By Staff Reporter
CHIEF Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza says her recent appointment is every girl child’s triumph on the back of calls for society to recognize the hard fight women give to ascend to power.
She made the remarks during media interviews shortly after being sworn in y President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
“Every girl child has challenges to overcome as she grows up, challenges that the boy child does not experience, because the girl child is going to start from an early age cooking, sweeping, going to the well, no matter how many kilometres it is, the boy child, in the meantime, is growing up.
“So you have to ask and then you have to commend the girl who gets to A’level. And beyond that university, you would have to commend them even more. They would have had to fight a lot of challenges as well,” she narrated.
Asked about suspicions that the bench is “captured”, Chief Justice Gwaunza said these were not a new phenomenon and that, in any event, the losing side in court cases often believes it should have prevailed.
“Well, I haven’t become a judge today. I have been a judge for almost 30 years and this has always been there. You just do your work. We went to school. We studied law. We practised law. Even as judges, you are practising and applying the law. Just concentrate on that.
“Whatever people think, don’t let it distract you. Don’t let it affect you. Just do your job,” she said.
