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The new Constitutional Amendment Bill seeks to give President Emmerson Mnangagwa powers to appoint seven people to the Cabinet who are not Members of Parliament.
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the Bill will allow the president to appoint more ministers with critical skills:
<blockquote>This provision allows the president to appoint people who have critical skills as ministers and it’s a good move. It’s not related to the number of the whole ministers but it only deals with the number of ministers who are not MPs or senators. The president can choose not to appoint anyone who is not a legislator, he is only limited to appoint up to seven.</blockquote>
Under current Constitutional provisions, the President has the power to appoint “only” five people to the cabinet who are not legislators.
Mnangagwa’s current cabinet has Local Government minister July Moyo, Higher and Tertiary Education minister <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Amon_Murwira" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amon Murwira</a>, Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kirsty_Coventry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kirsty Coventry</a>, Finance minister <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Mthuli_Ncube" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mthuli Ncube</a> and Health minister Obadiah Moyo who are not Members of Parliament.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2020/01/06/ed-to-appoint-more-ministers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a></h4>

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ED Seeks Powers To Appoint More Cabinet Ministers

Advocate Thabani Mpofu of the “fulcrum” and the “pith” fame who is also the lawyer of opposition MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa in his power wrangle with Thokozani Khupe has described Cabinet’s approval of the Constitutional Amendment Bill of 2019 as “nonsensical”.
We present his statement in full below.
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FULL TEXT: "The Intention To Amend The Zimbabwe Constitution Is Quite Frankly Illiterate NONSENSE," Advocate Thabani Mpofu

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WATCH: Post Cabinet Media Briefing

A South African online publication, TimesLive, has apparently mocked the government of Zimbabwe for naming eight streets after President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emmerson Mnangagwa</a>.
An article by the publication about Mnangagwa’s move to have the streets named after himself has been titled: “Me, me, me, me, me, me, me and me: Mnangagwa names eight streets after himself.”
An MDC Alliance councillor from Harare said that changes to road names were the responsibility of local government and not Cabinet and as such, the local authority would try to block the decision. Said the councillor:
<blockquote>According to the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Urban_Councils_Act" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Urban Councils Act</a> passed in 2018 section 212(1) signed by the minister of local government, renaming streets or numbering of structures is a prerogative of the local authority. So if we don’t endorse it, by law it shouldn’t go through.</blockquote>
President Mnangagwa has already amassed eight honorary doctorate degrees during his two years in office and earlier this month, he unveiled his own statue at <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Masvingo_Airport" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Masvingo Airport</a>.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/africa/2019-11-22-me-me-me-me-me-me-me-and-me-mnangagwa-names-eight-streets-after-himself/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TimesLive</a></h4>

"Me, me, me, me, me, me, me and me", ED's Decision To Name 8 Streets After Himself Ridiculed

On Thursday, the cabinet resolved to rename a significant number of roads in Harare and Bulawayo, with 10 of them being named after President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa.
The decision has been roundly criticised with Zimbabweans expressing their anger via social media platforms. Below are some of the comments made by Zimbabweans on Twitter:
<blockquote>The country is in a crisis. Dysfunctional healthcare system after the government fired doctors. Women giving birth in medieval conditions in backyard “clinics”. Hyperinflation looming. Unlit &amp; potholed roads. What does Zimbabwe’s Cabinet do? Announces a long list of new road names. Alex Magaisa
Naming roads after communist leaders like Leonid Brezhnev and Mao speak volumes on the type of leadership we have in this country, hence the command economics, the banning of opposition demonstrations and the soft genocide happening in hospitals. What’s left, a one-party state? Richard Tsvangirai
Did you know that in 2012, Harare City Council passed a resolution to change Enterprise Road to Solomon Mujuru Road? Then local government minister Ignatius Chombo torpedoed plan, stating: ‘It’s a nullity. The city should follow proper procedures and write to the ministry for approval.’ ZimLive
Let’s not be diverted by the re-naming of the roads it’s a non-event. The real issue is the Police brutality that occurred on Wednesday. Citizens must unite and say No to Police Brutality. We must say No to poverty and Hunger. We must also say NO to the de facto BAN of the MDC. Chalton Hwende
An incompetent ED wants to immortalize himself whether he falls or prevails. All the other name changes are to cover-up this wicked ambition. His name must be called in 8 cities every day, forever. That’s the ‘big idea’ while the Zim degenerates into mayhem. How low can you sink? Arthur Guseni Oliver Mutambara
Safirio Madzikatiro, Solomon Souza, Joel Shambo, Lawrence Simbarashe, Paul Matavire, Jairos Jiri, Oliver Mtukudzi, Dayton Somanje, Artwell Mandaza, And many more are names worth considering when roads are next renamed @Njube @Sekuru. Raymond Majongwe
Yes, it would seem to be in the national interest to fix roads before renaming them. Even so, perhaps it would be appropriate to name this particular section of road after Emmerson Mnangagwa in recognition of what he has done to #Zimbabwe since seizing power 2 years ago. David Coltart
They inherited roads with streets lights.
They inherited roads without potholes! They looted everything &amp; now their leader is naming ten roads after himself!
Perhaps it is befitting that he now has his name on roads with no street lights &amp; full of potholes!
That is his legacy! Hopewell Chin’ono</blockquote>

