Open Committee Meetings Next Week
There are five open parliamentary committee meetings scheduled for this week, as indicated below. Also, the Thematic Committee on Climate Change will be visiting wetlands round Harare, and the Committee’s itinerary is also indicated below.
“Open”, in the context of committee meetings, means that members of the public are entitled to attend, but as observers only. Members of the public who wish to attend meetings in the New Parliament Building must produce their IDs to gain entry to the Building.
Monday 8th September at 10 a.m.
Portfolio Committee on Environment, Climate and Wild Life
Oral evidence from a Mr Moyo on his petition seeking the enactment of an Ecocide Bill
Venue: Committee Room 13, third floor, New Parliament Building.
Monday 8th September at 2 p.m.
Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs, Security Services and War Veterans Affairs
Oral evidence from the Ministry of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle on issues arising from its 2024 fourth quarter and 2025 first quarter Budget Performance Reports
Venue: Committee Room 1, first floor, New Parliament Building.
Monday 8th September at 2 p.m.
Joint Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and Thematic Committee on Culture and Heritage
Oral evidence from the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on a petition from Habakkuk Trust seeking the inclusion of women in traditional courts.
Venue: Committee Room 14, third floor, New Parliament Building.
Tuesday 9th September at 10 a.m.
Portfolio Committee on Energy and Power Development
Oral evidence from the Ministry of Energy and Power Development on the Ministry’s 2025 first quarter Budget Performance Report.
Venue: Committee Room 10, second floor, New Parliament Building.
Tuesday 9th September at 11 a.m.
Thematic Committee on Sustainable Development Goals
Presentation from the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare on the Open SDGs Data Portal.
Venue: Committee Room 6, second floor, New Parliament Building.
Visits to Harare Wetlands
By the Thematic Committee on Climate Change
Monday 8th September 2025
| Time | Venue |
| 8:30 to 9 a.m. | Kuwadzana Service Station |
| 9 to 9:30 a.m. | Budiriro Wetland |
| 10 to 10:30 a.m. | Monavale Wetland |
| 11 to 11:30 a.m. | Harare Drive along Gwebi River |
| 12 to 12:30 p.m. | Bloomingdale, Rosedean and Harare Drive |
Friday 12th September
| Time | Venue |
| 8:30 to 9 a.m. | Boundary Road, Eastlea Wetland |
| 9:30 to 10 a.m. | Greendale Wetland, behind Food Lovers |
| 10:50 to 11:20 a.m. | Cleveland Dam |
| 11:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. | R.G. Mugabe Eastlea Wetland, Mukuvisi Woodland area |
| 2 to 2:30 p.m. | Borrowdale Wetland, Pomona area |
| 3 to 3:30 p.m. | Marlborough Wetland |
| 3:50 to 4:20 p.m. | Ashbrittle |