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Mbare houses declared a state of emergency
Mbare's New Line area has been declared a state of emergency by the Government which has subsequently ordered that devolution funds be redirected to refurbish housing, sewer systems and enhance garbag...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar challenge thrown out
The challenge by a Harare lawyer to invalidate civil penalties imposed on businesses or individuals refusing to accept local currency suffered a stillbirth after the High Court threw out the applicati...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SC hears Malaba judgment appeal
The Supreme Court is today expected to hear the appeal against the urgent High Court judgment over the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's service by another five years.Justice, Legal and...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says judicial independence guaranteed
President Mnangagwa yesterday told the Southern Africa Chief Justices' Forum jointly hosted by Zimbabwe and Zambia in Victoria Falls that the Second Republic would continue respecting the independence...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Victoria Falls for conferences
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday evening ahead of a double-header official opening of the Southern Africa Chief Justices' Forum (SACJF) and Institute for Chartered Governance and Accountancy...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:12hrs | | by q
JSC speaks on Malaba's case
Retired Chief Justice Luke Malaba bounced back to work following the notice of appeal by the Government challenging the High Court decision nullifying the extension of his tenure.On Monday, Ju...Published: 25 May 2021 at 08:42hrs | | by Shelton Muchena
Mnangagwa reaffirms Judiciary independence
Independence of the Judiciary is vital to the survival of the country's democracy and will be fully respected by the Government, President Mnangagwa said last night. In a message posted on his Twitter...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi, AG challenge Malaba verdict
The contest over the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's service by another five years yesterday reached the Supreme Court with Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Zayambi Ziyambi a...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Govt files Supreme Court appeal over Malaba's dismissal
Government has filed notice of appeal against the High Court decision to annul the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's service beyond the age of 70.The appeal is against the entire judgme...Published: 17 May 2021 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cabinet raps unwarranted price hikes
Businesses hiking prices of basic goods without justification are being investigated and the Government will take action in cases where there is profiteering, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting S...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to criminalise claiming torture or abduction without proof
Zimbabwe will criminalise "making unsubstantiated claims of torture and abductions," ministers said on Tuesday following a cabinet meeting.Private citizens and groups who negotiate with hostil...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:13hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cabinet approves sanctions law
Cabinet yesterday approved the draft of a proposed law that punishes Zimbabweans outside and inside the country who campaign for the continued imposition of sanctions with intent to harm the nation. ...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judge summons AG Machaya to court over devolution
ATTORNEY-GENERAL (AG) Advocate Prince Machaya has been summoned to appear in court today and explain himself on government's delays in acceding to a court application filed by water rights campaigners...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 09:05hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Trial date for Thabitha Khumalo & co
THE trial of seven MDC Alliance members among them, the party's chairperson, Thabitha Khumalo and Senator Helen Zivira Mpofu, who were recently arrested in Bulawayo for allegedly distributing fliers f...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Zowa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has accorded a State-assisted funeral to the late deputy chairperson of the Zimbabwe Law Development Commission and a law reviser, Mr Joel Bigboy Zowa, who died last week in New Yo...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Judge rules that NPRC will be operational until 2028
A Masvingo High Court judge has ruled that the lifespan of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) will be 10 years from January 5 last year when it became operational after the enactm...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Greenlight for Zimbabwe dual citizenship
Cabinet has approved principles for the amendment of the Zimbabwe Citizenship Bill as Government works on ensuring that people born in the country are granted dual citizenship. This is in line...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Black market dragnet targets bigwigs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will invoke the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Act to introduce tough regulations to bring currency manipulators to book.In his ...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 15:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Shooting victim's hubby demands compensation from army
A HARARE man, whose wife was fatally shot by soldiers in post-election violence on August 1, has given the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) a 30-day ultimatum to accept liability and pay compensation or ...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Attorney General wants clarity on cybersecurity
ATTORNEY General Advocate Prince Machaya has said there is a need to balance the interests of the State and people's constitutional rights as too much government involvement in cybersecurity has the p...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Veritas seeks right to conduct voter education
INDEPENDENT parliamentary watchdog, Veritas, has approached the High Court challenging part of the Electoral Act which gives the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and political parties the sole righ...Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Visually impaired potential voters drag Zec to court demanding printing of ballot papers in braille
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to print ballot papers in a manner accessible to some visually...Published: 17 May 2018 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Blind demand secret ballot
A HARARE man has approached the High Court seeking to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to print ballot papers in Braille or the template ballot to ensure people who are visually impaired...Published: 15 May 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa to garnish Obert Mpofu over $1,5m
HIGH Court judge Justice Clement Phiri has ordered Finance minister, Patrick Chinamasa, his permanent secretary and paymaster-general, to garnish the Obert Mpofu-led Home Affairs Ministry's account an...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets record straight on cancelled highway tender
