Godfrey Chidyausiku: End of an era (3)

Godfrey Chidyausiku: End of an era (3) Opinions March 16, 2017By Own Correspondent Outgoing Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku By Alex Magaisa IN contrast to his dismissive approach in the Tsvangirai case in 2002, Chidyausiku readily accepted that Mawarire had locus standi.Chidyausiku was not wrong to find that Mawarire had locus standi in 2013. He simply adopted the approach that …

End of an era..Chief Justice Chidyausiku: A judge of the revolution (2)

End of an era..Chief Justice Chidyausiku: A judge of the revolution (2) Opinions March 9, 2017By Own Correspondent Out-going Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku By Alex Magaisa THE application which was also brought on behalf of other farmers sought to declare certain provisions of the Act to be unconstitutional. The matter came before Chidyausiku. He had to decide whether …

Chidyausiku, rule of law

Chidyausiku, rule of law and Mugabe March 3, 2017 in Analysis, Comment, Opinion “The rule of law is the antithesis of the existence of wide, arbitrary and discretionary powers in the hands of the executive. It is a celebration of individual rights and liberties, and all the values of a constitutional democracy, characterised by the absence of unregulated executive …

End of an era

End of an era Opinions March 2, 2017By Own Correspondent Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku ….Chief Justice Chidyausiku: A judge of the revolution By Alex Magaisa THIS week marks the end of Chief Justice Godfrey Guwa Chidyausiku’s long judicial career which began in 1987 when he was appointed as a judge of the High Court of Zimbabwe. He …

Fast track land reform crippled the economy

Fast track land reform crippled the economy By ZimSitRep_M | June 26, 2016 1 Comment This is the third in a series of articles extracted from a report done by the Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU) titled Conflict or Collapse? Zimbabwe in 2016. ‘ Source: Fast track land reform crippled the economy – The Zimbabwe Independent June 25, 2016 3.3.5 The …

Time is now for spatial and land use planning and re-building the land administration system in Zimbabwe

Time is now for spatial and land use planning and re-building the land administration system in ZimbabweSokwanele : 01 December 2013  We welcome your comments on articles in the Zimbabwe Land Series. Please visit http://www.sokwanele.com/zimbabwelandseries to leave comments, view other comments left on the papers, find links to downloadable versions of all papers in PDF …