HARARE - Parliament has invited two Bulawayo-based journalists, Mandla Tshuma and Lulu Brenda Harris to a meeting following their petition seeking the amendment of the Electoral Act to include postal voting for journalists. In Zimbabwe, postal voting is only accorded to people in the security services, at embassies abroad and other civil servants on electoral…
2021-01-19 12:35:52 GMT2021-01-19 20:35:52(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HARARE, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) Zimbabwe s Parliament has once again suspended portfolio and thematic committee business following the re-imposition of the current 30-day nationwide lockdown on Jan. 5.
The Parliament House was currently operating with the critical 30 percent of staff in line with government and COVID-19 health guidelines, the Herald newspaper reported Tuesday, quoting acting Clerk of Parliament Helen Dingani.
The committees conduct the bulk of Parliament s oversight role through public hearings and also carry out outreach programs to gather people s views on topical issues and legislation.
The Senate, which will resume sitting next Tuesday, will sit with reduced numbers, Dingani said.