JUSTICE IN ZIMBABWE 3 ____________________________________________________________________ The judgment and the reaction to it ......................................................... 38 Comment ................................................................................................ 42 The Meldrum case ........................................................................................... 43 Refusal by police to execute warrant ................................................................ 44 3. The politicisation of the police ............................................................................... 44 The Commissioner’s partisanship .................................................................... 44 Building a political police force ....................................................................... 46 4. Attacks upon businesses and aid organisations ....................................................... 48 5. Repressive legislation ............................................................................................ 51 Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act ....................................... 52 Public Order and Security Act .......................................................................... 53 Section B – Specific cases ............................................................................................. 56 1. The land cases ....................................................................................................... 56 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 56 The interdict case ............................................................................................. 56 The class action case ........................................................................................ 58 The reconstituted Supreme Court changes its mind .......................................... 59 Setting aside of the interdict ............................................................................. 61 The majority judgment............................................................................ 62 The minority judgment ........................................................................... 63 Criticism of the Majority Judgment......................................................... 64 Concluding comments ..................................................................................... 66 2. The legal standing cases......................................................................................... 67 The High Court judgment in the Stevenson case (Stevenson v Minister of Local Government & Ors ) ...................................................... 67 Introduction ............................................................................................ 67