Open Committee Meetings This Week

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PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 8/2025

Open Committee Meetings This Week

There are 11 open Committee meetings scheduled for this week, as indicated below.

In addition, two committees will be conducting field visits, one to digital centres and the other to hospitals and clinics.  The times and dates of the visits are shown below.

“Open”, in the context of committee meetings, means that the meetings are open to attendance by members of the public, but as observers only.  Members of the public wishing to attend meetings in the New Parliament Building will need to produce their IDs to gain entry to the Building.

Monday 5th May at 10 am

Public Accounts Committee

Oral evidence from the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion on its audited financial statements for 2023.b

Venue:  Committee Room 15, third floor, New Parliament Building.

Monday 5th May at 10 am

Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs, Security Services and War Veterans Affairs

Oral evidence from:

  1. Zimbabwe National Association of Liberation War Cadres on their petition on amendments to the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Act and delays in vetting cadres.
  2. the Ministry of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs and the War Veterans League on issues raised by the above petition.

Venue:  Committee Room 2, first floor, New Parliament Building.

Monday 5th May at 10 am

Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Bilateral meeting with parliamentarians from Azerbaijan.

Venue:  Committee Room 5, first floor, New Parliament Building.

Monday 5th May at 10:30 am

Portfolio Committee on Tourism and Hospitality Industry

Oral evidence from the Zimbabwe Parks & Wild Life Management Authority on the state of tourism destinations under the Authority’s purview

Venue:  Committee Room 7, second floor, New Parliament Building.

Monday 5th May at 2 pm

Portfolio Committee on Media, Information and Broadcasting Services

Oral evidence from the Zimbabwe Association of Community Radio Stations on the mandate and operation of community radio stations.

Venue:  Committee Room 12, third floor, New Parliament Building.

Monday 5th May at 2 pm

Portfolio Committee on Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare

Oral evidence from:

  1. the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare on the impact of the non-release of allocated funds for social protection programmes.
  2. the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion on why the funds were not allocated for those programmes.

Venue:  Committee Room 13, third floor, New Parliament Building.

Monday 5th May at 2 pm

Portfolio Committee on Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training

Oral evidence from the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training on the Committee’s observations on their field visits to vocational training centres.

Venue:  Committee Room 7, second floor, New Parliament Building.

Monday 5th May at 2 pm

Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development

Oral evidence from the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage and the Commissioner of Police on measures to end road carnage.

Venue:  Committee Room 6, second floor, New Parliament Building.

Tuesday 6th May at 10 am

Portfolio Committee on Local Government, Public Works and National Housing

Oral evidence from the Ministries of Local Government and Public Works and National Housing and Social Amenities on progress made in implementing the Zimbabwe National Human Settlements Policy.

Venue:  Committee Room 15, third floor, New Parliament Building.

Thursday 8th May at 10 am

Portfolio Committee on Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture

Oral evidence from the Ministry of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture on issues regarding the Ministry’s third quarter Budget Performance Report.

Venue:  Committee Room 12, third floor, New Parliament Building.

Friday 9th May at 10 am

Public Accounts Committee – Sub-committee on appropriation accounts

Oral evidence from the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science, Innovation and Technology Development on issues raised by the Auditor-General on the Ministry’s support for production of PPE and sanitisers for Covid 19.

Venue:  Committee Room 15, third floor, New Parliament Building.

Field Visits to Digital Centres

Below is the schedule of field visits to digital centres by the Portfolio Committee on Information Communication Technology:

Mazowe

Date:  Monday 5th May

Venue:  Mazowe Concession

Time:     10 a.m.

Mhondoro

Date:  Monday 5th May

Venue:  Selous Digital Centre

Time:     2 p.m.

Bulawayo

Date:  Tuesday 6th May

Venue:  Luveve Digital Centre

Time:     12 p.m.

Venue:  Hillside Digital Centre

Time:     2 p.m.

Lupane

Date:  Wednesday 7th May

Venue:  Lupane Digital Centre

Time:     11:30 a.m.

Nkayi

Date:  Thursday 8th May

Venue:  Mawabene Digital Centre

Time:     10 a.m.

Zvishavane

Date:  Thursday 8th May

Venue:  Zvishavane Digital Centre

Time:     2 p.m.

Mutare

Date:  Friday 9th May

Venue:  Dorowa Digital Centre

Time:     12:30 p.m.

Murehwa

Date:  Saturday 10th May

Venue:  Macheke Digital Centre

Time:     10 a.m.

Verification Visits and Consultations on Access to
Health Services by Sex Workers

Below is the schedule of visits and consultations by the Thematic Committee on HIV and AIDS regarding access by sex workers to HIV/AIDS and sexual reproductive health services.  At all the venues the Committee will be meeting officials of the National AIDS Council, the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare and the Centre for Sexual Health and HIV AIDS Research.  The Committee will also be receiving submissions from sex workers.

Mutare

Date:  Monday 5th May

Venue:  Forbes Wellness Clinic

Time:     8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Chivi

Date:  Tuesday 6th May

Venue:  Ngundu Rural Health Hospital

Time:     10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Beitbridge

Date:  Wednesday 7th May

Venue:  Beitbridge Wellness Clinic

Time:     11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Gweru

Date:  Thursday 8th May

Venue:  CeSHHAR-MacFadden Farm Clinic

Time:     10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Chinhoyi

Date:  Friday 9th May

Venue:  Murereka Clinic

Time:     10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Bindura

Date:  Monday 12th May

Venue:  Chiwaridzo Clinic

Time:     10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Harare

Date:  Tuesday 13th May

Venue:  Avenues Drop-in Centre

Time:     10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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