Chief Justice Luke Malaba officially opened two Magistrates Courts in Triangle and Chiredzi last Friday.
In his address at the event which took place at the Chiredzi Regional Court, Malaba said that the new courts are a resource for the entire community that will ensure easier access to justice for all residents in the district.
Malaba asserted that the completion of these facilities is expected to reduce unnecessary delays and combat the backlog of cases that have plagued the judicial system for years. He said:
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Courts are buildings that symbolise our vision as the people of Zimbabwe, our aspirations, our fundamental rights, and our freedom. These are the buildings from which we should all be able to realise the goodness of the law.
We must have them near so that every day we can think of them and see them. Not just because they are institutions where wrongness is resolved, courts are not just there for that.
Courts are therefore anchoring the vision of economic development because all economic disputes must go to court.
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The ceremony was attended by various dignitaries, including Prosecutor General Loice Matanda Moyo, Senior High Court Judge Jesca Charehwa, Member of Parliament for Chiredzi West Darlington Chiwa, and several local chiefs and community leaders.
Malaba also commended the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for adhering to best construction practices in developing modern court facilities, which also incorporate the fourth phase of the Integrated Electronic Case Management System (IECMS) in the magistrate courts.
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Chief Justice Luke Malaba opened two new Magistrates Courts in Triangle and Chiredzi. He said these courts will make it easier for everyone in the community to access justice. The new courts are expected to help reduce delays and clear up old cases. Malaba mentioned that courts are important for our rights and freedom. Many important people attended the opening ceremony. The courts were built following good practices and now have a new electronic case management system. Malaba thanked the Judicial Service Commission for their work on these new facilities.

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The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has relaxed lockdown regulations with regards to the solemnisation of marriages during the lockdown period.
Chief Justice Luke Malaba had directed the country’s civil courts to cancel all pre-booked weddings after social gatherings had been banned as a way to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
He directed parties to approach the courts for rebooking after two months.
Malaba announced on Friday that solemnisation of marriages could, starting on the 4th of June, be conducted albeit under lockdown regulations including social distancing and wearing of masks. He said:
<blockquote>Practice Direction 3 of 2020 is amended in Paragraph 11 by the deletion of that paragraph and substitution with the following: 11 Solemnisation of marriages shall be conducted provided that, only the parties to the marriage and their witnesses shall be allowed to attend; and the conditions set out in paragraph 12 are fully complied with.</blockquote>
He added that entry litigants, their legal practitioners, witnesses and members of the Press are the only people allowed into courtrooms adding that “members of the public who have no business at court” are prohibited.
JSC acting secretary Mr Walter Chikwana, however, said the new amendment to Practice Direction 3 of 2020 is only applying to magistrate and judges only adding that he was not aware of the status of religious ministers in terms of solemnising marriages.
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