Renaming Of Roads Sparks Outrage; Here Is How Zimbabweans Reacted

Cabinet has reportedly approved the renaming of several roads in Harare during a cabinet meeting held on Thursday.
This was revealed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Ndavaningi Mangwana. Here are the new names:
NEW HARARE STREET NAMES:
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<li>Enterprise Road – ED Mnangagwa</li>
<li>Selous Avenue – John Landa Nkomo</li>
<li>Cameron Street – Joseph Musika</li>
<li>Kirkman Drive – Solomon Mujuru</li>
<li>Livingstone Avenue – Oliver Tambo</li>
<li>Charter Road – Fidel Castro</li>
<li>Five Avenue – Leonid Brezhnev</li>
<li>Angwa Street – Seretse Khama</li>
<li>Baines Avenue – Herbert Ushewokunze</li>
<li>Argyle Road – Sydney Malunga</li>
<li>Dieppe Road – Vitalis Zvinavashe</li>
<li>Rezende Street – Julia Zvobgo</li>
<li>The Chase – Sikwili Moyo Street</li>
<li>Blackstone Street – Joseph Culverwell</li>
<li>Quendon Drive – Edison Zvobgo Drive</li>
</ol>
NEW BULAWAYO STREET NAMES: 
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<li>6th Avenue – ED Mnangagwa</li>
<li>9th Avenue – SV Muzenda</li>
<li>4th Avenue – John Landa Nkomo</li>
<li>12th Avenue – Joseph Msika</li>
<li>5th Avenue – Maria Msika</li>
<li>10th Avenue – Nikita Mangena</li>
<li>Fife Street – Queen Lozikeyi</li>
<li>Collenbrander – Lookout Masuku</li>
<li>Connaught Avenue – Cephas Cele</li>
<li>13th Avenue to include Anthony Taylor Ave – Clement Muchachi</li>
<li>14th Avenue – George Nyandoro</li>
<li>Doncaster Road – Sikanjaya Muntanga</li>
<li>Vic Falls Road – Mosi-Oa-Tunya Road</li>
<li>23rd Avenue – Jairos Jiri Avenue</li>
<li>11th Avenue – Daniel Madzimbamuto</li>
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Updated: Govt Renames Streets In Harare & Bulawayo

<blockquote>PRESS STATEMENT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET ON THE APPOINTMENT OF PERMANENT SECRETARIES
1. The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet is pleased to announce that His Excellency the President has, in terms of Section 205 [1] of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment [No. 20] Act 2013, appointed Dr John Basera as the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement and Engineer Silibaziso Chizwina as the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities.
2. Dr John Basera is a holder of a degree in agronomy, an MBA and a PhD in agribusiness. He has extensive experience in agriculture with a focus on agronomy, agricultural extension services, agricultural value chain management, agricultural strategy, finance and marketing in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi and Namibia.
Dr Basera joins the Ministry at a time when Government is focusing on revitalizing agriculture as a critical component of national efforts to realize Vision 2030.
Dr Basera has worked in the private sector including Seed-Co and is currently the Technical Director in charge of the agricultural portfolio at CBZ. The appointment of Dr Basera is with effect from 1st January 2020.
3. Engineer Silibaziso Chizwina holds degree qualifications in civil and water engineering; project management and business administration.
She brings a wealth of experience in real estate planning, investment and development, which she gained at NOCZIM, NSSA and the Ministry of Education and at UDCORP.
She joins the housing sector to give impetus to national efforts to energize the housing delivery value chain. Her leadership will be critical in delivering housing and integrated social amenities, particularly in peri-urban, rural and resettlement areas where challenges abound.
She will also be responsible for addressing the urgent issues of integrating resilient design into the development of national housing and social amenities, in the context of the emerging challenges wrought by climate change-related phenomenon. The appointment of Engineer Chizwina is with immediate effect.
CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET 
18 NOV 2019 
Dr Misheck J M Sibanda</blockquote>

President Mnangagwa Appoints New Permanent Secretaries {Full Text}

Chief secretary to the President and Cabinet, Misheck Sibanda, said Cabinet will this week meet on Thursday 21 November.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is attending the Global Business Forum Africa 2019 in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
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Cabinet Defers Weekly Meeting To Thursday

