JUSTICE IN ZIMBABWE 118 ____________________________________________________________________ dictionary. If the allegations are finally proven true, then heaven forbid, Zimbabwe can easily be dragged back to the colonial days. In October 2001, Mr Sternford Moyo came in defence of white judges who were being attacked for failing to come to grips and ignoring the new political dispensation. That statement was betrayal at its worst by a black lawyer who graduated in 1978 and should, therefore, have been aware of the racism prevalent at the bench at that time. Instead, Mr Moyo in his defence of the white judges, said: ‘Allegations of racial bias in the discharge of judicial functions, and the racial disharmony among judges have been made without a scintilla of evidence to support them. The Law Society has not seen any evidence of racial bias or disharmony within the High Court bench.’ When Mr Anthony Gubbay became Chief Justice all we heard were congratulatory messages but when Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku was appointed, dissenting voices were heard. When it is a white man, then Government made the right choice but not when a black man gets the job. A new generation that should uphold its integrity and honour should not be seen to be cowering to the white man’s whims. The liberation war then was a wasted effort if we continue to believe in whites and not ourselves. Call the members of the LSZ elitist and you will not be far off the mark because they are now busy aligning themselves with foreigners in demonising the country of their birth. What is it that some of the lawyers think the British will do to change Government in this country? If the people's will has been respected through the plebiscite, then who are the British to think they can simply wave a magic wand and ‘hey presto’, we have a new government. Miracles happened in the past. We face reality and we should not be beguiled by the sinister machinations of the imperialist powers to think that paying homage to the colonial master will elevate us in any way. No wonder some lawyers walked out of the LSZ annual meeting in Harare in February last year in protest. That was not the forum most lawyers thought they would be part and parcel of. It was instead one madhouse that planned to usurp their legal and constitutional rights to free debate without fear or favour. When Chinhoyi Member of Parliament Mr Phillip Chiyangwa moved a motion to review the laws governing the law society, he created a stir in the legal fraternity. He rocked the LSZ because they upheld opposition views only. Now we have lawyers agitating for mass action, trading the courtroom for the streets and teargas. So be it, if they can brave the tear smoke in place of the robe and genteel