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Zim court to decide fate of Botswana officers on Monday

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

A Zimbabwean magistrate has reserved judgement in a case in which three Batswana wildlife officers are charged with illegally entering the country with firearms.

'Zimbabwean' left stateless as passport seized

'Zimbabwean' left stateless as passport seized

by BBC

Thu, Feb 04, 2010

A woman from Zimbabwe living in Belfast has been left stateless after losing a judicial review against a decision to confiscate her British passport.

Bennett: Court allows e-mail proof

Wed, Feb 03, 2010

Harare - Zimbabwe's High Court on Wednesday admitted disputed e-mail evidence implicating opposition politician Roy Bennett in a plot against President Robert Mugabe's government.

Chiota's bid thrown out of court

Tue, Feb 02, 2010

HARARE - Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has thrown out a bid by disenfranchised presidential candidate, Advocate Justin Chiota, to overturn the March 2008 presidential poll

Zimbabwe Attorney General admits abuse of section 121

Zimbabwe Attorney General admits abuse of section 121

Mon, Feb 01, 2010

ZLHR Press Release: Attorney General (AG) Johannes Tomana on Monday 1 February 2010 conceded that his law officers and prosecutors had at times misjudged when they unnecessarily invoked section 121 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act (CPEA) to effectively reverse the granting of bail to accused persons.

Court's farm ruling slammed

by SAPA

Mon, Feb 01, 2010

Cape Town - A Zimbabwean judge's dismissal of a southern African court ruling that blocked a move to resettle more than 70 white-owned farms had "entrenched the future possibility of human rights abuses" in the country, a SADC watchdog group said on Wednesday.

Zimbabwe Sheriff's Office Attaches Five Central Bank Properties to Cover Debt

by VOA

Wed, Jan 27, 2010

Lawyer Davison Kanokanga said that in the event movable assets already seized by the Sheriff's Office did not cover the unpaid bills for tractors ordered by the central bank, the attached buildings would go under the hammer