President Mnangagwa has with immediate effect appointed two
new judges to the Supreme Court bench to beef up human capital and ease
workload of the appellate court.
Justices Nicholas Mathonsi and Charles Hungwe were among
the five High Court judges who were last week interviewed to fill two vacancies
at the Supreme Court. The other judges who participated in the interviews were
Justices Alfas Chitakunye, Felistaus Chitakunye and Samuel Kudya.
Justice Hungwe is currently working in Lesotho following
his secondment to that country’s High Court bench. A lawyer by profession
Justice Hungwe served the High Court bench for almost 20 years. He joined the
High Court bench in 2000.
Justice Mathonsi joined the High Court bench in 2010. He
has worked both at the Harare and Bulawayo courts. In 2015, the late former
Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku named Justice Mathonsi as one of the top
performing and hardworking judges. Opening the 2015 legal year in Harare, the
late former Chief Justice singled out Justice Mathonsi for special mention
after the former Harare High Court judge wrote a staggering 72 judgments in
2014. Herald
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