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Mnangagwa set to announce major shakeup of government bureaucracy
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to implement a major shake-up of the bureaucracy in the coming weeks with several high-profile departures and appointments.Misheck Sibanda, the chief secret...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 19:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Florence Ziyambi battles to be Prosecutor General
Seasoned and controversial lawyer and African Anti Corruption leader Florence Ziyambi has thrown her hat in the race to replace Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi.Florence Ziyambi in January 20...Published: 26 May 2022 at 11:36hrs | 18 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Community service for insulting landlady
A 28-YEAR-OLD man from Harare has been ordered to perform 145 hours of community service for insulting his landlady when she came to collect rent.Kudakwashe Gomo was initially sentenced to six...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi suffers double stroke, mental health collapse
FORMER Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi was hounded by the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) and senior officials from the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs following the submissi...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor General Hodzi quits
Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday resigned from his position on medical grounds, the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) announced.Chief Secretary to the President and Cab...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt grabs Chombo's farm, gives to ex-wife
Government is continuing its retributive land seizures targeting political opponents, real or imagined, this time cancelling former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo's 99-year lease for Allan Grange Fa...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Not blind to justice
"YOU will definitely lose cases because you will not be able to see the demeanour of witnesses."Mr Mehluli Ndlovu, a legal practitioner (44) from Njube suburb, in Bulawayo remembers how these ...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi's appointment above board, court rules
When President Mnangagwa chose Mr Kumbirai Hodzi as the Prosecutor General after asking the Judicial Service Commission for a second list of nominees he was exercising his constitutional discretion to...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tribute to Morgan Nemadire the regional magistrate and a friend
On the 6th March 2021 one of the brightest lights in the Zimbabwean legal fraternity, MR Morgen Nemadire was switched off.But the sun has not set on the Nemadire's alone, Zimbabweans also mourn th...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 14:31hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Ziyambi's divorce hearing derailed
Arguments over legal processes continue to dog efforts by Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to proceed with divorce proceedings against his wife, Ms Florence Ziyambi ne...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man attempts to extort Minister Ziyambi over adultery claims
Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has survived an extortion attempt by a man who alleges that the Minister is having an affair with his wife.The man who claims to be married to a senior Law officer wit...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 09:56hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ziyambi adultery accuser points finger at minister's estranged wife
A MAN who recorded a phone conversation during which he confronted justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi for allegedly having an affair with his wife has admitted he is not married to the woman.Ziy...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 20:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi Ziyambi files for divorce
JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has filed for divorce saying the relationship with his wife has irretrievably broken down with no prospects of restoration.Min...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 16:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
PG's appointment challenge develops hiccups
The challenge on the appointment of Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi, which was set to commence yesterday at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), failed to materialise after it emerged that the ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi's appointment as PG back in spotlight
ConCourt will tomorrow hear an application filed by a Harare lawyer who is attempting to reverse the appointment of Kumbirai Hodzi as Zimbabwe's Prosecutor-General (PG). Joshua Chirambwe's obj...Published: 14 May 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi appointment gazetted
GOVERNMENT has gazetted the appointment of Mr Kumbirai Hodzi as the country's substantive Prosecutor-General. Mr Hodzi took the oath of office before President Mnangagwa on January 23 this yea...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare lawyer takes Mnangagwa to ConCourt
A HARARE lawyer, Joshua Chirambwe, has petitioned the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) seeking the nullification of Kumbirai Hodzi's appointment as the substantive Prosecutor-General (PG).Chira...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wins court challenge
Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday had the last laugh after the Constitutional Court (Concourt) ruled that an application challenging his appointment to the esteemed offices was filed out of ...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa taken to court over PG's appointment
A HARARE man has petitioned the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) seeking nullification of Kumbirai Hodzi's recent appointment as substantive Prosecutor-General (PG) on the basis that he scored badly in...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's prosecutor General appointment above board
The appointment of Kumbirai Hodzi as the country's substantive Prosecutor General was above board, the government has said. He took the oath of office yesterday before President Emmerson Mnangagwa at ...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 08:09hrs | 2 | by Garikai Fadzi
Hodzi appointed Prosecutor General
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed Mr Kumbirai Hodzi as the country's new substantive Prosecutor-General and will be sworn in today at State House. Mr Hodzi has been acting PG since July 24 las...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 22:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor-General appointment chaos
THE race to succeed Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba has been plunged into chaos after it emerged this week that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rejected the three front-runners for political reasons...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big headache for Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a herculean task in his quest to fight corruption after it emerged last week that graft now pervades the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), which must be at the f...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
JSC submits 3 names for vacant PG's post to Mnangagwa
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has forwarded names of three top performers in last week's public interviews for the vacant post of Prosecutor General to President Mnangagwa, who is expected to ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Acting PG turns partially blind
