Judge and First Black Judge in Independent Zimbabwe
Born : Enoch Dumbutshena was born on the 20th of April 1920 at Marshall Hartley Mission, near Makwiro, Mashonaland Province, Zimbabwe.
Education:
Marshall Hartley
Waddilove Institution
Adams College, South Africa (1946)
University of South Africa
United States of America
Academic Achievements:
Diploma in Education
Bachelor of Arts in History and Politics
Bachelor of Education
Law Degree
Career:
- Teacher at St Augustine's, Penhalonga
- Teacher Mizilikazi, Bulawayo
- Sold insurance in the 50's
- Worked as a freelance journalist for Drum and Central African Examiner
- After his legal studies, Dumbutshena became the third black man after Herbert Chitepo and Edison Sithole to practice as advocate in Rhodesia
- Admitted to the Grays in of London one of the four Inns Of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London. To be called to the Bar and practice as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these Inns
- He became Zimbabwe's first black judge in 1980 and served as Chief Justice from 1984 to 1990
- Enoch was a former member of the International Commission of Jurists, he unsuccessfully attempted to launch a political career of his own in 1993 by founding the market liberal Forum Party
He died in late 2000 of liver cancer.