HARARE – The High Court yesterday declined to entertain a referral to the superior court for review of a case that was submitted by Harare magistrate Gloria Takundwa — who recently granted opposition kingpin Tendai Biti permission to have his trial live-streamed on media
platforms.
This comes after Takundwa had suggested to the High Court that she might have made a mistake by granting Biti the permission — a
decision which stirred controversy as it coincidedwith the eye-brow raising criticism that prosecutor Michael Reza had directed at her, describing her as either “very brave or very stupid or both” for making the referral.
High Court judge Joseph Musakwa told Takundwa yesterday to live with her decision, as he declined to review her earlier decision.
“It follows that where a magistrate errs or blunders, he or she must live with that error

unless one of the before the court moves
to take corrective action.Daily News