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Mavis Gibson
Judge of the High Court of Zimbabwe

Mavis Gibson is a Zimbabwean lawyer and judge who served on the High Court of Zimbabwe and was the first female and longest serving-justice of the High Court of Namibia.

Born Mavis Gumede in Zimbabwe, Gibson was originally a journalist. [1] In the 1970s, she was a barrister with chambers in Lincoln's Inn, London. [2] [3]

Gibson was a Judge of the High Court of Zimbabwe for eleven years. [4] Although some sources identify Gibson as Zimbabwe's first female judge, Kelello Justina Mafoso-Guni holds the distinction of becoming the country's first woman magistrate in 1980. [5] [6] [7]

Gibson was appointed a Judge of Namibia's High Court on 18 December 1995. [4] [8] At times she also served as an Acting Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Namibia. [4] On her retirement in April 2008 she was the longest-serving member of the High Court. [4]

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  1. ↑ "Obituary – Lupi scared even men with hair on their chests". The Standard. 9 May 2003. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Justice of the Peace, Volume 143. Justices of the Peace Ltd. 1979. p. 538.
  3. ↑ The Law Society's Gazette, Volume 70, Part 1. The Society. 1973. p. 1708.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Menges, Werner (13 May 2008). "Ndauendapo appointed to High Court". Namibian. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Levitt, Jeremy I. (2015-04-30). Black Women and International Law: Deliberate Interactions, Movements and Actions. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9781316298404.
  6. ↑ Independent Zimbabwe. Department of Information, Government of Zimbabwe. 1985.
  7. ↑ Sub-Saharan Africa Report. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1986.
  8. ↑ "Maphios Cheda appointed full-time High Court judge in Namibia". Bulawayo 24 News. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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