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Chief Justice bemoans court case backlog

Chief Justice Luke Malaba has called on court officials, including magistrates, to urgently address delays in concluding cases, warning that prolonged postponements undermine the credibility of Zimbabwe's justice delivery system. Speaking …

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:19hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter

Beatrice Mtetwa slams CJ Malaba

Renowned human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has sharply criticised Chief Justice Luke Malaba and other members of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) over what she describes as the "haranguing, humiliation, and belittling" of candidates…

Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 14:42hrs | 2976 | by Staff reporter

CJ Malaba calls for legal, ethical training of traditional leaders

Chief Justice Luke Malaba has directed the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to train traditional leaders on legal and ethical standards to ensure that as judicial officers, they treat litigants with dignity and respect, rather than resort…

Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:31hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter

Nepotism in Zimbabwe's public service irks Chief Justice Malaba

Chief Justice Luke Malaba has condemned nepotism in public service, describing it as a form of corruption that undermines governance and service delivery. Speaking at a Judicial Service Commission (JSC) dinner in Bulawayo on Monday evening…

Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 06:36hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe judiciary commits to constitutional justice

Zimbabwe's judiciary is committed to advancing constitutional justice across Africa, according to Chief Justice Luke Malaba. Speaking at the seventh Congress of the Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa (CJCA) in Victoria Fa…

Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:11hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter

Tributes our in for retired Judge Selo Masole Nare

The Chief Justice of Zimbabwe, Justice Luke Malaba, alongside the Judicial Service Commissioners, Judges, Magistrates, and all members of the Judicial Service, have extended their heartfelt condolences to the Nare family following the pass…

Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 10:22hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter

Virtual sittings commence at Bulawayo magistrates' courts

The Bulawayo Magistrates' Court has begun conducting virtual court sessions, aligning with a national shift towards digital judicial processes. Launched by Chief Justice Luke Malaba in 2022, the initiative aims to enhance efficiency and re…

Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 14:07hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter

Malaba orders judges to use buses for Nyanga retreat

Judges are reportedly unhappy after being forced to travel by bus for an end-of-term retreat in Nyanga, Manicaland. Chief Justice Luke Malaba ordered that all judges travel in two buses: a 15-seater for Constitutional Court judges and…

Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 12:56hrs | 2898 | by Staff reporter

Businessman escalates Malaba fight

Harare businessman Tendai Mashamhanda has escalated his case against Chief Justice Luke Malaba after filing a formal complaint with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission accusing him of ignoring serious allegations of judicial misconduct wi…

Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

CJ Malaba says JSC staff must strive for quality service

CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has implored Judicial Service Commission (JSC) officials and staff to be committed to their duties to help improve service delivery.Malaba, who is JSC chairperson, was speaking at a two-day registrars and sheriffs…

Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Justice Luke Malaba nominates judges to resolve electoral disputes

CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has gazetted names of judges who will be handling electoral disputes.A total of 35 judges have been selected and begin working forthwith.Reads his notice, "It is hereby notified that the Chief Justice has, in term…

Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chamisa 'has already identified his new Chief Justice and RBZ head'

THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has appointed a team to "overshadow" government ministries in parliament with insiders describing the development as demonstrative of the party's readiness to govern, ahead of crunch elect…

Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 10:33hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's man back in charge

AFTER a bruising battle President Emmerson Mnangagwa's agenda to retain the services of Chief Justice Luke Malaba at the helm of the administration of justice, as part of his power consolidation and retention process, has worked, but at hu…

Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Malaba bounces back

CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba Tuesday made a surprise return to office Tuesday as he presided over the  swearing in of newly appointed Judge President Mary Zimba-Dube after a two-month hibernation following the controversy surrounding his…

Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 18:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Malaba case 'now lawfare' says Govt

THE battle to ensure Chief Justice Luke Malaba stays in office intensified yesterday, with top government officials describing the ongoing Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenge as "lawfare."ConCourt judges started hearing an applicatio…

Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

ConCourt judges to decide on Chief Justice Malaba

The Constitutional Court will now decide the validity of the High Court order blocking Chief Justice Luke Malaba from opting under the Constitution to stay in office for an additional five years after retirement age. While the full reasons…

Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Why fighting against Malaba and Patriotism & The Judiciary in Zimbabwe

Separation of powers refers to the division of a state's government into branches, each with separate, independent powers and responsibilities, so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict with those of the other branches. The typi…

Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 16:42hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Malaba crisis: Ex-MDC minister, lawyers pile pressure on Mnangagwa

FORMER Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs minister Eric Matinenga, has ganged up with lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa and Valerie Ingham-Thorpe to challenge recent constitutional amendments which they say are illegal.Together with Veritas, a…

Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mlaba crisis: Mtetwa, Matinenga launch latest ConCourt bid to oust Malaba

Pushback is mounting against the controversial constitutional amendments that made the extension of Luke Malaba's tenure as Chief Justice "permissible", with top lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa and Eric Matinenga leading the latest charge to have …

Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Judge recuses self in Malaba case

The urgent application in the High Court by the executive director of an NGO to have Chief Justice Luke Malaba found in contempt of court and jailed is now being heard by just two judges after Justice Webster Chinamora recused himself from…

Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

Malaba strayed from straight, narrow path of rectitude

DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, it is a shame for government that the power to extend the tenure of senior judges beyond retirement age that was recently vested in you was successfully challenged in court. A threesome pa…

Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Cyprian M Ndawana

Date set for Malaba court case

THE High Court will hear a contempt of court case against Chief Justice Luke Malaba on Thursday following reports that he had continued to execute official duties after reaching retirement age.The case was filed by the Zimbabwe Human Right…

Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Why Mnangagwa doesn't want Justice Happias Zhou

REASONS why President Emmerson Mnangagwa strongly dislikes High Court Justice Happias Zhou - who led a brave judicial panel that dramatically blocked Justice Luke Malaba's controversial tenure extension last week - have emerged, showing hi…

Published: 26 May 2021 at 16:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Luke Malaba turns up for work

Embattled former Chief Justice Luke Malaba turned up for work on Monday, defying a High Court ruling which said he ceased to be a judge on May 15 when he reached the retirement age of 70.Malaba spent most of the day on Monday in what is su…

Published: 24 May 2021 at 18:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Malaba key to Mnangagwa's 2023 project

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara says President Emmerson Mnangagwa is terrified of defeat in the 2023 elections and has decided to extend Chief Justice Luke Malaba's tenure because he is his "safe pair of hands" in charge of a…

Published: 20 May 2021 at 22:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans have come to view constitution not as statement of shared principles but as cudgel with which to attack enemies

Zimbabweans on both the left and the right now view their political opponents not as fellow Zimbabweans with differing views, but as tribal  enemies to be vanquished. And they have come to view the Constitution not as an aspirational …

Published: 19 May 2021 at 23:53hrs | 5 | by Mandla Dlamini

CJ Malaba intra-elite fights: Workers must seize the moment

Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi's unhinged, incendiary attack not only on perceived opposition-nominated judges but in particular "securocrat" stalwart High court Judge President George chiweshe and the th…

Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:55hrs | 3 | by Munyaradzi Gwisai

'Mnangagwa trying to coup-proof himself'

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister in the inclusive government, Arthur Mutambara has claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "coup-based government" was not yet ready to surrender power to civilians."They committed treason in 2017, are they …

Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Captured Malaba is but an appendage to deadly Zanu PF dictatorship - to end it, demand free elections

If you see a log drifting in glass-still waters then it bespeaks of the strong undercurrents or worse, it is a sinister crocodile stalking. Or, as one would say in Shona, "Ukaona vakuru vachipopotedza nembudzi dzarwa, ziva kuti panezvirevo…

Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori

Mnangagwa extends Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term of office by 5 years

President Mnangagwa has extended Chief Justice Luke Malaba's service in office for up to five years depending on yearly medical reports proving he is still mentally and physically fit to continue in the esteemed judicial office. Chief Secr…

Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Malaba ouster plot thickens

HUMAN rights lawyers and civic groups are piling legal pressure for Chief Justice Luke Malaba to resign ahead of his 70th birthday on Friday, instead of accepting a flawed extension of his retirement age by five more years through the rece…

Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

CJ Malaba sued over his plan to cling on

Chief Justice Luke Malaba's intended stay in office beyond his retirement age fixed by the constitution adopted in 2013 has created a "constitutional crisis", a Harare lawyer says in an unprecedented court challenge in which Justice Minist…

Published: 11 May 2021 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chief Justice Malaba's tenure set to be extended next week

CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba is on course to remaining in office beyond 15 May (next Saturday) when his tenure ends by operation of law following the passing of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.2) Bill by Senate this week which, tog…

Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Why are you allowing Chief Justice Luke Malaba to be made a fool of?

