Government and Quasi-Governmental Agencies of Zimbabwe

All government Ministries

• Foreign Affairs
• Finance Agriculture 
• Home Affairs.
• Defence.
• Environment & Tourism
• Health & Child Welfare
• Education, Sport & Culture.
• Transport & Communications.
• Energy & Power Development   
• Lands, Land Reform And Resettlement   
• Mines & Mining Development 
• Economic Development
• Information & Publicity
• Higher & Tertiary Education
• Industry & International Trade      
• Public Service, Labour & Social Welfare
• Small & Medium Enterprises Development
• Water Resources & Infrastructural Development    
• State Enterprises,  Anti-Corruption & Anti-Monopolies
• Local Government, Public Works & Urban Development
• Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
• Youth Development & Employment Creation
• Science & Technology Development
• Women Affairs, Gender & Community Development
• Rural Housing and Social Amenities

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

• Policy Implementation
• Indigenisation & Empowerment
• Public & Interactive Affairs
• National Archives
• Central Computing Services
• Geological Survey
• Public Service Commission

QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND STATUTORY BODIES

• Law Society of Zimbabwe.
• Media Information Commission of Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe Election Commission
• Ombudsman of Zimbabwe.
• Anti-Corruption Commission
• Sports and Recreation Commission of Zimbabwe Lawyers
• Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions

FURTHER INFORMATION ON KEY MINISTRIES ON HUMAN RIGHTS

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

Address

The Permanent Secretary

Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs

P. Bag 7751, Causeway, Harare

New Government Complex

Corner Samora Machel / Fourth Street

Telephone 774560 or 774620/7

Ministriy’s Departments

Magistrates department

Supreme court and master/registrar and sheriff of the high court department

Department of deeds, companies, trade marks, patents and industrial designs

Administration and finance division

Human resources department

Community service in Zimbabwe

Legal aid directorate

Internal audit Law development commission

Zimbabwe prison service

Attorney-General's Office Judicial College Ombudsman

Policy and Research department

Ministry’s Vision And Mission

To uphold the Constitution and Legal system of the State of Zimbabwe including the provision of legal and quasi-judicial services.

Functions for the Department

• To execute the constitutional and statutory functions of the Ministry in terms of all laws administered by the Minister of justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.
• To carry out legal research for the purpose of formulating policy towards the enactment of new legislation or amending existing legislation.
• To advise other Ministry Departments in the formulation of policy and the execution of statutory functions.
• To raise public awareness of the laws in force and their rights and obligations under the laws.
• To Coordinate Parliamentary Liaison Officers from Ministries;
• To attend to queries and or complaints pertaining to the administration of justice

The Functions of the Department fall under three main Units namely;

• Human Rights
• Intellectual Property Rights
• General Legal

Human Rights:

• Execute all human rights related functions of the
• Government of Zimbabwe by virtue of administration of the Constitution of Zimbabwe
• Hosts the Interministerial Committee on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (IMC)

Intellectual Property:

• Co-ordinates the Intellectual Property Rights Policy for the Nation
• eviews and Implements the Intellectual Property Rights Policy for Zimbabwe

General Legal : -

• Executes statutory functions assigned to the Minister of Justice, Legal and Paliamentary affairs

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC WORKS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Dr. I.M.C. Chombo (MP) - Minister of Local Government,Public Works and Urban Development

Mr. M Sakabuya (MP) - The Deputy Minister

P. I Mbiriri - The Permanent Secretary.

Ministry’s Vision

• To play a leading role in national development by the provision of a sound local governance system and a quality built environment

Mission

• To provide sound local governance and a functional, attractive built environment .

MINISTRY OF LANDS

Ministry’s VISION is

“To acquire, equitably distribute and manage the agricultural land resource through the provision of appropriate technical, administrative services for the sustainable socio-economic development of Zimbabwe.�?

Ministry’s CORE VALUES

“•  Transparency,  Fairness , Accountability , Commitment , Honesty/Integrity and  Responsiveness�?

Ministry’s OVERALL FUNCTIONS

“Land Acquisition, Valuation and Transfer

Land Acquisition involves the identification of land for gazetting for purposes of transferring it to state land in terms of section 16B (4) of the Constitution Amendment Act No. 17 of the 14 September 2005.

Core functions of the section are as follows:-

Undertake land acquisition and land transfer.

•  Valuation and acquisition of farm equipment and material.

•  Valuation of farms and determination of rentals in line improvements and hectarages of the plots for cost recovery measures.

•  Review and develop a legal and regulatory framework for land acquisition in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.

•  Participate in the development and implementation of Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (BIPA) policy in conjunction with Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

•  Compensation of fixed infrastructure to farmers whose land was acquired for resettlement purposes as well as resettled farmers affected by the implementation process.

•  Processing of Certificates of No Present Interest.

MINISTRY OF WOMEN’S AFFAIRS GENDER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Vision

To lead the way towards women and community empowerment, gender equity and equality.

Mission

To promote the empowerment of women, gender equity and equality, and community development.

Values

• Effective communication
• Commitment
• Teamwork
• Vision
• Integrity
• Family Unity
• Empowerment.

Strategic Objectives

WAGCD has three (3) socio-economic strategic objectives namely:-

• Empowering women through policies, strategies and programs that promote their participation in national development.
• Promoting gender equality and equity so that there is equal and equitable access, control, utilization and ownership of resources.
• Empowering communities so that they are self-reliant and are able to participate at all levels, in all spheres of their lives for sustainable development.

MINISTRY OF ANTI-CORRUPTION AND ANTI-MONOPOLIES

Address

Office of The President & Cabinet

Ground Floor Munhumutapa Building

Corner Samora Machel Avenue/Second Street

(P.Bag 7700, Causeway, Harare

Telephone:263 -4-707071/9

Ministry Profile

Mission Statement

To entrench a culture of good governance in both the public and private sectors with a view to eradicating corruption and enhancing economic development in Zimbabwe. In this Endeavour the Ministry of Anti-Corruption and Anti-Monopolies will direct, guide, co-odinate and supervise government machinery and all stakeholders in the fight against corruption in order to achieve effective implementation of anti-corruption policies

Vision

To lead in the building and consolidation of a strong, united, corrupt free, democratic, prosperous and sovereign nation assuring the well-being of all the people of Zimbabwe; towards the creation of a dignified Zimbabwe and to uphold the principles of honesty, integrity, national pride and self dedication of corruption.

The functions of the Ministry :-

•  Direct, guide and co-ordinate the work of the Anti-Corruption Commission in investigating instances of corruption wherever they occur and carrying out public awareness programs to prevent and combat corruption.

•  Institute anti-corruption measures to combat corruption in the public, private and civic sectors.

•  Study and analyse trends towards increased economic concentration with a view to investigating monopoly situations and the prevention of such situations, where they are contrary to the public interest.

•  Assess and analyse mergers and acquisitions, as well as collusive arrangements between competitors, which lead to monopolies or monopoly situations.�? http://www.fightcorruption.gov.zw/

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Zimbabwe’s Diplomatic Missions

DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN ZIMBABWE

Contact details for Diplomatic Missions, Embassies and High Commissions in Zimbabwe
updated September 28, 2006 courtesy www.kubatana.net