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Machaya acquitted
FORMER Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya and provincial planning officer Chaisayanyerwa Chibururu who recently completed their 48 months imprisonment term for criminal abuse of office...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa's 13-year-old daughter listed on US sanctions
When the United States announced the sanctioning of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son earlier this month, it also revealed the names of 17 individuals who had been removed from the list of Specially ...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots reign of terror despite electoral victory
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's former State security minister, Owen Ncube, has been fingered in a gory plan to unleash a reign of terror in Gokwe-Kabuyuni and Gokwe-Kana constituencies targeting oppos...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube's trial stopped
GWERU regional magistrate Mr Christopher Maturure has stopped the criminal trial of River Valley Properties chief executive officer Smelly Dube, who was facing US$9 million fraud allegations, pending ...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 17:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
We have stopped prosecution of Smelly Dube - Gweru magistrate's court
Gweru Magistrate Christopher Maturure has accented to the High Court ruling granting Smelly Dube a stay of prosecution in a case in which the businesswoman is facing corruption involving $9 million....Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 22:44hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
High Court stops Smelly Dube trial
THE High Court has stopped the criminal trial of River Valley Properties chief executive officer Smelly Dube, who is facing US$9 million fraud, pending a determination by the same court of her applica...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:22hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube denied bail over US$9 million land deals
PROMINENT Gweru businesswoman and property developer - Smelly Dube - who is the chief executive officer of River Valley Properties - has been remanded in custody to Tuesday after a Gweru court ruled t...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube court sits in hospital
In a first for the Gweru Magistrates Court, a temporary court was set up at Claybank Hospital so a magistrate could see for himself the extent of illness of an accused person who had failed to turn up...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
NPA moves to block Machaya appeal
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has filed a notice of opposition at the High Court challenging jailed former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya's application for leave to appe...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Machaya in fresh bid to get out of jail
JAILED former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya has filed an application for leave to appeal at the Supreme Court after his application for bail pending appeal against conviction and ...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jason Machaya's freedom bid dismissed
JAILED former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya had his application for bail pending appeal against conviction and sentence dismissed by the High Court while his accomplice, provincia...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jason Machaya gets four-year jail term
Former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister, Jason Machaya, has been jailed for four years after being convicted of abuse of office.He was sentenced together with former Midlands Provincial ph...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Governor convicted
Former Midlands Governor Jason Machaya has been convicted by the Gweru magistrate court of abuse of office and will be sentenced today (Tuesday), his lawy...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF decides on expelled Mugabe allies' readmission pleas
MIDLANDS based former government ministers and allies to late ex-President Robert Mugabe will know their Zanu-PF membership status when the party's provincial executive meets this week to examine thei...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Latest on Obert Mpofu arrest story
Reports that ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Moses Mpofu has been picked up by officers from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission are not true the party has said. Social Media...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 13:15hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chombo implicated in Midlands land scam
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo has been implicated in the irregular allocation of State land to private developers in the Midlands province.Cecilia Chitiyo, the former Midlan...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo implicated in land scam
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo has been implicated in the irregular allocation of State land to private developers in the Midlands province.Cecilia Chitiyo, the former Midlan...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa is a worried man
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has expressed disquiet over the slow movement in the battle against corruption following the arrest of several high-profile figures in the sprawling graft probe in the country. ...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
14 high-profile graft cases stalled
AT least 14 high-profile corruption trials have been stopped for various reasons by the High Court since last year, a development that has sparked public debate on the seriousness by some stakeholders...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade is fast-losing steam
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) launched the special anti-corruption courts with fanfare slightly more than a year ago, but a cocktail of challenges is retarding the prosecution of graft-accused...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:27hrs | | by Charles Laiton
Mugabe implicated in land deals
FORMER Midlands Provincial Affairs minister, Jason Machaya, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office over questionable allocation of stands, has accused the State of arresting and charging hi...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Machaya trial postponed
THE trial of former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya, Mashonaland West provincial administrator Cecilia Chitiyo and six other senior Government officials facing allegations of illega...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Machaya freedom bid flops
BULAWAYO regional magistrate, Sibongile Msipa-Marondedze on Tuesday dismissed an application seeking permanent stay of prosecution submitted by former Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Jason Machay...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister Machaya seeks permanent stay of prosecution
LAWYERS representing former Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Jason Machaya, Mashonaland West provincial administrator, Cecilia Chitiyo and six other government officials accused of criminal abuse ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machaya's land scam trial kicks off
