Gladys Gondwe

Gladys Assima Gondwe is a Malawian former Registrar of the High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal. Since 2022 She has been a High Court Judge. She organised the ceremony when members of the Malawian judiciary were awarded the Chatham House Prize.

Life Gondwe was born in 1984. She graduated in law in 2008 from the University of Malawi.

In 2019, five judges overturned the result of the 2019 Malawian general election. They decided that fresh elections were required.

In 2021 the Chatham House Prize was presented to five members of the Malawian judiciary who had overturned the 2019 national election. The presentation was delayed for a year by the COVID-19 pandemic and exceptionally the award was made in Malawi. Gondwe as registrar was the Master of Ceremonies at the event.

She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study at Pepperdine University and in June 2025 she graduated with awards for being a top student. She was presented with a Master LLM degree in International Commercial Arbitration.

She became a High Court Judge with six others after they were appointed by the President in March 2022. She was succeeded as registrar by Kondwani Banda. In May she was posted to the High Court in Mzuzu to oversee their criminal cases.