The Judges to be sworn in were interviewed in 2020 following the Judicial Service Commission’s (JSC) public notice on these interviews. However, there was no further development of the issue since then. It would seem that the President waited until the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill (no 2) had sailed through.

Amendment Bill (no 2) allows the President to elect Judges without them going through any voting process. View the rest of the terms of the bill in this article. Critics have stated that the bill gives the President more power than a President in a so called Democratic nation should have.

This amendment bill is the same one that led to the recent back and forth in the Chief Justice Malaba Saga. You can read about it here.

The 5 Judges that will be sworn in today at 10 am by the Acting Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza at the Constitutional Court are:

1. Justice Rita Makarau
2. Justice Paddington Garwe
3.  Justice Bharat Patel
4. Justice Ben Hlatshwayo
5.  Justice Anne-Marie Gorowa

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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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Biti and co were recalled from parliament on the 17th of March 2021.

According to the High Court, the man who initiated the recall, Mr Benjamin Rukanda was in fact not a member of the PDP.

Tendai Biti is notably once of the more vocal members of parliament in opposition ranks, analysts believe that is why he was targeted.

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