Zimbabwe Rule of Law Journal |97 Although this approach in which PWDs are not expressly mentioned shall not be encouraged, it could be argued that it is quite inclusive of PWDs, under Article 24 of the Youth Charter which specifically compels states to recognise “... the right of mentally and physically challenged youth to special care and shall ensure that they have equal and effective access to education, training, health care services, employment, sport, physical education and cultural and recreational activities”. In sum, the African human rights system is unequivocal in its protection of the right to PWDs for employment. The next session of this paper will examine how the global and regional framework for the PWDs’ right to employment was given effect by the Zimbabwean court. The right to employment of visually impaired persons in Zimbabwe The Zimbabwe National League of the Blind v Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) and others. 3.1 Facts and decisions The applicant was the Zimbabwe National League of the Blind, a registered Non- Governmental Organization whose membership includes visually impaired persons and the respondents were ZIMSTAT, the Minister of Finance cited in his capacity as the Minister responsible for the administration of the Census and Statistics Act, and the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social welfare cited in her official capacity as the Minister responsible for fair labour standards, disability and social issues. The applicant brought an application before the High Court of Bulawayo challenging the systemic discrimination of visually impaired persons in the process of recruiting extra personnel by ZIMSTAT. Mandated by the Minister of Finance to conduct the 2012 population censuses, ZIMSTAT had embarked on a recruitment of extra personal to discharge its mandate. In doing so, it decided to recruit personnel from amongst the ranks of civil servants. To give effect to this decision, ZIMSTAT issued a circular titled