Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights v Robert Gabriel Mugabe N.O and Judicial Service Commission and Ray Hemington Goba and Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs N.O

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether the President has the power to rescind the appointment of a Prosecutor General by way of a Government Notice where the appointment has been gazetted but the oath of office has not been administered.","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The gazetting of appointment and subsequent repeal without oath being taken."}
• {"issue_text":"Whether a Prosecutor General is a constitutional appointee entitled to the removal protections of a Judge once appointed via Gazette.","issue_type":"constitutional","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The appointment process and the nature of the office."}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the applicant has locus standi and the matter is urgent.","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"The nature of the applicant's membership and the initiation of a replacement process."}

Background