# sources.yml
schema_version: "1.0"
mcp_name: "Zimbabwe Law MCP"
jurisdiction: "ZW"

sources:
  - name: "Zimbabwe Legal Information Institute (ZimLII)"
    authority: "ZimLII, hosted by AfricanLII / University of Cape Town"
    official_portal: "https://zimlii.org"
    canonical_identifier: "N/A (Zimbabwe uses Act title + year as canonical identifier)"
    retrieval_method: "HTML_SCRAPE"
    api_documentation: "N/A"
    update_frequency: "weekly"
    last_ingested: "2026-02-19"
    license_or_terms:
      type: "Free Access"
      url: "https://zimlii.org/about"
      summary: "ZimLII provides free, unrestricted access to Zimbabwean legal information; government legislation is public domain under Zimbabwean law"
    coverage:
      scope: "All Acts of Parliament including Cyber and Data Protection Act (2021), Postal and Telecommunications Act (Chapter 12:05), Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA), Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23), Companies and Other Business Entities Act, Interception of Communications Act, Electronic Transactions Act; Statutory Instruments; selected case law from the Supreme Court, High Court, and Constitutional Court"
      limitations: "Historical legislation before independence (1980) may be incomplete; Statutory Instruments may lag behind Gazette publication; not all subsidiary legislation is digitised; case law coverage is selective"
    languages:
      - "en"

  - name: "Parliament of Zimbabwe"
    authority: "Parliament of Zimbabwe"
    official_portal: "https://www.parlzim.gov.zw"
    canonical_identifier: "N/A"
    retrieval_method: "HTML_SCRAPE"
    api_documentation: "N/A"
    update_frequency: "on_change"
    last_ingested: "PENDING_FIRST_INGEST"
    license_or_terms:
      type: "Government Public Domain"
      url: "https://www.parlzim.gov.zw"
      summary: "Parliamentary publications and Acts are public domain; official source for bills and enacted legislation"
    coverage:
      scope: "Bills before Parliament, enacted Acts, parliamentary proceedings, Hansard"
      limitations: "Website availability can be intermittent; historical Acts may not be fully digitised; no structured data API"
    languages:
      - "en"

  - name: "Veritas Zimbabwe (Government Gazette Mirror)"
    authority: "Veritas Zimbabwe"
    official_portal: "https://www.veritaszim.net"
    canonical_identifier: "N/A"
    retrieval_method: "HTML_SCRAPE"
    api_documentation: "N/A"
    update_frequency: "weekly"
    last_ingested: "PENDING_FIRST_INGEST"
    license_or_terms:
      type: "Free Access (Civil Society)"
      url: "https://www.veritaszim.net"
      summary: "Veritas publishes Government Gazette content and legislative analysis for public benefit; gazette content is government public domain"
    coverage:
      scope: "Government Gazette notices, Statutory Instruments, legislative analysis and commentary, constitutional amendments"
      limitations: "Not a primary source — mirrors and supplements official publications; coverage may have gaps for older instruments; editorial commentary is separate from legislative text"
    languages:
      - "en"

data_freshness:
  automated_checks: true
  check_frequency: "weekly"
  last_verified: "2026-02-19"