CJ Malaba lied to Mnangagwa: Ndewere

SUSPENDED High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere has accused Chief Justice Luke Malaba of lying to President Emmerson Mnangagwa that she had 34 outstanding matters when she only had three.

Through her lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, Justice Ndewere told Justice Sunsley  Zisengwe that a memorandum dated October 23, 2020 from the Registrar of  High Court to Chief Justice Malaba confirms that she did not have 28 outstanding judgments or reviews for 2020 as alleged.

She submitted that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) failed to carry out an independent investigation into her alleged misconduct, but rather “rubber stamped” the unlawful investigation done by Chief Justice Malaba without verifying the allegations.

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