Judicial officers are created by the Constitution and at the lower courts have their mandate from the Magistrates Court Act. Magistrates work can only be scrutinised or reviewed by judge depending on the rank and nature of sentence. The pervasiveness of a judgement or a sentence is not understood...
JSC spokesperson Mr Brian Nkiwane confirmed the resumption. “We have resumed operations at Karoi Magistrates’ Court. A statement will be issued soon,” he said. The closure was straining staff at Chinhoyi Magistrates’ Court and infrastructure at Chinhoyi Prison. Meanwhile, ZPCS provincial spokesp...