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Chamisa a cunning megalomaniac
THERE is a problem that the Zimbabwean electorate is not seeing in the opposition politics of our country.The situation cannot even be explained using the words disaster and catastrophe. Many ...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1050 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
State seeks to recover US$32m from Chihuri
The High Court is this week expected to hear a high profile corruption case in which the State is seeking to recover more than US$32 million and forfeit numerous properties from former Police Commissi...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:31hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe's application dismissed
ACTING Chief Magistrate Mrs Faith Mushure on Friday dismissed MDC-Alliance members, Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri's application for the quashing of charges of faking their abductions saying she h...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:31hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa democratic credentials face litmus test in election season
THE year 2022 is a litmus test for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime which promised to open up political space and uphold civil liberties as temperatures hot up ahead of next year's general electi...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:13hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Sisulu tko Ronald Lamola in an open letter
I ask you, why are some so irritated with my opinion piece? Until all daggers, some agonizingly blunt, are drawn, and some have already assumed my head must go to the guillotine in the narrowness of m...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 17:52hrs | 634 | by Lindiwe Sisulu.
Court grants woman R10m maintenance
A Zimbabwean woman based in South Africa has won R10 Million maintenance from the estate of her late partner with whom she was cohabitating for two years.This is after that country's Constitut...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 09:00hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
Malaba slammed
JUDICIAL independence and impartiality in dispensing justice, not over-emphasis on the use of information communication technology, will provide useful tools to ensure effective administration of just...Published: 13 Jan 2022 at 16:03hrs | 1948 | by Staff reporter
Lindiwe Sisulu hits back at Zondo
Less than a week ago, I published an opinion piece that captures the importance of where ordinary South Africans find themselves.This opinion piece is my contribution to a conversing South Afr...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:35hrs | 2812 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
2022 Legal Year opens today
The 2022 Legal Year opens today with Chief Justice Luke Malaba delivering the keynote address on achievements and challenges over the past 12 months and the judicial administrative agenda for this yea...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
Malaba to deliver State of the Judiciary Address (SOJA)
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba is tomorrow expected to issue the State of the Judiciary Address (SOJA) as part of proceedings to mark the opening of the 2022 legal year.The event is set for the Con...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:03hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Zec credibility questioned
THE recent announcement by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) that only 2000 new voters were registered in 2021 has once again raised credibility issues against the electoral body.Zimbabw...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:39hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
2021 marks four wasted years under Cyril Ramaphosa
Concluding his tour of four African countries in Dakar, President Cyril Ramaphosa told reporters that challenges faced by his administration in 2021 "combined to create just a catastrophic year"....Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 14:16hrs | 1988 | by Professor Sipho Seepe
Disputed elections bad for Zimbabwe, says Clerics
Zanu-PF-ALIGNED clerics yesterday described disputed elections as bad and divisive, but stoked controversy by saying the State House should not be occupied by unpatriotic politicians, in reference to ...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:18hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dragged to court for appointing Chinamasa Air Zimbabwe board chair
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been dragged to the Constitutional Court for behaviour that is inconsistent with provisions of the constitution after the appointment of Zanu-PF politburo member Patri...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 15:32hrs | 2264 | by Staffreporter
Mnangagwa taken to court
A HARARE man has filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's appointment of Patrick Chinamasa as director and chairman of the embattled Air Zimbabwe argu...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:50hrs | 2807 | by Staff reporter
LSZ dismisses lawyer's court application
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) yesterday dismissed as absurd, unconstitutional and unlawful a High Court application by Harare lawyer Joshua Chirambwe that seeks to strip the association of its pow...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:15hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Lobby group launches campaign to decriminalise sex work
A CAMPAIGN to decriminalise sex work was last week launched in Bulawayo with the aim of lobbying policymakers to consider sex as a profession.The campaign was launched by the Sexual Rights Cen...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:47hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shuts down dissenting voices
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa once famously declared that he is soft as wool, but beneath that woolie facade lies a ruthless determination to either co-opt or coerce those he believes are a threat to h...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 19:00hrs | 959 | by Blessing Goronga
Zimbabwe's curse of one step forward, two steps back
As the curtain comes down on the year, one cannot be blamed for being at sea as to the direction Zimbabwe is taking, considering the contrasting indicators of both progression and regression.O...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 18:57hrs | 372 | by Nigel Nyamutumbu
Zuma sent back to jail
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that former National Commissioner of Correctional Services Arthur Fraser's decision to place former president Jacob Zuma on medical parole was unlawful - a...Published: 15 Dec 2021 at 16:37hrs | 3925 | by Staff Reporter
Superior courts move to paperless system
Designing of a paperless system for the superior courts is now complete and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is ready to train staff on how to operate the new system ahead of the programme's laun...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 06:57hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Courts closed as Covid-19 cases surge
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has temporarily closed lower and superior courts across the country to allow fumigation and contact tracing, as cases of Covid-19 infections continue to surge amo...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:58hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Panic as Omicron variant cases spike
THERE is panic in the country after several institutions including Parliament, courts, schools and non-governmental organisations were forced to close after an outbreak of COVID-19 cases.Zimba...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:17hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
South Africa court halts removal of Buyanga's son to Zimbabwe
Millionaire businessman Frank Buyanga has obtained a temporary interdict at the South African High Court stopping attempts to remove his seven-year-old son to Zimbabwe, where authorities say he was un...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judges hear own appeal
