The Pan African Parliament (PAP) and the Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) have signed a memorandum of understanding with a view to strengthening bilateral collaboration between the two institutions. During the signing ceremony, Hon Chief Fortune Charumbira, the President of the Pan African Parliament, commended the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human…
Writes Tafadzwa Muranganwa A local Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO) is worried about the high incidences of acquittals of child molesters and rapists. Speaking at a media conference in the capital on Friday, Zimbabwe Association of Church-Related Hospitals (ZACH) programme coordinator, Dennis Dzikiti revealed that the rate of acquittals of child molesters and rapists is worrying even the…
The Pan-African Parliament took part in the strategic reflection on the African Governance Architecture (AGA) held in Nairobi, Kenya from 9-11 July 2023. The engagement, organized by the African Governance Platform (AGP) ahead of the 5th Mid Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union, aimed to enhance synergy and collaboration in joint flagship projects promoting the…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine has expressed its profound appreciation to the European Parliament for the recent adoption of their report. The Embassy of Palestine in Zimbabwe commends the European Parliament’s unwavering support for the two-state solution based on the 1967 borders and the call for recognition of Palestinian statehood….
Exiled former minister, Dr. Walter Mzembi has said today’s High Court judgment barring independent presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere from contesting is a sad day for democracy in Zimbabwe. “Today’s judgement by the High Court prohibiting our independent candidate Honourable Saviour Kasukuwere has been received and noted by our Legal Team in Harare who are now…
Writes Elvis Dumba Zvimba – Young people in Zvimba South Constituency have said they are pinning their hopes on the constituency’s ZANU PF House of Assembly candidate, Dexter Taurai Malinganiso, to positively turn their fortunes through inclusion. The young people said they believe Malinganiso understands their needs as he relates to them better as they…
Writes Marlvin Ngiza The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has been encouraged to make the election environment conducive for people with disabilities by ensuring easy accessibility of polling stations and the availability of disaggregated data for full-fair participation of the group. In an interview with Spiked Online Media, Disability Reform Coalition Chairperson Masimba Kuchera said that there…
Civil Society Organizations gathered in Lusaka for a three-day consultation with the Pan-African Parliament’s Committee on Gender have called for a progress report from African Union member states on the implementation of existing laws, designed to close the gap of gender inequality. Participants have further enquired about the status of the domestication of the Maputo Protocol. Citing…
The 53rd Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) Assembly has roared to life in Tanzania and will focus on the Theme “Modernising Agriculture to Address Food Insecurity and Youth Unemployment in the SADC Region: The Role of Parliaments” and is running from 2 to 8 July 2023. In his presentation at the meeting,…
Writes Elvis Dumba Trelawney – The multimillion-dollar mining industry to be set up in Mapinga will give way to the establishment of a new city alongside Great Dyke in Mapinga and is anticipated to become an employment hub for residents of Zvimba and the rest of Zimbabwe. This was revealed by Zvimba South Constituency ZANU…
Hon. Advocate Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda, Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe and member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Executive Committee is currently in Lisbon, Portugal attending the 290th Session of the IPU Executive Committee Meeting from 28th to 30 June 2023 where he is also campaigning for the Presidency of the lawmaking entity. The…
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (PSC) are set to hold their annual consultative meeting to take stock of the peace and security situation on the African continent today, 30 June 2023. The high-level consultative engagement will take place on the margins of the 1160th meeting of the…
Writes Elvis Dumba Chinhoyi – Former Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidakwa is confident of reclaiming his position as Zvimba South Constituency Legislator . Chidakwa said his focus is on fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of Zvimba South Constituency community in developmental projects. Speaking to the media after filing his nomination papers with Zimbabwe…
An urgent court application challenging the constitutionality of Sections 2(a) and 2(b) of the Electoral (Nomination of Candidates) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 (No. 1) Statutory Instrument 144 of 2022 filed yesterday, the 19th of June 2023 is before the Constitutional Court. Advocate Choice Damiso instructed by the Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) is representing…
Writes Elvis Dumba Banket – Parliament is expected to correct a constitutional blunder that was a result of a printing error. This was revealed by the Minister of Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi Ziyambi. The legal guru said they only noticed the error recently following information availed by the opposition members from Citizens Coalition…
