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Double blow for Kucaca Phulu's wife
A BULAWAYO lawyer who was suspended from practice by the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) for alleged improper conduct before being placed under curatorship has encountered a double blow after being sued...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:20hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Law Society of Zimbabwe flags 31 unregistered lawyers
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has named 31 unregistered lawyers and warned them against appearing in court, prisons and police stations purporting to be representing their clients.In a not...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Law society suspends lawyer Doreen Vundhla-Phulu
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has suspended Doreen Vundhla-Phulu's licence and placed under curatorship her law firm Vundhla-Phulu and Partners pending investigations following allegations of her ...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 15:28hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
MP's lawyer wife up for fraud
A PROMINENT Bulawayo lawyer, Doreen Vundhla-Phulu allegedly defrauded a client of US$26 000 in a botched residential stand deal.Vundhla (41) of Burnside suburb in Bulawayo and wife to Citizens...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally's law firm placed under curatorship for conning client
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Kucaca Phulu's law firm has been placed under curatorship on the orders of the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) for allegedly conning a client of US$26,000 ...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZB directors mull liquidation and surrendering licence
With three months left before year-end, it is now crunch time for ZB Financial Holdings (ZBFH), which is currently under increased pressure to recapitalise its building society within the grace period...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer arrested for theft
A lawyer in Chinhoyi has been arrested on allegations of stealing more than $100 000 from a client after being given an ATM card to settle legal fees.Burukai Muchadzireva (42) is still assisti...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC Mashonaland West On Voter Mobilisation Blitz Ahead Of 2023
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has embarked on a massive mobilisation blitz to enlist potential voters in the ongoing biometric voter registration (BVR).The party's provincial chairman, R...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Time Bank set to reopen
Time Bank of Zimbabwe Limited, the first locally owned commercial bank to be established in the country, is set to reopen soon its doors to the public, the bank's owners said in a statement ahead of t...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
New details on Intermarket bank heist
There is growing unease at ZB Financial Holdings Limited (ZBFHL) after recent revelations Transnational Holdings Limited (THL) the second-largest shareholder is pushing for a separation following the ...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Graft-accused Biti not off the hook
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is still investigating MDC-A vice president Mr Tendai Biti over allegations he instructed the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to deposit over U...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mawere reports SMM administrator to ZACC
Businessman Mutumwa Mawere has asked the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to investigate how Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM), which is under state curatorship since 2004, has been collecting re...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 11:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Law Society of Zimbabwe de-registers three lawyers
THREE Harare lawyers have been struck off the roll of legal practitioners for failure to disclose their past criminal convictions involving corruption and fraud, the Law Society of Zimbabwe has said....Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businesswoman under pressure to perform as she angles a final push
On signing an agreement with a prodigal Ezekiel Mtapuri who is under curatorship, in 2014, Theresa Ndambakuwa started to flag the Deed of Agreement she signed with Ezekiel Mtapuri to prospective land ...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 08:25hrs | 7 | by Lot Zuvanyika
Bussinesswoman bounces back to court on anti-corruption ticket
Theresa Ndambakuwa, a local businesswoman who signed a Deed of Agreement with Ezekiel Mtapuri, a prodigal, has bounced back to court, it has emerged. Theresa Ndambakuwa has managed to resuscit...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 09:20hrs | | by Lot Zuvanyika
Kamushinda ordered to pay N$1,5 billion
THE Namibian High Court has ordered embattled top Zimbabwean banker Enoch Kamushinga to pay liabilities for his failed Windhoek-based SME Bank amounting to N$1,5 billion.Liquidators were seeki...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why RBZ needs autonomy
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono recently appeared on Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube's discussion series In Conversation with Trevor.Amo...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | | by Admire Dube
Lion Microfinance placed under curatorship
LION MICROFINANCE LIMITED PLACED UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF A CURATOR Notice is hereby given that LION MICROFINANCE LIMITED has today, been placed under th...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 17:35hrs | 1 | by RBZ
Joint executorship for Mtukudzi's estate
THE Master of High Court has jointly appointed Daisy Mtukudzi and another family member - Vennah Muchakagara - as executors to the estate of the late music icon Dr Oliver Mtukudzi.Daisy and Mu...Published: 21 May 2019 at 23:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Dumbutshena & Company Attorneys placed under curatorship
Dumbutshena and Company Attorneys a boutique law firm based in Zimbabwe specializing in corporate and commercial transactions has been placed under curatorship.In March 2019, Inviolata Dumbuts...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:47hrs | 8 | by Ndou Paul
Mtukudzi's last will raises eyebrows
NEARLY four months after the death of music legend Dr Oliver Mtukudzi, a Harare law firm has filed with the Master of High Court, a one-page Will and Testament bequeathing all movable and immovable pr...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senior Harare lawyer removed from the legal practitioners' register
A senior Harare lawyer, Mr Moses Shingiriro Chinyenze, who has been practising law for 34 years, was last week removed from the legal practitioners' register for abuse of trust funds. Mr Chiny...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Privatization is key to Zimbabwe's economic recovery plan
The microeconomic foundations of economies ensure that macroeconomic objectives are achieved. Stated differently, macroeconomic goals can only be achieved if there are robust institutions ensuring tha...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
12 law firms put under curatorship, 2 lawyers de-registered
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has advised members of the public that it has put 12 law firms under curatorship. "Members of the public are being advised not to deal directly with the firms...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 16:09hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Mnangagwa's corruption talk: bark with no bite
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured anyone who cares to listen that he is sincere in his wish to eradicate, or at the very least fight, corruption.His rhetoric has been heart-warming, but...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Editorial - newsday
Fraudulent lawyer deregistered