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_African_National_Union_-_Patriotic_Front" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zanu-PF Youth</a> League national Secretary for Administration Tendai Chirau lauded President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emmerson Mnangagwa</a> for increasing the number of younger ministers in the government.
Chirau said President Mnangagwa has moved away from the old way when only the elderly were considered for Cabinet posts. Said Chirau:
<blockquote>The unrelenting recognition of young people by His Excellency President Mnangagwa’s new government and the new dispensation is an endorsement of the inclusive philosophy of generational blending where the young are blended with the elders in charting the developmental trajectory of our motherland.</blockquote>
President Mnangagwa made a mini-reshuffle of his cabinet last Friday with Jenfan Muswere (38) appointed as the new Information, Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Minister while former Industry and Commerce Minister Nqobizitha Ndlovu (38) was reassigned to be Environment, Climate Change, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister.
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Tinoda Machakaire (36) was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation, while Dingimuzi Phuti (38), was made the Deputy Minister of ICT.
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<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/youth-league-commends-president/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></h4>

ZANU PF Youths  Laud ED For Appointing Young People In Govt

President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emmerson Mnangagwa</a> is mulling making further changes to his cabinet after a mini-reshuffle on Friday, The Standard reports. The second reshuffle will see some ministers being dropped from the cabinet while others will be reassigned.
Last Friday’s mini-reshuffle was meant to pacify Vice President Chiwenga’s supporters as well as to deal with growing concerns in the ruling party that the president had concentrated power in his home province, the Midlands. The publication quotes a party insider as saying:
<blockquote>The changes are motivated by the president’s desire to consolidate power and do tribal balancing more than performance.
There are a lot of political reasons why three people from Mashonaland East, Chiwenga’s home province were appointed.</blockquote>
Another party insider told The Standard that Mnangagwa has realised that most of the people he had been appointing are from the Midlands and he now wants to decentralise power in preparation for the 2023 elections.
Last week’s reshuffle saw  <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kazembe_Kazembe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kazembe Kazembe</a> being appointed as the new Home Affairs minister to replace <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Cain_Mathema" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cain Mathema</a>, who was moved to the Primary and Secondary Education portfolio, among several other changes.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2019/11/10/ed-axe-bigwigs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Standard</a></h4>

ED To Make Another Cabinet Reshuffle Soon - REPORT

<blockquote>The MDC is totally unimpressed and unmoved by the Cabinet reshuffle. Worse still, the reshuffle means Zimbabwe now has a useless and expensive bloated Cabinet that will only prove to be a real waste of hard-earned taxpayers money.
It is our strong and unequivocal stance that no matter how many times the Cabinet maybe reshuffled; this will in no way make any difference to end the crisis in Zimbabwe.
Indeed, the crisis in Zimbabwe is much bigger than a mere Cabinet reshuffle.
The crisis in Zimbabwe is clearly a crisis of political legitimacy and continued bad governance as demonstrated by the ever-rising high levels of corruption in the country.
Zimbabwe will remain in perpetual crisis because it has a lack of visionary leadership that is derived from a popular mandate from the long-suffering masses of Zimbabwe.
The people’s party remains clear and resolute in its stance that as long as the head of the Cabinet is not a popularly elected President; no amount of reshuffles will be able to turn the dire Zimbabwean situation around.
In line with its RELOAD strategy document, the MDC is very clear that the first step towards the restoration of normalcy in Zimbabwe will only happen once there is an unconditional acknowledgement that there is real need of a genuine or credible all-inclusive national dialogue facilitated by a neutral convenor.
The same dialogue process must also be able to agree on a transitional mechanism that will facilitate the implementation of comprehensive reforms.
Once this is all done, free and fair elections will then be held, that will enable Zimbabwe to have an undisputed popularly elected President.
As such, unless and until that happens first; no Cabinet reshuffle will be able to end the crisis in Zimbabwe.
MDC@20: Celebrating Courage, Growth and the People’s Victories
Daniel Molokele 
National Spokesperson 
Movement For Democratic Change</blockquote>

