Crimes & Courts

Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said processes are underway to amend the recent clemency order and ensure more categories of prisoners benefit from the Presidential amnesty as an urgent measure to decongest prisons.

We note with concern a press statement purportedly published by Mr FRANK BUYANGA SADIQI’s South African attorney Mr William Wilcock published in the NewsDay of 18th April 2020 relating to a Provisional High Court Order of 16th April 2020. The statement has no business address or contact numbers and we are unable to respond privately & directly. We take the view that legal practitioners in South Africa as in Zimbabwe are fully aware that court judgements are not appealed in press statements but through court process.

Police have arrested 9 889 people for various offences since commencement of the national lockdown, with Bulawayo recording the biggest number of arrests at 2 214.

Political players in Lesotho have pledged a "dignified and secure" exit deal for Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who is under pressure to step down, mediators said Monday.

The High Court on Monday granted the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa Zimbabwe) a relief order interdicting police from harassing, arresting and detaining journalists who are carrying out their lawful duties during the national lockdown aimed at containing the coronavirus.