By A Correspondent-Three High Court Judges led by Justice Happias Zhou, yesterday threw President Emmerson Mnangagwa under the bus after they reversed his decision to reappoint Chief Justice Luke Malaba.

In their ruling High Court Judges, Justices Happias Zhou, Edith Mushore and Jesta Charehwa, ruled that incumbent judges of the senior courts could not benefit from an amendment to the Constitution extending their term limits.

The ruling had the effect of retiring Zimbabwe’s Chief Justice, Luke Malaba, who turned 70 — the legal retirement age — at midnight yesterday (Saturday).
The court ruled that the amendment needs to be put to a public referendum.