Writes Bernard Marr Next-generation technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and hybrid cloud computing are creating unprecedented opportunities for businesses. But many find that they face challenges when it comes to modernizing apps and infrastructure in order to take advantage of them. Large enterprises, in particular, are often reliant on systems that have been in place…
Writes Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi Zimbabwe has a relatively well-developed digital economy with nine financial institutions listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). With the introduction of the Cyber Security and the Data Protection Bill and the act that is now law. It is now the duty of the Zimbabwe Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to…
Chief Fortune Charumbira, the President of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) is leading a high-level delegation to the first Parliamentary Conference on Interfaith Dialogue in Marrakesh. H.E. Chief Fortune Charumbira and his delegation have arrived in Marrakesh, Kingdom of Morocco to take part in the Parliamentary Conference on Interfaith Dialogue. Organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Union…
Amnesty International Responding to the news that the Senate passed on 7 June 2023 the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Amendment Bill 2022, commonly referred to as the “Patriotic Bill”, which criminalizes “wilfully injuring the sovereignty and national interest of Zimbabwe”, Flavia Mwangovya, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, said: “The…
HE Chief Fortune Charumbira, the President of the Pan African Parliament (PA) has urged revamping of the entire African Union (AU) architecture to ensure that it meets and exceeds the expectations of the people of Africa served by the AU organs. Chief Charumbira made the remarks yesterday in his speech during a retreat on African…
The United Nations (UN) and the Pan African Parliament (PAP) are establishing mechanisms of working together on delivering sustainable development on the African continent. There was evidence that the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) continues to generate interest from various key political and socio-economic stakeholders around the world as its renewal project, led by its leadership in…
Writes Kumbirai Mafunda Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) is greatly saddened by the passing of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill H.B. 15, 2022 (introducing so-called patriotism provisions) in the House of Assembly on 31 May 2023. It now awaits to be presented and debated by the Senate. The Bill was gazetted…
In a collaborative effort, the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Permanent Committee on Rural Economy, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, and the Committee on Monetary and Financial Affairs have unanimously agreed to support the European Parliament’s Financial Transaction Tax on Climate Action (FTTCA) law. Their resolution further calls upon member countries of the European Union to adopt…
The Sudanese conflict, which broke off over a month ago, has left hundreds dead and hundreds of thousands either homeless or fleeing the country. Convening in Midrand for the Second Ordinary Session of the Sixth Parliament of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), Pan-African Parliamentarians held a debate on the resurging armed conflicts on the African continent,…
The President of the Pan-African Parliament, Hon. Chief Fortune Zephania Charumbira, the Vice Presidents, and the entire Membership of the Pan-African Parliament, yesterday joined Africans across the continent and beyond in commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) now the African Union (AU). Chief Charumbira said this special day…
For the acceleration and implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) initiative, Youth must be trained and capacitated. This came to light when the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Caucus on Youth, Chairperson Hon. Dali Laila addressed delegates on the 2nd day of a Workshop held on the African Union Theme for 2023, “Accelerating the African Continental Free Trade Area…
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has a pivotal role to play in overseeing the implementation of commitments related to the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) by the Member States through their national Parliaments. This is according to the President of the PAP, H.E. Chief Fortune Charumbira while delivering his opening remarks at a Workshop…
By Midweek Watch HARARE – High Court Judge, Justice Webster Chinamhora has set aside and nullified the procedure used to appoint recently installed Chief Nemamwa, born Tranos Manjiva in a rulling handed down yesterday (19-05-23) in Harare, The Midweek Watch can reveal. Justice Chinamhora ruled that Manjiva was irregularly appointed as Chief Nemamwa since the…
Hon Mabel Memory Chinomana, President of the Senate of Zimbabwe and President of the African Parliamentary Union (APU) participated in the 2nd Summit of the heads of regional unions in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean “AFROLAC” held in Panama City, Panama from 18 to 20 May under the theme, “Empowering Women and Youth in…
Kwanele Foundation, a South African based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) advocating and standing against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide, has submitted a Memorandum to the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) demanding its intervention to help eradicate the scourge of GBV in Africa. The list of demands, formulated in the Memorandum presented by the Foundation’s CEO Silhe Sibisi, includes a…
