Zimbabwe
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- semi-presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- December 21, 1979
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- mix of Roman-Dutch law and English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Parliament composed of the Senate and House
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, Constitutional Court
RELIGIONS
50% syncretism (mix of Christianity and indigenous beliefs), 25% Christians, 24% indigenous beliefs, 1% Muslims
From the country
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's opposition leader who...
Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's opposition leader who is standing against President Robert Mugabe in the election on March 9 and 10, was charged with high treason
- JANUARY 23, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe signed into law...
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe signed into law a draconian Bill allowing him to use extreme measures to silence opponents ahead of a crunch presidential ballot in March
- JANUARY 10, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Zimbabwean parliament passed the Public Order and...
The Zimbabwean parliament passed the Public Order and Security Bill and the General Laws Amendment Bill after a record 17-hour debate over the legislation
- JANUARY 1, 2002ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
After independence, there were nine offences which...
After independence, there were nine offences which attracted the death penalty, but over the years they have been reduced to three
- DECEMBER 26, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, said...
Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, said that his supporters were being attacked and killed by an unofficial militia established by President Mugabe's government
- DECEMBER 13, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Financial Gazette described the Public Order and...
The Financial Gazette described the Public Order and Security Bill (POSB) as a "nefarious piece of legislation
- NOVEMBER 22, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Beleaguered Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe was to...
Beleaguered Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe was to introduce the death sentence for anyone convicted of trying to overthrow the government
- NOVEMBER 19, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
War veterans in Mutare condemned the gruesome killing...
War veterans in Mutare condemned the gruesome killing of Bulawayo war veterans' leader Comrade Cain Nkala, by suspected MDC supporters
- OCTOBER 11, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe's Roman Catholic Commission for Justice and...
Zimbabwe's Roman Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace has conducted a prolonged campaign against the death penalty but President Robert Mugabe amended the Constitution to block challenges to hanging of those left languishing on death row
- OCTOBER 9, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The leader of the Zimbabwe National Debate Association,...
The leader of the Zimbabwe National Debate Association, Kurauone Chivhai, urged the President and Cabinet Ministers to abolish the death sentence
- OCTOBER 5, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe hanged three convicted murderers in the country's...
Zimbabwe hanged three convicted murderers in the country's first executions since 1998 after their appeals were overturned, the state-run Herald newspaper reported
- AUGUST 13, 2001ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced...
The Tangerang District Court in Indonesia sentenced to death Ozias Sibanda, 33, after convicting him of trying to smuggle 850 grams of heroin into the country