Criminal Codification and Reform Act

Concourt Rules ‘Criminal Defamation Is Void At Law’

Posted on February 3, 2016February 3, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that criminal defamation was void at law, after journalists challenged the validity of Section 96 of the Criminal Codification and Reform Act. Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku, together with a full bench of the Constitutional Court granted the application by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Zimbabwe), NewsDay deputy editor Nqaba Matshazi , freelance journalists Godwin Mangudya and Sydney Saize and Rodger Stringer. The court said a 2015 judgment on…

Former VP, ‘Joice Mujuru’ Has Announced She Will Contest The 2018 Elections.

Posted on September 8, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru has announced she will contest the 2018 elections. Mujuru, fired from government and the ruling party late last year, has been flirting with the idea of coming back into mainstream politics amid reports of the coalescing of a group of disgruntled ex-Zanu PF stalwarts stampeded out of the former liberation movement as part of the succession fight. On Tuesday she published a Blueprint to Unlock Investment and Leverage for Development…