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Mnangagwa critic set free
The assault case against former Zanu-PF member Sybeth Musengezi has been withdrawn by a Harare magistrate due to the absence of the key state witness.Musengezi faced charges of assaultin...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:11hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa legitimacy challenger 'assaults' airtime vendor
Former Zanu-PF member and political activist Sybeth Musengezi appeared in court on Wednesday facing charges of allegedly assaulting an airtime vendor who disrupted his press conference earlier this we...Published: 10 Apr 2025 at 09:13hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Murder charges against trade unionists withdrawn
The State has formally withdrawn murder charges against two prominent leaders of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ), Obert Masaraure and Robson Chere. The two had been facing all...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:06hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
Rights watchdogs condemn embarrassment of Zimbabwe lawyers
GLOBAL legal watchdogs, the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), have urged the government of Zimbabwe to urgently investigate the abuse of la...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 12:37hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala raring to flex muscle
FORMER opposition Zengeza Member of Parliament, Job Sikhala, says he will embark on "Thank You" rallies for the support he received from ordinary citizens across the country while he was in detention....Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala gets suspended prison sentence
Former Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala will leave prison at 8AM on Wednesday after a court on Tuesday handed down a wholly suspended two-year prison sentence following his conviction on charges of incitem...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Haritatos clash with Coltart
Vangelis Peter Haritatos has hit back at lawyer Doug Coltart for alleging that he had abused his authority by parking his vehicle in a bay reserved for Persons with Disabilities.Posting on X o...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 11:04hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Masaraure back in court for murder
HARARE magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday dismissed an application for refusal of further remand by Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe leader Obert Masaraure in a case in which he faces a m...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Authorities must investigate the escalation of abductions, torture and killing of political activists
The Zimbabwean authorities must immediately address the escalating cases of abductions, arbitrary detention, torture and killing of parliament members, opposition political activists, and human rights...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:18hrs | 33 | by Amnesty International
Artuz leader in court for 2016 'murder'
Harare police have announced that their investigation into the 2016 murder case involving Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union (Artuz) leader Obert Masaraure is still ongoing. Masaraure is accused of kill...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger trial continues
The trial of Sybeth Musengezi, a member of Zanu-PF, for allegedly forging his residential address to gain membership in the ruling party, proceeded with the testimony of the second witness on the late...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 18:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba VeShanduko removed from remand
In Harare on Tuesday, a court removed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Godfrey Karembera, also known as Madzibaba VeShanduko, from remand during his appearance before Magistrate Ethel Chic...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 06:21hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa re-appoints Mohadi vice president
Two years after being forced to quit in ignominy following a sex scandal, Kembo Mohadi was on Friday re-appointed Zimbabwe's vice president as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's final five-year term got o...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 18:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC voters roll case set down tomorrow morning
THE High Court will sit on Wednesday to address the issue of urgency in an application by the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to avail the fi...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Masimirembwa cornered in Mnangagwa challenger trial
Zanu-PF Harare provincial chairperson Goodwills Masimirembwa was yesterday cornered by former youth member Sybeth Musengezi over discrepancies in the ruling party's cell register.Masimirembwa ...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 21:00hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'One year under arbitrary detention in my oppressor's prison'
Chikurubi Maximum Security PrisonChikurubi FarmHarareTo My DEAR Zimbabweans,Regional and Worldwide FriendsWhere ever they may be found14 June 2023DEAR Z...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 12:24hrs | 16 | by Job Wiwa Sikhala
Mnangagwa legitimacy challenger endorses Chamisa's CCC ahead of 2023 elections
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy challenger and Zanu-PF activist, Sybeth Musengezi has made a shock announcement rallying behind Citizens' Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa in the u...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Coltart nominated for a European award
Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Doug Coltart has been nominated for the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe's (CCBE) 2023 Human Rights Award. He was nominated by the Law Society of Irel...Published: 20 May 2023 at 20:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger's trial continues
The trial of political activist Sybeth Musengezi, in which he is being accused of joining Zanu-PF party structures fraudulently yesterday continued with his counsel making attempts to make the court d...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa legitimacy challenger escapes arrest
FORMER Zanu-PF youth member Sybeth Musengezi escaped arrest after a Harare magistrate yesterday cancelled a warrant issued against him for absconding court.Musengezi, who was accompanied by hi...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger bunks court
FORMER Zanu-PF youth member Sybeth Musengeza was yesterday issued with a warrant of arrest after he failed to appear in court to face a fraud charge.His lawyer Doug Coltart advised the court t...Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger employing delaying tactics, says Court
A Zanu-PF member, Sybeth Musengezi, who is facing fraud allegations for allegedly falsifying his residential address when he joined the ruling party, has been accused of employing delaying tactics to ...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Strange sickness strikes Job Sikhala...colon cancer suspected
CCC lawmaker Job Sikhala has reported that he is suffering from a strange illness that is worrying him. In a letter from Chikurubi Maximum Prison Sikhala said he has been fearing to talk abiut...Published: 01 Jan 2023 at 13:41hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sikhala, Sithole trial in false start
The trial of CCC legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole on charges of inciting public violence in Nyatsime area sometime in June was today in false start after their respective lawyers...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Coltart to challenge court placement on remand
Prominent Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Doug Coltart, who was arrested on Friday and charged with fraud, is challenging being placed on remand.Coltart was arrested at the Harare magistrate's ...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger files against placement on remand
