Columnist / Daniel nemukuyu
Ex-Minister's car attached over debt
IN an embarrassing incident that temporarily brought business to a halt in Harare's central business district yesterday, former Transport and Infrastructural Development Deputy Minister Petronella Kag...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 07:13hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Mugabe to transfer 40 magistrates
The Chief Magistrate's Office has scaled up its anti-graft efforts through a massive reshuffle of judicial officers, which will see close to 40 magistrates being transferred to and from border and min...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 23:37hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Zimbabwean tycoon agrees to repay $3,8m loan 16 years later
BUSINESS tycoon Mr John Arnold Bredenkamp will now pay back $3,8 million he borrowed from a local entrepreneur, Mr Yaqub Ibrahim Mohammed, some 16 years ago.Mr Bredenkamp had refused to pay th...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 23:35hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Zesa sues parastatals, councils over $1bn debt
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company, which is battling to recover over $1 billion in unpaid power bills, has approached the High Court suing at least 200 local authorities, ...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 11:19hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Pharmacist seeks court order for private pharmacy stocks database
A ZIMBABWEAN pharmacist is seeking permission to compile a private electronic database for all pharmacies and their stocks and wants the courts to order the Health Professions Authority of Zimbabw...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 23:45hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Gono in trouble
FORMER Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono has been taken to the High Court for failing to pay council rates amounting to $59 615. City of Harare, through its lawyers Gutu and Chikowe...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 08:02hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
ZRP to challenge demo ban judgment
ATTORNEY General Advocate Prince Machaya says his office will soon challenge the High Court decision invalidating Statutory Instrument 101A of 2016.Justice Priscilla Chigumba on Wednesday decl...Published: 09 Sep 2016 at 08:00hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Broke medical aid society offers graves to offset debts
GALAXY Medical Aid Society, a company in liquidation, has offered graves at some cemeteries to its creditors in its battle to clear its debts with service providers.The firm was placed under p...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 07:18hrs | 7 | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Cigarette company barred from using the 'RG' brand name
Businessman Mr Simon George Rudland and his company Livera Trading (Pvt) Limited have been barred from packaging and selling cigarettes bearing the brand name "RG" on the Zimbabwean market.Cig...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 06:37hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Man's bid to take over 140 hectares of prime land hits a snag
A BID by a Harare businessman, Mr Bernard Mutanga, to take over 140 hectares of prime land belonging to Bellepaise Estate has hit a snag after the High Court nullified two contracts signed by the part...Published: 31 Aug 2016 at 06:32hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Wallet killing: Cop appeals
EX-police Inspector Aspias Shumba, jailed four years recently on charges of culpable homicide for fatally assaulting a suspect in Shamva, is now contesting conviction and sentence.Shumba, who ...Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 06:50hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Lumumba turns to Concourt
Former Zanu-PF youth leader William Mutumanje - popularly known as Acie Lumumba - accused of insulting President Mugabe, has approached the Constitutional Court seeking permission to bring his constit...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 07:48hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Court to rule on planned demo
THE National Electoral Reform Agenda (NERA), an association of 13 opposition political parties, yesterday approached the High Court seeking permission to hold their demonstration in Harare today. This...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:27hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Council swoops on defaulters property
AT least 350 residents had their vehicles and household property attached and auctioned after failing to pay bills and settle their debts as Harare City Council battles to recover nearly $500 million ...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:26hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Judge slam cops for exhibiting 'hooliganism' and 'brutality'
A High Court judge has slammed the police for exhibiting "hooliganism" and "brutality" in the execution of their duties in violation of the Constitution. Justice Hlekani Mwayera said police brutality ...Published: 22 Aug 2016 at 06:20hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Serial litigant contests High Court ban
Serial litigant Ignatius Masamba has approached the Constitutional Court challenging a judgment barring him from suing anyone at the High Court without first seeking permission. Justice Joseph Mafusir...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 06:09hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Gono loses Greystone Park house over $1,3m debt
