COURT WATCH 10/2020
[15th June 2020]
Separation of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court
Reminder: Deadline for Nominations for Five Vacancies for Constitutional Court Judges is 30th June
Introduction
Court Watch
COURT WATCH 9/2020
[5th June 2020]
Five Vacancies on Constitutional Court:
JSC Invites Public to Nominate Candidates to Fill Them
Five vacancies have existed on the Constitutional Court since 22nd May.
COURT WATCH 8/2020
[2nd June 2020]
High Court (Commercial Division) Rules, 2020 Gazetted and In Force
COURT WATCH 7/2020
[26th May 2020]
High Court Protects Value of US Dollar Deposits
In an important judgment delivered on the 14th May, High Court Judge Happias Zhou declared that a directive issued by the Reserve Bank under the Exchange Control Act was unconstitutional because, by converting existing bank deposits from US dollars to RTGS dollars at a rate of one US dollar to one RTGS dollar, it effectively devalued the deposits.
COURT WATCH 6/2020
[8th May 2020]
COVID-19: High Court Orders ZBC and Government Ministers to Improve
Dissemination of Information to the Deaf and the Blind
Provisional Order Against Ministers About to become Permanent?
COURT WATCH 5/2020
[4th May 2020]
Chief Justice’s Practice Direction 3 of 2020
Operational Directions for the Courts During Following Periods:
(1) 4th to 10th May and (2) 11th May until End of Level 2 Lockdown
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 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: