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
JUNE 10, 2020ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MNANGAGWA REITERATES STANCE ON DEATH PENALTY
President Mnangagwa has reiterated his call for the abolition of capital punishment in Zimbabwe and has noted that a moratorium on executions has been in place since 2005.
- APRIL 6, 2020ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: EIGHT DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED AND 1.680 INMATES RELEASED
At least eight prisoners, who have been on the death row for periods ranging from 10 to 12 years, this week had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment in line with the recent Presidential clemency order, ZimEye reported on 4 April 2020.
MARCH 30, 2020ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA PARDONS 5,000 PRISONERS AS HE ORDERS 21-DAY LOCKDOWN
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on 27 March 2020 directed the freeing of 5,000 prisoners with immediate effect as he declared a 21-day coronavirus national lockdown.
MARCH 23, 2020ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: SERIAL RAPIST SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A serial rapist from Bulawayo who raped and murdered a woman from Cowdray Park suburb who was coming from fetching firewood with her two neighbours was on 20 March 2020 sentenced to death.
FEBRUARY 19, 2020ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: TWO BROTHERS TO BE HANGED FOR TWO MURDERS
Two siblings from the Midlands province, who ganged up and murdered a taxi driver in Bulawayo and a shop owner in Inyathi in Matabeleland North before stealing their property worth more than US$6 000, were on 17 February 2020 sentenced to death by hanging
- JANUARY 1, 2020ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
After independence from Britain in 1980, there were nine offences which warranted
After independence from Britain in 1980, there were nine offences which warranted
APRIL 5, 2019ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING LOVER
The High Court sentenced a Harare man to death by hanging on 20 March 2019 for killing his lover and her three children.
APRIL 2, 2019ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: 61% AGAINST AND 41% FOR THE DEATH PENALTY
The Mass Public Opinion Institute’s study revealed lack of consensus among Zimbabweans on the death penalty issue.
MARCH 14, 2019ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: UNDERWEAR ROBBER, SERIAL KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A serial killer dubbed the “Underwear Robber” for stealing his victims’ clothes and forcing them to walk naked was on 12 March 2019 handed a death as well as a life sentence for killing three people and robbing them of their cellphones and money.
FEBRUARY 6, 2019ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: GOVT REMOVES 34 FROM DEATH ROW TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT AS DEATH SENTENCE PHASES OUT
Government has shown its commitment towards abolishing the death penalty in line with international human rights obligations after it commuted sentences of 34 inmates on death row to life terms, a Cabinet minister said on 31 January 2019.
- JANUARY 1, 2019ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
After independence from Britain in 1980, there were nine offences which warranted
After independence from Britain in 1980, there were nine offences which warranted
- DECEMBER 20, 2018ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWEAN GOV'T PRESSES AHEAD TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
President Mnangagwa wants the death penalty banned and the Zimbabwean government is pressing ahead with plans to have the death penalty removed from its statutes, Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi said on 19 December 201