Court picks flaws in DCEC’s teeth

In two different judgments, the courts took a swipe at the DCEC and, by implication, the State’s prosecuting machinery, being the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

“In summary, the Applicants’ complaint is that while they acknowledge and respect the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC)’s investigative mandate under its Act what they cannot accept is the manner in which such a mandate has been exercised in their case i.e. unlawfully and arbitrarily (without warrants) leading to devastating economic and constitutional consequences,” Judge Barnabas Nyamadzabo outlined in the now being appealed ruling that declared Mzwinila’s passport flagging unlawful, interdicted warrantless searches and ordered the return of seized property.