In this week's post, Nqobani Nyathi examines Zimbabwe's newly enacted Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 3) Act, which abolishes public interviews for judicial appointments. He argues that vesting the President with the sole appointment power after mere consultation with the Judicial Service Commission expands executive discretion at precisely the point where the 2013 Constitution sought to constrain it, marking the culmination of a decade-long pattern of amendments that have progressively weakened judicial independence in Zimbabwe.

In this post, Paul Mudau critically examines Zimbabwe’s surveillance laws, the extent to which they enable state monitoring of communications and the potential risks this poses to fundamental rights, including privacy, freedom of expression and political participation. The post further considers how expansive surveillance powers may affect electoral integrity, particularly in contexts where monitoring and data collection could be used to intimidate voters, suppress dissent, or undermine opposition activity.