
Zimbabwe
Africa
Justice
Death penalty
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has officially abolished the death penalty following the enactment of a new law signed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Published on Tuesday, December 31, the legislation prohibits courts from issuing capital punishment sentences and commutes all existing death sentences to prison terms.
Africa
Access to legal rights
Discipline
Material conditions
Zimbabwe
Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged prison officers to be disciplined and uphold human rights principles when handling inmates in the course of their duties.
Africa
Women
Facilities
Rehabilitation
Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean government in 2021 opened Marondera, its first open prison for women, giving a chance for qualified prisoners to spend time with their families while serving their sentences.
Africa
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Zimbabwe
Former inmates of Zimbabwe’s overburdened prisons say the conditions are inhumane. Activists say government neglect and economic woes are to blame.
Africa
Coronavirus
Health
Zimbabwe
PRISON inmates have been encouraged to embrace the Covid-19 vaccine whose rollout programme that has been approved by the government.
Zimbabwe this week received 200 000 doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine from China whose roll out begins today. The Vaccination programme has an overall target o…