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Independent tribunal to probe editor's suspension
MISA-Zimbabwe
October 14, 2005

High Court Judge Justice Bharat Patel has ruled that an independent labour tribunal should be established to look into the suspension of Dr Ibbo Mandaza, the CEO and editor-in-chief of the Zimbabwe Mirror Group of Newspapers.

Justice Patel made the ruling on 13 October 2005 following his earlier suggestion that a retired judge should preside in the matter in which Mandaza was seeking an urgent High Court order nullifying his suspension from the publishing company.

The judge said the labour tribunal chaired by a retired judge, would look into the "propriety of the suspension" of Mandaza by the Mirror Group’s chairman Jonathan Kadzura and his deputy John Marangwanda.

The tribunal will comprise a member of the Institute of Directors of Zimbabwe and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe.

Mandaza alleges that his ouster is being engineered by the Central Intelligence Organisation following its acquisition of the majority shareholding stake in the publishing company through a company known as Unique World Investment.

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