Zim Judiciary under spotlight

SINCE assuming power in 2017 through a coup and the subsequent controversial election victory in 2018, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule has been marred by allegations of compromising the independence of the Judiciary.

The constitutional safeguards that once protected the Judiciary’s autonomy have seemingly been dismantled, leaving the current system a mere shadow of its former self.

Threats to the Judiciary are not new, the reign of late former President Mugabe also thrived on this, the current administration has shamelessly gone the extra mile, using the courts as a tool to dismantle opposition and deny activists their right to bail, signalling obvious judicial capture.

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