Title | Date added | Template | Date recorded | Category | Summary |
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MEDICAL DOCTOR ABDUCTED FROM HIS HOME | Dec 16, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 18, 2019 |
| Dr Peter Magombeyi, a medical doctor and Acting President of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA), was abducted on the night of 14 September. |
MEDICAL DOCTOR FOUND ALIVE BUT TORTURED | Dec 16, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 23, 2019 |
| On 19 September 2019, Dr Peter Magombeyi, a medical doctor was found alive and disoriented, dumped about 33 km out of Harare in a placed called Nyabira. |
Report MOUs Signing Ceremony with Civil Society Orgs 14 03 2016 | Dec 16, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Mar 11, 2016 |
| On Friday 11 March 2016, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with four Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) namely Legal Resources Foundation (LRF), Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) |
ZHRC Strategic Plan 2015 | Dec 16, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 30, 2015 |
| The Strategic Plan informs the manner in which we engage with key stakeholders and partners in the domestic and international human rights community as we seek to fulfill our broad constitutional mandate. |
Whawha 'Young Offenders' Prison | Dec 16, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Feb 16, 2016 |
| The purpose of the mission was to assess the living conditions of juvenile inmates and the status of their facilities, as well as to hear the general concerns of the inmates and their proposals for solutions and recommendations. |
Tsholotsho Report | Dec 16, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2015 |
| The Tsholotsho flood report presents the findings and recommendations of a comprehensive report conducted by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, into the events associated with the mission visit to the floods victims in Tsholotsho found in Matabeleland North of Zimbabwe. |
ZHRC 2015 Annual Reports | Dec 12, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2015 |
| This report was compiled by the Secretariat of the Commission represented in the various programme units with the guidance and direction of members of the Commission. |
ZHRC 2016 Annual Report | Dec 12, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Dec 31, 2016 |
| The year under review was not without its fair share of challenges. Funding constraints have meant that the ZHRC continues to operate from only two offices Countrywide making it inaccessible to the larger populace. |
BILL WATCH 23 2019 Update on Bills and Government Gazettes 5 to 19 April 2019 | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Apr 22, 2019 |
| This Bill was gazetted in the Government Gazette dated 19th April [released to the public on 17th April ahead of the public holidays on 18th and 19th April]. |
BILL WATCH 30 2019 Tripartite Negotiating Forum Act Gazetted and Coming up in Parliament This Week | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jun 11, 2019 |
| The Tripartite Negotiating Forum Act, 2019 (Act No. 3 of 2019) was gazetted and came into force on Tuesday 4th June [Government Gazette Extraordinary dated 4th June 2019]. |
BILL WATCH 31 2019 Progress on Bills | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jun 21, 2019 |
| Both the National Assembly and the Senate sat last week and this week. Two Bills were passed and progress made on two others. |
BILL WATCH 32 2019 Only RTGS Dollars are Legal Tender | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jun 24, 2019 |
| This morning an important statutory instrument was published in a Government Gazette Extraordinary: the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (Legal Tender) Regulations, 2019 (SI 142 of 2019). The instrument can be viewed on the Veritas website |
BILL WATCH 33 2019 Monetary Policy and the Rule of Law | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 4, 2019 |
| SI 142 of 2019 [link] ‒ the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (Legal Tender) Regulations, 2019, to give it its full name ‒ declared that the Zimbabwe dollar should be the sole legal tender in Zimbabwe for all transactions. |
BILL WATCH 37 2019 In Parliament 16 18 July and Coming up 23 25 July | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 23, 2019 |
| The Marriages Bill, 2019 [H.B. 7, 2019] was gazetted on Friday 19th July. The Bill can be downloaded from the Veritas website [link]. For our analysis of the Bill see Bill Watch 36/2019 of 22nd July |
BILL WATCH 38 2019 Parliament Invites Public Comments on Three Bills | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 25, 2019 |
| Parliament has in separate public notices dated 23rd July invited the public to make comments on the above-mentioned Bills. In each case the deadline for receipt of written submissions is Friday next week, 2nd August. |
BILL WATCH 39 2019 PLC Report on MOPO Bill | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 29, 2019 |
| On the 24th July the Deputy Speaker of Parliament announced that the Parliamentary Legal Committee had issued an adverse report on the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill, meaning that the Committee had found some provisions of the Bill to be unconstitutional. The report can be seen on the Veritas website [link] as can the Bill itself [link]. |
