Zimbabwe ex-death row inmate’s tears of joy
Maengehama said the news rekindled memories of how he was wrongfully charged with murder and sentenced to death.
By Silas Nkala
Jan. 19, 2025
Zim scraps the death penalty — tracking the path to abolition
Some governments that retain the death penalty, such as Kenya, claim that they can’t abolish it while there is considerable public support for capital punishment.
By Carolyn Hoyle and Parvais Jabbar
Jan. 16, 2025
Tracking the path to abolition of death penalty in Zim
In Africa, only seven of the 55 states in the African Union are “actively retentionist”, meaning that they sentence people to death and have carried out executions in the last decade.
By The Conversation
Jan. 5, 2025
Concern over death penalty abolition clause
At least 59 people were known to be under sentence of death as at the of end of 2023.
By Miriam Mangwaya
Jan. 3, 2025
Zimbabwe leads calls for anti-death penalty
Amnesty International said recorded executions tripled and death sentences increased by 66% from 298 t0 494.
By Lawrence Maphosa
Oct. 12, 2024
Several inconsistencies between PVOs Bill and the Constitution
Veritas has identified several inconsistencies between the Bill and the Constitution.
By Veritas
Apr. 13, 2024
A case for abolishment of death penalty in Zim
Zimbabwe carried out its last execution in 2005, but death sentences have continued to be imposed.
By Mlondolozi Ndlovu
Feb. 25, 2024
A victory for human rights
Tuesday’s landmark decision comes as a Private Member’s Bill was introduced last year in the National Assembly to abolish the death penalty in Zimbabwe.
By Newsday
Feb. 10, 2024
‘Killers must be amputated’
This came out during public consultations on the death penalty by the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs ministry held at Chitungwiza’s Unit L Hall.
By Tafadzwa Kachiko
Apr. 8, 2023
