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Mental exam for 'King Munhumutapa'
A man who claims to be King Munhumutapa has found himself in legal trouble for allegedly dethroning chiefs appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Timothy Chiminya, who appeared before Harare magis...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 16:49hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
King Munhumutapa to Spend Xmas, New Year Behind Bars
Self-imposed King Munhumutapa Timothy Chiminya, who was arrested on Monday, will spend Christmas and New Year behind bars after being committed to remand prison for a mental health evaluation by...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 09:27hrs | 1295 | by Dickson Bandera
Zanu-PF's Matutu in suspected US$150,000 fraud
Former Zanu-PF youth leader Lewis Matutu appeared before Harare Magistrate Isheanesu Matova on Tuesday, accused of stealing shares from a local mining company, Shusib Investments. Matutu was remanded ...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 14:10hrs | 1765 | by Staff reporter
New twist to Zimbabwe graves scam
Restland Memorial Park director Edwin Munyaradzi Muronzi, accused of unlawfully exhuming 78 graves without proper authorization from the Zvimba Rural District Council, has been granted bail of US$200....Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 06:33hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
5 arrested in Zimbabwe for illegally selling Starlink kits
Five men from Harare have been arrested for allegedly possessing Starlink kits without a valid license, following a police operation on November 2, 2024. The suspects, identified as Polite Jamba (28),...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:36hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Harare lawyer faces disciplinary action
Lawyer Munyaradzi Stanslus Bwanya is set to appear before the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) disciplinary and ethics committee over allegations of practicing law without a valid certificate. Reports in...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 07:58hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
The abuse of power in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's government has been increasingly accused of using its legal machinery to silence dissenting voices and suppress freedom of speech.Activists and civil society organisations have been...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 10:02hrs | 266 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
3 CCC protesters seek bail
Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi is expected to rule today on the bail application of three Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists who were arrested while protesting for the release of their de...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 10:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for forgery
A man from Harare, Benson Ayani (36) of Highlands suburb, appeared in court over the weekend for allegedly using a forged letter from a school headmaster to obtain his children's birth certificates. A...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NetOne employees arrested in foiled cyber heist attempt
Two NetOne employees, Linda Mutemeri (30) and Anotida Dee Munyaradzi (30), appeared in court on charges of unlawful disclosure of data code after allegedly attempting to hack into the company's IT sys...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 03:55hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer convicted of theft
A ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services officer has been convicted of stealing valuables ranging from laptops to printers from offices at Mgandane Dlodlo Building (New Government Complex) in Hara...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's zealots disrupts funeral
Moreblessing Ali's family was left fuming when the slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist's funeral in Chitungwiza Saturday was disrupted by political zealots who claimed loyalty to former...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 21:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters clash with Sikhala's at funeral
Two years after her tragic death, Moreblessing Ali, a prominent opposition political activist, was finally laid to rest on Saturday amidst chaotic scenes as supporters of former Citizens Coalition for...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:54hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Tensions as Chamisa and Sikhala fight over Moreblessing Ali arrangements
Factions within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are reportedly locked in a fierce battle for control over the funeral proceedings of Moreblessing Ali, scheduled to take place at Zororo Memoria...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 13:25hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sikhala ordered to stop press interviews
Zimbabwe opposition figure Job Sikhala reveals that he is currently facing renewed threats of arrest after being released from Chikurubi Maximum Prison, where he spent the past eighteen months in pret...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala raring to flex muscle
FORMER opposition Zengeza Member of Parliament, Job Sikhala, says he will embark on "Thank You" rallies for the support he received from ordinary citizens across the country while he was in detention....Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Leaderless citizens urged to rally behind Sikhala
CITIZENS have been urged to unite in calling for the unconditional release of Job Sikhala who appeared in court on Wednesday.The former Zengeza West legislator, who was on Wednesday convicted for inci...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's detention justified claims Ziyambi
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday said the detention of former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala is justified and government will not relent on his continued incarceration.Sikhala h...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Moreblessing Ali's ghost visits Job Sikhala in prison
Incarcerated Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) politician Job Sikhala has disclosed that the spirit of the late Moreblessing Ali visited him in a dream, now reincarnated as an angel. Sikhala, who ha...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 08:43hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
State has no witnesses, says Sikhala
FORMER Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala says he was never in Nyatsime, Chitungwiza, on the day violence broke out at the funeral of slain opposition party activist, Morebless...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pius Jamba convicted of CCC activist's murder
Pius Jamba, who was arrested in June of the previous year on charges of murdering CCC activist Moreblessing Ali, has been pronounced guilty by the High Court after a comprehensive trial. Throughout th...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 14:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Pair in court for using fake High Court order
Two people appeared in court last Friday for allegedly tendering a fake High Court Order to the police to assist them in getting custody of two minor children.Gift Phiri (54) and Lois Rodo Mad...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 14:21hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man up for US$130,000 robbery
A 22-YEAR-OLD Harare man appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court facing armed robbery charges after he allegedly teamed up with his accomplices and robbed a motorist of US$128 932 cash.Learnm...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Moreblessing Ali's suspected killer's judgement set for November 27
