JSC gets land for the construction of Gweru High C...

JSC gets land for the construction of Gweru High Court

Zim Now Writer

The Gweru City Council has given the Judicial Service Commission land in Gweru for the construction of a High Court in the City of Progress.

The council is also giving JSC a stand in the Mkoba high density suburb for the construction of a second magistrates’ court complex.

The construction of a High Court in Gweru will mean the resident judge will have somewhere to work from as opposed to having judges travelling from Masvingo and Bulawayo when the High Court is in session in the Midlands capital.

Gweru City Council assistant planning director Tapiwa Marerwa said the two sites can adequately allow for the construction of state-of-the-art court complexes.

“The High Court site is along the Gweru-Bulawayo highway while the magistrate courts is in Mkoba where the majority of Gweru residents stay. The stands are big enough to construct modern structures,” he said.

JSC head of corporate services Daniel Nemukuyu said the commission was now mobilising resources for the construction of the two Gweru court complexes.

The JSC’s target is to have resident judges and courtrooms for the High Court in every province in order to make access easier, the costs lower and to speed up the delivery of justice.

“The setting up of the High Court in Gweru will make justice more affordable and accessible to all. There will be no need to travel hundreds of kilometres to Harare and other High Court stations for litigation,” Nemukuyu said.

A JSC team, led by Chief Magistrate Faith Mushure with JSC Deputy Secretary Sithembinkosi Msipa has since visited the two court sites and construction is expected to start this year.