MDC: Cabinet Reshuffle A Useless Sideshow {Full Text}

On Friday, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Misheck_Sibanda" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Misheck Sibanda</a>, announced that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had reshuffled his cabinet.
The changes did not generate much excitement, with some observers unconvinced. Here are some of the comments made by Zimbabweans on Twitter:
<blockquote>Ethiopia (107m) the second most populous nation in Africa after Nigeria, cut the size of its cabinet from 28 to 20, of which half were women. Delinquents in Zimbabwe with a population of less than 16m, are increasing the size of the cabinet. Ali Naka
My hunch is that this Cabinet is now so inflated that by the time the numbers are in people will be VERY shocked. Mduduzi Mathuthu
In 2005, Emmerson Mnangagwa was appointed to a backwater ministry called the Ministry of Rural Housing and Social Amenities.
14 years later, as president leading a broke government he has appointed one <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Daniel_Garwe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daniel Garwe</a> as Minister of National Housing and Social Amenities.
… the Cabinet needs total replacement. Reshuffling is just kungoshafula without a plan! Alex Magaisa
Inconsequential cabinet reshuffle. Changing of stomach politics, patronage. Pedzisai Ruhanya
ED Cabinet reshuffle! Casualty Mupfumira, no surprises. What does @SekaiNzenza know about industry? Interestingly ‘cash cow’ Public Services are given to a ‘homeboy’ @ProfPMavima. Hokoyo! July Moyo min stripped. Comberbach kicked out of @MoFA_ZW for that letter to @usembassyharare. Lloyd Msipa
So instead of reducing the already bloated cabinet, ED increased it. #Asakhe. Zenzele
Putting Cain Mathema in charge of #education is simply appalling. David Coltart.
Cde ED has moved from elevating the National Youth League alone. There are now more Provincial Youth League members deputising in Ministries too. Cde ED has extended the appointment to the Youth League as a whole.
National (NEC) members
Hon. M. Ndlovu
Hon. Y. Simbanegavi. – ZANU PF Patriots
Ministerial Changes Thread: In shifting Mangaliso Ndlovu I think the Ministry of Trade has lost someone who was very capacitated and progressive but that loss is Ministry of Environment’s gain.
Tino Machakaire comes in as politically astute and inclined to do more for the party as a young person than Kirsty. He is also well resourced and that means much in local politics.
But for the Education sector to which Cain Mathema has been transferred, I say rest in peace. That area needs an academic. My heart is bleeding. Education is the foundation of this country. Temba Mliswa.
While this cabinet reshuffle seems to be a non-event, seen historically &amp; nationally, it’s a confirmation of Mnangagwa’s gukurahundi mentality &amp; opposition to the 1987 Unity Accord. For the first time in decades, the security sector has no minister from Matabeleland. Outrageous! Jonathan Moyo.
Actually, the Unity Accord did not have any specific terms contrary to common beliefs. Umdala wethu signed up to stop the carnage in Matebeleland. It was more a gentleman’s agreement between the two men. I fear with both now gone the spirit of the UA may have gone with them. Alex Magaisa</blockquote>

ZIMBABWEANS REACT: To President Mnangagwa's Cabinet Reshuffle & Expansion

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s latest cabinet reshuffle does not inspire confidence since he failed to bring in new blood from outside the ruling ZANU PF party, a political commentator has said.
Human Rights lawyer, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Dewa_Mavhinga" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dewa Mavhinga,</a> opined that cabinet needs to have heavyweight technocrats in various fields who are given freedom to apply their skills in their areas of expertise to turn around the country’s fortunes. He said:
<blockquote>It does not look like the latest Cabinet reshuffle will amount to much because no new blood was injected from outside of Zanu PF.
What is important is for President Mnangagwa to have radical transformation where Cabinet’s work ethic changes to one of high performance, with zero tolerance to corruption.
Cabinet also needs to have heavyweight technocrats in various fields who are given free rein to apply their expertise to turn Zimbabwe’s economy around.</blockquote>
President Mnangagwa on Friday announced the much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle with a new ministry created altogether, the  Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities.
A few ministers were moved to different portfolios, with  <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kazembe_Kazembe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kazembe Kazembe</a> being promoted to the powerful Home  Affairs ministry where he replaced <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Cain_Mathema" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cain Mathema</a> – who becomes the new minister of Primary and Secondary Education.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/11/09/ed-reshuffles-cabinet-team-but-critics-describe-changes-as-much-ado-about-nothing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a></h4>

ED's Cabinet Reshuffle Much Ado About Nothing - ANALYST

MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS AND RE-ASSIGNMENTS 
In terms of Subsection 1 of Section 104 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act 2013, His Excellency the President, Cde Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has made the following Ministerial appointments and re-assignments:
1.0 MINISTERS
<ol>
<li>Honourable Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu – Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Tourism and Hospitality Industry</li>
<li>Honourable Dr Sekesai Irene Nzenza – Minister of Industry and Commerce</li>
<li>Honourable Professor Paul Mavima – Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare</li>
<li>Honourable Ambassador Cain Mathema – Minister of Primary and Secondary Education</li>
<li>Honourable Kazembe Kazembe – Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage,</li>
<li>Honourable Jenfan Muswere – Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services,</li>
<li>Honourable Daniel Garwe – Minister of National Housing and Social Amenities.</li>
</ol>
2.0 DEPUTY MINISTERS:
<ol>
<li>Honourable Marian Chombo – Deputy Minister of Local Government and Public Works</li>
<li>Honourable David Musabayana – Deputy Minister of Foreign  Affairs and International Trade</li>
<li>Hon Jennifer Mhlanga – Deputy Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprise Development,</li>
<li>Honourable Yeukai Simbanegavi – Deputy Minister of  National Housing and Social Amenities</li>
<li>Honourable Dingumuzi Phuti – Deputy Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services</li>
<li>Honourable Raymore Machingura – Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development,</li>
<li>Honourable Tinoda Machakarika – Deputy Minister of  Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation</li>
<li> Honourable Clemence Chiduwa – Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development.</li>
</ol>
These appointments and re-assignments are with immediate effect.
Dr Misheck Sibanda 
CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET
8 November 2019

