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Female Judge fighting a merciless Zanu PF regime: worse than that of Ian Douglas Smith!
Justice Erica Ndewere is alone, fighting the evil regime of Mnangagwa's Zanu, worse than that of Smith's UDI. There is not a single women's organisation fighting on her side to give her emotional assi...Published: 9 hrs ago | 2109 | by Nomazulu Thata
Judge seeks to bloc Mnangagwa from firing her
HIGH Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere has filed an interdict against President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop him from suspending her until Chief Justice Luke Malaba has followed correct disciplinary pro...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 08:03hrs | 4357 | by Staff reporter
Journalist sues minister for unlawful arrest
MUTARE-BASED freelance journalist Sydney Saize has sued Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri and State security agents for humiliation and unlawful arrest in Chimanimani while investigating alleged theft...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions have affected citizens from rural areas to urban areas
Zimbabwe has laboured under the cruel sanctions imposed by the EU and the United States. In an unprecedented way The United States has made it its duty to oversee the Zimbabwean suffering. ZImbabwe ha...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:44hrs | 174 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Khupe suffers setback
A BID by Thokozani Khupe's MDC to challenge the High Court's jurisdiction in presiding over cases brought by recalled legislators was yesterday thrown out.Recalled MDC Alliance legislators Cha...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:20hrs | 8469 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono seeks magistrate's recusal
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono, who is accused of inciting the public to commit public violence, has filed an application for the recusal of the presiding magistrate Nyasha Nduna.Chin'ono, who w...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:55hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
'MDC got more than US$10m to defend Western interests'
It is beyond debate that for the past decades or so, Zimbabwe has been reeling under the disastrous and debilitating effects of illegal sanctions that were imposed against the country by some powerful...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:44hrs | 246 | by Obert Chaurura Gutu
Tsenengamu freed on $10,000 bail
Former Zanu-PF Youth League political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu was granted Z$10,000 bail by the High Court on Wednesday after 10 days in prison.Justice Davison Moses Foroma said magistrate...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:42hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Teen boy sentenced to 18 years for murder
A TEENAGE boy from Nyamandlovu who strangled his 13-year-old cousin to death and set the body alight using paraffin before burying it in a shallow grave has been sentenced to 18 years in jail....Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 13:30hrs | 2774 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa, judiciary heavily compromised?
The way most of our judges are keen to try their cases in the press and on twitter shows that they angling for a a public interview for their promotion. As a result they disobey the Chief Justice and ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 12:48hrs | 4312 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Man jailed over January 2019 protests acquitted after 22 months in prison
The High Court has quashed a three-year jail sentence imposed on a pro-democracy activist who was arrested during fuel price riots in January 2019.Tonderai Masanga, a resident of Southlea in H...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:15hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
4 killed in Kuwadzana plane crash
FOUR people were killed and three others seriously injured when a Kariba-bound private plane crashed and extensively damaged two houses in Kuwadzana 5 suburb in Harare yesterday morning.The fo...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:41hrs | 11782 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally headbuts grandfather
A TSHOLOTSHO man who fatally head-butted his grandfather, who was also a village head, before stealing some groceries from him has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for culpable homicide.Bula...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:38hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Kangaroo courts for a gangster regime - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Zanu PF has never quite got the hang of the rule of law. It believes the law is what the party says it is: after all, the party is the ruler. This is not surprising. It is a widely-held view in many c...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:15hrs | 3273 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Man kills brother over goat
A CHIPINGE man, who killed his brother in a scuffle over a goat has been slapped with a 25-year jail term by High Court judge Justice Isaac Muzenda.It is the State's case that on October 16 la...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1683 | by Staff reporter
Khupe trying to stop Bhebhe
MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe is trying to stop the party's organising secretary Abedinico Bhebhe from washing the outfit's dirty linen in public by blocking his participation in a court case....Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1922 | by Staff reporter
Twist to Guvamombe trial
