the Chief Magistrate, Mr Guvamombe. Key areas covered included grounds for review of cases by the magistrate; the statutory instrument on enforcement of judgments by local courts; issuing of warrants of execution by local courts; the issue of making a third party pay; jurisdiction of local courts both territorial and monetary; ethics and anti-corruption; and how to write a claim. The national training programme took off on 8th April and over the next three months 215 chiefs, including three female chiefs, from eight provinces were trained. The training focused on the concept of law and court procedure and helped the chiefs understand their roles as presiding officers in community courts, how to handle issues involving their culture, customs and norms and which cases they should preside over and which were beyond their jurisdiction. Chiefs of Matabeleland South 34