the Chief Executive Officer shall terminate if he or she would be
required in terms of paragraph 4 of the First Schedule to vacate his or her office had that
paragraph applied to him or her:
Provided that his or her appointment shall not terminate on the ground that he or she has
ceased to be a citizen of Zimbabwe or ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe, if the Minister has
granted authority under subsection (2).
(4) The Chief Executive Officer shall be, subject to the Commission’s directions—
(a) supervise and manage the Commission’s staff, activities, funds and property;
(b) and perform such other functions on behalf of the Commission as the Commission
may assign to him or her.
(5) Any assignment of functions in terms of subsection (4)—
(a) may be made generally or specially and subject to such conditions, restrictions,
reservations and exceptions as the Commission may determine;
(b) may be revoked by the Commission at any time;
(c) shall not preclude the Commission itself from exercising the functions.
11 Other staff of Commission
The Commission shall, in consultation with the Minister and the Minister responsible for
finance,appoint such other staff as may be convenient or necessary for the proper exercise of its
functions and, subject to any other law, may suspend or discharge such persons.
12 Reports of Commission
(1)The Commission shall as soon as possible and in any case not later than sixty days after
the end of its financial year submit to the Minister, in such forms as the Minister may determine,
an annual report on the activities of the Commission.
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