Zimbabwe's national high school moot court team was victorious at the 2022 International Moot Court Competition held at the end of last month. The team was made up of 11 members from different high schools across Zimbabwe and it faced off against 15 other teams from across the globe in the competition that was held online this year.
Zimbabwe's national high school moot team
This was the first time that Zimbabwe competed in this prestigious competition. There were 16 countries and Zimbabwe was the only African country. We were also the only team with only black students in the competition. On Africa Day, we made Africa proud.
Moot Court is a simulation of actual court proceedings. Students are given a fictitious case and they argue it as Prosecution or Defense. This particular case was centered on international humanitarian law. The focus was on war crimes.
The Zim team learned about the law of war 3 weeks before the competition and trained every day. The future of Zimbabwe is bright when we have such world-class talent.
Nqobile Dube (Head coach of the moot team) via Twitter.
The President of the country congratulated the students on their achievement and called the moot team inspirational.
Zimbabwe’s youth never fail to inspire me!
— President of Zimbabwe (@edmnangagwa) June 1, 2022
Congratulations to Zimbabwe National High School for being crowned world champions at the International Moot Court.
The only African country to participate - well done to all! pic.twitter.com/0WyQa5JZN4