Open Committee Meetings This Week
There are four open parliamentary committee meetings scheduled for the coming week, as indicated below. Also, the Portfolio Committee on Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare will be holding public hearings on the Public Service Amendment Bill [link] and the Occupational Safety and Health Bill [link], while the Thematic Committee on Climate Change will be visiting wetlands in Harare. The Committees’ itineraries are 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 29th September at 10 a.m.
Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs, Security Services and War Veterans Affairs
Oral evidence from the Commissioner-General of Police on measures to address increasing armed robberies in the country
Venue: Committee Room 1, first floor, New Parliament Building.
Monday 29th September at 10 a.m.
Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development
Oral evidence from the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe on export licences issued for energy minerals in relation to the beneficiation policy
Oral evidence from the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency on its role in promoting investment in energy minerals.
Venue: Committee Room 5, first floor, New Parliament Building.
Tuesday 30th September at 10 a.m.
Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Rural Development
Oral evidence from the Agricultural Marketing Authority on the 2025 cotton validation results
Venue: Committee Room 11, third floor, New Parliament Building.
Tuesday 30th 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 and second quarter Budget Performance Reports
Venue: Committee Room 10, second floor, New Parliament Building.
Public Hearings on the Public Service Amendment Bill and the Occupational Safety and Health Bill by the Portfolio Committee on Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare
Team A
| Date | Venue | Time | Activity |
| 29.9.2025 | Hopefay Hotel, Marondera | 2 to 3 pm | Public hearing on the Public Service Amendment Bill |
| 29.9.2025 | Hopefay Hotel, Marondera | 3 to 4 pm | Public hearing on the Occupational Safety and Health Bill |
| 30.9.2025 | Cooksey Memorial Hall, Chinhoyi | 10 to 11 am | Public hearing on the Public Service Amendment Bill |
| 30.9.2025 | Cooksey Memorial Hall, Chinhoyi | 11 am to 12 pm | Public hearing on the Occupational Safety and Health Bill |
Team B
| Date | Venue | Time | Activity |
| 29.9.2025 | Ambassador Hotel, Harare | 9 am | Public hearing |
| 29.9.2025 | Mbuya Nehanda, Marondera | 6 pm | Public hearing |
| 30.9.2025 | Queens Hall, Mutare | 10 am | Public hearing |
| 30.9.2025 | Chipadze, Bindura | 10 to 11 am | Public hearing on the Public Service Amendment Bill |
| 30.9.2025 | Chipadze, Bindura | 11 am to 12 pm | Public hearing on the Occupational Safety and Health Bill |
| 1.10.2025 | Civil Centre, Masvingo | 10 am | Public hearing |
| 2.10.2025 | Chapo Business Centre, Matopos | 9 am | Public hearing |
| 2.10.2025 | Selborne Hotel, Bulawayo | 2 pm | Public hearing |
| 3.10.2025 | Hwange Town Hall, Hwange | 12 pm | Public hearing |
| 4.10.2025 | Chinotimba Hall, Victoria Falls | 10 am | Public hearing |
| 6.10.2025 | Gweru Theatre, Gweru | 10 am | Public hearing |
| 7.10.2025 | Chinhoyi Town Hall, Chinhoyi | 10 am | Public hearing |
Visits to Selected Harare Wetlands
by the Thematic Committee on Climate Change
Monday 29th September 2025
| Time | Venue |
| 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. | Cleveland Dam |
| 10 to 11:30 a.m. | Marlborough Wetland |
| 12 to 1 p.m. | Ashbrittle |