Simpson Mutambanengwe
Namibian judge
Simpson Victor Mutambanengwe (also: Mtambanengwe, 1930 – 11 May 2017) was a Zimbabwean judge. He served on the High Courts of Zimbabwe and Namibia and was the chairperson of the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission.
Early life and education
Mutambanengwe was born at the Old Umtali Mission in eastern Southern Rhodesia (now Mutare, Zimbabwe) on 9 December 1930 with a twin sister Abigail Gloria Mutambanengwe. He attended school at Mutambara Mission and Goromonzi School, after which he worked as a teacher for one year at Old Umtali Mission.
He studied English and History at the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1959. He then studied law at the Inner Temple, in London and became an advocate in 1963. After practising law there until 1964, he returned to Rhodesia, working as an advocate until 1979. During that time he also served as ZANU Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
Judicial career
From 1979 on he worked as a lawyer in independent Zimbabwe until 1986 when he was appointed a High Court Judge.
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