The High Court is anticipated to deliver a verdict in the case of Pius Jamba Mukandi, who stands accused of the brutal murder of Moreblessing Ali, an activist from the Citizens Coalition of Change (CC...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF protesters out on US$50 bail
The 12 Zanu-PF supporters who were arrested for participating in an unauthorized protest at the party's national headquarters in Harare have been granted bail.On Tuesday this week, the support...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters spend weekend in remand
Zanu-PF supporters, who were arrested for their involvement in an unauthorized demonstration at the party's national headquarters in Harare, remained in custody over the weekend as the State opposed t...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robber's wife up for money laundering
Joyline Musamba, the wife of the notorious armed robber Roy Pedzai Jambaya, appeared before Harare Magistrate Dennis Mangosi on charges of laundering $28,000, proceeds from a robbery her husband was i...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police thwart attempt to announce parallel elections outcome
A SUBVERSIVE attempt by some Civic Society Organisations (CSOs) to illegally announce the results of the 2023 harmonised elections has been thwarted by police who on Wednesday night swooped on some pr...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Britain's Catherine Hoey, Jonathan Oates, Chief Ndiweni, Haruzivishe in UK protest
BRITISH Parliamentarians Catherine Hoey and Jonathan Oates Wednesday joined over 70 Zimbabweans at Parliament Square, London to protest the year-long incarceration of local lawmaker Job Sikhala in Har...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Moreblessing Ali will not be buried until Job Sikhala is released
A year has gone by since the abduction, murder and dismemberment of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali and her remains are still to be buried.Ali's daughter, Nyasha ...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's trial to resume on June 12
THE trial in which opposition lawmaker Job Sikhala is accused of inciting public violence in Nyatsime area to avenge Moreblessing Ali's death will continue on June 12.This follows his request ...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Moreblessing Ali's family will only bury her after Sikhala's release
THE family of the deceased Citizens' Coalition for Change activist, Moreblessing Ali, maintains that the release of incarcerated lawmaker and family lawyer Job Sikhala is standing between them and the...Published: 28 May 2023 at 18:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC activist not buried 1 year later
THE mother of slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali yesterday observed the first anniversary of her daughter's murder by suspected Zanu PF activist Pius Mukandi, alias Ja...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Sithole incitement trial kicks off
A key state witnesses in Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole's violence incitement trial was at pains to support the allegations when the opposition legislators' trial kicked off Tuesday before Harare mag...Published: 16 May 2023 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mystery over CCC activist Ali's body deepens
THE family of murdered Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali says it is failing to locate her body after State security agents seized it last year when it was found dumped in a...Published: 01 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We won't bury Moreblessing until Sikhala is free'
THE family of the slain Citizens' Coalition for Change activist, Moreblessing Ali, has told The NewsHawks that they are still waiting for the release of their incarcerated lawyer, Job Sikhala, to help...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 19:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Moreblessing Ali's killer further remanded in custody
PIUS Mukandi, alias Jamba, the Chitungwiza man who allegedly killed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Moreblessing Ali in cold blood last year, has been further remanded in custody pending Hi...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says his detation is based on lies
INCARCERATED Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala yesterday said he has been detained for months based on a pack of lies.Sikhala made the comments when he appeared before Harare magistrat...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth member in fuel scam
Zanu-PF youth member, Danmore Mambondiyani, allegedly duped a Harare company fuel worth thousands of dollars.Mambondiyani appeared before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo facing charges of theft of...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 19:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala trial: Third witness testifies
THE third witness in the trial of Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala (CCC), Detective Assistant Inspector Hardwick Maziti was yesterday grilled by defence lawyers Harrison Nkomo and Jeremiah Bhamu ov...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
We need tractors for profitable farming
The Belarus Zimbabwe Agricultural Mechanization Equipment Program has come at the right time. Kudos to His Excellency Comrade President ED Mnangagwa for a pro-people visionary leadership....Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by ThomasTondo Murisa
Chamisa's CCC worried over Job Sikhala's continued detention
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) national spokesperson Fadzai Mahere, Friday expressed discontent over the continued detention of the party's legislator Job Sikhala who has been in jail since June ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 08:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
State forced to abandon pauper's burial on Moreblessing Ali after family outcry
The state was Wednesday forced to abandon burial on Moreblessing Ali's mutilated remains after the slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist's children and other family members fiercely prote...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's UK activist jailed 13 years for terrorism
A CCC activists based in the United Kingdom has been jailed for three years for inciting public violence using his Facebook page.William Chinyanga was convicted last month on two of the four c...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala trial stalls after lawmaker challenges charge
Troubled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Job Sikhala's trial failed to start Monday after the jailed politician challenged charges laid against him which he argued they did not disclos...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala challenges splitting of charges as trial starts
OPPOSITION lawmaker Job Sikhala, currently locked up at Chikurubi Maximum Prison, on Monday pleaded not guilty when he appeared for trial before Harare magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa.Sikhala is o...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala seeks recusal of presiding magistrate
CITIZENS Coalition for Change Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala, who is accused of inciting public violence, has filed an application seeking recusal of presiding magistrate Tafadzwa Miti.Si...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dangles cane plots to youths
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has doled out sugarcane plots to Zanu-PF youths in Chiredzi, Masvingo province, as a vote-buying gimmick ahead of the 2023 polls.In past elections, the ruling party ha...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala bail application deferred to today
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala's bail application has been deferred to today after the State failed to respond to the submissions made by his lawyers.Sikhala (Zenge...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
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