Malaba (right) greest GZU vice chancellor Rungano Zvobgo
Heather Buzuzi
MASVINGO – Chief
Justice Luke Malaba last week called upon legal practitioners to be driven not
by the love for money by the need to advance the cause of justice.
Justice Luke Malaba last week called upon legal practitioners to be driven not
by the love for money by the need to advance the cause of justice.
Addressing
law students and other people who gathered at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU)’s
Herbert Chitepo Law School for a memorial lecturer of the late national
liberation war hero, Malaba said it was incumbent upon everybody in the legal
sector to improve citizens’ access to justice.
law students and other people who gathered at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU)’s
Herbert Chitepo Law School for a memorial lecturer of the late national
liberation war hero, Malaba said it was incumbent upon everybody in the legal
sector to improve citizens’ access to justice.
“We
must find a way of ensuring equality among Africans; citizens should be
protected and their rights must be respected. Lawyers must be there to
represent people and not to simply work for money. The law should create the
person and no person should create the law, only then can we be free,” said
Malaba.
must find a way of ensuring equality among Africans; citizens should be
protected and their rights must be respected. Lawyers must be there to
represent people and not to simply work for money. The law should create the
person and no person should create the law, only then can we be free,” said
Malaba.
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ)
recently deregistered several lawyers for committing various professional
indiscretions including corruption and failure to represent clients.
recently deregistered several lawyers for committing various professional
indiscretions including corruption and failure to represent clients.
Malaba praised the late Chitepo as
an exemplary lawyer who fought for the rights of the downtrodden and oppressed
majority people of the country at the most difficult of times.
an exemplary lawyer who fought for the rights of the downtrodden and oppressed
majority people of the country at the most difficult of times.
Chitepo become the first black
barrister in the then Southern Rhodesia back in the 1950s after graduating from
Fort Hare University in 1949.
barrister in the then Southern Rhodesia back in the 1950s after graduating from
Fort Hare University in 1949.
He
represented many nationalists including Ndabaningi Sithole and Joshua Nkomo who
were fighting the colonial government.
represented many nationalists including Ndabaningi Sithole and Joshua Nkomo who
were fighting the colonial government.
He
was assassinated by a parcel bomb in Zambia in 1975 while serving as Zimbabwe
African National Union (Zanu) chairman during the liberation struggle.
was assassinated by a parcel bomb in Zambia in 1975 while serving as Zimbabwe
African National Union (Zanu) chairman during the liberation struggle.
