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Zimbabwe man jailed 10 years in US$2.7 million ZB Bank heist set free
Tendai Zuze, who was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison for his alleged involvement in the 2021 US$2.7 million ZB Bank highway cash heist, has been acquitted by the High Court on appeal aft...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 08:21hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for Masvingo illegal settlers
A MASVINGO magistrate has suspended the eviction of hundreds of illegal settlers pending the determination of their High Court appeal against government's decision to remove them from their homes....Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 17:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala to appeal conviction, sentence
Freed opposition politician Job Sikhala is set to appeal his conviction and sentence for public violence incitement charges, his lawyers said Tuesday.The former Zengeza West lawmaker and co-ac...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 07:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Ngarivhume's appeal postponed again
The High Court appeal by Jacob Ngarivhume for both sentence and conviction has been postponed for the umpteenth time to Thursday 7 December 2023. The reason that was given for the postponement was tha...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 20:33hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
Oscar Pambuka jailed 12 months
FORMER Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation television (ZBC-TV) presenter Oscar Pambuka was yesterday slapped with a one year jail term for attempting to defraud Croco Motors of R36 000.Pambuka w...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala trial postponed
DETAINED Citizen's Coalition for Change (CCC), legislator-cum-interim deputy chairman, Job Sikhala had his trial postponed in absentia at the High Court Tuesday.The trial is now set to commenc...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 19:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Oscar Pambuka, Psychology Maziwisa head back to Chikurubi Prison after bail pending appeal thrown out
FORMER Zanu-PF legislator, Psychology Maziwisa and ex-ZBC broadcaster, Oscar Pambuka, could be heading back to jail after their appeal against conviction and sentence in the Zimbabwe Power Compa...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe exhumation appeal withdrawn
A HIGH Court appeal by the late former President Robert Mugabe's three children against a court ruling which barred them from contesting exhumation of their late father's remains was withdrawn on Thur...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni High Court appeal fails to take off
BULAWAYO High Court judges Justices Martin Makonese and Nokuthula Moyo declined to hear dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni's appeal against conviction and sentence in his absence....Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CIO operatives fired
TWO Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives, already in trouble after complaining about corrupt activities within their organisation, had their High Court appeal thrown out and have been or...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 20:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Exhuming Mugabe is playing with fire'
THE late former President Robert Mugabe's family has warned traditional leaders to stop "playing with fire" by pushing for the exhumation of their father's remains from his Zvimba rural home for rebur...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 12 | by Staf reporter
Fight for Caps turns ugly
THE government's fight to control pharmaceutical giant Caps Holdings from its previous majority shareholder Frederick Mutanda has turned ugly amid claims that there have been threats to kill the busin...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Gomo
'2 ZINARA executives must stand trial for transferring whistleblowers'
Two ZINARA executives accused of transferring whistleblowers to frustrate a corruption investigation must be put to their defence, the High Court has ruled after throwing out their challenge to being ...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 19:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mafume seeks recusal of magistrate
SUSPENDED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday applied for recusal of the magistrate presiding over his charges of allegedly defeating the course of justice after interfering with a key witness, saying...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Monarch staff picket at company offices
ABOUT 10 former workers at Monarch Steel (Pvt) Limited Company in Bulawayo on Saturday staged a protest against the company demanding payment of their retrenchment packages amounting to US$63 000....Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Headmaster cleared of rape after 2 years in jail
FORMER Makumbe Mission primary school headmaster Silas Chitate has been acquitted of raping an orphaned Grade 7 pupil at the school, after serving two years of a 15-year prison term. Chi...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Luck runs out for former Zinara boss
FUGITIVE former Zinara acting chief executive officer Moses Julius Juma, who was lying low after his appeal against conviction and sentence for abuse of office was struck off by the High Court, has no...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZACC intensifies manhunt for ex-Zinara boss
A manhunt has intensified for former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) acting chief executive officer, Moses Julius Juma, who is on the run after losing a High Court appeal against his c...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's former top aide loses freedom bid
FORMER principal director of State Residences, Douglas Tapfuma, has lost a High Court appeal to quash both conviction and a four-year imprisonment term imposed on him for criminal abuse of office. ...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC hunts for former Zinara boss
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is hunting for former Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) acting chief executive officer Moses Julius Juma who is on the run after losing a H...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe appeal hearing deferred
MDC-Alliance's Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri had their High Court appeal challenging the magistrates' court decision refusing them bail on the grounds of changed circumstances deferred to next we...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Vice President's Boy Ex-Zinara acting CEO goes into hiding
FORMER Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) acting chief executive officer Moses Julius Juma is on the run after losing a High Court appeal against his conviction for abuse of office....Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 17:58hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
NetOne hunts for CEO
