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+40,000 vehicles vanish after entering Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has failed to account for more than 40 000 vehicles that entered the country under Temporary Import Permits (TIPs), according to the latest Auditor-General's report for the year ended December 31, 202…

Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 09:23hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter

Bitter estate wrangle sucks in top judges

A long-running family feud over the estate of the late Taya "Daya" Mlotshwa has erupted into a bruising legal battle at the Bulawayo High Court, with bitter accusations of judicial misconduct, stalling tactics, and attempts to unfairly ben…

Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 09:22hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter

Prophet Magaya faces estate liquidation

Prominent cleric and founder of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries, Walter Magaya, is facing the possible liquidation of his estate after allegedly failing to settle a US$420,140 debt owed to GetBucks Microfinance Bank.GetB…

Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:04hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter

Multiple marriage claims as legal dispute erupts over estate of ex-Zanu-PF MP

A fierce legal battle has broken out over the estate of the late Zanu-PF legislator for Insiza North, Farai Taruvinga, amid revelations that he may have had four wives at the time of his death on March 31, 2025.Amanda Falala, one of the wi…

Published: 30 May 2025 at 14:18hrs | 1579 | by Staff reporter

Ugly fight over Rhodes' estate

Allegations have surfaced that suspected land barons are impersonating ZANU-PF officials in an attempt to seize properties belonging to the estate of Cecil John Rhodes' grandson, sparking a legal and familial dispute.Elizabeth Anne Rhodes,…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:09hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter

Woman returns after 5-year hiatus to seize hubby's estate

A heated estate wrangle has gripped a family in Mutasa after a woman who allegedly abandoned her ailing husband five years ago resurfaced following his death to stake a claim on his estate.Norah Maradza, who deserted her now-deceased husba…

Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:04hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe's â€˜secret son' seeks share of late leader's estate

A man who claims to be the son of the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has vowed to continue his legal fight to secure a share of the late leader's estate, despite facing setbacks in court.Tonderai has approached the High Cou…

Published: 31 Mar 2025 at 15:24hrs | 1945 | by Staff reporter

Woman seeks peace order against uncle over deceased father's house

A Harare woman, Rachel Bunduri, has approached the Harare Civil Court seeking a peace order against her uncle, Ishmael Bunduri, whom she accuses of forcing her out of her late father's house. Rachel appeared before Magistrate Mrs. Meenal N…

Published: 08 Feb 2025 at 12:30hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter

Forgery rap sparks fresh legal war in US$48m-Pfugari estate

The contentious battle over the late property mogul Edward Nyanyiwa Sr's multi-million-dollar estate has intensified, with his daughter Naume Makumbe facing allegations of forgery.Edward Nyanyiwa, popularly known as Eddies Pfugari, passed …

Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:34hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter

Court blocks estranged wife's claim to hubby's estate

A United Kingdom-based woman, Joyce Charlie, has lost her bid to be recognized as the surviving spouse of her late husband, Martin Charlie, after a lengthy legal battle in the High Court. Joyce, who had been married to Martin since 1978, s…

Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:15hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter

Woman grabs estate of late 'boyfriend'

A Harare woman, Portia Rudo Bvekerwa, is facing allegations of falsifying documents in an attempt to claim the estate of her late boyfriend, Stanley Phute, after reportedly staying with him for just a few days.In a case brought before the …

Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 09:00hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter

Top lawyer faces probe over businesswoman's estate

Top lawyer Wilson Manase is under investigation by the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) for allegations of mishandling the estate of the late Sandra Jane Maisiri, which he has failed to finalize for over 22 years. Manase, appointed executor o…

Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:42hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter

Fight over ex-CIO boss' massive estate rages

The widow of the late Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) deputy director General Maynard Muzariri has been accused of trying to sell off property of his estate despite the fact that there are outstanding  issues yet to be conclud…

Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:52hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Luxury estate to launch in May

WESTPROP Holdings chief executive Ken Sharpe has revealed that the company will launch the highly-anticipated US$100 million mixed use Hills Luxury Lifestyle Estate in May this year."It is with great humility and pride that I announce publ…

Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chris Kuruneri's estate in wrangle