BREAKING: President Mnangagwa Reshuffles Cabinet {Full Text}

The Cabinet of Zimbabwe has assured members of the public that the government was necessary steps to ensure that the situation returns to normal. 
The assurance came after Cabinet was informed by the Minister of Health and Child Care that health caregivers in public hospitals were on industrial action for over 63 days now.
Moyo also revealed that of the 80 doctors charged who snubbed the disciplinary hearing, 77 were found guilty and discharged.
Workers are demanding salaries pegged in United States dollars paid in the local currency at the interbank rate. 
Meanwhile, the government is saying that it is currently incapacitated to review workers’ salaries since the budget cycle was coming to an end.
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/39th-cabinet-meeting-decisions-matrix/">The Herald</a>
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"Govt Taking Necessary Measures To Address The Health Sector Crisis" - CABINET

The cabinet on Monday discussed and made resolutions on a number of issues. Among other issues, Cabinet said that the Government, through the Health Service Board has to commence disciplinary proceedings for the striking doctors as from 21st October 2019. Cabinet also approved proposed changes to the Constitution in the following areas:
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<li> Women’s Parliament quota to be extended by 10 years.</li>
<li>That the running mate clause to be scrapped.</li>
<li>President to appoint Prosecutor General.</li>
<li>Office of Public Protector to be set up.</li>
<li>MPs be dropped from Provincial Councils</li>
<li>to provide for the setting aside of one constituency per province, to be contested for by the Youth on the basis of proportional representation.</li>
<li>to provide for the inclusion of the office of the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet in the Constitution</li>
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Download a copy of Cabinet resolutions here: <a href="https://t792ae.c2.acecdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/37th-Decision-Matrix-2019-Statement.doc">37th Decision Matrix 2019 Statement</a>

DOWNLOAD: Cabinet Resolutions

In December last year, Joy TV entred into an agreement with the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Broadcasting_Corporation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC)</a> to establish a new television station in the first quarter of 2019 but the move was blocked by the cabinet, <a href="https://twitter.com/daddyhope/status/1184850829691572224?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">according to journalist Hopewell Chin’ono.</a>
Below is the announcement that was made by ZBC about the deal with Joy TV:
<blockquote>The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is pleased to announce its partnership with Joy Media Incorporated (JMI) effective December 2018. Through this partnership, ZBC and JMI will re-launch Joy TV, an exciting new product for Zimbabwe’s Television audiences.
This recent partnership, which will most certainly complement ZBC’s programming, comes at a time when ZBC is preparing for digital switchover and will see the national broadcaster introducing an additional 6 new television channels.
Set to be launched within the first quarter of 2019, Joy TV will run as a 24-hour family entertainment channel that will air local and foreign content.
The channel will air a wide variety of genres that will include but will not be limited to to the current affairs programming, sitcoms, series, movies, reality shows, talk shows, game shows, travel and tourism, nature and wildlife among others.
ZBC and JMI are proud of this initiative especially as the benefits of this exciting new venture will go beyond enhancing the face of Zimbabwean television, but will help contribute towards vision 2030 by way of employment creation for Zimbabwe’s many young and talented creative producers and helping Zimbabwe achieve its own mark in developing creative productions for the international entertainment market.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="http://www.zbc.co.zw/joy-tv-returns/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ZBC News</a></h4>

