Chairman of the Young Barristers’ Committee David Nicholls and James Evans of the COMBAR Africa Committee report on their visit to the Law Society of Zimbabwe’s Summer School in Nyanga.
When I was asked by the previous Chairman of the Young Barristers’ Committee if I would like to visit Zimbabwe in order to launch the Buddying Scheme that has been set up by the Bar Council and the Law Society of Zimbabwe (“LSZ”), my first reaction was one of complete horror. For over 10 years, the only news from Zimbabwe has been dire: political and racial violence, endemic corruption, hyper-inflation and rigged elections have emptied the bread basket of Africa.