ACTING Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi turned half blind after opening a letter from an anonymous person, which he found on his desk. It remains a mystery how the letter, which was addressed to h...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Majome quits MDC politics
Former MDC legislator for Harare West Ms Jessie Majome on Thursday said she was no longer a political activist, having quit politics on July 31 this year. Responding to questions during a publ...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 lawyers including Jessie Majome battle it out for PG post
TEN lawyers will today battle it out in public interviews to select the country's new substantive Prosecutor-General in Harare. The interviews, to be conducted by the Judicial Service Commissi...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor-General interviews set for next month
THE Judicial Service Commission will next month conduct interviews for the position of Prosecutor-General (PG), which fell vacant after Ray Goba resigned in August. Goba stepped down after a tribunal ...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Majome eyes PG post
Former MDC Member of Parliament Jessie Majome is among the legal minds gunning to become Zimbabwe's next Prosecutor-General (PG).Majome will battle it out with 10 other legal experts, who have...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hauls Goba to the vultures
PRESIDENT-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa has hauled suspended Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba to the vultures, saying he failed to prosecute corruption cases, in the process putting a huge dent on governme...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe Dairy bombing suspects freed
Two soldiers who were accused of trying to petrol-bomb the former First Family's Alpha Omega Dairy Farm were yesterday set free by a Harare magistrate after spending two years on remand.Silas-...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 19:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe property bombing case collapses
A HARARE magistrate yesterday granted an application of exception of charges filed by two military intelligence officers, Solomon Makumbe and Silas Pfupa, who were accused of trying to petrol-bomb the...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 05:58hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Ziyambi kicked out
Deputy Prosecutor-General Florence Ziyambi has been removed from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) due to alleged bad blood between her and her superior, Ray Goba.She has been re-assign...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reinstates Goba
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has moved to gazette the reinstatement of fired Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba.This follows a decision by the High Court stopping the Judicial Services Commissio...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ray Goba locked out
ACTING Prosecutor-General Ray Goba has reportedly been locked out of his office following the recent nullification of his appointment as substantive PG by President Robert Mugabe.Justice minis...Published: 08 Nov 2017 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Goba fighting to get his job back from Mugabe
Former acting Prosecutor-General Ray Goba, who was recently removed from a substantive appointment as Prosecutor-General (PG), is fighting to hang onto his controversial and disputed engagement amid i...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 12:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe under-fire
President Robert Mugabe's shock decision to rescind the appointment of Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba is unconstitutional and can be challenged in court, legal and political experts said yesterday....Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 14:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Namibia blocks appointment of Mugabe's candidate
RAY Goba, whose name had been prematurely gazetted as the prosecutor general designate, will not be sworn in to the post after dramatic intervention by the Namibian government, The Standard reported....Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 10:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to name new PG
PRESIDENT Mugabe will soon appoint a new Prosecutor-General after the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry forwarded three names recommended by the Judicial Service Commission to him, a s...Published: 10 Sep 2017 at 10:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Prosecutor-General race gets messy
THE process to select a new Prosecutor-General (PG) has run into controversy amid revelations that the short-listed candidates did not score basic minimum percentages or points required, sparking dism...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare lawyer disqualified
HAVING spent 14 hours in a waiting room preparing for a public interview, a Harare lawyer had his dreams of becoming the country's Prosecutor-General shattered when the panel conveyed the shocking new...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deputy Prosecutor-General under fire
DEPUTY Prosecutor-General Mrs Florence Ziyambi yesterday came under fire from panellists in a public interview for allegedly fanning divisions and disharmony in the National Prosecuting Authority. ...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
8 vie for Tomana's job
EIGHT prominent lawyers, among them acting Prosecutor-General Ray Goba, public prosecutions director Florence Ziyambi and Law Society of Zimbabwe president Misheck Hogwe, have been shortlisted to atte...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe decries lure of money over principle
President Mugabe has lamented the sad sacrifice of principles as an increasing number of African leaders put monetary benefit above ideology.This follows the irregular - but not unexpected...Published: 01 Feb 2017 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi re-elected for AU post
Deputy Prosecutor-General Ms Florence Ziyambi was yesterday re-elected as vice chairperson of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption beating other contestants from the continent.She wi...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
11 witnesses to testify against Tomana
At least 11 witnesses, including Deputy Prosecutor-General Mrs Florence Ziyambi, are testifying against suspended Prosecutor-General Mr Johannes Tomana, who is facing a slew of charges, chief amon...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 05:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Rape accuser exonerates Prophet Magaya
THE woman who accused Prophet Walter Magaya of raping her yesterday came out in the open and exonerated the man of the cloth saying that she was worried the Acting Prosecutor General was pursuing ...Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fingered in Tomana saga
VICE-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of trying to spring suspended prosecutor general Johannes Tomana free from criminal charges, according to shock government correspondence seen by...Published: 22 Oct 2016 at 17:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi's case takes new twist
The Prosecutor-General's (PG)Office has asked lawyers representing director of public prosecutions Florence Ziyambi to formally assume agency in a case in which they are seeking a private prosecut...Published: 21 Sep 2016 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor-General's office in indecent assault, violence storm
Squabbles pitting the National Prosecuting Authority's top hierarchy have taken a nasty turn with national director of public prosecutions Mrs Florence Ziyambi seeking private prosecution for the ...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
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