Zimbabwe: Chief Blasts Justice System

19 December 2014

President of the Chiefs Council, Chief Fortune Charumbira has castigated the country's justice delivery system for "bringing more conflicts than peace". Presenting a paper titled "The Role of Traditional Leadership in National Governance and It's Impact on National Security" at the National Defence College on Tuesday, Chief Charumbira said most of the problems facing Africa were due to the application of irrelevant solutions to problems.

He said the Western ways of solving criminal matters was not affordable and accessible, but upheld individualism, while the African justice system reached consensus that built and united the disputing parties and the community.

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