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
NOVEMBER 9, 2017ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO BEHEADED WIFE
A Binga man who chopped off his wife’s head and hid it in a cardboard box following domestic dispute, was sentenced to death.
NOVEMBER 1, 2017ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MUGABE SAYS HE FAVORS RESUMPTION OF EXECUTIONS
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said he is in favor of resuming executions after more than a decade in response to rising murder rates.
- JULY 17, 2017ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: DOUBLE KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Robert Chiguma of Hwedza, who killed two people after being confronted over the theft of a kitchen cabinet, has been sentenced to death.
- JANUARY 1, 2017ZimbabweDEATH 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
NOVEMBER 3, 2016ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: 10 DEATH ROW INMATES FREED
Zimbabwe last week pardoned 10 inmates who were on the death row after they requested for Presidential clemency while the remaining 80 will also survive the gallows if Government resolves to completely abolish capital punishment for all crimes, Vice Presi
- NOVEMBER 2, 2016ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
under the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council, the Government of Zimbabwe rejected the recommendations to consider ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and to take me
under the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council, the Government of Zimbabwe rejected the recommendations to consider ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and to take me
- OCTOBER 10, 2016ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY - MPS SAY THEIR HANDS TIED
Legislators said their hands are tied over abolition of death penalty in Zimbabwe, saying scrapping the
- JULY 1, 2016ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act of 2004 was amended through the General Laws
the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act of 2004 was amended through the General Laws
FEBRUARY 23, 2016ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: GOVT TO ELIMINATE DEATH PENALTY - MNANGAGWA
Zimbabwe is making significant strides towards the elimination of the death penalty from its statutes as
- FEBRUARY 3, 2016ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
a 39-year-old man, Samson Mutero, was sentenced to death by the High Court after being convicted of
a 39-year-old man, Samson Mutero, was sentenced to death by the High Court after being convicted of
JANUARY 19, 2016ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: SCRAP DEATH PENALTY, CHIEFS URGE GOVT
Traditional leaders urged Government to do away with the death penalty. The chiefs said capital punishment
JANUARY 10, 2016ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: 15 DEATH ROW INMATES HIRE BITI'S FOR CONSTITUTIONAL COURT FIGHT
Opposition politician and Harare lawyer Tendai Biti has been hired by 15 death row prison inmates to