THE proceedings in the trial of former chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe at the High Court were on Friday nullified because the judge is presiding over the trial alone without assessors as required b...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:16hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Cornered Khupe makes spectacular summersault
MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe is trying to stop the party's organising secretary Abedinico Bhebhe from washing the outfit's dirty linen in public by blocking his participation in a court case....Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 11:33hrs | 12417 | by Staff Reporter
Judge forced to halt Guvamombe trial
HIGH Court judge Justice Felistas Chatukuta was yesterday forced to halt the trial of former chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe after it emerged that she had breached procedure by hearing the matter i...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:31hrs | 2892 | by Staff reporter
Mbembesi villagers push for Chief Ndondo's ouster
Some members of the Fingo community in Mbembesi have petitioned for the removal of Chief Dumisani Ndondo accusing him of incompetence, maladministration and dismal performance in executing his traditi...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 21:44hrs | 1561 | by Staff reporter
Students lock-up Impala Car Rental
Placard-waving students on Thursday staged a demonstration outside an Impala Car Rental motor spares shop in central Harare, before chain-locking it.The students accused the company of being b...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:30hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Justice Francis Bere removed from office
PRESS STATEMENT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET RE: REMOVAL OF JUSTICE FRANCIS BERE JA FROM OFFICE Following the advice of the J...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 16:17hrs | 2957 | by STaff Reporter
Chief Justice threatened
There was a report in the media in particular the Newsday Zimbabwe alleging that the suspended judge Ndewere had told off the Chief Justice. The reporter went on to say she refused instructions and th...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 12:00hrs | 7931 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
JSC dismisses Sikhala links to judge's suspension
THE Judicial Services Commission (JSC) has dismissed claims it was forced to recommend misconduct investigations on High Court judge Erica Ndewere after the court official had granted bail to MDC Alli...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:37hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe female magistrates sexually harassed at work, says former boss
CORRUPTION accused former chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe has made startling claims Zimbabwean female magistrates were being sexually harassed at work.The one-time topmost magistrate said t...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1521 | by Staff reporter
Justice Ndewere' suspension exposes the opposition
High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere will be facing a tribunal after the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) recommended to President Mnangagwa to set one up to look into her suitability to hold offic...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 08:10hrs | 6711 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Sikhala bail Judge tells CJ Malaba to 'Get off my back'
SUSPENDED High Court judge justice Erica Ndewere is paying the price for reportedly refusing to take orders from Chief Justice Luke Malaba, reminding him that the Constitution does not make provision ...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:41hrs | 8170 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala bail judge Erica Ndewere suspended, accused of 'misconduct'
A judge who recently granted bail to MDC vice chairman Job Sikhala has been suspended by the Judicial Service Commission headed by Chief Justice Luke Malaba.Justice Erica Ndewere of the Harare...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 08:10hrs | 6501 | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks aspiring Chief Chivero
THE High Court has, with immediate effect, barred aspiring Chief Chivero, one Cornelius Chivesani Chengera, from acting or assuming the duties for the Chivero chieftaincy pending the finalisation of t...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:49hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Dialogue is important
Dialogue is important and it has to be real and objective. All those steak holders capable of providing a solution to the problem should be represented in the dialogue. I don't know what is wrong with...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:22hrs | 912 | by Clemen Moyo
Parliament under a Zanu-PF government manufactured majority
Our parliament under a zanu-PF government manufactured majority just doesn't exist, making every election in Zimbabwe a joke. There is no judiciary to complement the arms of government and therefore t...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:21hrs | 679 | by Clemen Moyo
Khupe sued over MDC-T congress
SOME MDC-T members have approached the High Court seeking to force the party's interim leader Thokozani Khupe to release key information about the forthcoming extraordinary congress.Gilbert Ka...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:15hrs | 4150 | by Staff reporter
Parliament slams Newsday
Parliament notes with apprehension the article in the Newsday of Thursday 8th of October 2020, which alleges that Parliament ignored a Court Order. Nothing could be further from the truth. The...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:50hrs | 806 | by Parliament
Siblings 'murder' mother over 'witchcraft'
