ELECTION CHALLENGE
Jeremy Gauntlett: Zim minister had no reason to bar me
Zimbabwe’s justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi provided no solid grounds for his refusal to grant permission to SA lawyers Jeremy Gauntlett, Dali Mpofu and Tembeka Ngcukaitobi to represent MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa in Wednesday’s constitutional court hearing, fresh details have emerged. This comes as the nine-member constitutional court bench will on Friday deliver judgment on Chamisa’s application to nullify President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in the July 30 election. Gauntlett told Business Day that he was denied permission to argue in the court despite having previously appeared before Zimbabwe’s courts a number of times. "I have appeared [with Law Society support and ministerial assent] on eight previous occasions in Zimbabwe’s courts. "I have only once before been refused the right to appear. This was when I was briefed against the government of Zimbabwe in 2008 to have the Sadc [Southern African Development Community] tribunal’s award against land seizures registered ...
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