Malaba, Makarau steal limelight

DEPUTY Chief Justice Luke Malaba and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson, Justice Rita Makarau yesterday stole the limelight in public interviews for the post of Chief Justice, which falls vacant next February, when the incumbent, Godfrey Chidyausiku retires.

The interviews only went ahead after the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) had noted an appeal against Justice Charles Hungwe’s earlier order to stop the process until the executive arm of government has completed amendment of section 180 of the Constitution to empower President Robert Mugabe to appoint a new Chief Justice without going through public interviews.

In a dramatic twist, one of the four candidates, Judge President George Chiweshe, did not turn up for the interviews and gave no reasons.

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