HARARE – A sharp increase in drug-related and cybercrime cases is placing growing pressure on Zimbabwe's magistrates' courts, forcing the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to accelerate the recruitment of magistrates and expand court services to reduce a mounting case backlog.

HARARE – A 23-year-old Harare man has been sentenced to two years in prison after he was convicted of impersonating Deputy Chief Justice Paddington Garwe in a bid to obtain confidential recruitment information from officials at the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Martin Rashai was found guilty of impersonating a peace officer after posing as the country's second-highest-ranking judge and using WhatsApp messages to contact senior JSC officials regarding recruitment processe

The High Court has overturned a Harare man’s cyberbullying conviction, ruling that investigators failed to conclusively prove WhatsApp messages originated from his phone, setting an important precedent for cybercrime prosecutions in Zimbabwe.