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29 out of 43 aspiring High Court judge fail writing a judgment, 4 chicken out of interviews for High Court judges’ posts

Posted on October 25, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

TWENTY-NINE aspiring High Court judges have proved that they cannot write a judgment, a basic skill every judge must possess. Fearing more embarrassment, four of the candidates — part of the 10 lawyers lined up to be interviewed for the High Court judges’ posts — yesterday chickened out and slunk out of the waiting room. The panel, that was made up of 10 commissioners from the Judicial Service Commission, had to adjourn early after…

‘One ‘lazy’ judge only handed one judgement while another handed 100 judgments in a year’-Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku

Posted on October 1, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku has once again slammed some High Court judges for being “lazy” and creating a backlog, with one judge only handing down two judgments last year while other judges had written more than 300. Justice Chidyausiku hit out at Justices Samuel Kudya, Alphas Chitakunye and Priscilla Chigumba for failing to conclude cases during their interviews to be considered for elevation to the Supreme Court on Thursday. It merged that Justice Kudya had…

‘8 High Court judges face public interviews at Rainbow Towers Hotel for4 supreme court posts on 29 September’

Posted on August 19, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

‘8 High Court judges face public interviews at Rainbow Towers Hotel for4 supreme court posts on 29 September’ EIGHT High Court judges vying for four vacant Supreme Court posts will battle it out in public interviews to be conducted in Harare next month. The judges — six men and two women — have been nominated to participate in the interviews scheduled for September 29. Only four best performers will make it to the Supreme Court….

Suspended Prosecutor General Tomana Recruited Over 12 Military Officers To Do Admin Work In His Office

Posted on June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Prosecutor-general Johannes Tomana is being accused of violating the Constitution after engaging the services of senior army officers to do administration work in his office, the Daily News can reveal. More than a dozen military officers are working in the Prosecutor-General’s office, including a colonel and four majors. The Daily News understands Tomana requested the army officers’ deployment to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in a letter to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa as Justice minister…