Zanu-PF activist Sybeth Musengezi yesterday filed a court application challenging his placement on remand.Musengezi appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing charges of fraudulen...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
New York Times's Zimbabwe freelancer case drags on
THE case involving Harare based New York Times freelancer Jeffrey Moyo, who is accused of arranging fake media accreditation for two foreign colleagues, continues to drag on after the ruling was been ...Published: 31 May 2022 at 12:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa legitimacy challenger wins major battle
A Harare magistrate on Friday said former Zanu-PF activist Sybeth Musengezi was eligible for a ruling party membership in what his lawyers said was confirmation that he was facing baseless charges to ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa legitimacy challenger to spend weekend behind bars
SYBETH Musengezi, the Harare man who is appearing in court on allegations of using a fake address to join Zanu-PF structures and earn himself a position in the Youth League, will spend the weekend in ...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger remanded in custody
A FORMER Zanu-PF youth league member, who challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2017 ascendancy to power, appeared in court yesterday facing charges of fraudulently acquiring a ruling party member...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marry to stand trial for alleged attempted murder
THE case in which Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife, Marry is accused of attempted murder is now ready for trial, the State has said.Marry was in court yesterday where cases in whi...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bizzare twist to CCC activist torture saga
POLICE yesterday said they must be given ‘space' in their investigations into torture of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Godrey Karembera while in custody at Harare Central Police Stati...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife freed asHigh Court lashes magistrate Lazini Ncube
The High Court on Monday ordered the release from 10-day custody of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, who was detained by a magistrate for the purposes of undergoing...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 18:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa linked ZCTU rocked by power struggles
POWER struggles have threatened to divide the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) ahead of its elective congress set for next week, with some affiliates claiming that they have been deliberately d...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono seeks magistrate's recusal
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono's lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa yesterday asked the presiding magistrate to recuse herself since her impartiality was compromised because of her previous averments.Chin'...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mahere off the hook
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzai Mahere and her alleged six accomplices arrested on July 1 last year for inciting public violence, have been removed from remand by a Harare court.Mahere togeth...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Exposing Zimbabwe axis of evil
AHEAD of President Mnangagwa's visit to the United Kingdom, the country's detractors disguised as Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have upped the anti-Government ante as they seek to besmirch the Se...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Charamba sparks a diplomatic tiff labels Hichilema a 'sellout'
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba yesterday sparked a diplomatic tiff with the new government of Zambia after calling President Hakainde Hichilema, who was inaugurated yesterday, a "sellout" o...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:51hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
We've no case against NYT journo: State
THE State yesterday said it had no case against New York Times (NYT), Zimbabwean journalist Jeffrey Moyo.Moyo spent three weeks in custody, with the State opposing bail, before making a sudden...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'New York Times correspondent denied access to wife, blankets, assaulted by prison staff '
NEW York Times correspondent Jeffrey Moyo, who was arrested last week, is said to be living in horrific conditions in remand prison after he was denied bail by a Bulawayo magistrate early this week....Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts for Mnangagwa's govt to free jailed New York Times correspondent
THE SA National Editors' Forum (SANEF) has supported a call by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) for Zimbabwean authorities to release New York Times freelance journalist Jeffrey Moyo who was...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
New York Times correspondent denied bail in Zimbabwe
A BULAWAYO magistrate Monday denied bail to New York Times correspondent Jeffrey Moyo and a Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) staffer Thabang Manhika.In her ruling, Magistrate Rachel Mukanga sai...Published: 31 May 2021 at 18:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono lawyers blocked from addressing journalists
POLICE yesterday blocked journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's lawyers from addressing journalists at the Harare Magistrates Courts where he was facing charges of inciting public violence.Chin'ono's ...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Criminalising Freedom of Expression in Zimbabwe by ZANU PF
The oppressive ZANU PF regime continues to silence Zimbabwean alternative voices through criminalising any act or anyone who is viewed as a threat to the status quo. The recent arrest of youth leaders...Published: 13 May 2021 at 22:11hrs | 17 | by Prince Njagu
Sikhala, Chin'ono, Mahere being denied food
Douglas Coltart, a Zimbabwean political activist and lawyer, has revealed that the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officers are denying MDC Alliance Spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere, MDC A...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 15:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police hunting down Sikhala
Police yesterday arrested Chin'ono and were reportedly hunting down MDC Alliance national vice-chairperson Job Sikhala over their social media comments on a report claiming that a Harare police office...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
The tale of a captured judiciary
THE year 2020 did not see any major judicial decisions, but was replete with prolonged postponement of trials.At one time, chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi threatened to sit on a Sunday for...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:08hrs | | by Miriam Mangwaya
Chin'ono seeks bail relaxation
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono, who is facing charges of defeating or obstructing the course of justice, is seeking relaxation of his bail conditions to go to South Africa to seek medical attention, a H...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono bail appeal ruling tomorrow
HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has deferred the ruling on a bail application by incarcerated journalist Hopewell Chin'ono to tomorrow.Chin'ono is in custody at Chikurubi Maximum Secu...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono appeals to the High Court
DETAINED freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has approached the High Court challenging Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa's decision to deny him bail.Chin'ono through his lawyers Beatrice ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
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