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Chivayo promises to deliver 100 MW in 2 years
Intratrek Zimbabwe can deliver 10 MW of electricity within six months, and another 90 MW within 24 months, the company's CEO Wicknell Chivayo claimed on Thursday, a day after the High Court ordered ZE...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:56hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Dutch investor seeks Mnangagwa's intervention over US$8m botched venture with Zimbabwe partner
Director of Dutch-based investor Euro LPG BV Omar Abdallah, has sought the intervention of President Emmerson Mnangagwa after the Sheriff failed to act on a High Court order overturning a controversia...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:22hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Fresh demolition blitz hits Harare
HARARE Metropolitan province has embarked on a 45-day operation to demolish illegal structures on wetlands in and around the capital.The exercise, codenamed Operation Zero Tolerance to Environ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni farm invader ordered to pay US$340,000 to Malunga and partners
THE Bulawayo High Court has ordered Zanu-PF linked Bulawayo businessman Dumisani Madzivanyathi to pay US$340,000 to Esidakeni farm owners in Nyamandlovu in Matebeleland North.Madzivanyathi and...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:58hrs | 2764 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF boss under fire over mine
A BID by Zanu-PF Mashonaland West Youth League secretary for administration, Tendai Chiwetu to grab Eiffe blue mine in Kadoma backfired after the ruling party slapped him with a prohibition order. Acc...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 20:38hrs | 1397 | by Staff reporter
Zupco on cusp of collapse
THE Zimbabwe Passenger Company (Zupco) is on the cusp of catastrophic collapse with simmering indications that private operators contracted to provide buses have since ditched the state-owned pu...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 20:41hrs | 2060 | by Staff reporter
High Court drops charges against Chamisa's activist
The High Court has dropped charges against ‘self-exiled' firebrand Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Makomborero Haruzivishe in a case where he was convicted of inciting public violence....Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 18:32hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe bid to stop trial fails
CCC members Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri yesterday lost their bid to stop their trial, where they now have to present a defence case, saying they wanted the High Court to review the magistrate's...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T plots recalling returnee divisive councillor
BULAWAYO Mayor Solomon Mguni and councillor Mlandu Ncube have reportedly roped in MDC-T in a bid to block Tinashe Kambarami from assuming the city's deputy mayorship following his recent reinstatement...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 19:15hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu accused of stealing produce at Esidakeni farm?
THE owners of Esidakeni farm in Matebeleland North have accused Zanu-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, of stealing farm produce at the disputed property.Mpofu allegedly stormed the...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2814 | by Staff reporter
Panic as confidential Bulawayo Council letter from lawyers leaks to media
There was panic in the City Council senior employees after a confidential legal opinion from the Senior Partner of Coghlan and Welsh Promise Ncube interpreting High Court order in the case of former D...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 14:30hrs | 8779 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mayor fighting political wars, claims divisive Kambarami
CONFUSION reigns supreme in the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) following a recent High Court judgement that ordered the reinstatement of former deputy mayor, Mr Tinashe Kambarami amid revelations that to...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:44hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
City of Harare demolishes illegally built houses
THE Harare City Council (HCC) yesterday demolished at least 10 houses in the high-density suburb of Budiriro 4, leaving families stranded without shelter.In an interview with NewsDay, the chai...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City officials 'block' reinstatement of divisive ex-deputy mayor
BULAWAYO City Council is reportedly disregarding a High Court order to reinstate former Bulawayo deputy mayor, Tinashe Kambarami.The matter is shrouded in uncertainty following reports that co...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1583 | by Staff reporter
Siphosami Malunga and 2 Kershelmar directors granted bail
The three directors of Kershelmar Farms (Private) Limited, Charles Moyo, Siphosami Malunga and Zephaniah Dhlamini were on Monday granted ZWL$10 000 bail each after they appeared in court on allegation...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 18:28hrs | 1535 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala bail denied again
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje today denied CCC legislator Job Sikhala's bail application saying he was not a proper candidate to be released on bond.In his ruling read on his...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 20:43hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Land reform under attack in Zimbabwe?
