President Emmerson Mnangagwa is at the Zimbabwean State House right now with the Tourism Minister, Barbara Rwodzi, and other political players, where they are launching the Tourism and Hospitality Industry Policy.
This comes with a Tourism Bill which is a looter’s charter and a driver for massive corruption and looting of state assets.
I put the 42 page new bill into Google Pinpoint and this is what I got. I hope opposition parliamentarians and all Zimbabweans are paying attention to this.
The New Tourism Bill 2025
1. The bill has excessive ministerial power.
It gives the minister power to make binding “policy directions” to the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (Clause 9), control the Tourism Fund (Clause 18), designate tourist facilities (Clause 22), and preside over appeals (Clause 42).
This undermines the autonomy of the ZTA and politicises decision making.
2. It creates an entity called Mosi Oa Tunya Development Company, which of course has the power to cause cronyism and corruption.
Clause 17 of the bill empowers the minister to expand this opaque government-owned company and register more subsidiaries. This opens the door for politically connected elites to grab tourism assets under the guise of development through government.
3. The bill is hostile to small and informal players through mandatory registration, licensing, inspections, fees, penalties, and compliance requirements, making it harder for informal or community-based tourism operators to survive (Clauses 23–40).
Failure to comply will lead to fines, shutdowns, or imprisonment.
4. It creates a surveillance and intrusion culture when it says designated officers can enter, search, question, and seize property from tourism operators (Clause 44) without a warrant. It removes independent oversight of how these powers are used.
This is aimed at foreign journalists and their local producers who travel across the country staying in tourism facilities like hotels and lodges.
5. It also carries a platform control and data extraction burden which it gives to operators. It forces online accommodation platforms like Airbnb to register, license, monitor hosts, and share data with the Authority (Clauses 32–35).
This creates a surveillance and heavy regulatory environment that will stifle digital tourism innovation.
6. The bill introduces civil penalty orders (Clause 47), where fines can be imposed administratively, bypassing the courts. This undermines basic legal protections for operators. There must be a legal route to disputes, not arbitrary fines that are not appealable.
7. The Tourism Minister acts as trustee of the Zimbabwe Tourism Fund and controls grants (Clause 11), creating opacity over how money is allocated.
There is no provision for public reporting or independent audit of the Fund’s expenditures.
8. Every operator must register, be inspected, renew licences annually, keep detailed records, and comply with evolving regulations (Clauses 23–40, 41, 48).
This heavy regulatory framework discourages investment and innovation.
9. Appeals against registration or licence cancellation go first to the minister (Clause 42), who also appoints the board and controls the Fund.
This makes fair adjudication unlikely, creating a weak appeal protection system.
10. It is not clear on indigenous benefits. While indigenous rights are mentioned (Clause 50), there is no obligation for benefit-sharing in state-led projects, nor protections against land dispossession.
So, this Tourism Bill cloaks control and patronage in the language of reform. It concentrates power in the hands of the tourism minister, giving her broad, unchecked authority to government-appointed officers, and burdens operators with red tape while empowering a controversial state company to dominate the industry. It is a perfect law for cronyism and a nightmare for tourism growth in Zimbabwe.
One world to use for the bill is kleptocratic!
I have posted the bill via my telegram channel 👇🏿t.me/informationhub…
@TakaendesaG@daddyhope Chamisa has long lost that "BEST FOOT FORWARD" tag mambo,he actually is a broken cog in the vital wheel of political or democratic progression.Zvakaendwa paya yatongova itai zvenyu ini ndichiita zvangu scenario.
@daddyhope Thanks for bringing these things to light. As usual our popular best foot will look aside as if there is nothing happening or water the garden when the house is on fire. Ed is taking Zim bit by bit tichamuka tikaudzwa kunzi I am chief Mutapa this country is mine. Regai tione ma1
@m_tsamasuo@daddyhope@drjaytee87 It's a pity there are some of us still viewing Nero as a proponent or advocate of the general populace.That goon is highly focused on maintaining his interests and gaining personal traction and social relevance only.ONLY🤞
@daddyhope@drjaytee87 sorry for highlighting you here
My brother when I voted in 2023, my plan solely rested on Nero to counter these tactics
When he stepped aside from the barbarism in parliament I understood why akoma
But what is in place to counter this since we consider him a trustee
@BrineDub KwaTerry is grossly aligned to the current government,whatever these punitive laws brings today or tomorrow haaa zvinenge zviri zvemumba mavo.It will be a hen feasting on its eggs or a hyena accusing it's babies of smelling like goats typpa thing.Pachavo pazvavo
@daddyhope The pace at which these punitive bills are being crafted is alarming , huh guys it's a no mercy game Ed must be stopped otherwise a we will soon have toilet bills , all zanu pf linked hotels will be immune to all these scrutiny and regulations, l feel for guys like KwaTerry
@AfricanComNotes You should have seen the way she was postured on a chair conversing with already compromised Jacob Mafume.These are just charlatans who are masters of "BELLY POLITICS".
Breaking News! Today, I was arrested by a formidable contingent of 12 armed Law and Order Officers from the ZRP in Chinhoyi, all orchestrated by the Officer Commanding Mash West, Commissioner Tawonei Nyazema who is clearly scurrying around to clean his criminal trail.
On this day, 5 years ago(6 September 2019), the founding father of Zimbabwe, President Mugabe rested. Your teachings and guidance will forever inspire us all. MHDSRIP.
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Robson Chere, the secretary general of a teachers union, was tortured by Zimbabwean state agents after being forcibly dragged off a plane and interrogated incommunicado for 8 hours. We have a moral duty to demand #JusticeForRobson!
@MJairosi Records are being recorded and kept safe for future use. Independence will finally come to our motherland and kuchachemwa. God is watching over us.
I am getting a message that Namatai Kwekweza may have been abused & Robson Chere heavily tortured. Since I exposed the KG6 location, the 4 innocent citizens have been driven to a police custody with men wearing balaclavas.
There is no smoke without fire. Another, seemingly, fake letter from state apparatus yakabva muhondo. Towards the removal of Mugabe, such things were happening & Mnangagwa would deny responsibility. I'm 120% sure that sooner or later, #TatambaZvakwana
Sad news - [Name] was just taken by ambulance from prison. His family is distraught. Some suspect poisoning. More details to come. Prayers needed for him and his loved ones during this difficult time. Zvaitika, somewhere in Southern Africa
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