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 16, 2014ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MUGABE PARDONS PRISONERS, SAVE THOSE SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT AND TO DEATH
Congestion in Zimbabwe's prisons is set to ease a bit after President Robert Mugabe acceded to pleas by
- JANUARY 1, 2014ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
In June 2013, after ten consecutive years without carrying out executions...
In June 2013, after ten consecutive years without carrying out executions...
- DECEMBER 13, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe - Two men who assaulted and raped woman before killing her companion, sentenced to death
Zimbabwe - Two men who assaulted and raped woman before killing her companion, sentenced to death
NOVEMBER 17, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: CONSTITUTION SAVES MAN WHO FATALLY SPEARED UNCLE FROM DEATH SENTENCE
In Zimbabwe, an Inyathi man who murdered his uncle escaped the hangman's noose when a judge
OCTOBER 30, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: GOVT URGED TO CLARIFY DEATH PENALTY ISSUE
The Government of Zimbabwe has been urged to come up with a clear position on whether or not
OCTOBER 10, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MINISTER OPPOSES DEATH PENALTY
In Zimbabwe, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa says
JULY 19, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: TWO MURDERERS TO HANG
In Zimbabwe, two Murehwa men convicted of robbing and killing a fellow villager were
MARCH 25, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: PAIR SENTENCED TO HANG BY THE SUPREME COURT
In Zimbabwe, the Supreme Court upheld death sentences for two murder convicts, one of them
FEBRUARY 19, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: SENATE APPROVES MOTION FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Following the mission accomplished by Hands Off Cain and the Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty in Zimbabwe last summer, the Human Rights Commission of the Senate passed with 16 votes in favor and 15 against, the motion for the aboliti
FEBRUARY 13, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: NEW HANGMAN AT LOOSE END
The appointment of a new hangman in Zimbabwe does not mean the 74 men and two women
- FEBRUARY 8, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
a 57-year-old village head from Gokwe has been sentenced
a 57-year-old village head from Gokwe has been sentenced
FEBRUARY 5, 2013ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MDC-T SENATORS OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY
In Zimbabwe, MDC-T senators proposed that convicted murderers be quarantined instead of