Law-Zim

  THE DEONTOLOGY. (Study the law with Blessed Mupatsi). Assisted by: Nompilo P. Nkomo. In Zimbabwe in the late 19 th century, through the promulgation of the Termination of Pregnancy Act [Chapter 15:10] (hereinafter ‘the Act’) to deliberately terminate a pregnancy was criminal except when necessary. It was permitted if the purpose was to save the mother’s life, if the pregnancy caused serious threat of permanent impairment of mother’s physical health (not mental health), serious threat that the child will be born with physical or mental defect which will seriously handicap him or her or /and the foetus is conceived as a result of unlawful intercourse which is usually rape. This position was affirmed by section 60 ‘ unlawful termination of pregnancy ’ of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. Therefore, in light of these provisions it is crystal that in our jurisdiction it is not lawful to carry out an abortion on socio-economic grounds, however Zambia pres...

Author: BLESSED MUPATSI with MBONISI SIZIBA. On my last article l tried to unpack Vision 2030 using precedent on the events that led to the 2008 hyperinflation. I highlighted on the need for implementation of reforms. Zimbabwe’s problems are a complex combination of multifaceted issues that are politically driven. Zimbabwe is a beautiful country with rich natural resources, it houses a world wonder (Victoria Falls), one of the most educated and hardworking population in the continent. Some of the problems that the Southern African country is currently facing include 90% unemployment rate, six million people leaving in the diaspora, human rights violation, poverty (approximately eight million people living on hand to mouth), inflation. These problems are deep rooted they go beyond natural disaster experiences (series of drought and cyclone).  One of the problems that has affected Zimbabwe for decades is rigging of elections. An election is a procedure where people or citizens choose...

 HOW DO YOU BATH WITHOUT A SOAP? Author: BLESSED MUPATSI. The ruling party is painting pictures of a different Zimbabwe achievable by 2030 under the so-called VISION 2030. It is easy to believe in vision 2030, but it seems much harder to apprehend its achievement. Therefore, this paper is going to unpack vision 2030 using precedent on events that led to the 2008 hyperinflation in Zimbabwe. Moreso, suggest possible solutions that will enable the government to achieve vision 2030. For a better understanding, l will look at what vision 2030 is. A vision is a vivid mental image of the future. The president promised citizens a set of goals that he aims to achieve by 2030. The main aim is to be a middle-income country by 2030 currently Zimbabwe is a lower-middle income country with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $20.563 billion. Some of the aims that the President wants to achieve by 2030 are dam construction projects, privatisation of state-owned enterprises (e.g. AgricBank, Grain Ma...