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Matsika's bid for Croco Motors hits final legal roadblock
Businessman Farai Matsika's prolonged legal battle to claim shareholding in Croco Motors has reached a conclusive end, with the High Court striking his latest case off the roll. This marks the latest ...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:46hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Land barons fund ED2030 sloganeering campaign
Most of the land barons dominating Harare, Masvingo and Midlands provinces have spent their loot towards funding an exercise to push for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's foiled unconstitutional term ext...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 17:01hrs | 626 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Businessman loses mansion eviction, sale appeal
Frank Humbe, a Harare businessman, has suffered a setback in his ongoing legal battle over a disputed property in Borrowdale, as the Supreme Court has dismissed his appeal against the High Court's dec...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:35hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Social welfare officer throws his boss, ZACC, under the bus
There was drama at the Bindura Magistrates' Court yesterday as two social welfare workers and one Grain Marketing Board (GMB) employee appeared before the provincial magistrate facing charges of theft...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 13:15hrs | 1745 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
2 in court for stealing relief food
A human resources and administration officer from the Department of Social Development, a depot clerk at the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) in Bindura, and a truck driver have been charged with the theft...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 07:22hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Army deployment causes alarm in Lupane
Tshongogwe villagers in Lupane, Matabeleland North, were gripped by fear after the unexpected deployment of a large contingent of soldiers to their area.Villagers have expressed alarm at the h...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 17:32hrs | 3351 | by Staff reporter
'Bosso has no disciplinary problems'
Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu maintains that his squad is not facing disciplinary issues ahead of their Premier Soccer League derby against Chicken Inn at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday.Def...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 07:04hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Bosso lacks depth
Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu is concerned about the lack of squad depth and ongoing disciplinary issues as his team prepares for the city derby against Chicken Inn in a Castle Lager Premiership mat...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:36hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Prominent businessman being evicted from his US$1.5 million mansion
Prominent local businessman Tendai Mashamhanda is currently being evicted from his US$1.5 million mansion in upmarket Highlands following a Supreme Court ruling that he fraudulently acquired the prope...Published: 25 Jun 2024 at 12:57hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimra, Quest Motors clash over import duty
The Supreme Court has ordered a retrial in the case between Quest Motor Manufacturing Company and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) concerning import duty for parts used to assemble Toyota vehicl...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 07:08hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
CID officer loses appeal against 30-year sentence
A FORMER Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officer has lost a Supreme Court appeal against his 30-year sentence for unlawful entry and murder.The Supreme Court bench composed of Justice ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:46hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court tosses out ex-St John's College paedophile coach's appeal
THE Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal against conviction and sentence by a paedophile who used to work at St Johns School in Harare who was jailed for sexually abusing four teenage boys who were ...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 16:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Shambolic start for Harare minions
CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe was left to rue missed opportunities in his team's defeat to Chicken Inn, as the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season got off to a disappointing start for all th...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers get away with US$7,000 loot
A SUSPECTED notorious armed robber from Chegutu yesterday appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing three counts of armed robbery.Benjamin Chipiri (38) was advised to approach ...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Triplicate: Private letter to Brother Brian Kagoro
PEACE and love be in your house. At the start of my journey to Masailand, Kenya, I thought I was going to be cut off from the world. The answer is yes and no. I am working with my longtime friend, Bis...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:33hrs | 12 | by Kenneth Mafuka
ConCourt judges flout JSC code of conduct
THREE Constitutional Court judges have come under the spotlight after they failed to comply with the Judicial Service Commission code of ethics which requires them to deliver a judgement reserved with...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 10:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Woman steals from burial society
A woman from Bulawayo, Sheila Bhunu (51) of Mzilikazi, has been fined US$200 for stealing money from a burial society that she had been entrusted to safeguard.The case was heard by Bulawayo ma...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere lawyer publicly apologises
A lawyer for disqualified presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere, Ms Jacqueline Sande, has publicly apologised to the Judicial Service Commission for utterances she made following a Supreme Court r...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 20:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere scares the living daylights out of Mnangagwa
EVEN though independent presidential election candidate Saviour Kasukuwere has been barred by the courts from contesting the 23 August election, he has managed to prove a point in a short space of tim...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:17hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court throws out Kasukuwere candidature appeal
The Supreme Court yesterday backed the High Court decision that Saviour Kasukuwere is disqualified from contesting the presidential election next month because he is no longer a voter, having been out...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Sheasham stun FC Platinum
FC Platinum's title defence hit another stumbling block after losing 2-1 to Sheasham at Mandava Stadium in Zvishavane on Saturday.The Platinum Boys, who were looking for their first win in thr...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 19:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere says fight is not over
EXILED former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has said the fight is not over after the Supreme Court threw out his appeal challenging the High Court's decision to remove him from the ballot....Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
CCC activists decry Zimbabwe's 'tainted' Judiciary
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday filed an appeal at the Supreme Court to challenge a High Court ruling that disqualified its 12 aspiring parliamentary candidates in Bulawayo.H...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn Kasukuwere supporters
THE police have warned that perpetrators of political violence before, during and after elections will face the full wrath of the law.The warning comes after presidential aspirant Saviour Kasu...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
D-Day for Kasukuwere
EXILED presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere will know his fate today when the Supreme Court makes a ruling on his bid to contest for the presidency on August 23.Kasukuwere approached the ...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere to know fate Friday