The Esidakeni Farm saga has set a dangerous precedence which could affect land reform in its entirety in Zimbabwe. Farmers with offer letters are now wondering what will happen to them should former o...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 11:44hrs | 5497 | by Thabo Nkiwane
Obert Mpofu faces hefty bill
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu and his wife Sikhanyisiwe have finally vacated Esidakeni Farm in Nyamandlovu near Bulawayo following a scathing Supreme Court ruling which condemned th...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:40hrs | 6201 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu left Esidakeni farm in a huff
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu yesterday left Esidakeni Farm in Nyamandlovu in a huff after human rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga and his business partners won a Supreme Court case a...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:12hrs | 3068 | by Staff reporter
Secret grave exposes Chinese 'cartel's' identity fraud scam, fraudulent schemes
In a case pregnant with intrigue, bizarre episodes and curious developments involving what appears to be a sophisticated criminal Chinese cartel, the Registrar General's office was forced to cancel a ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:30hrs | 2038 | by Staff reporter
'Regime change' agents against Chief Charumbira's PAP presidency
THE election of Chiefs Council president Fortune Charumbira as Pan African Parliament (PAP) president has been received with mixed feelings.While the ruling Zanu-PF party was celebrating the w...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:23hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
2 top cops fingered in gold scam
TWO top police officers have been implicated in a US$500 000 gold ore loot at a mine in Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central province.This allegations are contained in a letter of complaint dated Jun...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:40hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Chombo gets new lawyers for farm dispute
Veteran lawyer Advocate Tapson Dzvetero is now defending the Government in the commercial civil case in which former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo is trying to stop the Government reducing his 3 09...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:36hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Zec refuses with 2018 voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has failed to release the 2018 provisional voters' roll to an independent think-tank, the Election Resource Centre (ERC), thereby flouting a High Court order, w...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 09:57hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
High court orders headmistress to compensate minor illegally expelled from school
HIGH Court Judge Justice Catherine Bachi Mzawazi has ordered the Headmistress at Rugare Government Primary School to compensate a 13-year-old minor for the learning time which she lost for eight days ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 14:08hrs | 1531 | by Stephen Jakes
Former MDC MP in trouble for insulting police
FORMER Bulilima East legislator Norman Mpofu is in trouble after he was summoned to appear before the Plumtree courts to answer charges of insulting the police after allegedly labelling them "dogs tha...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:26hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
University lecturer who led Esidakeni Farm invasion sued for US$340,000
A Zanu-PF-linked university lecturer who invaded a farm part-owned by a prominent human rights lawyer has been sued for loss of potential income to the tune of US$340,000.Dumisani Madzivanyati...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 20:41hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi assets go missing
THE family of late businessman and socialite Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure has filed an urgent High Court chamber application to stop creditors from attaching his assets until the parties agreed on the d...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF defies court order
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has been accused of disregarding a 2018 High Court order barring it from using school premises for rallies and parading learners at political gatherings.In 2018, Masvi...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:50hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira, Masoka corruption trial to restart
THE Judicial Services Commission (JSC) has acceded to the restarting of former Cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira and former Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare permanent secretary Ngoni Masokas'...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:43hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri savages Hodzi
FORMER Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Augustine Chihuri has vehemently opposed a High Court order for his properties to be forfeited arguing it is unconstitutional.He argued that he acquired h...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:12hrs | 879 | by Staff reporter
Land developer, police bury hatchet
HARARE property developing company, Eddies Pfugari Properties, has dropped a contempt of court charge it had levelled against Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga for failing to assist the deput...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council farm invaded
A NUMBER of settlers have invaded the Bulawayo City Council-owned Dunstal Farm, joining several others who illegally set up base on the property in 2019.Three years ago, an estimated 50 settle...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:33hrs | 1498 | by Staff reporter
Police commissioner-general Matanga faces jail
