elections. The High Court, in hearing the election petition on the Buhera South election, indicated that the facts around this killing required further investigation and ordered the Office of the Attorney-General to institute an investigation into Joseph Mwale, the CIO officer alleged to have committed the murder with an accomplice. To date, the Office of the AttorneyGeneral has been unable to get 9 the Zimbabwe Republic Police to comply with the High Court’s instructions . 9 It is noteworthy here that the Office of the Attorney-General has recently returned the docket on the ZRP investigation of Joseph Mwale back to the ZRP as incomplete [see the Zimbabwe Herald, Thursday, 25 March 2004]. This return is described as “merely procedural”, but does not alter the fact that no public investigation has yet taken place, more than 3 years after the incident. 20