COURT WATCH 4/2020
[22nd April 2020]
Chief Justice’s Practice Direction 2 of 2020 on
Court Operations during the Extension of the National Shutdown
Court Watch
COURT WATCH 3/2020
[30th March 2020]
Chief Justice’s Practice Direction 1 of 2020 on
Court Operations during the 21-day National Shutdown
The Chief Justice yesterday issued the following self-explanatory Practice Direction effective from today, Monday 30th March 2020 and until Sunday 19th April, unless earlier extended.
PRACTICE DIRECTION 1 OF 2020
COURT WATCH 2/2020
[24th March 2020]
COVID-19 Protection Measures for All Zimbabwe’s Courts
Introduction
COURT WATCH 1/2020
[14 January 2020]
Theme for the 2020 Legal Year:
“Transparency and Accountability”
Introduction
COURT WATCH 10/2019
[8th November 2019]
Constitutional Court’s Full Judgment Explaining Why the Court
Dismissed Mr Chamisa’s 2018 Presidential Election Petition
COURT WATCH 9/2019
[31st July 2019]
The Right to Bail
Introduction
COURT WATCH 8/2019
[12th June 2019]
Judicial Service Commission to Conduct Public Interviews of
Five Candidates for Appointment as Supreme Court Judges
Wednesday 19th June 2019
COURT WATCH 7/2019
[22nd May 2019]
Public Prosecutors
COURT WATCH 6/2019
[8th May 2019]
Corporal Punishment : When the Beating Had to Stop
Introduction
COURT WATCH 5/2019
[20th March 2019]
The New Standard Scale of Fines: In force since 20th February 2019
Section 27 of the Finance Act, 2019 (No. 1 of 2019) [link] introduced a new Standard Scale of Fines with effect from 20th February 2019, the date on which the Act was published in the Government Gazette and became law. The new standard scale is reflected in columns 1 and 2 of the table below.
COURT WATCH 4/2019
[26th February 2019]
Appointment of Mr Kumbirai Hodzi as Prosecutor-General Gazetted:
Disengagement of Police and Military Prosecutors
COURT WATCH 3/2019
[12th February January 2019]
Criminal Abuse of Office – What is it?
COURT WATCH 2/2019
[9th February 2019]
The Chief Justice’s Theme for the 2019 Legal Year:
“Consolidation of the Rule of Law”
COURT WATCH 1/2019
[30th January 2019]
The Internet Shutdown: The High Court’s Ruling of 21st January
On Tuesday 15th January, the second day of a stay-away called by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, all Internet services across the country were terminated under government directives. Econet, the country’s largest mobile telecommunications operator and Internet service provider [ISP], issued the following statement to its subscribers:
COURT WATCH 3/2018
31st October 2018
Public Interviews of Candidates for Position of
Prosecutor-General of Zimbabwe: 1st and 2nd November 2018
On Thursday 1st November, starting at 9 am, the Judicial Service Commission will start interviewing ten candidates listed below for appointment to the post of Prosecutor-General.
COURT WATCH 2/2018
17th September 2018
Judicial Service Commission Calls for Nominations for Position of
Prosecutor-General of Zimbabwe
POSITION ADVERTISEMENT
POSITION OF PROSECUTOR-GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE
COURT WATCH 1/2018
[26th March 2018]
Presidential Clemency Order : Commutation of Death Sentences
Reduction of Other Sentences
Clemency for Certain Death Row Prisoners
COURT WATCH 2017
[1st September 2017]
Move of Administration of Deceased Estates
from Harare Civil Court to Master’s Office, Harare
with effect from Monday 4th September
COURT WATCH 2017
[19th August 2017]
Judicial Service Commission to Conduct Public Interviews of
Eight Candidates for Appointment as for Appointment as Prosecutor-General
Monday 21st August
This bulletin serves as a reminder that eight candidates for appointment as Zimbabwe’s second Prosecutor-General will be interviewed in public by the Judicial Service Commission [JSC] on Monday 21st August.
COURT WATCH 2017
[22nd June 2017]
Judicial Service Commission Invites Public to Nominate Candidates
for Appointment as Next Prosecutor-General of Zimbabwe