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Zimbabwe wins USA US$50m lawsuit
THE District of Columbia (DC) Circuit on Tuesday overturned a ruling ordering Zimbabwe to face litigation to enforce an 11-yearold US$50 million arbitral award stemming from an ill-fated mining deal, ...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 08:56hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Exemption Permit holders secure legal victory in SA
Zimbabwean immigrants living in South Africa under the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) system have won a major legal reprieve after the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed an attempt by South Africa's M...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 10:12hrs | 1414 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans shielded from arrest in South Africa
The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed with costs the Department of Home Affairs' attempt to overturn an interim interdict, previously granted in favour of the Zimbabwe Immigration Federation, prot...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 10:02hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe permit court showdown looming in South Africa
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Friday dismissed South Africa's Home Affairs Minister's attempt to set aside an interim court order protecting Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders from arres...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:04hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court could reshape the legal status of Zimbabweans in SA
In a landmark ruling that could reshape the legal status of thousands of Zimbabwean nationals in South Africa, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has rejected an appeal by the Minister of Home Affairs ...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:37hrs | 2864 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean exemption permits saga returns to South African court
The legal saga over the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) returns to court on Tuesday as the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) hears the Department of Home Affairs' appeal against a ruling that temporaril...Published: 12 May 2025 at 19:22hrs | 10304 | by Staff reporter
Zondo comes out of retirement to talks about Zuma
Clebrity judge and former Chief Justice who failed JSC interviews Raymond Zondo has publicly questioned the legality and integrity of former President Jacob Zuma's release from prison on medical parol...Published: 07 May 2025 at 14:32hrs | 1359 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt dismisses AfriForum's application for leave to appeal 'Kill the boer' ruling
The Constitutional Court has dismissed AfriForum's application for leave to appeal over the "Kill the boer" chant.The apex court found that there were no reasonable prospects of success in the...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 17:27hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Trump's Afrikaners refugees will not lose South African citizenship
Trump signed an Executive Order on February 7, 2025, titled "Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa", granting Afrikaners refugee status and facilitating their resettlement in th...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 10:56hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu refile appeal
Senator Sengezo Tshabangu and Senator Nonhlanhla Mlotshwa have confirmed the withdrawal of their previously filed notice of appeal in respect of Harare High Court case number 5606/24. The wit...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 13:46hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
South Africa apex court reverses GMO approval
After an arduous nine-year legal battle, a full bench of the supreme court of appeal (SCA) has set aside the commercial approval of a drought-tolerant genetically modified (GM) variety of maize....Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 10:44hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe engages SA over deportations
The Zimbabwean government is currently in discussions with South Africa regarding the fate of its citizens facing deportation following the expiration of their permits. This comes in light of recent s...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:48hrs | 2597 | by Staff reporter
Conundrum in SA tax law interpretation
The Constitutional Court has decided not to have the final say on the meaning of the crucial string of words - "bona fide inadvertent error" - even though the correct interpretation is of public impor...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:17hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's GNU partner suggests scrapping BEE
The Freedom Front Plus has urged the removal of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) and Affirmative Action (AA) policies, arguing that they are detrimental and obstruct economic growth.The party ...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 12:46hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Zondo was Ramaphosa's last line of defence
President Ramaphosa has on Thursday announced Justice Mandisa Maya as the Chief Justice of the Republic.Maya will take up her position on September 1, replacing the "politically conflicted" Ch...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 08:36hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter
MK Party to march against 'racist' Helen Zille
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) will embark on a massive march in Durban on Wednesday amid a wave of criticism against DA federal chairperson Helen Zille for referring to the MKP and EFF as "dogs"....Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 16:34hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zupco board chair wins US$130K lawsuit
The Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling ordering bus supplier Jayesh Shah to compensate former Zupco board chairperson Charles Nherera with US$130,000 for unjustly causing his arrest and deten...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 05:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ANC officials spying for US
AFTER a long and bruising court battle that ended with Independent Media winning the case against the State Security Agency (SSA), which sought to prevent the publication of the contents of the SSA re...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 12:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South African jailed 30 years for kidnapping Zimbabwean in Uganda
A South African national, Joachim Ugochukwu Onyeako has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for kidnapping a Zimbabwean national with the intention to procure a ransom.Onyeako was sentenced by ...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean permits: Helen Suzman Foundation takes on Motsoaledi in Constitutional Court
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has gone to court to oppose a bid by Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi to appeal against a ruling that he may not terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP)...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Why a farmer is riding from Zimbabwe to Windhoek on a horse
When Ben Freeth headed west on horseback from the derelict Mount Carmel farm near Chegutu in Zimbabwe on 28 November, he had to lay low. For about 800km, Freeth avoided roads and stuck to the bush, fo...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:05hrs | 16 | by GroundUp
Aaron Motsoaledi takes his hatred of Zimbabwean permit holders to the ConCourt
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is continuing with his court battles to scrap the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) programme. In June 2023, the Pretoria High Court ruled that the termi...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:13hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Motsoaledi's personal vendetta against Zimbabweans dealt a severe blow
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has suffered a blow in his bid to appeal the judgment of the High Court Pretoria.The court had invalidated his December 2021 decision to terminate the Zi...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 16:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Activist condemns SA for ending permits for Zimbabwean nationals
ENDING permits for Zimbabweans and Basotho nationals living in South Africa is unconstitutional and sets a bad precedent for the country's democracy.This is according to the spokesperson of th...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
US$172 million Gwanda solar project to go on