Cabinet Blocked ZBC, Joy TV Deal - Report

<blockquote>1.The Country’s Power and Energy Supply Situation 
Cabinet received the weekly power and energy supply status report for the country by the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, as the Acting Minister of Energy and Power Development.
Following the decision by Cabinet to allow exporting mining companies to pay their electricity bills in foreign currency, the business community had now embraced the following:
adoption of renewable energy, including participation in net metering and smart metering technologies;
escalation of energy efficiency, taking note of the SADC Industrial Energy Efficiency Initiative;
implementation of the cost-reflective tariffs proposal for their members through a ring-fenced power arrangement.
Modalities to operationalise the above resolutions are being worked out. Furthermore, ZESA is now accessing 300MW during off-pick hours.
This additional power is availed through the Southern African Power Pool Day Ahead Market under a US$2 million facility which was mobilised by ZETDC from its resources. This additional power has reduced the duration of load shedding in most areas.
Cabinet was informed that about the 400MW Eskom Power Import Scheme, negotiations were still underway and that a more definitive position on the outcome of the negotiations would be issued once the remaining loose ends have been concluded.
2. Ratification of the Beijing Treaty on Audio-Visual Performances 
Cabinet considered and approved Ratification of the Beijing Treaty on Audio-Visual Performances which was presented by the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.
The treaty provides for performers’ economic rights covering reproduction, distribution, rental and making available their performances in audio-visual formats. The benefits of ratifying the treaty to Zimbabwe include the following:
ensuring that local producers and performers receive their due rewards when their audio-visual works are availed outside Zimbabwe’s borders;
guarding against the unauthorised use of performances;
strengthening the local audio-visual industry through an international system of protection;
improving the working conditions of performers by professionalising the industry; and
safeguarding cultural heritage, expressions and diversity.
The treaty will, therefore, go a long way in uplifting the plight of the audio-visual performer and addressing the major concerns relating to their welfare and infringement of their rights.
3. Principles of the Administrative Justice Amendment Bill 
Cabinet approved the Principles for the Amendment of the Administrative Justice Act (Chapter 10:28), which were presented by the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.
The principles seek to render the Act compliant with the provisions of the Constitution. Key features of the proposed amendments include the following:
providing for a definition of “administrative conduct” as stipulated in Section 332 of the Constitution;
Amendment of Section 3(1)(a) of the Act to reflect that every person has a right to administrative conduct that is lawful, prompt, efficient, reasonable, proportionate, impartial and both substantively and procedurally fair; and
Inserting in Section 4 of the Act a provision that guarantees recourse to the Constitutional Court on administrative cases that are constitutional or connected thereto.
4. Principles for the Radiation Protection Amendment Bill 
Cabinet considered and approved the Principles of the Radiation Protection Amendment Bill which were presented by the Minister of State for Presidential Affairs and Monitoring Implementation of Government Programmes.
The amendments to the Radiation Protection Act (Chapter 15:15) have been prompted by the need to ensure full alignment with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safety standards and other international agreements.
Areas of focus for the amendment of the Act will, inter alia, be as follows:
broadening the scope of the provisions of the Act to include protection against non-ionising radiation which has adverse effects on health e.g. magnetic resonance imaging, telecommunications, high voltage electricity transmission and laser technology;
ensuring that workers exposed to radiation in the workplace are protected as part of their occupational and safety rights;
safe management of radioactive waste, disused and orphan sources;
import and export control of nuclear and radioactive sources;
safe transport of radioactive material;
regulatory control of ionising and non-ionising radiation; and
emergency preparedness and response to nuclear incidents and accidents.
Zimbabwe is a signatory to several international conventions and treaties related to nuclear and radiation safety and security, hence the need to align its laws accordingly.
5. Report on the Food Deficit Mitigation Programme 
Cabinet received the Food Deficit Mitigation Programme report from the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare.
The report showed that, to date, a total of 189 042,52 tonnes of grain have been distributed to vulnerable households in both the country’s rural and urban provinces.
In Harare, the areas covered were Zengeza, Seke, Budiriro, Glen View, Kuwadzana, Dzivaresekwa, Kambuzuma, Rugare and Glen Norah.
In Bulawayo, the areas covered were Njube, Magwegwe, Nketa, Tshabalala, Nkulumane and Silwane.
The full breakdown of the grain distributed on a province-by-province basis is provided in the table which I will not bother to go through, but will be availed to the media after this briefing:
6. Marriages Amendment Bill 
Cabinet members sought clarification from the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on the import of Section 40 of the Marriages Amendment Bill currently before Parliament.
Following the explanation by the minister, Cabinet observed that the concept of a “Civil Union” or “partnership” is foreign and not consistent with Zimbabwe’s cultural norms as well as its Christian values.
Accordingly, Cabinet directed that Section 40, which bears reference to “Civil Partnerships” be removed forthwith from the proposed Marriages Amendment Bill.
7. Report Back on the 9th Zimbabwe-Namibia Joint Permanent Commission of Cooperation held from July 22-24, 2019 
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade briefed Cabinet on the 9th Zimbabwe-Namibia Joint Commission of Cooperation held in Windhoek, Namibia from July 22 to 24, 2019.
At the joint commission, the following Memoranda of Understanding were signed:
Memorandum of Understanding on the Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises;
Memorandum on Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation;
Memorandum of Understanding on the Practical Implementation of the Bilateral Trade Agreement;
Memorandum of Understanding on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Cooperation;
The Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the field of information, media and broadcasting; and
Memorandum of Understanding between the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority and the Namibia Customs and Excise on mutual administrative assistance.
The minister also briefed Cabinet on the commissioning of the dry port facility at Walvis Bay. The dry port is built on 18 332 square metres and is issued based on a 50-year renewable lease agreement.
Management Recruitment is currently underway. The National Handling Services is to operationalise the port. Discussions will be held with the revenue authorities to facilitate pre-clearance of freight, thereby helping in de-congesting of other ports.
Following the commissioning of the dry port, there is now scope for Zimbabwe to establish an open merchant ship registry and to register ocean-going ships.
Following His Excellency President ED Mnangagwa’s interaction with Zimbabweans in Namibia, Cabinet resolved that invitations for appointments in commissions, boards of public enterprises and Government ministries and agencies be also extended to nationals in the Diaspora.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage will actively engage its counterparts in the region to speedily resolve issues affecting Zimbabweans in those countries.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/27th-cabinet-meeting-decisions-matrix/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>
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FULL TEXT: 27th Cabinet Meeting Decisions Matrix