BILL WATCH 41 2019 Supplementary Budget Due on 1st August; plus Parlliamentary Roundup | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Jul 31, 2019 |
| Both the Senate and the National Assembly will continue sitting this week, the third week of the current series of sittings. |
BILL WATCH 42 2019 Mid Year Budget Review & Supplementary Budget Presented | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 4, 2019 |
| On Thursday 2nd August the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Hon Mthuli Ncube, presented his 2019 Mid-Year Budget Review and Supplementary Budget to the National Assembly. President Mnangagwa attended the presentation. Opposition MDC-A MPs did not |
Bill Watch 43 2019 Media Commission Bill Gazetted & Budget and MOPO Bills passed by National Assembly 0 | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 9, 2019 |
| Both Houses of Parliament sat this week. The Senate sat on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th August and then adjourned until Tuesday 27th August. The National Assembly sat on Tuesday, Wednesday and yesterday before also adjourning to Tuesday 27th August |
BILL WATCH 44 2019 Amendments to the Maaintenance of Peace and Order Bill | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 12, 2019 |
| At a sitting that started on 8th August and ended at 4.10 am on 9th August the National Assembly passed the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill with amendments, most of which were intended to meet objections raised by the Parliamentary Legal Committee [PLC] in its adverse report on the Bill. |
BILL WATCH 45 2019 President Orders Special Senate Sitting on Wednesday 14th August | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 12, 2019 |
| By furious fast-tracking of business on Wednesday 8th [they sat until 10.39 pm] and Thursday 9th [until 4.10 am on Friday morning] the National Assembly managed to pass, not only the Finance (No. 2) Bill and the Appropriation Supplementary (2019) Bill [the two Budget bills], but also, with amendments, the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill |
BILL WATCH 46 2019 SADC Summit in Dar es Salaam 17 18 August | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 22, 2019 |
| The 39th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania last weekend. All sixteen SADC member States were represented. |
BILL WATCH 47 2019 Supplementary Budget Acts gazetted & MOPO Bill delayed | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Aug 26, 2019 |
| Recalled from their recess by the President to conduct special business [see Bill Watch 45/2019 of 12th August [link] – Senators assembled on Wednesday 14th August for a single sitting that lasted for just over eight hours, with the adjournment until Tuesday 27th August coming at 10.37 pm. |
BILL WATCH 48 2019 MOPO passed & Parliament Sitting Again This Week | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 3, 2019 |
| On Tuesday 27th August the Senate received the Parliamentary Legal Committee [PLC]'s non-adverse report on the amendment to clause 7(5) of the Bill made at its special sitting on 14th August. |
BILL WATCH 50 2019 New Measures to Outlaw Use of Forex in Zimbabwe | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 29, 2019 |
| Three months ago, when the Minister of Finance and Economic Development gazetted SI 142/2019 [link] declaring RTGS dollars to be the only legal tender in Zimbabwe, press headlines referred to the "outlawing" of the use of the US dollars and other foreign currencies in Zimbabwe. Ministers and officials said the same thing. |
BILL WATCH 49 2019Parliament Sits This Week to end its First Session | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Sep 24, 2019 |
| There will be a ceremonial opening of the Second Session on Tuesday 1st October. During this opening the President will present his State of the Nation Address [SONA] and outline the legislative agenda for this session. |
BILL WATCH 51 2019 Last Week in Parliament & Second Session Opened Today 1st October | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 1, 2019 |
| President Mnangagwa opened the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe at a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament in the National Assembly today. |
BILL WATCH 52 2019 Update on Statutory Instruments Part 1 | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 16, 2019 |
| The purpose of this bulletin and another to follow soon is to provide, in two Parts, an update on Government Gazettes and statutory instruments from 1st August to date which have not been noted previously in our bulletins. |
BILL WATCH 53 2019 Update on Statutory Instruments Part 2 | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 20, 2019 |
| This bulletin continues where Bill Watch 52 of 16th October [“Statutory Instruments: Part 1]” [link] stopped; it will deal with Government Gazettes from SI 205/2019 of 20th September up to SI 221/2019 of 18th October. |
BILL WATCH 54 2019 Both Houses Resume Sittings Today | Dec 9, 2019 | Promotion of truth | Oct 22, 2019 |
| The Second Session of this Parliament – the Ninth Parliament of Parliament [and second Parliament under the 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe] was officially opened by President Mnangagwa on Tuesday 1st October at a joint sitting of both Houses. |