Rodgers Matsikidze

Rodgers Matsikidze, the Senior & Group Chairman of Matsikidze Attorneys-at-Law, is a registered legal practitioner, labour and business consultant, notary public and conveyancer. He holds an LLB (Hons) and MPhil. Law from the University of Zimbabwe. He is a Ph.D Law candidate with the University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg. He is also the Director, Access to Justice Centre, Law Lecturer &; Deputy Dean of Law at the University of Zimbabwe.

Advocate Matsikidze is also a Board Chairperson-Harare Employment Council and National Blood Services Zimbabwe. He is also a Law Examiner with Estate Agents Council and Real Estate Institute of Zimbabwe (REIZ). He also Chairs Masvingo Mirror Newspaper Board. In addition, he is also a Councillor, Chairman- Administration and Human Resources Committee, and past Board of Examiners-Chairperson, Council For Legal Education. He is further a board member, Community Working Group. He is a winner of multiple awards-friends of Media-NJAMA awards, Quality and Excellence Award-Switzerland, Board Chairperson of the Year-IODZ, Board Chairperson of the Year-Non Profit Making Institutions-IOCDZ and has authored a number of articles and books in commercial, labour, medical, ADR, and procedural law among others Medical Law, Mercantile Law in Zimbabwe and ADR in Zimbabwe.

Education and Qualifications:

• LLB (Hons), University of Zimbabwe
• M.Phil Law, University of Zimbabwe
• PhD Candidate, University of Witwatersrand

Experience:

• Arbitration in labour, commercial, political, land and socioeconomic disputes.
• Drafting of the Zero Labour Amendment Bill 2017 under the ILO-GVT of Zimbabwe Labour reform project.
• Authoring of the many law articles and core texts titled Alternative Dispute Resolution in Zimbabwe: A Practical Approach to Conciliation, Arbitration, Mediation and Negotiations in Zimbabwe, Mercantile Law in Zimbabwe and Medical Law in Zimbabwe.
• Drafting the International Labour Organisation , Rapid Assessment of Dispute resolution in Zimbabwe.