WHAT NEXT? THE MEANING OF THE SUPREME COURT ORDER IN THE ON GOING BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF THE MDC-T
In this blogpost, I deal with ten questions in light of the Supreme Court order of 22 May 2018 in the case of Movement for Democratic Change vs. Thokozani Khupe and Two Others SC369/18 , 1. Why did Chamisa’s MDC-T appeal the High Court order? Chamisa’s MDC-T challenged the ruling by Justice Bere on five grounds: i) They objected to the High Court’s pronouncements regarding legitimacy of the party leadership since they were not part of the original court application; ii) They disagreed with the finding that it was unclear whether the High Court application had been filed by the legitimate MDC-T; iii) They insisted that their application was urgent; iv) They argued that the ...