{"id":10582,"date":"2019-06-27T13:07:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T13:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=10582"},"modified":"2019-06-27T13:07:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T13:07:50","slug":"ed-appoints-2-new-supreme-court-judges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/ed-appoints-2-new-supreme-court-judges","title":{"rendered":"ED appoints 2 new Supreme Court judges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The two participated in recent public interviews along with Justices Felicia Chatukuta, Samuel Kudya and Elfas Chitakunye.<\/p>\n<p>Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi confirmed the appointment of the two judges to the superior court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President has settled for the two, Justices Hungwe and Mathonsi. They will be sworn in soon as Supreme Court judges,\u201d Ziyambi said.<\/p>\n<p>Although attempts to get a comment from Judicial Service Commission (JSC) secretary Walter Chikwanha were fruitless, sources said Justice Mathonsi topped the list followed by Hungwe and Kudya. The JSC had declared two vacant positions at the Supreme Court and five High Court judges applied for the posts.<\/p>\n<p>The interviews are an important part of the appointment process for judges laid down in section 180(4) of the Constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two participated in recent public interviews along with Justices Felicia Chatukuta, Samuel Kudya and Elfas Chitakunye. Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi confirmed the appointment of the two judges to the superior court. \u201cThe President has settled for the two, Justices Hungwe and Mathonsi. They will be sworn in soon as Supreme Court judges,\u201d Ziyambi said. 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