Judgment No. CCZ 10/2018 Const. Application No. CCZ 80/2016 seems to me that the most appropriate forum for this purpose would be the High Court, acting in terms of its own Rules. Disposition In terms of r 5(1)(b) of the Constitutional Court Rules 2016, this Court may give such directions as to procedure, in respect of any matter not expressly provided for in the Rules, as appear to it to be just and expedient. Furthermore, and more particularly, r 6 empowers this Court to refer to the Judge President of the High Court any allegations that require further investigation, in which event the Judge President shall arrange for a judge of that court to conduct a hearing within a specified period and thereafter to report back to this Court. In the instant case, it is just and expedient that the material disputes of fact concerning the conduct of the public hearings in question be referred to the High Court for that court to investigate the matter and thereafter to submit its findings to this Court. It is accordingly ordered as follows: 1. The following question be and is hereby referred to the Judge President of the High Court for investigation and determination: Whether the public hearings undertaken by the parliamentary Local Government and Rural Development Portfolio Committee in Harare Province during June 2016, in respect of the Local Government Laws Amendment Bill 2016, were conducted in such manner and in such circumstances as to enable members of the public attending those hearings to reasonably and adequately express their views on the provisions of the aforesaid Bill. DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS e-mail: veritas@mango.zw; website: www.veritaszim.net Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied. 22

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