The Chief Justice Malaba back and forth saga ended with the Judge’s tenure extension not sailing through. The Judge who was in charge of the proceedings has been excluded from the list of Judges who were sworn in today.
Justice Happias Zhou who presided over the Malaba case was also part of the judges interviewed to fill the Constitutional Court vacancies in 2020. He even came third in the interviews thereby securing his place in the Constitutional Court.
However, as a result of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (no 2), things didn’t turn out as expected. President Mnangagwa selected the judges to be part of the ConCourt and Justice Happias Zhou was excluded. Critics are not surprised by this move as it seems to consolidate what they previously said about the President reportedly using the amendment bill to increase his powers. We covered that school of thought in a previous article you can find here.
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