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All eyes on the Zimbabwe judicial system after wanton arrests
During the past week, there has been a hive of activity at police stations and courts around the country, following events surrounding the three-day stay-away.This current state of affairs is ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 294 | by Staff reporter
CJ Malaba denies meeting Mnangagwa over PG
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba never met President Mnangagwa last month over the recruitment of the country's substantive Prosecutor-General (PG), Judicial Service Commission (JSC) acting secretary Mr Walt...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:09hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa left Russia empty handed
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived for a meeting with Russian leader Vladmir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday seeking loans from Russia but left with a stack of agreements on military coop...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 13:16hrs | 5334 | by ZimLive
Justice Malaba attacks Mthuli Ncube's austerity measures
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has described some of the austerity measures introduced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube as a threat to the rule of law and implored the minister to allow the Judicial Servic...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:21hrs | 3457 | by Staff reporter
High Court sets up commercial division
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will this year set up a commercial division of the High Court to settle commercial disputes, Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza has said. Officially o...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:10hrs | 111 | by Staff rpeorter
Guvamombe threatens to dish out dirt on magistrates
Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe was freed on $3,000 bail Saturday after being charged with criminal abuse of office.Guvamombe, who was suspended following his arrest on Friday, is accused o...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:44hrs | 2723 | by ZimLive
Chief magistrate arrested over Kasukuwere
CHIEF Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe was arrested yesterday on alleged criminal abuse of office after he offered work-related attachment to former Cabinet ministers Saviour Kasukuwere and Supa Mandiwand...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 12:13hrs | 2489 | 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 | 1519 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Judges lock horns
A battle of the titans has ensued between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the highest court in the land after the first citizen threw down the gauntlet by accusing some of the Constitutional Court (C...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:53hrs | 2850 | by Staff reporter
Delays in appointing substantive PG hampering NPA
THE delay in the appointment of a substantive Prosecutor-General (PG) is creating a cloud of uncertainty at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), it has emerged.Highly-placed sources told ...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:33hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Corruption unit raises flag over Kasukuwere, Supa Mandiwanzira training
The Special Anti-Corruption Unit in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has questioned the engagement of two prominent politicians for work-related training at the Harare Magistrates' Court ...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:36hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Meikles lodges complaint against Supreme Court Judge
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed Meikles Limited has lodged a complaint to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) against Supreme Court Judge Francis Bere over alleged conflict of interest in a ruling he...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 09:03hrs | 1257 | by Staff reporter
Minister slams fake Facebook account impostor
INDUSTRY and Commerce Minister Nqobizitha Ndlovu yesterday denounced an impostor who opened a Facebook account using his name, attracting over 400 friends.Minister Ndlovu who is in Egypt on Go...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:25hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to name new PG
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon announce his choice for Prosecutor-General after getting a shortlist of three candidates who underwent public interviews by the Judicial Services Commission last...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:50hrs | 2017 | by Staff reporter
JSC mentors magistrates on handling corruption matters
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is training magistrates on dealing with cases to do with corruption which is now viewed as one of the biggest threats to the resuscitation of the fledgging econom...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | 123 | 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 | 1630 | 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 | 786 | by Staff reporter
Do magistrates matter in Zimbabwe?
"IT is in the magistrates' courts that justice is tested in its most crucial, most pervasive, most voluminous, most pressurised, and logistically most demanding dimensions – in literally thousands o...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 537 | by Sandra Kayereka
Zimbabwe judiciary should retain its independence
STUNNING revelations by acting Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi that he took instructions from the Executive on criminal prosecutions can only leave one with a sour taste in the mouth.Whether...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:47hrs | 194 | by Editorial - newsday
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 | 1766 | 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 | 794 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judge gets top Sadc post
FORMER Bulawayo High Court senior judge Justice Francis Bere has been elected president of the Sadc Administrative Tribunal (SadcAT) during the court's elections held in Gaborone, Botswana on Monday. ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:24hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Public interview for PG candidates
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has begun the hunt for a Prosecutor-General (PG) to replace Ray Goba, who was suspended this year on allegations of failing to prosecute high-profile criminals, a...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 19:07hrs | 919 | 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 | 5328 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi challenge courts to resolve commercial disputes with minimum delay
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi on Friday challenged Zimbabwean courts to resolve commercial disputes with minimum delay to attract investors.Ziyambi made the remarks at the official opening ...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 08:28hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
Justice Malaba demands removal of Osiphatheleni at Tredgold Building
THE country's top judge, Chief Justice Luke Malaba has demanded the removal of Osiphatheleni and other people involved in illegal activities around Tredgold Building which houses the Bulawayo Magistra...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:02hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Malaba vows to tackle corruption in Judiciary
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has declared that he will leave no stone unturned in his endeavour to fight corruption within the country's Judiciary. Speaking during the commissioning of three new ...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 08:50hrs | 827 | by Staff Reporter
