By A Correspondent| High Court judge, Justice Happias Zhou has disqualified Harare Magistrate Ngoni Nduna from presiding over journalist Hopewell Chin’ono’s case while also reinstating Beatrice Mtetwa as his lead counsel.

This followed Nduna’s earlier ruling in which he disqualified Mtetwa from representing Chin’ono after the state had applied that the human rights lawyer had made comments that denigrated the courts.

Mtetwa appealed against Nduna’s ruling at the High Court which has been granted meaning she will continue to represent Chin’ono.

The Harare magistrates court now have to assign another magistrate to preside over Chin’ono’s case.

Nduna has on numerous occasions made bail rulings that have been challenged at the High Court and ruled to be misdirected.