FORMER Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono's Greystone Park property will next week be auctioned over non-payment of a $1,3 million debt.Dr Gono bought several vehicles on credit ...Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 07:30hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Wicknell Chivayo court record nears completion
RECONSTRUCTION of the missing money laundering court record that is vital in an appeal by businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo has commenced in compliance with a recent Supreme Court directive.The ...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 07:10hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Serial litigant at it again
CONTROVERSIAL litigant Mr Ignatius Masamba, who was last month barred from suing people at the High Court, has now turned to the civil court claiming "negligence" damages from a tenant who delayed in ...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 07:39hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Inmates serving life freed
PRESIDENT Mugabe has pardoned 20 inmates who were serving life imprisonment, a development that complements the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services' efforts to decongest the prisons.The ...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 06:43hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
ZAOGA University gets green light to enrol law students
ZIMBABWE Ezekiel Guti University this week got the green light to enrol law students after the Council for Legal Education found that the institution's law school meets the required standards. ...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 07:33hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Prisoners serving life imprisonment now eligible for parole
PRISONERS who are serving life imprisonment will now be considered for early release on good behaviour just like their counterparts with lesser sentences.This follows a landmark judgment hande...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 00:23hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Landmark ruling on adultery beckons
The Constitutional Court will next week determine whether or not adultery damages are still justifiable in a democratic society like Zimbabwe.A Harare nurse Ms Lorraine Matione, who lost her b...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Mugabe sues Zimplats
President Mugabe has filed an application at the Administrative Court seeking confirmation of the compulsory acquisition of the unutilised 28,000 hectares of mining land in Kadoma, held by Zimplats Ho...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 07:05hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Govt yet to respond to maternity leave case
Government has failed to respond to the maternity leave constitutional challenge filed seven months ago, despite being served with the papers and the Constitutional Court will now hear the matter in t...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Zifa's sequestration application removed from the High Court roll
ZIFA's sequestration application has again been removed from the High Court roll after the judge queried how the association hurriedly went for dissolution without surrendering its assets to the Sport...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 06:37hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
10 city cops jailed, council under fire
HARARE City Council is being accused of instructing its traffic officers to impound vehicles for offences before issuing out tickets in violation of city by-laws, a development that has resulted in 10...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
ZETDC sues Air Zimbabwe over unpaid $1,2 million bills
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission Distribution Company (ZETDC) is battling to recover $1,2 million in unpaid electricity bills from Air Zimbabwe (Private) Limited and the Civil Aviation Authority ...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Mugabe sets up tribunal for Tomana's hearing
President Mugabe has set up a disciplinary tribunal to determine Prosecutor General Mr Johannes Tomana's suitability to continue holding the esteemed office following allegations of defying court orde...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 08:56hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
High Court to rule on Zifa dissolution
THE High Court will today determine whether the insolvent Zifa should be placed under voluntary sequestration and allowed to hand over its problems to a trustee.Zifa admitted that they were no...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 07:01hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Court ends church row
THE High Court has nullified the election of Reverend Isaac Soda as bishop of the Evangelical Church of Zimbabwe (ECZ) after finding that the process was in flagrant violation of the church's constitu...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 10:57hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Deputy Minister loses property over $1,5m debt
THE High Court sheriff on Friday stormed the Borrowdale home of Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister Fred Moyo to attach property worth thousands of dollars after he and fellow directors of a ...Published: 13 Jun 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
NPA contests suspected Gushungo bomber's acquittal
