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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Namibia\u2019s opposition parties have raised concerns over the appointment of Rita Makarau, a Zimbabwean judge, to the country\u2019s highest court, citing her links to former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe\u2019s controversial regime. The appointment of Makarau to the Supreme Court has been criticized by the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM), and the National Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF).<\/p>\n

According to a 2017 Reuters report, Makarau was perceived as an ally of Mugabe, and Zimbabwean opposition and civil society also criticized her for being too close to the ruling Zanu PF party.<\/p>\n

Makarau resigned as Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) in December 2017, following Mugabe\u2019s ouster in a military coup.<\/p>\n

Zimbabwean media has linked Makarau to the Generation 40 (G40) Zanu PF faction, which was aligned with Mugabe.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. Namibia\u2019s opposition parties have raised concerns over the appointment of Rita Makarau, a Zimbabwean judge, to the country\u2019s highest court, citing her links to former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe\u2019s controversial regime. The appointment of Makarau to the Supreme Court has been criticized by the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), the Popular Democratic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":42459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-42461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\nJudge Rita Makarau\u2019s Ties to Mugabe Regime Under Scrutiny in Namibia - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Namibia\u2019s opposition parties have raised concerns over the appointment of Rita Makarau, a Zimbabwean judge, to the count ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/judge-rita-makaraus-ties-to-mugabe-regime-under-scrutiny-in-namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Judge Rita Makarau\u2019s Ties to Mugabe Regime Under Scrutiny in Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Namibia\u2019s opposition parties have raised concerns over the appointment of Rita Makarau, a Zimbabwean judge, to the count ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/judge-rita-makaraus-ties-to-mugabe-regime-under-scrutiny-in-namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-04T17:34:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-04T19:16:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1680613494.05.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/judge-rita-makaraus-ties-to-mugabe-regime-under-scrutiny-in-namibia#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/judge-rita-makaraus-ties-to-mugabe-regime-under-scrutiny-in-namibia\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Judge Rita Makarau\u2019s Ties to Mugabe Regime Under Scrutiny in Namibia\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-04T17:34:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-04T19:16:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/judge-rita-makaraus-ties-to-mugabe-regime-under-scrutiny-in-namibia\"},\"wordCount\":157,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/judge-rita-makaraus-ties-to-mugabe-regime-under-scrutiny-in-namibia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1680613494.05.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/judge-rita-makaraus-ties-to-mugabe-regime-under-scrutiny-in-namibia#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/judge-rita-makaraus-ties-to-mugabe-regime-under-scrutiny-in-namibia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/judge-rita-makaraus-ties-to-mugabe-regime-under-scrutiny-in-namibia\",\"name\":\"Judge Rita Makarau\u2019s Ties to Mugabe Regime Under Scrutiny in Namibia - 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