The succession war raging in the ruling ZANU-PF party is set to shift to the third arm of government - the judiciary - as factions try to influence the choice of the candidate that will replace the country's top judge, Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku, who is set to retire at the mandatory age of 70 in less than a year.
A fortnight ago, the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) started inviting nominations to fill in positions of four Supreme Court judges and eight High Court judges, a development that creates a bigger pool from which Chidyausiku's successor could be chosen.
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