Zimbabwe Jobs Freeze Puts Pressure on Country's Judiciary

ZIMBABWE has 45 vacancies for magistrates putting tremendous pressure on the available staff, with 5 000 criminal and 3 000 civil cases pending nationally as of February 15, Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe has said.

The shortage of magistrates, resulting from a freeze in general recruitment by the Judicial Service Commission due to budgetary constraints, has seen magistrates working longer hours compromising the quality of their judgments.

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