The single most important priority commitment that will propel Africa to lasting security, sustainable stability and shared prosperity is an opportunity-oriented focus on climate action, said the President of the Republic of Kenya and Chair of the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) H.E Dr. William Samoei Ruto President Ruto delivered…
The President of the Union of Comoros and Chairperson of the African Union (AU), President Azali Assoumani has pledged support for the realisation of the mandate of the Pan-African Parliament, the legislative arm of the AU. He was speaking as a Guest of Honour at the opening of the Second Ordinary Session of the Sixth Parliament, which…
Hon. Enaam Mayara, the President of the House of Councillors from the Kingdom of Morocco has said the Second Pan-African Parliament (PAP) ordinary session’ of its sixth Parliament is taking place in a special global context, mainly characterized by the continuing negative consequences of international geopolitical crises and the accelerating regional developments and events that…
By Tafadzwa Muranganwa The Zanu PF government has no desire to implement devolution, a residents’ group leader has said. Speaking on Saturday at a belated World Press Freedom Day commemoration organised by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Harare Chapter, Harare Residents Trust director Precious Shumba exposed how the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led administration has not…
The President of the Republic of Mozambique, His Excellency Cde. Filipe J. Nyusi, is scheduled to conduct a State Visit to Harare, Zimbabwe from 17 to 19 May 2023. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade revealed that His Excellency Nyusi will lead a delegation comprising the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of…
H.E. Azali Assoumani, President of the Union of Comoros and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) will officially open the Second Ordinary Session of the Sixth Parliament of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) on Monday, 15 May 2023. The Chairperson is scheduled to address Pan-African Parliamentarians on the State of the Union and the priority areas of his…
The traditional pre–Ordinary Session engagement between the Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and African Ambassadors accredited to the Republic of South Africa, held yesterday at the Parliament Headquarters in Midrand, dissected the political and socio-economic challenges facing the African continent. The meeting of African Ambassadors with the leadership of the PAP has become a platform…
A new bill, the Pharmaceutical Research Transparency Act, was introduced yesterday in both the US House and Senate. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) endorses this bill as it would give people, governments, and treatment providers like MSF more leverage to negotiate fair drug prices. Currently, pharma doesn’t have to disclose how much they spend on R&D to bring new…
Over 250 African Parliamentarians are expected to converge on Midrand, South Africa for the Second Ordinary Session of the Six Parliament of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), scheduled from 15 May to 02 June 2023. The continent’s premier parliamentary forum is set to devise ways to fast-track the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area…
The Speaker of Parliament Hon Advocate Jacob Francis Nzwidamilimo Mudenda is in Algiers, Algeria, on a Parliamentary Bilateral Visit at the invitation of his counterpart, His Excellency, Speaker Brahim Boughali, Speaker of the People’s National Assembly. He is accompanied by members of the Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, namely, Hon. Webster Kotiwani…
The Pan-African Parliament will host the 3rd African Parliamentarians Summit on Climate Policy and Equity scheduled to take place on May 16 – 17 on the sidelines of the Second Ordinary Session of the Sixth Parliament of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP). The Session is scheduled to hold from 15 May to 02 June 2023 at…
The President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. William Ruto has called on the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) to be the continent’s standard-bearer on issues affecting African citizens. These include issues related to intra-African trade, climate change, democracy, and good governance. The call was made during an audience accorded to the President of the Pan-African Parliament,…
The President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), H.E Chief Fortune Charumbira is currently on a working visit to the Republic of Kenya. Earlier today, he met with Rt. Hon. Moses Wetangula, Speaker of the National Assembly. They discussed ways to strengthen partnerships to advance the African agenda including regional integration, economic development, and peace and…
The President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has encouraged the youth to be the driving force behind the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). H.E. Chief Fortune Z. Charumbira called on young people to tap into opportunities offered by intra-African trade, and play a leading role in accelerating Africa’s industrialisation and economic transformation. The President…
H.E. Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) held a working session with the Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), led by H.E. Chief Fortune Charumbira. The meeting took place at the seat of the Continental Parliament in Midrand, South Africa. The consultation formed part of the ongoing engagements between the…
