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Mnangagwa appoints 8 Labour Court Judges

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed eight new judges to the Labour Court, following public interviews conducted by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), in a move aimed at strengthening the country's justice delivery system.The app…

Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 18:15hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Judges' Chitepo School 'training' scrapped

A controversial "training workshop" for Zimbabwe's judges, organised by the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) and involving figures closely linked to the ruling Zanu-PF party and the state intelligence agency, has been cancelled fo…

Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 13:38hrs | 1027 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF ideological training for Zimbabwe Judges

In a move widely condemned as a blatant act of executive interference in the judiciary, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), under the coordination of its secretary Walter Chikwana, has convened an unprecedented "induction workshop" for …

Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 14:58hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter

Zambian judges hold emergency crisis meeting

Judges in Lusaka reportedly held an emergency meeting yesterday in response to the ongoing crisis within Zambia's judiciary, following the suspension of three Constitutional Court Judges by President Hakainde Hichilema. The suspended judge…

Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 16:05hrs | 1739 | by Staff reporter

ZINASU wants CVs of recently appointed Judges

The Zimbabwe National Students Union president, Allan Chipoyi, has issued an ultimatum to the Judicial Service Commission, demanding that they provide the CVs and scoresheets of the recently appointed judges within seven days. This demand …

Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 14:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Former CCC MPs involved in car accident

Former legislators Dubeko Sibanda and Pashor Sibanda were recently in a car accident, marking the second incident involving them in two years. Fortunately, both are reportedly safe after their vehicle hit a donkey and collided with a Honda…

Published: 25 Jun 2024 at 13:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Fancy cars for Zimbabwe's recently appointed Judges

The new High Court judges President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed two weeks ago have just received new Land Rover Discovery cars.On 12 June, President Mnangagwa appointed former magistrates Faith Mushure and Ngoni Nduna and lawyers Regis De…

Published: 25 Jun 2024 at 13:17hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter

12 newly appointed judges sworn in

The justice delivery system in Zimbabwe is set to improve following the swearing-in of 12 High Court judges by Chief Justice Luke Malaba. The ceremony, held at the Constitutional Court in Harare, included the appointment of Justice Garaine…

Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 06:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

11 new judges appointed

President Mnangagwa has appointed 10 new judges to the High Court and one to the Administrative Court, following public interviews conducted by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) last month. The new judges will be sworn in next Mon…

Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 06:47hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

66 aspiring judges to write aptitude test

Sixty-six lawyers are next week expected to undergo an aptitude test, in addition to the existing nomination procedure, ahead of interviews for appointment as judges of the High Court.Another eight lawyers aspiring to fill a single vacant …

Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

JSC calls for nomination of High Court judges

THE Judicial Services Commission (JSC) has called on members of the public to nominate suitable candidates for 10 vacancies on the High Court bench and one for the Administrative Court judge. The vacancies came about through dismissal or v…

Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mliswa demands Mthuli Ncube explanation over unbudgeted US$400k judges pay-outs

Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has demanded the summoning of Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube to parliament to explain how he bestowed unbudgeted US$400,000 pay-outs to each of the country's judges.Speaking in parliament Tuesday, Mliswa also …

Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 19:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

US$400 000 windfall to judges is electoral gambit

THE recent gifting of US$400 000 housing loans to judges has underlined the executive's keenness to extend favours to the judiciary, particularly during elections, as they play a key role in mediating disputes.The 2018 presidential electio…

Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

JSC appoints Electoral Court judges, 5 out of 35 have Ndebele surnames

The Judicial Service Commission has appointed 35 High Court judges and 76 magistrates in all 10 provinces to arbitrate in electoral disputes and ensure rapid trial for political violence over the next six months in terms of the country's e…

Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa awards US$400k loans to judges 3 months before elections

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has controversially awarded US$400 000 housing loans to all judges in the country, three months before elections, Nehanda Radio reported.The President, last week, declared 23 August as the day for …

Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 19:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Political plot to corrupt Zimbabwe's judiciary?

CORRUPT government officials are maneuvering to manipulate an anticipated investigation into allegations of misconduct and corruption against High Court judge Webster Chinhamora as he is seen to be pro-government.The Judicial Services Comm…

Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Judges Chinamora and Makonese face tribunals

THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has recommended that President Emmerson Mnangagwa sets up tribunals to investigate the suitability of Justice Martin Makonese of the Bulawayo High Court and Justice Webster Chinamora of the Harare High…

Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:11hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

2 Zimbabwe High Court judges facing removal from the bench for unprofessional conduct

Two High Court judges are facing removal from the bench for unprofessional conduct, ZimLive revealed.Justice Martin Makonese of the Bulawayo High Court and Justice Webster Chinamora of the Harare High Court have both been given 10 days to …

Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 08:32hrs | | 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

'Some South African judges still have apartheid mentality'

SOUTH AFRICA'S ex-president Jacob Zuma has lashed out at the judges who this week gave him a 15-month jail term for absconding from a corruption inquiry, comparing them to the white minority apartheid rulers he once fought.Zuma spoke at hi…

Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:39hrs | | 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

New High Court Judges to be appointed in Zimbabwe

We wish them well in their endeavours of assuming the positions of High Court Judges.We hope they will discharge their duties effectively ,sufficiently and judiciously.In discharging their duties, they must know that there is an expected s…

Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 19:42hrs | | by Njabulo

Judges' interviews set for Monday

Public interviews to select eight new judges of the High Court have been set for Monday at Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare. Sixteen aspiring candidates who succeeded in the first stage of the interviews held on June 24 this year, are expect…

Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe buys London wigs for judges

THE Judiciary Service Commission has placed orders for 64 wigs made of horsehair from the exclusive and expensive Stanley Ley Legal Outfitters in England, the Zimbabwe Independent has learnt.The price of wigs at the shop - established in 1…

Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:10hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa, Judges lock horns

A battle of the titans has ensued between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the highest court in the land after the first citizen threw down the gauntlet by accusing some of the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) judges of corruption.Mnangagw…

Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Con-Court bench members' profiles

Chief Justice Luke MalabaLuke Malaba was born in 1951.He received his law degree from the University of Warwick in 1974, and another law degree from the University of Zimbabwe in 1982. From 1981 to 1984, he served as a prosecutor in Bulawa…

Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 13:07hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe judges, generals and post-coup dynamics

Soon after the toppling of former president Robert Mugabe in November last year in a coup and the ascendancy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, High Court judge Charles Hungwe immediately ruled that the attendant military intervention was co…

Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 14:50hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura

Uproar over Zim judges' opulent perks

At Independence judges were allocated one Peugeot 504 motor vehicle and later Mazda 626, which were assembled locally, but now judges upon appointment are entitled to three high end vehicles and a number of perks. This comes after it has b…

Published: 18 Sep 2015 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

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