THE trial of former Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Jason Machaya, who is facing abuse of office charges, kicked off at the Gweru Magistrates' Court on Monday after several false starts since 201...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC youth leader seeks discharge
LAWYERS representing MDC Alliance youth leader and Highfield West MP Happymore Chidziva, accused of inciting violence ahead of last year's elections, on Monday applied for discharge at the close of th...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Special court for Machaya graft case
A Bulawayo regional magistrate and prosecutors from Harare will handle the high profile case involving Mashonaland West provincial administrator Cecilia Chitiyo, former Minister of State for Midlands ...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 16:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Protests scuttle Machaya trial
GWERU magistrate Charity Maphosa last week postponed to February 25 the trial of former Midlands Provincial Affairs minister, Jason Machaya, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges. The trial c...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Machaya's trial date set
THE trial of former Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs, Jason Machaya, has been set for 25 February after the court ruled that there was a prima facie case against him.Machaya i...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Military in civilian life: lessons from the fall of Mugabe
Since the fall of long-term ruler, Robert Mugabe in a coup in November 2017, Zimbabwe's military has become a daily part of the country's political life, in your face and very much in charge.B...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:06hrs | 1 | by The Source News Agency
Busy year for Zimbabwe courts, as govt takes corruption head-on
THE year 2018 was characterised by arrests of most high profile figures for corruption, including former ministers, senior government officials and public entity bosses who were serving in the old dis...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
High Court throws out Machaya application
Former Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs Jason Machaya's bid to have his abuse of office charges dropped has flopped after the High Court threw out his application due to lack of merit...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe ally's trial postponed to next year
THE trial of former Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Jason Machaya, which has failed to take off on several occasions, has been rolled over to next year.The trial had been scheduled to kic...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 05:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Smelly legacy of patronage
Smelly Dube, a businesswoman from Midlands province who was once close to former president Robert Mugabe's family, has been throwing a stink over a controversial housing project that is now giving the...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:22hrs | 11 | by BRENNA MATENDERE
'Jason Machaya has case to answer'
THE trial of former Midlands Minister of State for Provincial Affairs, Jason Machaya, who is facing charges of abuse of office, has been set for November 12 to 16. Machaya, who is on $1 000 ba...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa side-lines Ncube
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent cabinet and party appointments featured curious inclusions and exclusions.After taking over power late last year following a military backed intervention ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Machaya trial postponed again
GWERU magistrate Charity Maphosa on Monday postponed to September 27 the case of former Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Jason Machaya who is facing allegations of criminal abuse of office....Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machaya's co-accused have a case to answer, says court
Former Midlands provincial administrator, Cecilia Chitiyo and six other government officials who are being co-charged with ex-Provincial Affairs minister, Jason Machaya, for allege criminal abuse of o...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe ally remanded to August 27
Former Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs Jason Machaya has been further remanded to August 27 for the setting of his trial date on allegations which include abuse of office. He appeare...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
G40 cabal sings the blues
Aspiring Zanu-PF parliamentary candidates linked to the G40 cabal in the Midlands province will not be representing the revolutionary party in this year's harmonised elections after their bids were re...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 15:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
G40 linked candidates rejected
Aspiring candidates, most of them who were linked to the G40 cabal in the Midlands province, will not be representing the revolutionary party in this year's harmonised election after their CVs were re...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to decide fate of suspended members
Zanu-PF Midlands province will tomorrow decide the fate of suspended party members who have submitted their curricula vitae ahead of the May 5 primary elections.The ruling party's National Dis...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
G40 top official back in the dock
Former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya and seven other senior Government officials, including Mashonaland West provincial administrator Cecilia Chitiyo, were last Friday further rem...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
G40 ministers appear before party
THREE former ministers, who were alleged to be G40 foot soldiers in the Midlands Province have appeared before a disciplinary committee.Former Ministers Francis Nhema, Chiratidzo Mabuwa and Fr...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ally further remanded
FORMER Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs, Jason Machaya, who is facing allegations of criminal abuse of office, has been further remanded to February 20 after the State requested more ...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 05:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Machaya granted bail
Former Midlands Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Jason Machaya has been released from custody after being granted $1 000 bail by Gweru magistrate Ms Mildred Matuvi. Machaya who is faci...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Machaya re-arrested
FORMER Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister and Senator for Gokwe, Jason Machaya, who has been in remand prison since Christmas Eve, tasted freedom for only 10 minutes on Thursday before being re-arre...Published: 06 Jan 2018 at 09:12hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Detained former Minister hospitalised
Former Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs and Senator for Gokwe Jason Machaya was yesterday admitted at Gweru Provincial Hospital after he was taken ill while in detention at WhaWha Pri...Published: 02 Jan 2018 at 23:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa guns for Mugabe allies - Jonathan Moyo, Kasukuwere prime targets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government wants to enlist the services of Interpol to hunt down his predecessor Robert Mugabe's allies who skipped the country when the military toppled the veteran rul...Published: 24 Dec 2017 at 13:47hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
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