STATE-RUN mobile telecoms firm, NetOne Cellular, this week began the search for a new chief executive officer to replace Lazarus Muchenje, whose exit was endorsed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in De...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's 50 children maintenance bill
BUSINESSMAN-CUM-POLITICIAN Philip Chiyangwa recently told a court that he is paying maintenance for more than 50 children.This came to light after his High Court appeal against a $40 000 maint...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 17:59hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya appeals for bail at High Court
THE suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has approached the High Court appealing for bail after she was denied the same by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna.Rush...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala bail judgment reserved
The High Court has reserved judgment in the case in which MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job Sikhala, is applying for bail on charges of inciting public violence. Sikhala, who is re...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni to appear in court in 2020
Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni's High Court appeal will be only be held after mid-year 2020 his lawyer Professor Welshman Ncube has said. Speaking in an interview with Wildfire D...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 09:30hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare businesses count losses after crackdown
Harare businesses were left counting their losses on Friday after a violent crackdown by police on opposition supporters left the city centre deserted.The majority of businesses did not open a...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura takes matter to ConCourt
Jailed cleric Robert Martin Gumbura has filed an application seeking referral to the Constitutional Court, arguing that his rights were being violated by forcing him to his defence at the magistrate's...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council to oppose MDC by-election challenge
Mutasa Rural District Council (RDC) has announced plans to oppose MDC Alliance Mutasa Central ward 10 councillor Franck Chitembwe's High Court appeal against the decision by the Zimbabwe Electoral Com...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Grace Mugabe a dog' prison officer loses High Court appeal
A TOP prison officer who was fired in 2015 after allegedly calling then First Lady Grace Mugabe a dog, has lost an appeal against his dismissal at the High Court.Before the dismissal, Ruben Zi...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:30hrs | | by newzimbabwe
$400k golden handshake for Gweru town clerk
FORMER Gweru town clerk Daniel Matau and the city council have reached an agreement to mutually part ways in a development that will see him walk away with about $400 000 as severance package among ot...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe debt saga in new twist
Former President Robert Mugabe's family business, Gushungo Holdings, which was recently slapped with a $174 183 default judgement in favour of a potato seed company, has successfully thwarted efforts ...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda asks not to pay rates
BULAWAYO Deputy Mayor Councillor Gift Banda could yet again face the wrath of Bulawayo residents after he wrote to the local authority seeking a rates waiver at his Ascot town houses stand.Clr...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chombo connived with Chiyangwa and others to forge documents
Former Harare City town planner Psychology Chiwanga has been arrested in connection with ex-Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo's alleged underhand dealings at council over a decade ago.Chiwanga ...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet wins Kwese TV court case
A Harare businessman and lawyer Tawanda Nyambirai has said Econet Wireless on Friday won High Court appeal against government's decision to bar Kwese TV from setting up in Zimbabwe....Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 16:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Violence in whatever form is Unacceptable'
Heal Zimbabwe Trust has condemned in the strongest of terms the violence that took place on Tuesday 27 September 2016 in the Central Business District of Harare.On Tuesday, vendors had peacefu...Published: 28 Sep 2016 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Air Zimbabwe reinstates jailed boss
AIR Zimbabwe Private Limited has reinstated jailed executive Grace Pfumbidzayi to her former position of acting managing director.The reinstatement of Pfumbidzayi who is currently incarcerate...Published: 23 Aug 2015 at 10:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Jane Mutasa a liar,' says Mugabe's nephew
Patrick Zhuwao, the Empowerment Corporation (Private) Limited (EC) managing director, has accused Jane Mutasa and other shareholders opposed to the company's disposal of its 40 percent Telecel Zimbabw...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 18:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Macheso demands Tafadzwa's maintenance breakdown
Popular musician, Alick Macheso, has demanded that his estranged second wife, Fortunate "Tafadzwa" Mapako give him a complete breakdown of her demands, before the sungura icon responds to her demand ...Published: 30 May 2014 at 08:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Assistant Commissioner jailed over release of fraud suspect
COURT papers have revealed that the top policeman Assistant Commissioner Gideon Baloyi , who was recently sentenced to an effective nine months in jail for contravening sections of the Police Act, had...Published: 22 Jan 2014 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T's 'Jesus' starts community service
MDC-T deputy national chairperson Morgen Komichi yesterday started serving his 350 hours of community service at Mabelreign Clinic in Harare, comparing his situation to Jesus' crucifixion. Kom...Published: 12 Nov 2013 at 02:19hrs | | by Court Reporter
Rights lawyer 'threatened peeing in the police vehicle' - State witness
Prominent rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa yesterday said the conduct of the police in the matter in which she is accused of obstructing the course of justice demonstrated that they had ulterior motives....Published: 04 Sep 2013 at 02:20hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Lawyers for Beatrice Mtetwa submit fresh High Court appeal
Lawyers for incarcerated human rights defender Beatrice Mtetwa, have launched a fresh bid to have her released by lodging an application at the High Court on Thursday, SW RadioAfrica reports.T...Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Death row inmate appeals against sentence
A man who was sentenced to death has approached the High Court appealing against the court's ruling.Bvumai Machena on Wednesday appeared before High Court Judge Alphias Chitakunye, following a...Published: 11 Jan 2013 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
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