Zimbabwe's £118,000 outlay on judges' wigs met with fury

Lawyers say economically stricken country’s purchase of horsehair wigs made in London evokes spirit of colonialism

Lawyers in Zimbabwe have hit out at a government decision to spend thousands of pounds on wigs made in England for local judges, saying the tradition evokes a colonial past that should not exist in modern Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe’s judicial services commission has placed an order for 64 wigs from Stanley Ley Legal Outfitters in London, at a cost of £118,400.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2YQabLi