witnessed during the investigations. This is despite the fact there are a series of court orders ordering the respondents to desist from evicting the complainants without a court order or alternatively to issue the complainants with suitable alternative land for them to occupy. 6.2 Right to Administrative Justice The right to administrative justice as spelt out by Section 68(1) of the Constitution prescribes that every person has a right to administrative conduct that is lawful, prompt, efficient, reasonable, proportionate, impartial and both substantively and procedurally fair. 6.2.1 The investigation done by the ZHRC reveals that the complainants’ right to administrative justice was violated. The conduct of the ZRP and Ministry of Lands officials was unlawful and un-procedural given that there were several High Court orders interdicting the eviction let alone the demolition of the complainants’ homes. The ZRP also used excessive force which resulted in the assault of anyone who wanted to defend their homes from destruction. The findings also reveal that the police just descended on people’s houses demolishing them and setting them on fire thereby destroying people’s livelihoods without giving any notice. They also did not have any court order to authorise the eviction of the people. In fact they were in complete defiance of court orders interdicting them from doing so. They did not take into consideration that everyone has a right to administrative justice. 6.2.2 In the High Court case of DUSABE vs HARARE CITY COUNCIL HH/114/16 at pages 1 and 2 it was held that, “every citizen of this country has the right to administrative justice which is enshrined in s 68 of the Constitution. This means that administrative conduct must be lawful, prompt, efficient, reasonable, proportionate, impartial and both substantively and procedurally fair. It is a disgrace for two government departments to admit that houses which had been built without the requisite planning authority were demolished and razed to the ground without a court order, without notice in writing being given to all those likely to be affected. The process was not procedurally fair. What is shocking and of great concern is the apparent misapprehension by these government Page 9 of 22