Prosecutor General (PG) Johannes Tomana was on Wednesday slapped with a 30-day imprisonment by the Constitutional Court (Concourt) after he was convicted of contempt of court following his refusal to issue certificates of private prosecution to Telecel Zimbabwe and a Harare man Francis Maramwidze.

CHARLES LAITON

The full bench headed by Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku, however, wholly suspended the PG’s jail term on condition that he issues the private prosecution certificates to the two parties within 10 days or risk being barred from practicing as a lawyer in Zimbabwe.