MDC vice president, Tendai Biti, says that the Cabinet’s decision to withdraw section 40 from the Marriages Bills is wrong and ill-advised.
Biti argues that the Zimbabwe public and the Parliament itself must debate the clause. <a href="https://twitter.com/BitiTendai/status/1156434285106290689" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Writing on Twitter</a>, he said:
<blockquote>Surely the regime’s cabinet has no right to withdraw section 40 of the Marriages Bill from Parliament.
The Zimbabwe public and Parliament itself must debate the clause.
Civil partnerships are a hard reality and they can not be deleted from Zimbabwe’s geo-space. Law must deal with the same.</blockquote>
On Tuesday, the Cabinet resolved to withdraw the controversial clause from the Marriages Bill.
The clause would have, among a plethora of other things, licenced civil partnerships which are not classified as marriage under current laws.

Biti Condemns Cabinet For Withdrawing 'Civil Partnerships' Clause From Marriages Bill

The Cabinet on Tuesday resolved to remove the controversial section 40 from the Marriages Bill which recognises civil partnerships.
The Section had met stiff resistance from the public as it was considered to be a move to legalise cohabitation (kubika mapoto).
Speaking during a post-media Cabinet briefing held in Harare on Tuesday, Attorney-General Prince Machaya said:
<blockquote>Marriage creates a status in a person. When two people meet and get married, their status in law changes, they have a news status: that of married people.
That status comes with certain rights and obligations that the parties in that marriage can enforce against each other and against the world as a whole.
Now, when two people just move and live together, the rights they have are the rights they have as individuals. Their living together does not confer any additional rights upon them.
So, a person who enters into such an arrangement and is thereafter left by the other party can only enforce such rights as they have as individuals because they have not acquired any additional rights by entering into that arrangement.</blockquote>
Machaya added that couples who are involved in the practice of cohabitating know that what they are doing is frowned upon by society. He said:
<blockquote>They’re aware of what they’re doing; they’re aware of how those types of relationships are viewed by society and that the law does not recognise them.
So people should not cry foul and say that they’re not being protected because there’re virtually no additional rights to protect except the rights they always had as individuals.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.zimlive.com/2019/07/30/civil-partnerships-dropped-from-marriages-bill-ministers-say-no-extra-rights-for-cohabiting/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ZimLive.com</a></h4>

UPDATED: Cabinet Revokes 'Civil Partnerships' Section From Marriages Bill

Reports coming in suggest that the Cabinet has just resolved to pay maize farmers US$242 per tonne at the prevailing interbank rate which translates to RTGS 1400 per tonne.
Agrinews observes that this is an upward review from the RTGS726 announced a few weeks back.
This comes when other cotton growers were told recently that they will be getting only a high of USD10 for their crops. The Tobacco sale season also delayed starting as there was a standoff between the government and farmers over the pricing of the golden leaf. The government later announced that it would be giving farmers 50% of their proceeds in foreign currency.
More: <a href="https://twitter.com/agrinews3/status/1138476801267777537" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agrinews</a>

