Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused Retired Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku of violating violated section 185(2) of the Constitution by appointing retired judge, Justice Vernanda Ziyambi to serve as an acting judge of the Constitutional and Supreme courts for a further year after mandatory retirement age without administering the oath.
He raised this issue on the basis that the letter of Justice Ziyambi’s appointment by retired Chief Justice Chidyausiku did not address the issue of an oath. However, Retired Chief Justice Chidyausiku and Justice Ziyambi maintain the appointment was done in terms of the constitution.
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