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Ministerial directives to local government in Zimbabwe: top-down governance in a decentralized constitution
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)
Urban and rural local authorities constitute the lowest tier of Zimbabwe's multilevel system of government. These local governments have a constitutional "right to govern" that must be exercised within the constitutional, ...
Southern African perspectives on banning corporal punishment – a comparison of Namibia, Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe
(Brill Nijhoff, 2019)
This chapter reviews recent judicial and legislative developments concerning
steps towards – and against – the abolition of corporal punishment in four
closely connected southern African jurisdictions: South Africa, ...
Private prosecutions in Zimbabwe: Victim participation in the criminal justice system
(Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2016)
Two recent developments have changed the face of private prosecutions in Zimbabwe. Firstly, the prosecutorgeneral
had to decide: (1) whether private companies may institute private prosecutions; and (2) whether ...
Local government in the 2013 constitution of Zimbabwe: Defining the boundaries of local autonomy
(Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 2017-10-06)
The 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe recognises local government as the lowest tier of government in a three tier arrangement. Thus, local government, composed by urban and rural local authorities, now owes its existence ...
Local government reform in Zimbabwe: A policy dialogue
(Community Law Centre, University Western Cape, 2010)
On 3-4
November 2009 the Community Law Centre hosted a seminar entitled “Policy Dialogue on
the Future of Local Government in Zimbabwe”. A diverse spectrum of local government
practitioners was assembled to discuss ...
Dirty money as legal fees in Namibia and Zimbabwe: are lawyers laundering proceeds of crime?
(Emarald Publishing, 2020)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the contentious issue whether lawyers become launderers
when they accept dirty money as legal fees. Lawyers represent criminal defendants who may wish to pay for
their ...
One step forward, two steps back: A review of Mushoriwa v City of Harare in view of Zimbabwe’s constitutional socio-economic rights
(African Human Rights Law Journal, 2021)
In 2013 Zimbabwe enacted a new Constitution, introducing a raft of new changes, among them, the introduction of constitutional socio-economic rights. Not soon thereafter socio-economic rights were tested in the case of ...
The new Zimbabwean government’s war on corruption: A lesson for anti-corruption and transitional justice scholars and practitioners?
(University of Western Cape, 2019)
There is ample academic writing and practical examples extending the principles of
transitional justice to corruption. However, very little has been written on how a
society’s existing anti-corruption mechanisms may be ...
Multiparty democracy in Zimbabwe after the adoption of the 2013 constitution
(Oxford University Press, 2021)
Zimbabwe adopted a new Constitution in 2013 which, among other objectives, sought to give greater legitimacy to multiparty democracy. This Constitution strengthens the role of an independent electoral commission, entrenches ...
Barriers to access to contraceptives for adolescent girls in rural Zimbabwe as a human rights challenge
(Routledge, 2021)
Approximately 214 million women in developing countries between ages
15 and 49 have an unmet need for contraception.1
In Zimbabwe, 12% of unmarried adolescent girls have an unmet need for contraception. Contraceptive
use ...