The Chief Justice of Zimbabwe Godfrey Chidyausiku reaches the compulsory retirement age of 70 during February which has set the cat among the factional pigeons of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front...
But any response in kind could lead to a criminal charge of insulting the President although even Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku has hinted that the use of this shield is scarcely fair...
On 3 June Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku delivered the judgement that elections must be held by 31 July with six others concurring...
Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku warned Harare Bishop Chad Nicholas Gandiya to stop lobbying for the overturn of the Supreme Court’s suspension of High Court judgments unfavourable to Kunonga...
Even Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku upheld some of the rights of London-based ACR in the diamond cases...
Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku issued a court order for nearly 130 000 carats in disputed ownership to be lodged under seal with the Reserve Bank for safe keeping; their speculative value has been put at an improbable US$18 mn...
Judicial independence is now in question; the new Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku expanded the Supreme Court from five to eight judges of whom a five-strong panel considered land reform...