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has deregistered Russel Dzete from practising law as he is yet to submit his practising certificate following his fraud conviction. Dzete together with two accomplice...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Timba declared insolvent
FORMER ReNaissance Financial Holdings group chief executive officer, Patterson Timba, has been declared insolvent by the High Court after failing to settle a $1 815 117 debt with First Mutual Holdings...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Law Society bars 40 lawyers from practising
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has barred 40 lawyers from practising this year for various reasons, with the majority, 27, coming from Harare.Most of the lawyers listed do not have practisi...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:10hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwean exec suspended by KPMG South Africa
KPMG has suspended the head of its largest business unit, who was the lead audit partner on VBS Mutual Bank.Sipho Malaba, who is related to Chief Justice Luke Malaba, was tasked with running K...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 08:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Fraudster lawyer spared jail
BULAWAYO lawyer, Russel Dzete, escaped prison after he was fined $700 for defrauding a home seeker of more than $13 000 with two other accomplices.The court heard the trio had already repaid $...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo lawyer convicted of defrauding home-seeker
BULAWAYO lawyer Russel Dzete who together with two accomplices defrauded a home-seeker of more than $13 000 was yesterday convicted of fraud.Dzete (34) of Athlone Flats in the city centre and ...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Banks in South Africa not treated the same
BY EMAIL (CC: Mr. Dondo Mohajane-Natl treasury)Mr. Kuben NaidooRegistrar of BanksSouth African Reserve BankHelen Joseph StreetPretoria...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 08:13hrs | | by T. Matodzi
South Africa Reserve Bank attacks black owned bank
The Reserve Bank Lesetja Kganyago has slammed ideas that its decision to place VBS Mutual Bank under curatorship is an attack on black-owned banks.Kganyago was speaking at a briefing on Sunday...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 19:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judgment date set for lawyer for 'defrauding' home seeker
THE judgment date for Bulawayo lawyer Russell Dzete, who allegedly ganged up with two accomplices and defrauded an unsuspecting home seeker of more than $13 000, has been set for March 15.The ...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe appointed CIO boss evited from farm
New police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga has ordered Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) boss Ephrain Nhamo, who illegally occupied businessman Chris Takura Tande's Carig Crag estate, ...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time Bank to re-open
TIME Bank says it is determined to re-establish its services and contribute to economic development of the country following its reinstatement by the Reserve bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ).The commerc...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time Bank re-opens on Monday
Time Bank of Zimbabwe, one of only four remaining indigenous banks will finally open its doors to the public on Monday next week after over a decade of dormancy and running court battles.The c...Published: 04 Jan 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Business Reporter
Time Bank reopens
TIME Bank will soon reopen after regularising its operations with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ).In a statement yesterday the RBZ registrar of banking institutions said discussions between...Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai no longer a democrat or comrade in the struggle says PDP official
A People's Democratic Party official based in South Africa Fortune Mlalazi has said MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai can no longer be considered a democrat because of over staying in control of the part...Published: 02 Oct 2017 at 07:04hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Top Bulawayo lawyer nabbed on fresh fraud charges
A TOP Bulawayo lawyer, Russell Dzete, has been arrested on fresh fraud charges after he allegedly ganged up with two accomplices and defrauded an unsuspecting home seeker of more than $13 000....Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 10:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sex, cash, booze galore at Eldorado
THE normally quiet and poor surroundings of the Hunyani area just outside Chinhoyi was temporarily turned into a hive of activity following a gold rush triggered by Zanu-PF meddling at the gold rich E...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo stop dabbling in Zanu-PF succession politics
In history and to the outsider, Zimbabwe has always been a fabulous illusion. An Ophir. An El Dorado, a home to the Queen of Sheba. If the wishes of early European "pathfinders" were horses, Zimbabwe ...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Farai Rwodzi dragged to court over $136 million
THE Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC), has dragged the defunct Interfin Bank's majority shareholder Farai Innocent Rwodzi to the High Court seeking to recover over $136 million as compensation ...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 05:49hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Harare companies dupe BCC
BULAWAYO City Council might have lost over $1 million through misappropriation of funds and irregularities in awarding tenders.The council has been accused of awarding tenders to non-traceable...Published: 23 Aug 2016 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Auxilia Katongomara
PDP's statement on Zambia elections
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) would like to congratulate the people of Zambia for coming out in large numbers and voting peacefully in last week's general elections.However, as PDP we no...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 20:06hrs | | by Settlement Chikwinya
Trust Bank bosses face litigation
THE Deposit Protection Authority has recommended litigation against directors of Trust Bank Corporation Ltd, for fraudulent conduct of business. KPMG, an agent of Depositors Protection Corpora...Published: 22 Jul 2016 at 05:35hrs | | by Business Reporter
The case for a National Transitional Authority (NTA) in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is currently facing significant challenges. Never in the history of the country have political, economic and social crises converged with such devastating consequences for the population....Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 15:06hrs | | by Vince Musewe
PDP Position on Transitional Arrangements Post Mugabe Era
Incidentally as early as 2014, PDP proposed the need for transitional arrangements under its policy HOPE. It is pleasing to note that the idea of a National Transitional Authority (NTA) has now gained...Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 06:02hrs | | by PDP
Lawyer on the run, law firm put under curatorship
A BULAWAYO lawyer, Mr James Mutsauki, is on the run and the High Court has ordered his law firm to be placed under curatorship after the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) detected alleged trust fund fraud...Published: 25 Jun 2016 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
'Increase in bogus lawyers worrying,' says Mnangagwa
THE Government is worried about the increase in bogus and unscrupulous lawyers who are defrauding the public, Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.VP Mnangagwa who is also Justice, Legal...Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 06:57hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
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