JUSTICE IN ZIMBABWE 119 ____________________________________________________________________ language of the courtroom. When lawyers marched in August 2000 for what they termed a ‘restoration of the rule of law’, it became evident and categorically clear that theirs was not a march for rule of law. Instead, it was a march to press home that land should not be designated. Why refer to rule of law on land when that land was stolen from the blacks in the first place. When Chief Rekayi Tangwena and his people were displaced, which black lawyer went ahead to try and defend him? I wonder who, amongst the lawyers who marched back then, could have taken Cde Tangwena seriously. Most would have regarded him as a crackpot who wanted to fight against white supremacy. Few of them like the late Herbert Chitepo have a lion’s heart.” Subsequently the British High Commission emphatically denied that it had plotted with the Law Society to oust the Government of Zimbabwe. It said it had no record of the letter allegedly sent by the Law Society to the High Commission. 168 The MDC also issued a statement denying that the Law Society had been in contact with it in connection with the talks between MDC and ZANU (PF). Conclusion In the light of the propaganda campaign waged by the government against the President of the Law Society, his arrest and detention, together with that of the Society’s Secretary, was seen by many as a crude attempt at harassment and intimidation of Mr Moyo and his Secretary. As indicated above, there is considerable substance in this view. Topic 9 9. THE JONGWE BAIL CASE The case Learnmore Jongwe is a member of Parliament and was the official spokesman for the MDC political party. He is also a qualified lawyer. He is alleged to have murdered his wife. He has raised the defence of “extreme cumulative provocation.”