SUPREME Court judges on Tuesday presided over their own appeal against a judgment by the High Court, which outlawed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term of offi...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 20 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
You can't pull in croc with fish hook
IN the village, the outcome of a fishing trip to the river often meant the difference between a sumptuous meal and another dish to be tolerated just to keep the body and soul together.As pleas...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazarus
ZANU PF court challenge vs MDC court challenge
There is an interesting case between the 2018 MDC court case and this ZANU PF case that is in front of the courts right now, while these cases look similar in the eyes of many there are major differen...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 19:37hrs | 4 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
'High Court clogged with high-profile graft cases'
NATIONAL Prosecution Authority (NPA) chief law officer Michael Reza says several bigwigs facing graft charges were resorting to taking their cases to the High Court in a bid to delay prosecution....Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Justice Mushore still Awol after ruling against Malaba
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is keen on establishing why High Court judge Edith Mushore (pictured) has not been reporting for duty for weeks on end, amid concerns over the safety and health o...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:58hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
MPs challenge sweeping Presidential powers
THE continued use of Presidential Powers Temporary Measures Act by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is unconstitutional, legislators have argued in court.High Court judge Justice Philda Muzofa res...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jail Old Mutual directors: Moyo's lawyers
Lawyers of Zimbabwean and former Old Mutual chief executive Peter Moyo, want to see the company's directors jailed for refusing to reinstate him – and for them to be blocked from serving on any othe...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marriot loses ConCourt bid in Dynamos fraud case
DYNAMOS Football Club board chairperson Bernard Marriot Lusengo yesterday lost his bid for referral of his matter, involving the club's shareholding, to the Constitutional Court after a Harare magistr...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala wants apex court referral
MDC-Alliance legislator Job Sikhala yesterday applied for referral of his matter in which he is charged with publishing false statements prejudicial to the State to the Constitutional Court.Si...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt adamant on child marriages
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is adamant that it has accomplished a lot in stopping child marriages in Zimbabwe despite some reported rising cases of the pervasive practice.In resp...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Biti's application for recusal opposed
The State has vigorously opposed an application by MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti to have Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti recuse herself from presiding over his assault matter....Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Buyanga must obey court orders'
The Constitutional Court has struck off the roll the two cases lodged by businessman Frank Buyanga after finding he was in flagrant violation of many court judgments and will only hear his application...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 05:26hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Biti wants magistrate removed
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has made another application for the recusal of Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti from his assault case arguing that she would not give him a fair trial....Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Violent teacher found guilty
TALENT Chingwaru, the Mathematics teacher who was last week filmed assaulting a Lower Six student at a school in Harare, was yesterday convicted on his own plea of guilt and immediately appealed for a...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti assault case postponed to next week
THE State has challenged Tendai Biti's seventh application for postponement of trial in a case the MDC Alliance vice-president is accused of assaulting a Russian national, Tatiana Aleshina at the Hara...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti hits out at magistrate
Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti yesterday blasted the lawyer representing MDC-Alliance vice president Tendai Biti for trying to delay court proceedings by seeking a seventh consecutive postpon...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girls in Zimbabwe are still technologically backwards
Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) President Linda Tsungirirai Masarira has said girls in Zimbabwe are still technologically backwards.He said this as the nation celebrates the Int...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 12:53hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Biti to face the music
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for exception filed by MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti who is accused of assaulting a Russian woman in November last year outside the Har...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dexter Nduna survives Parly ouster bid
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance member Gift Konjana yesterday again lost his bid to reclaim the Chegutu West parliamentary seat after the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) dismissed his appeal challenging the l...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
ConCourt throws out MDC Alliance MP's win over Zanu PF's Dexter Nduna
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) Tuesday dismissed an appeal by MDC Alliance's Gift Konjana who was challenging Chegutu West legislator Dexter Nduna's controversial win in the 2018 parliamentary el...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lusengo scales up Dynamos fight
Dynamos Football Club chairperson Bernard Marriot Lusengo, who is being accused of fraud after allotting himself 51% shareholding of the popular club, has indicated he wants to approach the Constituti...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 05:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZEC spot on in excluding MDC Alliance
Recently Zimbabweans woke up to a NewsDay story entitled "ZEC bias exposed." The article informed that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) had not invited the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance (MDC-...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 04:50hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa and dodgy Zanu-PF characters
WHEN Zanu-PF activist Marx Mupungu filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application in June seeking to quash the High Court judgment by the three brave judges who had barred Chief Justice Malaba fr...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 07:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Malaba case: The key actors
ZIMBABWE, for the past four months has been going through a constitutional test and legal drama following the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term in May, which was put to bed last week follo...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Judges set wrong precedent by hearing own case
CONSTITUTIONAL Court judges who overturned a High Court ruling that Chief Justice Luke Malaba's continued stay in office beyond 70 years was illegal despite being cited have set a wrong precedent by b...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
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