THREE men from Chivi in Masvingo province have been arrested for allegedly teaming up to murder their 72-year-old mother after accusing her of witchcraft.The accused - Duduzile, Bright and Dan...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:03hrs | 582 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's weird fight against corruption
THERE are some weird winds winds sweeping corruption in high places blowing across Zimbabwe since November 2017. No one can tell which direction the tornado will blow, but a pattern is emerging some p...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1555 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
New twist to Croco ownership wrangle
toP businessman Farai Matsika has raised 11 points challenging the High court ruling, which concluded that he had fabricated documents in a bid to fraudulently snatch 30 percent shareholding in croco ...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:14hrs | 1366 | by Staff reporter
Judge refuses to step down from MDC Alliance case
High Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda has refused to step down from presiding over a lawsuit by four MDC-Alliance parliamentarians contesting their recall from Parliament, saying the motion for rec...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 09:54hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwe Parliament
Our parliament under a zanu pf government manufactured majority just doesn't exist, making every election in Zimbabwe a joke. There is no judiciary to complement the arms of government and therefore t...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1552 | by Clemen Moyo
Mnangagwa top aide's freedom bid flops
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's former top aide Douglas Tapfuma, who is serving a four-year effective jail term for criminal abuse of office, will have to endure more time behind bars after his applica...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Judge orders immediate release of Joana Mamombe from Chikurubi prison
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights have secured the release of Harare West MP Joana Mamombe by obtaining a court order issued by Justice Muremba for her immediate release from Chikurubi prison.&nbs...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:54hrs | 2529 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khupe takes over as leader of the opposition in Parliament
Thokozani Khupe's opposition power grab was complete on Wednesday after she was sworn-in as an MP, along with a coterie of her supporters who were defeated in elections in 2018.The MDC-T leade...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:29hrs | 2086 | by Staff reporter
Judge orders Mamombe release
The High Court on Wednesday ordered the release of Harare West MP Joana Mamombe from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison where she had been detained since September 24 on the orders of a magistrate who ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:18hrs | 1381 | by Staff reporter
Ngadziore rots in custody
ZIMBABWE National Students Union (Zinasu) president Takudzwa Ngadziore will spend more time in custody after High Court judge Justice Davison Foroma yesterday reserved his bail ruling.Justice ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:00hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala in fresh bid to have charges quashed
MDC Alliance vice chairman Job Sikhala has asked the High Court for a review of a ruling by Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube placing him on remand.Sikhala maintains that his arrest was unlawful ...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 21:02hrs | 1478 | by Staff reporter
Douglas Mwonzora has lost his political campus
Zanu PF political elite's Frankenstein monster was hatched after years of incubation.All what is happening today started manifesting long back, during the time when former late Army General Vi...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 13:22hrs | 6289 | by Leonard Koni
Pastor accussed of 63 counts of rape applies for bail
Tim Omotoso (born Timothy Oluseun Omotoso) the senior pastor of a Jesus Dominion International, based in Durban, South Africa who is facing 63 charges of Rape, 34 alternative charges, among them...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 12:18hrs | 2649 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zanu PF creating fake MDC to win 2023' - why bother, won 2018 with genuine MDC
Dear Knowledge Hakata, "As a political student this is my prediction of what is happening and what is going to happen in Zimbabwe. Zanu PF knows that they won't stand a chance in 2023 presiden...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1932 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
SA's white party demands minutes of meeting between Mapisa-Nqakula and Zimbabwean counterpart
The DA wants to see the minutes of the meeting between Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and her Zimbabwean counterpart, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, during a visit last mont...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 17:25hrs | 1672 | by Staff reporter
Emperor with no robes
The proverbial Emperor with no robes aptly describes the government of Zimbabwe and particularly President Mnangagwa following the August 29 2020 court interdict against unlawful reburials of Gu...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 08:18hrs | 983 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Chamisa's MDC is imploding
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A), is imploding as the country's ruling Zanu-PF conspires with a tiny MDC splinter group, the Movement for Democrati...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 17:21hrs | 4810 | by Peter Fabricius
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