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Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter
THE Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) has re-deployed and promoted four magistrates in Bulawayo and Tsholotsho as part of a routine exercise to strengthen its operations.
Willard Moyo, who was resident magistrate for Western Commonage magistrate’s courts, was promoted to provincial magistrate in charge of Matabeleland South. He was replaced by Sibongile Msipa-Marondedze who was formerly at Tredgold Building in Bulawayo.
Moyo takes over from Reuben Mukavhi who has since joined the office of the Master of the High Court in Harare.
Moyo joined the JSC in 1983 as an assistant magistrate before he rose through the ranks to resident magistrate for Gwanda, Hwange, Binga and Western Commonage. He holds a law degree from the Midlands State University (MSU). Msipa-Marondedze joined the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs in 1999 as a public prosecutor before she applied for a magisterial post in 2001. Prior to her new appointment, she was a magistrate in Plumtree and at Tredgold. She holds a certificate from the Judiciary College of Zimbabwe (JCZ) and a law degree from the MSU.
Abednico Ndebele was moved from Tsholotsho magistrate’s court to Bulawayo where he is now an acting regional magistrate.
Victor Mpofu, who was at the Bulawayo civil courts, is the new resident magistrate-in-charge of Tsholotsho. Ndebele attended JCZ between 1995 and 1997 where he acquired a magistrate administration certificate before he was sworn in as a magistrate in December 1997.
He is among the first group of magistrates to attend JCZ and worked at Western Commonage and Tredgold before moving to Tsholotsho.
In 2010, he graduated from the University of Zimbabwe with an LLB honours degree.
Mpofu joined JSC in 2009 after completing a law degree at the University of Fort Hare in South Africa. He rose through the ranks from a junior magistrate to a senior magistrate.
Chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe said the promotions were with effect from June 1.
“We redeployed and promoted magistrates in Bulawayo and Tsholotsho as part of our routine exercise to strengthen our operations so that we’re able to offer a world class justice system in the country,” said Guvamombe.
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