Born on 20 July 1966 in Madhuku village, Lovemore Madhuku completed his
primary and secondary education in Chipinge. He then completed his
Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree in 198...view moreBorn on 20 July 1966 in Madhuku village, Lovemore Madhuku completed his
primary and secondary education in Chipinge. He then completed his
Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree in 1989 with a first-class pass at the
University of Zimbabwe and went on to study for a post graduate Bachelor
of Laws (LLB) degree. Awarded a Beit Trust Fellowship to study law at
Oxford University in the UK, he transferred after a term to study for
the Master of Law (LLM) at the University of Cambridge on a Cambridge
Commonwealth Trust Scholarship, completing with a first class in July
1994. He then returned to Zimbabwe for an 18-month break, during which
time he joined the Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung, a German NGO, as a labour
law consultant while at the same time teaching in the Law Faculty. In
January 1996, he returned to the University of Cambridge to study for a
PhD, which he successfully completed in December 1998. While still
studying for his PhD, he accepted a permanent lecturership in the Law
Faculty at the University of Zimbabwe. Since then, Madhuku has taught
introduction to law, constitutional law, labour law, jurisprudence
(legal theory), tax law, and banking law and has published extensively
in these areas. He is currently Chairperson of the Department of Public
Law in the Law Faculty. Dr Madhuku is very active in civil society work.
He is one of the founders of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)
and has been its National Chairperson since July 2001. The NCA is
advocating for a new, democratic and people-driven constitution in
Zimbabwe.view less