The National Prosecuting Authority has filed an appeal to the High Court contesting the recent acquittal of a soldier Borman Ngwenya on allegations of attempting to throw petrol bombs at the First Fam...Published: 07 Jun 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Court reserves judgment in Negomo chieftainship wrangle
The High Court has reserved judgment in a matter in which a Chiweshe man Mr Tafaneyi David Gweshe is contesting the legality of the appointment of Mr Lucius Chitsinde as acting Chief Negomo.Mr...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 06:25hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Customs rebate law sparks legal dispute
Statutory Instrument 148 of 2015 which only grants the $200 travellers' rebate on customs duty to people travelling in buses without luggage trailers and takes away the privilege from those in buses t...Published: 30 May 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
'Ex-lover' sues Prophet Magaya for $500,000
A HARARE woman is suing Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya for $500,000 on the grounds that the man of the cloth had a sexual affair with her but reneged on his ...Published: 28 May 2016 at 08:47hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Chivayo fights 2005 conviction
Businessman Wicknell Chivayo is fighting to have his 2005 conviction on money laundering charges quashed by the Supreme Court despite having fully served the three-year prison term imposed on him. Chi...Published: 27 May 2016 at 06:32hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Tomana, Chihuri jointly sued for $400,000
PROSECUTOR-General Johannes Tomana and Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri, who are being jointly sued for $400 000 for unlawful arrest and prosecution by a Harare lawyer, have challenged ci...Published: 19 May 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Mugabe to determine Tomana's fitness for office
The Judicial Service Commission yesterday resolved to make a recommendation to President Robert Mugabe to set up a tribunal to investigate and assess whether Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana is stil...Published: 17 May 2016 at 07:18hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
JSC proposes Tomana tribunal
The Judicial Service Commission yesterday resolved to make a recommendation to President Mugabe to set up a tribunal to investigate and assess whether Johannes Tomana was still fit to hold his office....Published: 17 May 2016 at 07:16hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Tomana's foreign judge bid thrown out
PROSECUTOR-General Johannes Tomana yesterday lost his bid to have his dispute with the Judicial Service Commission presided over by a retired or a foreign-based judge. The High Court dismissed...Published: 12 May 2016 at 06:42hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Court upholds mayor's suspension
THE High Court has confirmed the suspension of Harare Mayor Councillor Bernard Manyenyeni, saying the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Saviour Kasukuwere's decision was ...Published: 12 May 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
National pledge court bid fails
A GOVERNMENT policy requiring all schoolchildren to recite the national pledge will now be implemented unhindered when schools open next week after Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku dismissed the Zimb...Published: 30 Apr 2016 at 20:27hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu and Leonard Ncube
Makorokoza occupy ex-minister Kuruneri’s farm
Former Finance and Economic Development Minister Dr Christopher Kuruneri is crying foul over the occupation of his Mazowe farm by three people who are extracting gold there without his consent. ...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
RBZ governor Mangudya sues Govt
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Dr John Mangudya has taken Government to the High Court challenging the compulsory acquisition of his farm in Rusape for resettlement. Dr Mangudya bought Inya...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Mnangagwa's ally challenges 'insult' law
ZANU-PF legislator for Gokwe-Nembudziya Justice Mayor Wadyajena is now seeking the striking down of Section 41(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, which criminalises the use of words...Published: 26 Apr 2016 at 07:08hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Kasukuwere sued
HARARE and Chitungwiza residents have taken the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Saviour Kasukuwere, to the High Court challenging the constitutionality of his recent r...Published: 01 Apr 2016 at 10:18hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Mutasa, Gumbo give up Zanu-PF bid
ZIMBABWE People First founding members Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo yesterday withdrew a High Court application in which they were contesting their expulsion from the ruling Zanu-PF party.M...Published: 31 Mar 2016 at 00:46hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Mujuru's allies chicken out
Zimbabwe People First founding members Messrs Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo yesterday chickened out and withdrew the High Court application in which they were contesting their expulsion from the rul...Published: 31 Mar 2016 at 00:02hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Hands off Air Zimbabwe
THE law that ring-fences Air Zimbabwe Holdings property from attachment over debts is constitutional and must stay because it is meant to save the troubled airline from collapse, Finance and Economic ...Published: 29 Mar 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
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