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The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has committed to assist Government with technical support in the construction of the requisite legal infrastructure required to attain its Vision 2030 target of an upper middle-income society.
LSZ President Rumbidzai Matambo told a media briefing on Friday that legal profession’s regulator stands ready to assist government by providing technical skills of coming up with model bills for new laws.
“Government’s 2030 agenda to develop Zimbabwe into an upper middle-income country requires the requisite legal infrastructure to support it. This means that the realignment of laws to the 2013 Constitution should be prioritised.
“The Law Society stands ready to assist government by providing technical expertise as we have done in the past and continue to do through various model Bills.
“To this end the Law Society of Zimbabwe has assisted government by coming up with proposals for new laws such as the Language Bill, Witness and Victim Protection Bill, Provincial and Metropolitan Councils Administration Bill, Zimbabwe Citizenship Bill, the Zimbabwe Security Services, Individual Complaints Mechanism Bill and Prohibition and Prevention of Torture Bill among others.
“As a creature of statute, we understand our role as a key stakeholder in the justice sector and a partner in the development of our country. Our mandate, as provided for by the Legal Practitioners Act gives us a front row seat in deliberations to create a just society in our country. We are partners with government in that respect,” she said.
Matambo also added that LSZ Society is also working together with the Judicial Service Commission and they have managed to adequately train their members to face the new realities in the delivery of justice, as the JSC introduces Integrated Electronic Case Management System. She further highlighted that all registered legal practitioners have an account that gives them access to the IECMS.
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