aside Harare Magistrate Ngoni Nduna’s controversial decision barring
prominent human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa from representing
freelance journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and disqualified the judicial
officer from presiding over the criminal trial of the media
practitioner.
filed an application for review seeking an order to set aside a ruling
by Magistrate Nduna disqualifying the multiple award winning human
rights lawyer from representing the media practitioner.
In the application for review filed by Doug Coltart of Zimbabwe
Lawyers for Human Rights and argued by Advocate Taona Nyamakura,
Mtetwa and Chin’ono contended that Magistrate Nduna’s ruling was
unconstitutional and effectively deprives the freelance journalist of