POLICE Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga, is facing a 90-day jail term for contempt of court after being sued by property developer, Eddies Pfugari Properties (Pfugari), for failing to provide poli...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:07hrs | 3536 | by Staff reporter
Malunga's lawyers intensify court attle over seized Esidakeni farm
ATTORNEYS representing human rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga and his business partners are intensifying their court battle against Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu over the illegal sei...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 19:29hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni Farm owners demand compensation
Esidakeni Farm owners are demanding nearly US$340 000 in compensation for the destruction of their crops during the time Dumisani Madzivanyati 'illegally occupied' the farm.Esidakeni, also kno...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 18:05hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Savanhu's widow in property ownership wrangle
THE late former deputy minister for Lands and Resettlement Tendai Savanhu's widow, Tendai who recently got her property attached for failing to settle rental arrears is now facing eviction from the up...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
ERC questions reopening of nomination courts
INDEPENDENT electoral watchdog, Election Resource Centre, has questioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s recent move to reopen the nomination courts for six cons...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
NPA targets US$50m ill-gotten properties
THE Asset Forfeiture Unit at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has lodged six High Court applications to seize assets from individuals who allegedly acquired them through proceeds of crime....Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:16hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs unsettled by 'militant' Muguti
SENIOR officials in Zanu-PF and the government are unsettled by the militant approach adopted by Harare Metropolitan provincial secretary Tafadzwa Muguti.His abrasive approach in "bringing san...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:44hrs | 2861 | by Staff reporter
High Court orders Zec to reopen nomination for 6 constituencies
The High Court has this afternoon ordered the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) to reopen the Nomination Court for the nomination of candidates to fill vacancies in Nkulumane, Mbizo, Kambuzuma, Mutas...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 21:01hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's right hand man faces jail term
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's right hand man in Harare Tafadzwa Muguti is facing a three-year jail term for defying a High Court order barring him from demolishing people's properties in Chitungwiza....Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:31hrs | 6263 | by Staff reporter
Chiangwa to be evicted
THE High Court has granted the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) led by Amon Madawo permission to evict its rival faction led by Cossam Chiangwa from a property in Westgate, Harare.Thi...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1569 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu turns to armed militia to evict Siphosami Malunga from Esidakeni farm
Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has deployed armed men to evict a prominent human rights activist and his partners from a coveted farm in Nyamandlovu, thumbing his nose at a court ord...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 06:19hrs | 2956 | by Staff reporter
Biti blasts Moyo
THE MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti has teared into Local Government Minister July Moyo following the fourth suspension of Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume.Last week, Moyo suspended Mafume pe...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:07hrs | 3730 | by Staff reporter
Court kicks out Obert Mpofu from Farm
A court in Bulawayo on Thursday gave Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu 24 hours to vacate a disputed farm in Matabeleland North or be removed by the police.Justice Evangelista K...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 16:39hrs | 3793 | by Staff reporter
Nust lecturer faces arrest for defying Esidakeni Farm eviction order
BUSINESSMAN Dumisani Madzivanyati and his workers at Esidakeni Farm owned by Kershelmar Farms Private Limited in Nyamandlovu face possible arrest and detention if they continue to defy a High Court or...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:26hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Nust lecturer faces arrest for defying eviction order
BUSINESSMAN Dumisani Madzivanyati and his workers at Esidakeni Farm owned by Kershelmar Farms Private Limited in Nyamandlovu face possible arrest and detention if they continue to defy a High Court or...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 10:01hrs | 1946 | by Staff Reporter
Stop interfering with Doves wrangle, Court tells Kereke
CONVICT Munyaradzi Kereke (pictured) has been barred from interfering with the ongoing ownership wrangle at Doves Holdings Limited after he tried to stop court proceedings by writing letters directly ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:40hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu 'invades' Malunga's farm
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu was yesterday accused of invading the hotly contested Esidakeni Farm in Matabeleland North and chasing away workers.Esidakeni Farm in Matabelel...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:18hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
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