It has surely been an unexpected journey back and forth. Chief Justice Malaba’s term was extended by the President himself and almost immediately cancelled following a court ruling against the move all in the space less than a week.
This issue managed to land Zimbabwe in international media outlets as we revealed in detail in this article.
Chief Justice Malaba’s term was extended 5 hours before he was due to retire as we covered in this article. However, an urgent chamber application was filed against this move and the results proceeded to be favourable and Malaba ceased to be Chief Justice.
Zimbabwean writer and lawyer, Pettina Gappah even shared her sentiments on the situation. Read on that here.
The situation highlights a level of “narrow-mindedness” as expressed by Gappah. One would think that we’ve seen enough of these events in less than a week’s period.
However, another urgent chamber application has been filed disputing the decision to remove Chief Justice Malaba from his position. Minister of Justice, Ziyambi Ziyambi, who was reported for contempt of court in the court proceedings that resulted in the ousting of Malaba is said to be responsible for this chamber application.
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