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