INDEPENDENT presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere will know his fate Friday when the Supreme Court is expected to hand down its judgment on his appeal challenging the High Court's decision to remo...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere's nomination was invalid'
ZIMBABWE's Supreme Court, which usually makes fair decisions except on major politically sensitive cases, faces a stern credibility test on 27 July when it decides the fate of independent presidential...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 16:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere will return to Zimbabwe as soon as his security is assured
Exiled Independent Presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere will return to Zimbabwe as soon as his security is assured, says his spokesperson Jacqueline Sande. "Once safety measures for his s...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 16:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Supreme Court faces a stern litmus credibility test on 26 July
Zimbabwe's Supreme Court - which usually makes fair decisions except on major politically sensitive cases - faces a stern litmus credibility test on 26 July when it is expected to decide the fate of i...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 08:01hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere case to be heard on urgent basis
The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe will proceed to hear the case of former Cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and a Zanu-PF member Lovedale Mangwana who want the former blocked from contesting 2023 Harmon...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 18:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere nomination matter set for July 26
Supreme Court judges Mavangira, Bhunu and Chiweshe have set July 26 [2.30PM] as date to hear independent presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere's appeal against disqualification as a presidential c...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 16:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere nullification debate rages on
LEGAL think-tank Veritas says a High Court judgment which nullified exiled former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere's nomination was "wrong on several accounts".High Court judge Justice Davi...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court to rule on Kasukuwere appeal
The Supreme Court will rule tomorrow whether the appeal by independent presidential aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere challenging a High Court ruling disqualifying him from contesting the August 23 election...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:37hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana seeks urgent hearing of Kasukuwere appeal
The Supreme Court is on Thursday expected to hear an urgent application seeking to have the appeal by independent presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere, challenging a High Court ruling nullifying ...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 17:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Dilesh Nguwaya fronted Drax set for US$11 million payout?
Drax Consult SAGL could be set for a US$11 million payout from the National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpharm) after the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a 2019 medical supply contract between the ...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 17:28hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over ECD poor funding in Zimbabwe
UNDERFUNDING of early childhood development (ECD) education has riled Members of Parliament amid revelations that Zimbabwe has 17 000 ECD classrooms out of the required 30 000.Parliamentary Po...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court dismisses Markham's bid to access electronic voters roll
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal lodged through the apex court by Harare North lawmaker, Allan Markham who was seeking to overturn a High Court ruling denying him access to the electronic vot...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$226 000 debt chokes Joice Mujuru
FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru and her company, Ruzirun Investments, are swimming in a US$226 000 debt incurred in 2015 and efforts to evade paying the debt have hit a brickwall at the Supreme Cou...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farai Matsika suffers court setback in Croco Motors ownership row
The Constitutional Court Monday struck off the roll, an application by businessman Farai Matsika who was appealing a Supreme Court ruling as the legal battle for control of Croco Motors rages on....Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Croco's Matsika gets a lifeline
EIGHT years after acrimoniously falling out with his cousin and Croco Holdings boss Moses Chingwena over the ownership of a busines empire worth more than US$100 million, Harare automobile tycoon Fara...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:52hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Pastor faces sex worker murder charge
A Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) pastor based in Francistown, Botswana has been linked to the alleged murder of a suspected Zimbabwean commercial sex worker who was found dead in her house in Ma...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe High Court judge survives shooting outside Harare home
A High Court judge was unhurt after gunmen opened fire at her vehicle in Harare on Tuesday night, police said.Justice Emilia Muchawa was meters from her home in Goodhope, Westgate, when two me...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 19:44hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
War veteran arrested over Murehwa assault
THE recent violent assault on elderly Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members in Murehwa North by suspected Zanu-PF activists has left the district divided.The divisions emerged following ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police make arrest over Murehwa violence
A 67-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating a brutal attack on elderly supporters of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Murehwa.National police spokesman Assistant Comm...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF thugs captured on video flogging Chamisa's elderly supporters
Zanu-PF thugs accosted villagers and flogged them ruthlessly with logs for convening a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) gathering in politically volatile Murehwa, a Zanu-PF stronghold in Mashonalan...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 13:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi biography launch shelved
The launch of Zanu-PF Second Secretary and Vice President Colonel (Retired) Kembo Mohadi's biography which was set for Friday at a Bulawayo hotel has been postponed by two weeks.His personal a...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matsika suffers another blow in wrangle over Croco
Businessman Farai Matsika suffered another blow after the Supreme Court threw out his application where he sought to snatch a 30% Croco Motors' stake from his cousin Moses Chingwena.Matsika so...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matsika loses Croco case again
Businessman Farai Matsika has now run out of any possible legal routes in his battle with his uncle Moses Chingwena for a share of Croco Motors after the Supreme Court rejected a series of application...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
City of Harare, Augur deal legit rules Supreme Court
HARARE North MP Allan Markham, Jacob Pikicha and Tavonga Savings Scheme's Supreme Court appeal seeking to nullify a land deal signed by City of Harare and a local land developer Augur Investments has ...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tennis ace Bhunu suspended for doping violation
VALERIA Bhunu, Zimbabwe's highest-ranked female tennis player, has been slapped with a lengthy ban by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) after a banned substance, Mesterolone was found in an ou...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
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