Thabani Mpofu
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Thabani Mpofu | |
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| Born | 13 April 1982 |
| Alma mater | LL.B. University of Zimbabwe |
| Occupations | Lawyer, Advocate |
| Notable work | Zimbabwean constitution litigation, 2018 Zimbabwean Presidential Election Petition |
Thabani Mpofu is a prominent Zimbabwean commercial, constitutional, human rights, and political litigation lawyer as well as advocate of the High Court, Supreme Court of Zimbabwe and Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe.[1][2][3][4]
Born on the 13th of April 1982 in Ingezi Kadoma, Thabani Mpofu grew up in Kadoma where he had his early education at Mupawose Primary School and Munyaradzi Secondary School after which he joined Jameson High School for his “A” Levels. After high school, Mpofu enrolled for a Law Degree with the Great Zimbabwe University but following the closure of that university's faculty of law, he then joined the University of Zimbabwe to continue with his degree.[5]
In 2008, his final year at the University of Zimbabwe, Thabani won both the ICRC national moot court competition with a team that included Fadzayi Mahere and Farai Mushoriwa. The team went on to win ICRC African moot court competition, where he was named the best speaker in the finals which came with an internship with the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) based in Arusha, Tanzania. Thabani Mpofu briefly worked as a Legal Researcher in the Office of the Trial Prosecutor and took part in the prosecution of Ephrem Setako.[6]