Selby Vunganai Hwacha

Founding Partner and Head – Employment, Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Group

Selby Hwacha is a founding partner of DMH and has over 30 years of legal experience. He heads the Firm's Employment, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Group and is recognised for his extensive experience in employment law, commercial litigation, human rights, and dispute resolution.

Selby leads a respected employment and labour practice, advising clients on the full range of employment matters, including recruitment, immigration, employment contracts and remuneration, workplace policies and codes of conduct, disciplinary proceedings, restructuring, mergers, and acquisitions, downsizing and retrenchments. He also has extensive experience in arbitration, mediation, and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.

With substantial litigation experience before the Labour Court, High Court, Supreme Court and Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe, Selby has been involved in significant and complex matters in labour, commercial, criminal, and human rights law. His experience includes handling novel and high-profile cases and advising clients on complex legal and constitutional issues. His practice encompasses employment and labour law, commercial litigation, dispute resolution, mergers and acquisitions, share sale transactions, restructuring and retrenchment, and commercial arbitration.

Selby has made significant contributions to Zimbabwe's constitutional, human rights, and legal development. He served on the 1999 Constitutional Commission of Zimbabwe and participated in the 2013 constitutional-making process. He is a founding member of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and the Zimbabwe National Students Union and has served as Secretary of the Harare Legal Practitioners Association and as a Council Member of the National University of Science and Technology.

He currently serves on the Board of Telecel Zimbabwe, and Schweppes Employees Share Trust as Chairman. He also serves on the Board of DHL International (Private) Limited and advises various trusts and international organisations on constitutional, human rights and media rights matters.