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Makumbe, John (2010) Local Authorities And Traditional Leadership Local Government Working Paper Series No 2, Community Law Centre, Cape Town, available at Local government reform in Zimbabwe; Matyszak, Derek (2011) Formal Structures Of Power In Rural Zimbabwe, Harare, RAU available at Formal structures of power in rural Zimbabwe
The Rural District Council comprises elected ward councillors, the District Administrator and one representative of the chiefs (traditional leaders appointed under customary law) in the district. Other government functions at district level are carried out by district offices of national government departments.
Customary law is a recognized source of law within jurisdictions of the civil law tradition, where it may be subordinate to both statutes and regulations. In addressing custom as a source of law within the civil law tradition, John Henry Merryman notes that, though the attention it is given in scholarly works is great, its importance is "slight ...
The National Council of Chiefs is an assembly of traditional leaders throughout the Republic of Zimbabwe.The president and deputy president of the council are both members of the Senate of Zimbabwe since 2007, and the council appoints ten chiefs to the Senate; under a former constitution from 1980 to 1989, the council was charged with selecting members to the Senate.
Polygamy in Zimbabwe was traditionally practised by the tribal chiefs as a means of elevating their social standing, though they would typically only take two or three wives. [3] According to a 2008 William & Mary Law School study, an estimated 18 percent of Zimbabwean women belong to polygamous marriages. [ 2 ]
The name "Zimbabwe" stems from a Shona term for Great Zimbabwe, a medieval city in the country's south-east.Two different theories address the origin of the word. Many sources hold that "Zimbabwe" derives from dzimba-dza-mabwe, translated from the Karanga dialect of Shona as "houses of stones" (dzimba = plural of imba, "house"; mabwe = plural of ibwe, "stone").
The Constitution of Zimbabwe is the supreme law of Zimbabwe. The independence constitution of 1980 was the result of the 1979 Lancaster House Agreement and is sometimes called the Lancaster Constitution. [1] A proposed constitution, drafted by a constitutional convention, was defeated by a constitutional referendum during 2000.
[17] [18] While Hindu personal law based on customary laws of Indian religions and Muslim personal law based on hanafi school are currently used, [50] the Indian government is promoting a Uniform Civil Code that applies to all citizens. [51] Kenya: Based on English Common Law and Civil law as well as the country's customary law. Lesotho