Statute Law Compilation and Revision (Correction of Appropriation (2025) Act, 2024) Notice, 2025
Corrections to the 2025 Appropriation Act add ZiG 1 billion to social welfare and ZiG 100 million to prisons, cut higher education skills training by ZiG 80 million, and lower the Minister's transfer ceiling by ZiG 200 million.
The Law Reviser has corrected figures in the Appropriation (2025) Act, 2024 under section 11C of the Statute Law Compilation and Revision Act. The explanatory note describes them as textual errors the Law Reviser is empowered to correct, but several move real money between votes.
The largest is social welfare. Vote 3 (Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare), Programme 3: Social Welfare rises from ZiG 8 944 356 000 to ZiG 9 944 356 000 — a ZiG 1 billion increase — and the Vote 3 total rises correspondingly from ZiG 10 710 480 000 to ZiG 11 710 480 000.
Vote 19 (Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs), Programme 3: Incarceration and Rehabilitation of Offenders rises from ZiG 3 816 499 000 to ZiG 3 916 499 000, up ZiG 100 million, with the vote total moving from ZiG 5 644 932 000 to ZiG 5 744 932 000.
Higher education goes the other way. Vote 16 (Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology), Programme 2: Skills Training and Development falls from ZiG 8 036 945 000 to ZiG 7 956 945 000, down ZiG 80 million. Both the Consolidated Revenue Fund vote total and the overall vote total for Vote 16 fall by the same ZiG 80 million, to ZiG 9 865 347 000 and ZiG 10 443 772 000 respectively.
Separately, section 6(2) — the Minister's power to authorise transfers between votes — is reduced from ZiG 19 487 235 000 to ZiG 19 287 235 000, both in figures and in words, cutting the ceiling by ZiG 200 million.
As with any Law Reviser correction, these were not made by an amending Act. Anyone budgeting or reporting against the Appropriation (2025) Act as first published is working from superseded figures.
What changed
- Vote 3 Programme 3 (Social Welfare) rises from ZiG 8 944 356 000 to ZiG 9 944 356 000.
- The Vote 3 total rises from ZiG 10 710 480 000 to ZiG 11 710 480 000.
- Vote 19 Programme 3 (Incarceration and Rehabilitation of Offenders) rises from ZiG 3 816 499 000 to ZiG 3 916 499 000.
- The Vote 19 total rises from ZiG 5 644 932 000 to ZiG 5 744 932 000.
- Vote 16 Programme 2 (Skills Training and Development) falls from ZiG 8 036 945 000 to ZiG 7 956 945 000.
- The Vote 16 Consolidated Revenue Fund total falls to ZiG 9 865 347 000 and the Vote 16 total to ZiG 10 443 772 000.
- The section 6(2) ceiling on ministerial transfers between votes falls from ZiG 19 487 235 000 to ZiG 19 287 235 000.
- The corrections are made by a Law Reviser's notice, not by an amending Act.
Who this affects
- ministries budgeting against Votes 3, 16 and 19
- social welfare programme administrators and beneficiaries
- the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service
- higher and tertiary education skills training programmes
- public finance analysts and journalists tracking the 2025 budget
Plain-language summary — not legal advice. Always read the full instrument.