High Court confirms Malaba judgment

THE High Court has ruled that the extension of the judge’s retirement age beyond 70 years did not apply to Luke Malaba and other sitting judges.

This came after Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum executive director Musa Kika and the Young Lawyers Association approached the court seeking to overturn President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s extension of Justice Malaba’s term by five years on the basis that procedure leading to the enactment of Constitutional Amendment (No 2) Bill into law was flawed.

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