When the present government successfully carried out its coup against the tyrant Robert Mugabe, I applied for a temporary position in public relations. I had lined up a group of professors, we had our own money; our intention was to bring …

Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:26hrs | 2 | by Ken Mufuka

Why Mnangagwa wants Luke Malaba to stay

ON 6 April 2021, the Zimbabwean senate passed Constitutional Amendment Bill (N0.1), which had been declared null and void by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) on 31 March 2020, after it was unconstitutionally approved by the upper House …

Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa, Ziyambi divided over Justice Malaba retirement

WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa wants Chief Justice Luke Malaba to continue serving until 2023 so that he becomes his last line of defence should the presidential election be contested in court, senior Justice ministry officials are opp…

Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Why Mnangagwa wants Malaba to stay on 2023

DESPITE the fact that Chief Justice Luke Malaba's judicial reign is coming to an end by operation of law at midnight on 15 May 2021 when he turns 70, President Emmerson Mnangagwa wants him to stay on ahead of the 2023 elections, official s…

Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Why Zimbabwe needs judiciary reforms to be open for business

THE Zimbabwean Constitution enshrines the principle of separation of powers among three distinct arms of government, which are the executive, consisting of the President and Cabinet, the legislature, which is the Parliament, and the judici…

Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:52hrs | 3 | by Mirian Mangwaya

Lawyers call for Chief Justice Malaba probe

Chief Justice Luke Malaba brought "disgrace" to the bench after sitting in an appeal court where his judgement was being challenged, lawyers have said.The incident, back in 2016, has been described as "awkward" by University of Zimbabwe la…

Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

CJ Malaba's anti-corruption posture unsettles many culprits?

THE anti-corruption posture taken by the Judiciary has unsettled many culprits that are now resorting to social media and newspapers to attack the Judiciary, a top Government official has said. The Judiciary and Chief Justice Luke Malaba i…

Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe judiciary not captured

Chief Justice Luke Malaba has rubbished claims that the Zanu PF government is exerting pressure on the bench to deliver politically-favourable judgements - emphasising that the country's Judiciary is not captured. This comes as the opposit…

Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chief Justice Malaba challenges Chamisa's MDC to bring political interference evidence

ANYONE accusing the judiciary in Zimbabwe of being compromised by politicians should bring evidence to support the claim, Chief Justice Luke Malaba has said.In an interview with NewZimbabwe.com on the e sidelines of the swearing ceremony o…

Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:02hrs | | by newzimbabwe

Malaba comes to Guvamombe's rescue

SUSPENDED chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe, who was recently arrested on criminal abuse of office charges emanating from the way he handled a property wrangle in Borrowdale, was cleared of any misconduct charges, according to documents s…

Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Chief Justice Malaba issues a controversial directive

CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba yesterday issued a controversial directive which shocked a meeting of lawyers for the applicant and respondents, as well as one candidate in the recent disputed presidential election, in the case in which main opp…

Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 14:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

No law, court can stop President, says Chief Justice

THE President is obliged by the law to proclaim dates for the harmonised election within the prescribed period and neither a court of law nor any individual, for whatever reason, can stop him from performing such a mandatory function, Chie…

Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mr Malaba's Joshua Nkomo lecture

A very good afternoon to you ladies and gentlemen. Thank you Mr MC for accusing me of being 'handsome'. An accusation I would like to deny. Could I begin by saying what a great honour it is to have been invited to speak to you today. I wou…

Published: 08 Jul 2013 at 17:49hrs | 9 | by Titshabona Ncube

New Khuxman Video a Prayer for Africa

The reason why it is said prayer can move mountains is simple! It is because God is in the mountain-moving business! He knows exactly what to do to remove any and every "mountain" that comes our way. Most of us will ever have that perennia…

Published: 20 Jun 2012 at 23:28hrs | 4 | by Titshabona Malaba Ncube

Bulawayo mayor humiliated by Judge!

Officially opening the 2011 legal year in Bulawayo on Monday, Deputy Chief Justice Luke Malaba left the mayor Thaba Patrick Moyo humiliated after omitting his name when acknowledging the dignitaries present.Among those present were Vice-Pr…

Published: 12 Jan 2011 at 23:55hrs | 2 | by Byo24NEWS

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