A DISCUSSION ON THE CHIGWADA V CHIGWADA & ORS CASE. By Bianca Mahere, Associate. In December 2020, there was an outcry over the Supreme Court judgment that held that a person could disinherit their spouse in a will. The supreme court case of Gerald Chigwada v Penelope Chigwada & Ors SC 188/20– is a well […]
By Tavonga Chirikure, Intern. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization trade secrets are intellectual property (IP) rights on confidential information which may be sold or licensed. Trade Secrets Qualities of a trade secret commercially valuable because it is secret original known only to a limited group of persons, subject to reasonable steps taken by […]
By Tavonga Chirikure, Intern. An exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. To get a patent, technical information about the invention must be disclosed to the public in a patent application. […]
by Bianca W. Mahere, Associate In my last article, I focused on the general overview of Gender Based Violence (GBV) including international and regional instruments as well as the local statutory regulatory framework. In this article we analyse different GBV forms as defined in the Domestic Violence Act [Chapter 5:16] herein referred to as The […]
By Ayanda S. Kalume, Administrator. For one to truly understand what Gender Based Violence, sometimes they need to hear from a survivor. Most of the stories you will hear are bone chilling and heart wrenching. It shows you that the world is not black or white and things are not always as they seem. And […]
By Ayanda S. Kalume, Administrator. Gender-based Violence against women and children is a pandemic that has in the recent years been shed light on. Different initiatives such as the Man Up Campaign, 16 days of activism against GBV etc. have shed light to this issue and with its newfound fame; different countries are now trying […]
FINANCE ACT NO. 8 OF 2020. By Bianca W. Mahere, Associate. In our last article, we analysed the first part of the Finance Act No.8 of 2020. This article intends to take the reader through the remaining parts of the Amendment and highlight the salient provisions of the Act. Part II- Amendments to the Income […]
FINANCE ACT NO. 8 OF 2020. By Bianca W. Mahere, Associate. On the 28th of October 2020, the Zimbabwean government gazetted a number of amendments to the Finance Act [Chapter 23:04].This amendment also seeks to introduce changes to the Income Tax Act [Chapter 23:06], the Capital Gains Tax Act [Chapter 23:04], the Mines and Minerals […]
