terms of section 34.1 (b)]. Given that the Chief’s Council has been partisan (showing signs of belonging to ZANU PF) and yet they appoint 18 chiefs into parliament, this gives the president’s party 33 senatorial seats before the results of the senatorial elections are counted. The president single handedly The president directly and on appoints five of the six members of his own appoints only two out the Judiciary Services Commission of the 14 members of the JSC (JSC) and these are - the attorney general, the Chairperson of the Public Services Commission and the three other persons that are appointed in terms of section 90 (1) (d). The JSC is in turn responsible for making recommendations to the president on the appointment of the chief justice, deputy chief justice, judge president and other judges of the High Court as well as the Supreme Court and the attorney general. Thus the president controls the JSC which is responsible for the appointment of key state officials. The president’s influence over the appointment of the JSC is greatly reduced, enhancing the chances of judicial independence. Section 111 A gives the president Section 14.9 (3) requires that alone the power to appoint provincial the president appoints a provincial governor from governors recommendations given by a political party with the highest number of national assembly seats in that province or the party with majority votes, where there is no party with the highest number of national assembly seats in that province Provincial governors are likely to be more independent from the national executive. The president has the power to Section 5.27 gives the president Even though the president appoint the attorney general in the authority to appoint an appoints the AG without 8