Claim: Incumbent Malaba benefited from a term limit change. Courts set a precedence .
Fact-check: Malaba benefited from a change in retirement age, not term limit. The term remains 15 years and he is set to serve 9 - FactCheckZW
Verdict: the often repeated claim that, 'incumbent malaba benefited from a term limit change. courts set a precedence ' is false. malaba benefited from a retirement age change not term limit change. the term limit for constitutional court judges is a non renewable 15 years. malaba had served for 4 years before reaching age 70 and when he opted to continue until the age of 75, it meant that he is set to serve as zimbabwe's chief justice for a total period of nine years - well below the term limit which was, and remains, 15 years.
Organisation: FactCheckZW
Author: Lifaqane Nare
Date published: 2024-03-22T08:46:26