Both the Senate and the National Assembly will be sitting this coming week, and in this Bill Watch we will outline the business they are expected to deal with.
Please however bear the following points in mind:
- When the Senate and the National Assembly adjourn, all outstanding business is set down on their order papers (i.e. their agendas) for the next appropriate sitting day. There is usually too much to be covered in one day so whatever is not dealt with is postponed to the next appropriate day.
- Both Houses can change the order in which they consider business.
Note that the Minister of Finance is due to present his national budget on Thursday 19th November.
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Tuesday 17th November
Reports of constitutional and statutory bodies:
The Assembly will deal with the following reports:
- 2025 annual report of the Judicial Service Commission
- 2025 annual report of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
- 2025 annual report of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission
- 2025 annual report of the Attorney-General’s Office [link]
- 2025 annual report of the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission
- Reports by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission on by-elections held in December 2025 and February 2026
- 2025 annual report of the National Prosecuting Authority
International agreements to be approved
The following agreements are due to be approved:
- Hague Adoption Convention (Convention Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Inter-Country Adoption) [link]
- ILO Convention 187 on Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health [link]
- SADC Protocol on Employment and Labour [link]
Bills to be dealt with:
The Assembly is expected to deal with the following Bills:
- Whistle Blowers and Witness Protection Bill [link]
The Assembly will consider the PLC’s adverse report on this Bill
- Postal and Telecommunications Amendment Bill [link]
This Bill is due to begin its Second Reading
- Police Amendment Bill [link]
This Bill is also due to begin its Second Reading
- Mines and Minerals Bill [link]
The Assembly is due to continue its Second Reading of this Bill, the PLC’s adverse report having been withdrawn.
- Environmental Management Amendment Bill [link]
This Bill is due to begin its Second Reading
- Research Amendment Bill [link]
This Bill is also due to begin its Second reading
- Sports and Recreation Commission Amendment Bill [link]
This Bill too will begin its Second Reading
- Deposit Protection Corporation Amendment Bill [link]
The Assembly will continue its consideration of the Parliamentary Legal Committee’s adverse report on this Bill
- Public Service Amendment Bill [link]
Consideration of the PLC’s adverse report on this Bill will also continue.
- National Drug, Substance Abuse Control and Enforcement Agency Bill [link]
The Assembly is also due to consider the PLC’s adverse report on this Bill.
Reports of parliamentary committees:
The Assembly will deal with reports on the following topics:
- 2025 second and third quarter Budget Performance Reports for the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
- The state of the tobacco marketing system and grower welfare
- The state of rural health centres in Zimbabwe
- Reintegration of returnees from South Africa into their communities
- 2026 first quarter Budget Performance Report for the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education
- 2025 fourth quarter Budget Performance Report for the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development
- 2025 first, second and third Budget Performance Report for the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage
- 2026 first quarter Budget Performance Report for the Ministry of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs
Petition received:
The Assembly will consider a report on the following petition:
- Professionalism of driving in Zimbabwe
Motions on the National Assembly order paper:
- Debate on the President’s speech
- Measures to prevent violent domestic crimes
- Measures to encourage the employment of young graduates in the Public Service
- Review of provincial names and boundaries
Wednesday 18th November
Note: On Wednesdays, questions and other private members’ business normally have precedence over government business in the National Assembly.
Questions set down for answer:
Ministers will be called on to answer questions in the National Assembly on the following issues amongst others:
- Statistics of girls dropping out of schools in 2025 due to pregnancy
- Government’s targets for provision of classrooms, etc in 2026-7
- Measures to prevent recreational open spaces being subdivided for residential housing
- Setting aside stands for establishment of early childhood development learning centres
- Measures to guarantee water supply, sewerage and refuse collection in high-density urban areas
- Regularising documentation for older unsurveyed urban stands
- Amounts owed by Government to local authorities, and measures to ensure payment of those amounts
- Construction and maintenance of roads and other infrastructure
- Compensation for families of victims of Kariba ferry disaster
- Preventing tourism degrading the environment in the Zambezi Valley
- Revenue collected by ZINARA in 2025 and 2026 and how it was expended
- Providing public clinics with essential medicines, equipment and staff
- Measures to put young people in formal employment
- Conditions of service of judges, magistrates and prosecutors
- Measures to prevent the diversion of agricultural inputs
Thursday 19th November
The Minister of Finance will present the National Budget for 2027.
THE SENATE
Tuesday 17th November
Reports of constitutional and statutory bodies:
The Senate will be asked to consider the following reports of constitutional commissions. All except the last of them were tabled during the previous parliamentary session and lapsed when that session ended in September. The Senate will be asked to restore them to the Order Paper:
- 2025 annual report of the Judicial Service Commission
- 2025 annual report of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
- Report of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission on a by-election held in December 2025
- 2025 annual report of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission
- 2025 annual report of the Attorney-General’s Office
- 2025 annual report of the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission
- 2025 annual report of the National Prosecuting Authority
- Report of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission on a by-election held in February 2026
Bill to be considered
- Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Amendment Bill [link]
This Bill is due to undergo its Committee Stage.
Parliamentary committee report to be considered:
The Senate is expected to consider a report on the following topic:
- Rights of persons with disabilities
Petitions received
The Senate will consider a report on the following petition:
- Recognition of Kore Kore as an official language
Motions to be dealt with by the Senate:
The Senate is expected to debate motions on the following topics:
- The state of the country’s road network
- Protection of children whose mothers are imprisoned
- Reply to the President’s speech
Wednesday 18th November
The Senate is expected to continue with business not dealt with on Tuesday
Thursday 19th November
Questions set down for answer:
Questions on the following topics have been tabled for Ministers to answer in the Senate on Thursday:
- Measures to prevent trafficking in persons
- Details of Zimbabweans recruited to fight in Ukraine
- Adoption by local authorities of Model Fees By-laws
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