Mavis Gibson

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.

Mavis Gibson
Judge of the High Court of Zimbabwe

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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References
  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. 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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