Cabinet took a decision to terminate the contract for the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Harare Highway on March 13, 2018 and instructed the Attorney-General, Advocate Prince Machaya, to furnish the Pr...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman wants lobola abolished
A HARARE woman has approached the Constitutional Court challenging the constitutionality of the practice of paying lobola, saying it reduces women to mere "assets" that are open for abuse. Ms Priccila...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
60 laws to be aligned to the constitution
THE Attorney-General Department is in the process of realigning 60 laws to the Constitution although there are fears that some Government departments were not co-operating fully.Speaking durin...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Chidyausiku played role in shaping land reform'
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described the late former Chief Justice Godfrey Guwa Chidyausiku as a fine judge who played an integral role in shaping the country's land reform programme throug...Published: 05 May 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Justice Luke Malaba to act as Chief Justice
Deputy Chief Justice Luke Malaba will, in terms of the Constitution, take over as acting Chief Justice in the next five days when the incumbent Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku retires after reaching the m...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Court ruling on bond notes today
The Constitutional Court is today expected to decide the case in which Zimbabwe People First leader Joice Mujuru is challenging the validity of a Presidential decree that introduced bond notes....Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T drags Kasukuwere to Constitutional Court
MDC-T has approached the Constitutional Court challenging the constitutionality of parts of the recently amended Local Government Act which gives the responsible minister powers to unilaterally su...Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru in court over bond notes
Zimbabwe People First leader Joice Mujuru is back at thes constitutional court in February over bond notes saga. The Constitutional Court okayed Mujuru's application challenging the...Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 04:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mujuru Challenges Presidential Powers over Bond Notes
Zimbabwe People First leader Dr Joice Mujuru has gone to the Constitutional Court to challenge the legality of a Presidential decree providing a legal framework for the introduction of bond notes as l...Published: 05 Nov 2016 at 17:44hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mujuru wants bond notes introduction declared unconstitutional
GOVERNMENT has urged the Constitutional Court to dismiss the bond notes challenge by Zimbabwe People First leader Dr Joice Mujuru, saying it lacked merit and was premised on speculation. A...Published: 22 Sep 2016 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
High Court lifts ban on Harare demonstrations for 7 days
The High Court yesterday suspended the ban on demonstrations imposed by the police in the Harare central business district, paving the way for the opposition political parties to carry out their prote...Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
Mujuru offside on bond notes
Dr Norman Vincent Peal was correct when he quipped; "the person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results". Zimbabwe has been...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Chadzimura Mhute
Bond notes illegal, says Mujuru
Zimbabwe People First leader Dr Joice Mujuru has approached the Constitutional Court challenging Government's decision to introduce bond notes as part of a raft of measures to stem the liquidity crunc...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Fidelis Munyoro
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
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
Suspended Harare Mayor goes to High Court
Suspended Harare mayor Councillor Bernard Manyenyeni has approached the High Court challenging his suspension which he terms to be unlawful and in contravention of provisions of the Constitution. ...Published: 22 Apr 2016 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Court Reporter
Chidyausiku calls for physical separation of Constitutional from the Supreme Court
Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku has called for the physical separation of the Constitutional Court from the Supreme Court to ease pressure on overwhelmed judges.The judges double their dutie...Published: 12 Jan 2016 at 05:21hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Corporal punishment under spotlight
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) on Wednesday 11 November, 2015 reserved judgement in a case where the State opposing a declaration by the High Court outlawing the imposition of corporal punishment...Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 05:57hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Gono's former adviser fights prosecution
Bikita West legislator Dr Munyaradzi Kereke, has launched a legal challenge to the validity of a statute compelling Prosecutor-General Mr Johannes Tomana, to issue a certificate for private prosec...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 06:08hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
MDC-T electoral challenge hearing date set
The case in which MDC-T is challenging the constitutionality of holding elections before electoral reforms has been set for September 30 at the Constitutional Court.In an application filed by ...Published: 12 Sep 2015 at 08:15hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Pay $150 and get title deeds, says Chiyangwa
Phillip Chiyangwa says he has come up with a scheme where thousands of home seekers in Harare South will get title deeds upon payment of a deposit of a minimum of $150. Upon payment of the...Published: 17 Aug 2015 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa wins Harare South land dispute
A housing development consortium which sold residential stands to over 20 000 people in Harare South has lost its bid in court to stop businessman Phillip Chiyangwa from reclaiming the land on thr...Published: 27 Jul 2015 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe dragged to court
President Robert Mugabe and the Attorney-General (AG) advocate Prince Machaya have been dragged to the Constitutional Court by suspended Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) group chief executive o...Published: 28 Mar 2015 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Advocate Machaya sworn in as the new AG
Advocate Prince Machaya has been sworn in as the Attorney-General of Zimbabwe at a brief ceremony held at Munhumutapa Building. He took the oath before Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in terms of Se...Published: 25 Feb 2015 at 14:46hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
Zimbabwe win $45 million diamonds case in Belgium
Zimbabwean diamond mining companies have won back diamonds worth about US$45 million that were seized three months ago in Belgium by a South African mining company, Amari Platinum Holdings and a grou...Published: 08 Dec 2014 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
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