BREAKING: Cabinet Reviews Up Maize Prices

Full Text: Post Cabinet Media Statement

The cabinet on Thursday approved the Marriages Amendment Bill, which will see the repeal and replacement of the Customary Marriages Act (Chapter 5:07) and the Marriages Act (Chapter 5:11).
The new law seeks to outlaw child marriages and homosexual marriages, among other provisions in line with the new constitution.
This was revealed by the Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Priscah Mupfumira, who was representing Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa during a post-cabinet media briefing. Said Mupfumira:
<blockquote>The objectives of the Bill are inter alia [to] ensure gender equality; recognise the rights of women, youth and children; recognise the cultural groups and the preservation of cultural values and practices which enhance the dignity, wellbeing and equality of the people; provide for free and full consent to marriage by the intending parties; to accord the primacy of the best interests of the child, prohibit same-sex marriages; and recognise the supremacy of the constitution which invalidates, any law, practice, custom and conduct inconsistent with the constitution.</blockquote>
The issue of same-sex marriages is a hot potato, with “progressive” elements in society calling for its canonisation while “conservatives” consider it a taboo.
There was an uproar a few weeks ago when it was reported that some legislators were pushing for the lowering of the age of sexual consent to 12 years.
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Information Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa said that the government shall ensure that foreign currency is available to the business community.
Briefing the media on Tuesday after a Cabinet meeting, Mutsvangwa said:
<blockquote>Government is very concerned about price increases and is therefore putting in place mechanisms to ensure foreign currency is made available, to the business community to procure all materials for production processes
This will go a long way to stabilise the availability of foreign currency, which is essential to the stability of prices.
Given this initiative, government is appealing to businesses to exercise restraint and not increase prices wantonly.</blockquote>
This marks a departure from the stance held by government lately. The government has been blaming the business community for deliberately and unreasonably raising prices. On the other hand, the business community was citing the scarcity of foreign currency as the real reason behind the price hikes.
Prices of fuel, bread, maize meal and other basics have shot through the roof in the past few month. Resultantly, consumer organisations threatened to take action if the issue would continue unabated. The government in turn warned of a possible crackdown on protestors if need be.
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Govt Surrenders, Agrees To Provide Foreign Currency To The Business Community

Cabinet failed to meet on Tuesday this week as is the custom. The Deputy Minister for Information, Media and Broadcasting Services told the Daily News that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is still on leave.
However, political analysts who spoke to the Daily News said that it is shocking that Mnangagwa goes on leave yet the country is in crisis.
Former civic leader and political analyst McDonald Lewanika said:
<blockquote>It is telling when the president cuts short his leave to deal with the crisis, and the crisis remains unresolved and he is not allowed to resume his duties. Something is clearly amiss.
In any event, the development shows a government that is at sixes and sevens with multiple centres of authority and power.
Without alternative explanations, the failure of Cabinet to meet in the midst of a crisis regardless of who would be in the chair is telling and suggests a disheartening lack of urgency and order in the State.</blockquote>
Piers Pigou said that it appears Mnangagwa and his Deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, have no clue on what to do to end the crises. He said:
<blockquote>Given the notification by the Apex Council for industrial action, it appears neither Mnangagwa nor his deputy, Chiwenga, has a clear route forward to resolve the currency and related salary and costs crises.</blockquote>
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<h3>More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/01/10/cabinet-fails-to-sit">Daily News</a></h3>

Cabinet's Failure To Meet Shows Lack Of Urgency In Solving Ongoing Crises - Analysts

Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube has said that the government has temporarily shelved the purchase of vehicles for ministers and members of parliament (MPs) in order use the resources to fight the cholera outbreak. The government is expected to spend $20 million for the purchase of new vehicles for the 350 legislators. Ministers are also entitled to 3 vehicles, Mercedes-Benz sedans, Range Rovers and Toyota Land Cruisers. Deputy ministers are entitled to 2 vehicles, all-terrain Mazda BT50s as well as Mercedes-Benz sedans.
Addressing journalists on Wednesday, Ncube said,
<blockquote>With the 15.7 million that the government has pledged towards the outbreak of cholera, we suspended things like purchase of vehicles for Ministers and Members of Parliament to make sure that we deal with this outbreak immediately. Of cause there is still a gap, it’s a long-term gap in the sense that we still need further investments within the sector so that there will be further resources from the public.
Crowdfunding is not new, l just brought it to Zimbabwe remember after September 11 this was done of cause l am not trying to compare our selves with other governments but politicians in the United States use crowdfunding to raise money from as little as a dollar to finance whatever they are doing</blockquote>
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Govt Suspends Purchase Of Vehicles For Ministers, MPs To Deal With Cholera

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reported to have issued a directive in which all the decisions made by the cabinet will be made public and communicated to the nation every Wednesday. The President took the decision to promote greater transparency after a cabinet meeting on Monday, ahead of the opening of the Ninth Parliament on Tuesday. The decisions will be made on Wednesdays because cabinet meetings are normally held on Tuesdays. In his opening remarks at yesterday’s cabinet meeting, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said
<blockquote>I expect members of my Government to speak with one voice. Our approach will entail four or five Ministers making presentations during the course of a Cabinet Meeting like this one, until the 100-Day cycle ends. The decision taken by Cabinet will be communicated to the nation every Wednesday, after we have met. Thus, the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services. will issue a press statement in the presence of the Chief Secretary, and the implementing Ministers. This will help to entrench transparency, and a culture of responsiveness, as we seek to transform the quality of life of our people.</blockquote>
The president also said that the government would work in 100-day cycles.
<blockquote>Going forward, we should continue to apply the 100-Day cycles as a way of doing business in Government, supported by the monitoring of performance outcomes using the Executive Electronic Dashboard. This means that, at the click of a button, project performance tracking has been made easy across Cabinet Ministries and parastatals. All Ministers, particularly new ones, should embrace the 100-Day Cycle as the norm of doing business in Cabinet.</blockquote>
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