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Mthwakazi Restoration guns for Bulawayo 'foreign' mayor
A POLITICAL pressure group, 1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement Trust, has approached the High Court seeking an order nullifying the election of Bulawayo deputy mayor Councillor Tinashe Kambarami as w...Published: 2 hrs ago | 471 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi remains locked up
Harare businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure, who is being accused of fraud, tax evasion and money laundering, yesterday spent another night in remand prison after the High Court deferred his bail ru...Published: 2 hrs ago | 533 | by Staff reporter
Safari operator sues Zinwa, illegal settlers
SAFARI operator Debshan has taken the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) and two fishing cooperatives to court after cooperative members illegally settled on its property in Matabeleland South....Published: 2 hrs ago | 77 | by Staff reporter
Guard jailed for fatally shooting theft suspect
A former security guard at Ratelshock Tea Estate in Chipinge was sentenced to an effective six months in jail for fatally shooting a suspect who had allegedly stolen irrigation pipes at his workplace....Published: 3 hrs ago | 273 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi's bid to escape weekend detention flops
THE bid by embattled Harare socialite, Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure, to avoid spending the weekend in remand prison hit a brickwall after his urgent chamber application at the High Court was heard on Sa...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:03hrs | 1500 | by Staff reporter
Doctor ordered to pay $20 000 damages over negligence
A Mutare farmer who lost his wife due to medical negligence has been awarded $20 000 in damages after an eight-year legal battle. The High Court last week ordered Dr Miriam Kanyenze to p...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:40hrs | 1345 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Restoration takes Kambarami and MDC Alliance to court
Following our recent press release and media reports on the Movement's disgust and dissatisfaction over the disregard of law and due process by the respondents described above, 1893 Mthwakazi Restorat...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:25hrs | 1254 | by 1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement
Wife murders hubby over lobola
A NYANGA woman is being accused of murdering her estranged husband over the payment of her bride price after she allegedly teamed up with her two brothers and beat him to death.Esther Tambara ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:00hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Killer security guard jailed six months
A CHIPINGE security guard who in the course of duty, shot and killed a thief will taste freedom after the Mutare High court dropped murder charges and alternatively convicted him of culpable homicide ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:59hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya raided by Zimra as part of its lifestyle audits
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority last week raided Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya as part of its lifestyle audits.Zimra has been seeking clarity on how ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:40hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Zesa guns for Bhasikiti
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (Pvt) Ltd (ZETDC) has approached the High Court seeking an order to compel Mkwasine Estate to garnish former Masvingo Provincial Affairs ...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:50hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Kukura Kurerwa empire crumbles
Former transport powerhouse Kukura Kurerwa is set to lose its fleet of buses and haulage trucks at a liquidation auction sale scheduled for next week. The auction will be conducted on November 23 at H...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:33hrs | 1258 | by Staff reporter
Court scraps way leave tax on ZETDC
Local authorities across the country are set to lose a combined $16 million annually in potential revenue after the High Court scrapped way leave tax on the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distr...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:26hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Raj Modi's election challenged in court
The High Court has set down the Bulawayo South election petition for 20 November at 10 AM. MDC Alliance losing candidate Muvirimi Francis Mangwendeza petitioned the High Court, seeki...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 18:13hrs | 3559 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti gets top prosecutor removed
MDC-Alliance principal Tendai Biti, who is facing charges of inciting violence in Harare following violent demonstrations on August 1, successfully applied for the removal of one of the best criminal ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:29hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's war vets from Mashonaland East join Mutsvangwa ouster calls
War Veterans in Mashonaland East Province have joined their Mashonaland West counterparts' quest to recall Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) chairman Christopher Mutsvangw...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:28hrs | 1669 | by Staff reporter
Tycoon loses property over $4,7m debt
Harare businessman Munner Kamruddin Kazi has lost an assortment of household property attached to recover a $4,7 million debt owed to Oman-based investor Thamer Said Al Shanfari.According to a...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:53hrs | 1127 | by Staff reporter
Kukura Kurerwa vehicles auctioned
Prominent public transport operator, Kukura Kurerwa Bus Company will have some of its vehicles auctioned at a liquidation auction sale, Bulawayo24 has learnt. The auction will be conducted on ...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:56hrs | 5975 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa, Biti subpoenaed by Motlanthe-led commission
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and one of his top lieutenants, Tendai Biti, and other opposition leaders implicated in post-election violence will next week be subpoenaed to give evidence before the commis...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 7461 | by Staff reporter
Gaddafi son now seeking political asylum in Zimbabwe
AN adopted son of the late Libyan ruler, Muammar Gaddafi, Abhallha Mone Moussa Moummare, is now considering seeking political asylum in Zimbabwe after spending three years in remand prison without tri...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:58hrs | 3331 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' gold panners granted bail
THREE of the 11 illegal gold panners who allegedly ganged up and killed a rival in a mine claim conflict in Vhovha area of Colleen Bawn in Gwanda, have been granted $100 bail each pending trial by the...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:51hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Illegal forex traders desert their usual selling points
The hordes of illegal foreign currency traders who had made the streets of Harare their home are increasingly becoming a rare sight, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's abatement measures take effect....Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 13:39hrs | 4042 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to explain deposits of more than $10,000
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promulgated Statutory Instrument 246 of 2018, Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Amendment of Money Laundering & Proceeds of Crime Act & Exchange Control...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 12:54hrs | 13059 | by Ndou Paul
Mnangagwa begins tracking 'ill-gotten wealth'
GOVERNMENT has promulgated Statutory Instrument 246 of 2018, which will see illegal currency traders being sentenced to up to 10 years in jail. The regulations - Presidential Powers (Temporary...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:02hrs | 2592 | by Staff reporter
Zinara bosses off the hook
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)'s bid to revive corruption charges against five Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) bosses yesterday hit a snag after the Supreme Court threw out t...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Biti demands prosecutor's recusal
MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti has demanded that chief law officer Michael Reza be recused from prosecuting him saying his judicial independence was in question.Reza was appointed...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 10:55hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku gets vote of confidence
Zimbabweans from all walks of life have marvelled at the astute way that Commissioner Professor Lovemore Madhuku has been acquitting himself during the August 1 Inquiries. Veteran journa...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:28hrs | 7683 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Coup ghost haunts 1 August killings inquest
The Kgalema Motlanthe led Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 post-election violence that left six civilians dead is battling to find out who issued the instruction for the soldiers to join the po...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 08:56hrs | 3776 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti, prosecutor nearly trade blows in court
MDC vice-chairperson Tendai Biti and State prosecutor Michael Reza nearly exchanged blows in court yesterday after Reza accused the former of playing a role in the post-election violence that saw seve...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:16hrs | 5588 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens noose on cash barons
CASH barons who have been accused of fuelling parallel market currency rates and a raft of other economic ills will now face up to two years in prison if they fail to explain the source of their wealt...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:15hrs | 4200 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Anjin employees petition court over terminal benefits
Chinese miner Anjin's former employees have petitioned the High Court seeking leave to execute judgment pending appeal after the diamond miners obtained an order thwarting the attachment of its proper...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:13hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
'Dead man' battles 64 cents pay-off
FORMER PG Industries (Zimbabwe) Limited marketing director Nkululeko Mabhena, who has been battling his former employers PG Industries for 18 years, has accused Justice Nicholas Mathonsi and Lawrence ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 1577 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket to be liquidated?
THE saga between the Zimbabwe Cricket and former national team coach Heath Streak, who is pushing for the liquidation of the debt-ridden organisation, took another twist after the Sports Commission wi...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:47hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
1 August killings: Army did not consult me says Police Boss
The Chief superintendent for Harare Central District‚ Albert Ncube said the army did not meet him to get orders before firing at the protestors. Ncube was giving evidence in front of the Commission ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 11:49hrs | 7004 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Update on 1 August killings
As the Commission of Inquiry into the 1 August post-election violence hears evidence from members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and Zimbabwe Republic Police today we give you an update of the hea...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 07:18hrs | 4049 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean charged with killing SA girlfriend says mentally ill
The State this week cross-examined the Zimbabwean accused of murdering his South African girlfriend.Lloyd Simbarashe stands accused of killing his then-girlfriend, Nikita Lewis, by stabbing he...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 06:24hrs | 2856 | by Staff reporter
'Court didn't implicate Chiwenga'
The High Court ruling on the legality of Commission of Inquiry set up by President Mnangagwa to investigate the August 1 post-election violence did not implicate Vice President Constantine Chiwenga in...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:27hrs | 1713 | 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 | 13587 | by Staff reporter
So it was General Chiwenga, after all?
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is crouching under a downpour. And it seems he has little space to run into, so chances are high he may drown in the rain.First, he developed an unusual pig...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 13:03hrs | 7741 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa allies in nasty fight
The fight between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies Kudakwashe Tagwirei and Justice Mayor Wadyajena got nasty last week after the business mogul accused the youthful Zanu-PF legislator of being an...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:14hrs | 2027 | by Staff reporter
'Army killings ruling a test for Mnangagwa'
A High Court judgement that seems to exonerate President Emmerson Mnangagwa of any wrongdoing in the army killings of protesters in Harare on August 1 has rekindled talk of a rift between the Zanu-PF ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:11hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Court stops Chimanimani farmers eviction
THE High Court has stopped the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) from evicting Chimanimani families, who were facing imminent displacement from their banana farms.The...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:11hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga implicated in August 1 deadly shootings
HIGH Court judge Justice David Mangota has implicated Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga in the August 1 post-election shooting, ruling that the former Defence minister deployed the soldiers, who kil...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:01hrs | 3037 | by Staff reporter
Court endorses Mnangagwa's Commission of Inquiry
THE High Court has endorsed the Commission of Inquiry set up by President Mnangagwa to investigate the causes of the violence that claimed six people in Harare's central business district on August 1 ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:53hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Tinashe Kambarami faces fresh legal headache
Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami is headed for a legal battle after revelations that a rival MDC faction opposed to his election has hatched a plan to sponsor a voter from his w...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 20:54hrs | 3482 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Joram Gumbo systematically obstructed Zinara investigations
UNDER-FIRE Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo systematically obstructed investigations into the alleged looting of funds at the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) to protec...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 16:39hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Shock as judge suggests Chiwenga deployed soldiers involved in August 1 killings!
In a shocking move, a High Court Judge has ruled that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga ordered the deployment of soldiers who were involved in the August 1 post election killings that saw them ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 11:20hrs | 44111 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Wife strangles cop to death
A RUSAPE cop was last week strangled to death by his estranged wife who tried to cover up the heinous crime by pouring a poisonous liquid into his mouth to make it appear like suicide.Luck elu...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 06:21hrs | 4639 | by Staf reporter
Chitungwiza mayor bounces back in acting capacity
Chitungwiza Town Council has elected suspended mayor Gift Tsverere to act in the same position pending finalisation of a High Court challenge brought up by Zanu PF councillors.Kiven Mutimbanyo...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:14hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Fired cop demands $56 000 compensation for wrongful arrest
A FORMER police officer who got arrested after testifying in court against fellow police officers in an inquest, has petitioned Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to comply with the High Court...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:12hrs | 1517 | by Staf reporter
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