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Judges not planning to resign

    JOHANNESBURG

    Although judges in Zimbabwe’s high and supreme courts are angry about the forced resignation of Chief Justice Anthony Gubbay at the weekend, none of them are contemplating resigning, either in disgust or in sympathy with Gubbay, ‘Business Day’ said on Monday.

    The Zimbabwean government said on Friday that that Gubbay would be going on four months’ leave from 1 March and retire from the bench on 30 June.

    Analysts said that Gubbay’s resignation did not come as a surprise as he had been subjected to criticism and threats from government supporters. War veterans recently stormed the Supreme Court to protest against alleged bias by the judiciary in its handling of disputes over the government’s fast-track land reform programme.

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