JSC, exhibits clerk sued over missing gold
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has been taken to the Civil Court by a gold dealer over the disappearance of 285 grammes of confiscated gold worth $8 885, which was tendered as exhibit in court....Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:54hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga advised to sieze total Zimbabwe power
No nonsense vice president, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, might be forced to sieze total Zimbabwe power at all costs amid reported growing suspicion by his personal military advisor and confidant,...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 41700 | by Itai Mushekwe/ Mary-Kate Kahari
'No one wants Zimbabwe hangman's job'
Despite government's frantic efforts to recruit a hangman, Zimbabweans have frowned upon the job offer even though unemployment is above 90 percent.In this Question & Answer with the Daily...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:29hrs | 2272 | by Staff reporter
Judges should not run elections
On 11 September 2018, a video circulated on social media showing some opposition politicians in Parliament chanting: "mbavha! mbavha!" as Justice Chigumba entered the Parliament chamber to conduct the...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | 2463 | by Tererai Mafukidze
Hunt on for new Prosecutor-General
Government has started hunting for a substantive Prosecutor-General following the publication of the resgination of Prosecutor-General Advocate Ray Goba in the Government Gazette on Friday, a senior G...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Con-Court bench members' profiles
Chief Justice Luke MalabaLuke Malaba was born in 1951.He received his law degree from the University of Warwick in 1974, and another law degree from the University of Zimbabwe in 1982....Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 13:07hrs | 5687 | by Staff reporter
Profiles of Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court judges
Nine Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judges will today preside over a matter which will decide on who will lead Zimbabwe for the next five years. Chief Justice Luke Malaba will lead a cast of eight ju...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 8481 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's fate lies with 9 judges
ZIMBABWE'S estimated 14 million citizens are today holding their collective breaths as the Constitutional Court bench made up of nine men and women sit to make a determination in one of the greatest p...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 2701 | by Staff reporter
A deep dive into the world of the Constitutional Court
NO one can deny that this election season has been a rollercoaster and people are confused, anxious and hopeful as they face an unpredictable outcome from the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) in the pe...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:13hrs | 317 | by Thabani Mnyama
ZBC ready for ConCourt live broadcast
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) CEO, Mr Patrick Mavhura has assured the nation and the international community that the national broadcaster is ready to beam live the Constitutional Court ruli...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 18:59hrs | 1712 | by Staff reporter
500 people to attend ConCourt hearing for Chamisa Presidential Election Petition
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has said that only 50 people will be accommodated in the Constitutional Court building for the hearing into Nelson Chamisa's presidential election challenge. ...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 15:56hrs | 5003 | by Mafu Sithabile
Roads near Con-Court to be closed on Wednesday
Sections of Samora Machel Avenue in Harare will be closed on Wednesday to make way for the presidential election petition hearing at the Constitutional Court (Con-Court)."The Judicial Services...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 12:52hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
ZBC to enter TV deals to beam live Con-Court proceedings
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is open to enter media rights deals with broadcast partners willing to pay for the privilege of accessing the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) TV feed....Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 12:49hrs | 2213 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa court case broadcast commendable, but ...
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) deserves a pat on the back for allowing State broadcaster, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) to provide a live broadcast of proceedings on opposition MDC Al...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:00hrs | 1370 | by Editorial - mewsday
BREAKING: Chamisa vs Mnangagwa to be broadcast live on ZBCtv
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has granted the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), the rights to broadcast live the proceedings of the Constitutional Court hearing involving the electoral ...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 19:29hrs | 9629 | by Staff reporter
Justice Malaba dismiss Twitter account claims
Chief Justice Luke Malaba does not own a Twitter account and the nation should not be misled by statements posted on bogus accounts created in his name by mischievous elements, the Judicial Service Co...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:16hrs | 1465 | by Staff reporter
Parliament awaits President's inauguration
Parliament has notified the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and Judicial Services Commission of the impending establishment of the Ninth Parliament.Zimbabwe has a bicameral system of a National ...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:42hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Demystifying the MDC Alliance Constitutional petition
As I promised, Zimbabwe here is my critic of the Constitutional petition filed by the MDC Alliance. Everything starts and falls on the founding affidavit. Before going into the substance of his applic...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 20:14hrs | 10173 | by Lloyd Msipa
Advocate Ray Goba resigns
SUSPENDED Prosecutor General Advocate Ray Goba who was set to appear before a tribunal to ascertain whether he was still fit to continue as the country's top prosecutor, has resigned.Adv Goba ...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | 617 | 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 | 1231 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer pens letter to Mnangagwa
Greetings HE, Am a young lawyer aged 40. I was practicing law on my own account @ ZIMDEF Hse in Byo until Prof. Moyo had me evicted for failing to pay illegal rent. To date, am one of the grad...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 13578 | by Walter Nyabadza
Chigumba off the hook
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has turned down a request by a Harare man to institute proceedings for the removal of Justice Priscilla Chigumba from her judicial office saying the actions being used as the...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:03hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Justice Chigumba to face tribunal
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba might soon be brought before a tribunal to face allegations of dishonesty, misconduct and incompetence following a petition s...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 08:02hrs | 4275 | by Staff reporter
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