Chief Justice's Practice Direction 4 of 2020 – Business hours for court registries with effect from Monday 18th May 2020.

This Practice Direction was dated Sunday 17th May 2020.

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Chief Justice's Practice Direction 3 of 2020 – Operations of the Courts during Level 2 Lockdown

This Practice Direction was dated Sunday 3rd May 2020.

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Chief Justice's Practice Direction 2 of 2020 - Court Operations during the Extended Lockdown Period

PRACTICE DIRECTION 2 OF 2020

COURT OPERATIONS DURING THE COVID-19 NATIONAL LOCKDOWN PERIOD AMENDMENT NOTICE

Amendment to Practice Direction 1 of 2020

1) Practice Direction 1 of 2020 is amended in paragraphs 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 by the deletion of those paragraphs and substitution with the following:-

COVID-19 Protection Measures in All Courts in Zimbabwe

OFFICE OF CHIEF JUSTICE

REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE

PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO REDUCE THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) IN THE COURTS OF ZIMBABWE

CHIEF JUSTICE'S SPEECH 2020 LEGAL YEAR OPENING

INTRODUCTION

Court Watch 2-2019 Chief Justice's Speech "Consolidation of the Rule of Law"

COURT WATCH 2/2019

[9th February 2019]

The Chief Justice’s Theme for the 2019 Legal Year:

“Consolidation of the Rule of Law”

Speech by the Honourable Mr Justice Luke Malaba, Chief Justice of Zimbabwe - Official Opening of the 2019 Legal Year

INTRODUCTION

Mr Acting Prosecutor-General, Mr Attorney-General, and Advocate Matinenga, it is my pleasure to welcome you all to this occasion which marks the beginning of the 2019 Legal Year. The ceremony has become a permanent feature on the legal calendar. It presents an avenue through which the Judiciary can account to the public for what it has done in the administration of justice during the past year.

Chief Justice Malaba's Speech Opening the 2018 Legal Year - 15 January 2018

Before I begin my address, I wish to take this opportunity, on behalf of the Judiciary, the Judicial Service Commission (“the JSC”) and indeed on my own behalf, to congratulate His Excellency Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa on his inauguration as the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe.

Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 1) Bill, 2016 (H.B. 15, 2016)

On 9th December 2016 the Permanent Secretary for Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs revealed in an affidavit produced during High Court proceedings before Mr Justice Hungwe that Vice-President Mnangagwa, in his capacity as Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, had very recently sought Cabinet approval of his proposal to amend section 180 of the Constitution to change the procedure for the appointment of the Chief Justice, the Deputy Chief Justice and the Judge President of the High Court. The proposed amendment would allow the President to make appointments to these t

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