Mavis Gibson
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Mavis Gibson is a Zimbabwean lawyer and judge who served on the High Court of Zimbabwe and was the first female and longest serving-justice of the High Court of Namibia.
Born Mavis Gumede in Zimbabwe, Gibson was originally a journalist.[1] In the 1970s, she was a barrister with chambers in Lincoln's Inn, London.[2][3]
Gibson was a Judge of the High Court of Zimbabwe for eleven years.[4] Although some sources identify Gibson as Zimbabwe's first female judge, Kelello Justina Mafoso-Guni holds the distinction of becoming the country's first woman magistrate in 1980.[5][6][7]
Gibson was appointed a Judge of Namibia's High Court on 18 December 1995.[4][8] At times she also served as an Acting Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Namibia.[4] On her retirement in April 2008 she was the longest-serving member of the High Court.[4]