TWO Mazowe miners have approached the High Court for a revision of judgment accusing the late former Finance minister Christopher Kuruneri of secretly acquiring an order for their eviction without their knowledge.The miners, Sipho Mlalazi …

Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Musvamhiri wins case in Shiri estate wrangle

One of the beneficiaries in the late former Air Force of Zimbabwe commander and Cabinet minister, Perrance Shiri's estate, Tanaka Musvamhiri, has had a case of forgery filed against her dismissed at the close of the State's case.Harare mag…

Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 12:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Real estate firm 'sells' BCC land

A REAL estate company has been dragged to court for allegedly selling a residential stand belonging to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC).Landwey Construction Private Limited, represented by Vainah Moyo, was not asked to plead when it appeare…

Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 05:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Girlfriend in court over fraudulent estate claim

A woman believed to be a girlfriend of a recently-deceased Harare man appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court for allegedly tendering fraudulent documents to the Master of the High Court to claim a share of the man's estate.Thokozani Mazv…

Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Bogus estate agent in court for duping clients US$44 000

A bogus estate agent who defrauded desperate home seekers by selling them non-existing stands and already sold stands worth US$44 000 has appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court.Nelson Mandizvidza appeared before magistrate Mr Dennis Mang…

Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Chidawu widow's sues own children over estate

THE late national hero Oliver Chidawu's widow Spiwe has approached the High Court seeking to bar her own children from accessing their father's vast wealth arguing that they had no claim to properties she owned with her husband.Spiwe last …

Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 18:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Storm brews over Oliver Chidawu estate

THE late national hero Oliver Chidawu's widow Spiwe has taken family executor Clever Mandizvidza to court, challenging a will left by her husband on the basis that it violated sections of the Wills Act on sharing of property.Spiwe cited as…

Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Shiri estate in fresh storm

THE late Agriculture minister Air Marshal Perrance Shiri's children have dragged the family's executor, former Attorney General Sobuza Gula-Ndebele, to court to force him to release money held in the politician's estate so that it does not…

Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter

'BCC a real estate fraudster'

BULAWAYO Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) secretary for administration Thembelani Dube has accused the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) of fraud after it asked housing stand beneficiaries to pay top-ups of US$6 000 six years after purch…

Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Perrance Shiri estate row deepens

THE late national hero and Lands and Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri's daughter, Rufaro Stephanie is seeking to bar former Attorney-General Sobusa Gula-Ndebele from administering her father's estate, accusing him of illegally imposing …

Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Bogus real estate agent in court

BOGUS real estate agent Jacqueline Gijima (34) has been arraigned before the courts for duping a desperate land seeker of US$28 000.Gijima was yesterday remanded out of custody to June 30 on free bail by Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda.The …

Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Kusukuwere's once thriving orange estate now lies desolate

MAZOWE district war veterans' chairman Ephanos Mudzimunyi, who grabbed former cabinet minister and Zanu-PF supremo, Saviour Kasukuwe's Concorpia farm in Mazowe, has run the once thriving estate down.The roadside farm, like similar neighbou…

Published: 31 May 2022 at 13:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Matiza's widow in estate wrangle

THE High Court has dismissed an application by the late Transport minister Biggie Matiza's widow, Lillian, who was seeking to sideline his 34-year-old son from benefiting from his estate.Lillian had taken her stepson, Tendai Muchando to co…

Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Tsvangirai estate: Workers claim US$150 000

THE family of the late former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe and MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai may not benefit much from the politician's estate as domestic workers and other employees are claiming salary arrears and damages to the tune of…

Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

The Transfer of Title Deeds 101

WE have been discussing over the past few weeks' actions that a homeowner can take to help sell their property for the desired price.  So you have done all these things, and now you have an offer on the property which you have accepte…

Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:53hrs | 3 | by Real Estate Issues, with Jonathan Thompson

Family fights over Mpepereki's estate

A FIGHT over the estate of the late Zanu-PF apologist and soil scientist Isheunesu Mpepereki pitting his surviving spouse and a daughter from his first marriage spilled into the High Court yesterday.Mpepereki's spouse Otilia Mpepereki nee …

Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Daggers out over Gumbura estate

Tempers flared at the Master of the High Court offices yesterday as relatives of the late RGM End Time Message church founder Robert Martin Gumbura haggled over the appointment of an executor for his estate.Gumbura succumbed to COVID-19 in…

Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:53hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Knives out over Shiri estate

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched an investigation into the alleged illegal sale of part of the late national hero and Lands and Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri's estate.It is alleged that some of the late for…

Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Messy wrangle erupts over late General Mugoba's estate

A MESSY Family wrangle has erupted over the sharing of property of the late former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) chief of staff, major general Trust Mugoba, with some family members accusing the live-in spouse of grabbing all the assets and…

Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:56hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

New twist to tycoon's estate

The late John Bredenkampâ€˜s widow, Jennifer, has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to block her son Gavin from holding on to the family's Thetford Farm in Mazowe. The case was filed under Case Number HC 132/21.…

Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:43hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Shiri's previously unknown children surfaces

A MAJOR row has erupted among relatives of the late national hero and Cabinet minister, Perrance Shiri, as they fight to benefit from his significant estate.This comes as it has emerged that the former Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural R…

Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 13:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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 Muchakagara were appointed following an edict mee…

Published: 21 May 2019 at 23:22hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Tsvangirai estate executors in trouble

The late MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai's estate executors have taken over a $50 000 lawsuit in the High Court in which a Harare man is demanding that principal amount from the late former trade unionist.The man is claiming $50 000 for th…

Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 13:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Tsvangirai estate sued

The late MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai's estate has been hauled before the High Court over the late founding leader's alleged failure to pay a man who claims to have helped the opposition leader stitch a coalition deal for the 2013 gener…

Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mudzidzi's estate distributed peacefully

Thousands of people, some coming in from as far afield as South Africa and the United Kingdom, last week converged at Goora near Mount Darwin for the memorial service and the distribution of the estate of the late Mudzidzi Wimbo.Mudzidzi W…

Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:47hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Tsvangirai family jumped the gun on estate'

RELATIVES of the late MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, who last week breathed fire over the alleged understatement of the politician's estate by his widow Ms Elizabeth Macheka, jumped the gun and their complaint was premature, the office…

Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Elizabeth fraudulently leaves out 5 houses from Tsvangirai's estate register

RELATIVES of the late former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai are challenging the legality of Ms Elizabeth Macheka's marriage to the politician, accusing the widow of fraudulently leaving out five houses and 17 vehicles in the inventory of…

Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Tsvangirai's estate causing sparks to fly

The late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai's estate is causing sparks to fly, with the family of the former prime minister accusing his wife, Elizabeth, of tinkering with his valuables and attempting to grab his plush $3 million mansion in High…

Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 17:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

Tsvangira family cut ties with Elizabeth Macheka

Morgan Tsvangirai's widow Elizabeth faces the spectre of being deprived of her inheritance following the death of her husband on Wednesday last week.The Daily News reported that the Tsvangirai family has severed ties with the former prime …

Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 15:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Fatal end to estate row

A WRANGLE over the estate of a deceased person turned tragic when two Nyanga family members ran amok and fatally assaulted a relative over a residential stand.Golden Sandi (35) and Nicholas Nyadombo (26), both from Sanyamaropa Village unde…

Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 14:58hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Late minister's estate sparks family uproar

THE late national hero, Senator Aguy Georgias' son, Antony, has approached the court seeking an order to bar the estate executor, Jane Linda Georgias, from disposing the former deputy minister's immovable property accusing her of fraudulen…

Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 06:44hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Deputy minister's widow, step daughters in estate wrangle

The widow of the late former Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development deputy minister Seiso Moyo is locked in a legal wrangle with her two stepdaughters over the ex-MDC Nketa legislator's estate.Moyo died in December 2012 due …

Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 12:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Woman poses as late half brother's wife to inherit deceased's estate

A Bulawayo woman is reported to have taken possession of her late half brother's house after purporting to be the living spouse.The woman at the centre of the wrangle, Ms Alice Masuku, is a former presenter of a Radio Zimbabwe programme, I…

Published: 22 Feb 2013 at 06:10hrs | | by Court Reporter

Solomon Mujuru's estate valued at $9 billion

Unconfirmed reports suggest the late General Solomon Mujuru left behind an estate worth an estimated US$9 billion, sources said on Tuesday.The sources, citing correspondence between lawyers representing the general's family and children, s…

Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 20:11hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Sibanda I SW Radio

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