INTRATEK Zimbabwe, a company owned by businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo is expected to commence the implementation of the 100 megawatts Gwanda Solar Project after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal b...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zesa is not going to pay US$22 million to Wicknell Chivayo
Zimbabwe's power utility Zesa says it is not going to pay US$22 million to flamboyant business tycoon Wicknell Chivayo as reported, but instead his company Intratrek Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd has to fund the...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 16:24hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma Foundation says 3 Votes Zondo 'unfit to hold office' of Chief Justice
Former President Jacob Zuma has cited Chief Justice Raymond Zondo's recent public remarks about him in his latest bid to legally challenge the appointment of Zondo as the Head of the Judiciary....Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Court dismisses Zimbabwean Exemption Permit application
An urgent application brought by the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) to protect the rights of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders was dismissed by the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday because the ju...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:59hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimbabwe commercial farmers sue SA government for R7bn
DOZENS of former Zimbabwean commercial farmers are demanding R7 billion from the South African government for its role in the suspension go the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal....Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Helen Suzman Foundation rush to court to protect Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) rushed to court this week in an attempt to secure an order to protect Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders whose presence in South Africa, it said, was again und...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:05hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Motsoaledi's renewed bid to terminate ZEPs thwarted
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's crusade against the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) programme has hit a snag.A Full Bench of the Pretoria Division of the High Court has refused to h...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 20:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Helen Suzman Foundation appeal against ZEPs ruling faces misinformation campaign
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF), a human rights organization that successfully challenged the South African government's plan to revoke Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs) by December 2022, has reve...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 16:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No reason to continue favouring Zimbabweans with a special work permit'
In the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Monday, the Department of Home Affairs argued that the government lacks a valid reason to allow the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) program to continue....Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 13:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Elections lack transparency and credibility
The recent ruling by the court of appeal dismissing a request by the main opposition party (CCC) to have access to an up-to-date voter's roll is now a major cause for concern. Why is the Zimbabwe Elec...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 20:12hrs | 18 | by Simbabrashe Jingo
Zondo's court says Zuma must go back to prison
The Constitutional Court dismissed the Department of Correctional Services' application for leave to appeal a ruling that former president Jacob Zuma must go back to prison.In the ruling hande...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 16:04hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Captured PP clears Ramaphosa in final Phala Phala report
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been cleared of any wrongdoing by acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka in her final report released on Friday regarding the theft of US dollars in cash from his Phala ...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Justice Mbatha and a white judge blocks Malema, EFF from repossessing land
AfriForum on Wednesday welcomed a ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal to dismiss the application of leave to appeal by EFF leader Julius Malema and his party against an interdict which AfriForum won...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 07:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
South Africa grants immunity to Putin
The South African has gazetted International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor's notice for the Diplomatic Immunity and Privileges Act to be granted to all international officials at BR...Published: 30 May 2023 at 07:47hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel finally returns to Britain
PRESIDENTIAL Envoy and Ambassador-at-Large Uebert Angel - who fears being thrown under the bus should he return to Zimbabwe, because of the starring role he played in Al Jazeera's investigative Gold M...Published: 15 May 2023 at 19:29hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel holed up in Dubai
PRESIDENTIAL Envoy and Ambassador-at-Large Uebert Angel is currently holed up in Dubai alongside several prominent members of rival gangs exposed in Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia investigative documentary a...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 17:44hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean judges join Namibian judiciary
Two Zimbabwean judges, Justice Rita Makarau of the Constitutional Court and retired judge Justice Moses Chinhengo have been appointed to serve temporarily on the Namibian Supreme Court and High Court ...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zuma dares Judges to apply double standards
Jacob Zuma says his urgent court application to interdict his private prosecution of President Cyril Ramaphosa will test "whether Lady Justice has removed her blindfold in South Africa"."There...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zuma's persecution by courts painful and unnecessary, says top ANC official
ANC presidential hopeful Zweli Mkhize has weighed in on former president Jacob Zuma's impending return to prison, describing it as painful and an unnecessary punishment for an 80 year old.Mkhi...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean asylum seeker married at age 9 and 13 earns court reprieve to remain in Ireland
A 29-year-old Zimbabwe woman married first at age nine and again at age 13 has earned a Court of Appeal reprieve in her bid to remain in Ireland.The woman – who is a lesbian – arrived here...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Former Zimbabwe judge to join Kenya election petition panel
RETIRED judge and Alpha Media Holdings Ombudsman, Justice Moses Chinhengo will be part of a high-level panel that will hear the 2022 Kenya presidential election petition.Justice Chinhengo and ...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman locks horns with top judges
A Harare businessman has accused deputy chief justice Elizabeth Gwaunza of abuse of office in a case where he lost a property worth over US$230 000.Tendai Mashamhanda, who is fighting to regai...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwe judges in the eye of a storm
A Harare businessman has written a letter of complaint to Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi raising allegations of criminal abuse of office, conflict of interest and ob...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:05hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Dali Mpofu convicted by Stratcom, but cleared by law body
Advocate Dali Mpofu SC has been cleared of a misconduct charge for his 'shut comment' made at the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture.Mpofu was investigated by the Legal Pr...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Captured judiciary: No evidence that ConCourt judges, staff leaked info about Mkhwebane's case
There is no evidence that somebody within the Constitutional Court gave confidential information to Ismail Abramjee concerning public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's application before that court....Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 19:06hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Manuel is 'hypersensitive and entitled'
Television host and businessman JJ Tabane has told the Johannesburg high court that Trevor Manuel's urgent defamation lawsuit against him smacks of a "hypersensitive and entitled" individual.T...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 09:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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