13 June 2012 Vol 40 - Zimbabwe Parliament

*15. HON C. MHANDU: To ask the Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs to inform the
House; on the following
i) Government's position on the recent judgement in South Africa by Judge Hans
Fabricius of North Gauteng High Court to investigate and prosecute eighteen (18)
High ranking Zimbabwean Officials alleged to have been involved in Human
Rights abuses – in a case, Southern Africa Litigation Centre and Zimbabwe
Exiles Forum vs South African National Prosecuting Authority and South Africa
Police Services;
ii) Measures the Government taking to stop foreign countries from interfering in
its internal constitutional and legal matters;
iii) Whether South Africa has the jurisdiction to pass such inter-territorial
judgements;
iv) To name the eighteen (18) High ranking Zimbabwe officials who are alleged
to be involved in the litigation and whether they were informed of the litigation?
NOTICE OF AMENDMENTS
Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Bill, 2011 (H.B. 2, 2011)
AMENDMENTS OF CLAUSE 1 (“SHORT TITLE”)
BY THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
On page 5 of the Bill, delete clause 1 on lines 9 and 10 and substitute the
following:
“1 Short title
This Act may be sited as the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Act [Chapter
10:30].”
AMENDMENT OF CLAUSE 2 (“INTERPRETATION”)
BY THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
On page 5 of the Bill, in the definition of “human rights violation”, delete the
proviso thereto between lines 36 and 38.
On page 6 of the Bill, delete the definition of “visitor” between lines 10 and 12.
SUBSTITUTION OF CLAUSE 4 (“FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION”)