Constitutional Court (ConCourt)

ConCourt has suspended Moyo’s arrest pending determination of his application challenging the constitutionality of the arrest

Posted on November 4, 2016November 4, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo heaved a sigh of relief yesterday after the Constitutional Court suspended his arrest until a determination of his application challenging the constitutionality of the arrest.Prof Moyo was briefly arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on Wednesday after he presented himself to the anti-corruption body. He was supposed to appear at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday for initial remand, but was away…

CHITUNGWIZA man challenges Constitutional Court (ConCourt) displaying of Mugabe’s portrait in the courtroom.

Posted on October 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

A CHITUNGWIZA man has filed an urgent chamber application at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenging the displaying of President Robert Mugabe’s portrait in the courtroom. Richard Mangena made the application after he initially appeared at the Chitungwiza Magistrates’ Court facing an assault charge. In his application filed under case number CCZ67/16, Mangena cited magistrate Witness Mtetwa, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), acting Prosecutor-General Ray Goba and Attorney-General Prince Machaya as respondents. He is being…

Concourt Frees Mwenezi Man, Arrested For Saying, ‘Mugabe Is A B*stard And Too Old To Rule The Country’

Posted on June 9, 2016June 9, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

. A 32-year-old Mwenezi man, who was facing accusations of insulting President Robert Mugabe, was yesterday freed by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) following the State’s concession that the charge preferred against him did not contain an essential element required to sustain it. Fortune Makonzo had been charged with undermining the authority of or insulting the President as defined in section 33(2) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. The State had…

South Africa’s Ex President, Thabo Mbeki On South Africa’s Con-Court ‘Nkandla Judgement’

Posted on April 11, 2016April 11, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The Wider Significance of the Judgement of the Constitutional Court on the “Nkandla Matter”. On 31 March, 2016, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng conveyed the unanimous decision of the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) in the matter of “Economic Freedom Fighters v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others; Democratic Alliance v Speaker of the National Assembly and Others [2016] ZACC 11. This decision has evoked much understandable and inevitable political discussion and activity in our country, which…

15 Death-Row Inmates Want Sentence Outlawed, Case At ConCourt This Week

Posted on October 27, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

A GROUP of 15 death-row inmates with the support of a local rights lobby group Veritas have approached the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) seeking stay of execution and the scrapping of the death penalty from the country’s books. According to a statement by Veritas the applicants in the case were all sentenced to death for murder in separate trials that took place between four and 20 years ago. “On Wednesday 28th October the Constitutional Court is…