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Tsholotsho resident magistrate dies
21 May 2014 at 06:32hrs | Views
TSHOLOTSHO resident magistrate Carrington Karidzangundi has died.
He was 40.
Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe confirmed Karidzangundi's death at a Harare hospital on Sunday where he had been admitted for the past two weeks following a short illness.
"The death of Karidzangundi comes at a time when we lost another magistrate in Mutare and another one in Chitungwiza in March," said Guvamombe, just before Karidzangundi's burial in Norton yesterday morning.
He said the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) was hard hit by the loss of members of the judiciary who were proving difficult to replace.
"It is not easy to replace a magistrate as it takes a lot of training and long time for one to be at the stage that Karidzangundi was.
"He had climbed up the ladder to become a resident magistrate with an impeccable record. Really we have lost a vital colleague," said the chief magistrate. He had dedicated his life to the JSC and justice as he proved to be a man who could work in any environment anywhere in the country. Very few people possess that character and we would want his family to know that we mourn with them. It is God who gave us and He has taken away."
Enias Magate, the Provincial Magistrate-in-Charge of Matabeleland North, incorporating Bulawayo, said he was at a loss for words.
"This is a total loss to the family, us as magistrates and Tsholotsho people. We have lost a hardworking officer who had high integrity and this gap will not be easy to fill," he said.
Karidzangundi was born at Shamva Hospital on January 13, 1974. He did his primary education at Guruve Primary School between 1981 and 1988 before proceeding to Mavuradona High School for his secondary education which he completed in 1994.
After high school, he did his magisterial training at the Judicial College in 2003 and 2004.
Karidzangundi joined the JSC in December 2004 as a trainee magistrate in Harare and was sworn in a year later, before being deployed to the Norton Magistrates' Court during the same period.
He was then transferred to Beitbridge in 2010 where he was based for two years before being promoted to the post of resident magistrate upon his transfer to Tsholotsho, his last posting before his death.
He was 40.
Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe confirmed Karidzangundi's death at a Harare hospital on Sunday where he had been admitted for the past two weeks following a short illness.
"The death of Karidzangundi comes at a time when we lost another magistrate in Mutare and another one in Chitungwiza in March," said Guvamombe, just before Karidzangundi's burial in Norton yesterday morning.
He said the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) was hard hit by the loss of members of the judiciary who were proving difficult to replace.
"It is not easy to replace a magistrate as it takes a lot of training and long time for one to be at the stage that Karidzangundi was.
Enias Magate, the Provincial Magistrate-in-Charge of Matabeleland North, incorporating Bulawayo, said he was at a loss for words.
"This is a total loss to the family, us as magistrates and Tsholotsho people. We have lost a hardworking officer who had high integrity and this gap will not be easy to fill," he said.
Karidzangundi was born at Shamva Hospital on January 13, 1974. He did his primary education at Guruve Primary School between 1981 and 1988 before proceeding to Mavuradona High School for his secondary education which he completed in 1994.
After high school, he did his magisterial training at the Judicial College in 2003 and 2004.
Karidzangundi joined the JSC in December 2004 as a trainee magistrate in Harare and was sworn in a year later, before being deployed to the Norton Magistrates' Court during the same period.
He was then transferred to Beitbridge in 2010 where he was based for two years before being promoted to the post of resident magistrate upon his transfer to Tsholotsho, his last posting before his death.
Source - chronicle
