The Art of the “Slow-Walk”: When Judicial Finality Meets Factional Fiction in the Masokowere’s road to Waterloo

The recent dispatch by Maxwell Teedzai regarding the Destiny of Afrika Network (DANet) High Court ruling is a masterclass in the “procedural pining” typically deployed when the legal road hits a dead end. Under the guise of “community concern,” the article attempts to perform a rhythmic gymnastics routine around a very simple reality: a court order is not a suggestion, and a dismissed application is not an invitation for further “investigation.” The “Pace” PretenseThe article laments the “pace” of the judicial process, suggesting that several years of dispute somehow required more time. In legal terms, this is an attempt to bypass the principle of Interest Reipublicae Ut Sit Finis Litium—it is in the interest of the State that there be an end to litigation.

Justice Jacob Manzunzu did not rush; he reached judicial finality. To suggest that a matter involving 9,000 members requires “additional time” after years of wrangling is not a call for justice—it is a plea for perpetual stagnation to shield those evading accountability. The courts have already noted that an employee cannot hold a transformation project hostage against its directors.

The “broader context” the article claims the media missed is likely the inconvenient fact of a Forensic Audit that was reportedly evaded. True “orderly transition” begins with vacating premises when ordered, not by hiring bouncers to block the Messenger of Court. The VerdictRidiculously, the piece frames the enforcement of the law as an “external position” alien to Manicaland.

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Law is not provincial; the High Court of Zimbabwe has inherent jurisdiction that doesn’t stop at the Christmas Pass. This isn’t a “leadership saga”—it’s a clear-cut case of an eviction and a dismissed challenge. Anything else is just creative writing.

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