Zimbabwe to open new Chinese-built parliament

Story By: BBC

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa will on Wednesday formally open a new 650-seat parliament in the capital, Harare, that was funded by China.

President Mnangagwa will use the occasion to deliver a state of the nation address, the state-run Herald newspaper reports quoting the clerk of parliament.

The finance minister will on the next day present the 2023 national budget, the newspaper adds.

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China funded the project as a gift to Zimbabwe. It houses the national assembly and the senate.

It’s construction was done by a Chinese company.

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