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Judges face new credibility test
THE Zimbabwean judiciary faces a new credibility test as it comes under fresh scrutiny following a High Court application by Zanu-PF member Sybeth Musengezi challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 760 | by Staff reporter
Biti appeal against conviction thrown out
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti's appeal against a 2019 conviction for illegally announcing election results has been thrown out by the High Court.High Court judges Justice Pisirayi Kw...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 20:28hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
'Buyanga must obey court orders'
The Constitutional Court has struck off the roll the two cases lodged by businessman Frank Buyanga after finding he was in flagrant violation of many court judgments and will only hear his application...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Violent teacher found guilty
TALENT Chingwaru, the Mathematics teacher who was last week filmed assaulting a Lower Six student at a school in Harare, was yesterday convicted on his own plea of guilt and immediately appealed for a...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga suffers huge blow
Prominent businessman Frank Buyanga has suffered a huge blow after the Supreme Court dismissed his appeal against a High Court ruling ordering him to return his six-year-old son to his estranged girlf...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:09hrs | 1789 | by Staff reporter
Mwazha succession disputes resolved
The High court nullified the self appointment of Alfred Mwazha and Paul Mwazha is to retain to his position as the Archbishop and his brothers file ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:57hrs | 1791 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
High Court reserves judgment in Chilonga villagers case
HIGH Court judges yesterday reserved judgment on an application by Chilonga villagers who were challenging provisions of the Communal Lands Act arguing that it did not respect African traditional valu...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:12hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fume over Obadiah Moyo's acquittal
ZIMBABWEANS have been left fuming over the recent acquittal of former Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo who was facing corruption charges.Moyo was being accused of illegally approvin...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:37hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to set up virtual courts by year-end
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and the Ministry of ICT, Postal and Courier Services are working together to set up virtual courts by year-end, to ensure that Covid-19 does not disrupt the justi...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Businessman files complaint against High Court judge over property deal
HARARE businessman Kingston Hamutendi Munyawarara, the executive director of Bariadie Investments (Private) Limited, has lodged an official complaint against High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi (...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:24hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'compensates' Last Maengahama with National Executive post
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa has appointed Last Maengahama, who spent 10 years in prison, only to be proven innocent this year, as the opposition party's secretary for policy and research....Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:33hrs | 2952 | by Staff reporter
Dexter Nduna survives Parly ouster bid
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance member Gift Konjana yesterday again lost his bid to reclaim the Chegutu West parliamentary seat after the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) dismissed his appeal challenging the l...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:49hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt throws out MDC Alliance MP's win over Zanu PF's Dexter Nduna
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) Tuesday dismissed an appeal by MDC Alliance's Gift Konjana who was challenging Chegutu West legislator Dexter Nduna's controversial win in the 2018 parliamentary el...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 20:42hrs | 1012 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira's utterances are Zimbabwean: women are merciless judges and advocates at the same time
It is not uncommon in our Zimbabwean societies to see evil deeds mostly on women. Men are in most cases exonerated by the very women who are victims of patriarchal settings. Reading about Linda condem...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 19:32hrs | 828 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa and dodgy Zanu-PF characters
WHEN Zanu-PF activist Marx Mupungu filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application in June seeking to quash the High Court judgment by the three brave judges who had barred Chief Justice Malaba fr...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:21hrs | 1236 | by Staff reporter
US$12 000 compensation can't soothe activist for unjustified imprisonment
AT the age of 28, Linda Musiyamhanje was charged with the murder of a police officer and spent almost a year in prison.She left her two-year-old son in the care of her siblings and together wi...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Malaba case: The key actors
ZIMBABWE, for the past four months has been going through a constitutional test and legal drama following the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term in May, which was put to bed last week follo...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter
Judges set wrong precedent by hearing own case
CONSTITUTIONAL Court judges who overturned a High Court ruling that Chief Justice Luke Malaba's continued stay in office beyond 70 years was illegal despite being cited have set a wrong precedent by b...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Judge goes AWOL for 3 months
High Court judge Justice Edith Mushore has not reported for duty for close to three months without leave, a development that has prompted her bosses to allocate some of her cases to other judges....Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:13hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Mutevedzi elevated to High Court bench
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday promoted chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi to the High Court bench, where he will be joined by eight other new judges who will be sworn in today.Muteve...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:19hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
9 new judges to be sworn in
NINE new judges recommended by the Judicial Service Commission and accepted by President Mnangagwa for appointment as judges of the High Court will tomorrow take their judicial oaths.The nine ...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa names new judges of the High Court
President Mnangagwa has appointed nine judges to fill the vacant positions of the High Court and strengthen the court.The President's nod to appoint the new judges comes after the Judicial Ser...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 19:38hrs | 1497 | by Staff reporter
Forum maintains stance on Malaba
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (NGO Forum) is maintaining its objection to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to extend Chief Justice Luke Malaba's tenure with five years, despite the Consti...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:39hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Zanla deploys in Matabeleland South
DURING the armed struggle some parts of Matabeleland South Province and its neighbour, the Midlands were shared operational areas by Zanla and Zipra guerrillas. Some of the shared areas were Mberengwa...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:38hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
ZITF reduced to Zanu-PF affair
AS if to confirm that this year's Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) was a Zanu-PF affair, the ruling party walked away with two best exhibitors' awards. Zimbabwe's ruling party, which first sho...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 10:53hrs | 1792 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa says judicial independence guaranteed
President Mnangagwa yesterday told the Southern Africa Chief Justices' Forum jointly hosted by Zimbabwe and Zambia in Victoria Falls that the Second Republic would continue respecting the independence...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 05:59hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs question Mnangagwa's legitimacy
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, struggling to consolidate and maintain power at the volatile helm amid renewed internal Zanu-PF infighting and disintegration of the coalition which drove his ...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:57hrs | 7906 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's man back in charge
AFTER a bruising battle President Emmerson Mnangagwa's agenda to retain the services of Chief Justice Luke Malaba at the helm of the administration of justice, as part of his power consolidation and r...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:53hrs | 1614 | by Staff reporter
Minister in trouble over gold mine
SPARKS flew in the Ministry of Mines this week, as the long-running dispute over Ran Gold Mines, a 122-year-old asset in Bindura, took a new twist, with an angry party to the deadlock accusing Mines m...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:48hrs | 2098 | by Staff reporter
Zapu to hold elective congress next month
ZAPU is expected to hold its elective congress next month with six candidates jostling for the party's top post. The elective congress, which seeks to elect a new leadership following the death of the...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:11hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Luke Malaba is legit, ConCourt rules
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba will now stay in office for five more years after the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday overturned an earlier ruling by the High Court that his continued stay in offi...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:40hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Concourt clears Chief Justice Malaba
Chief Justice Luke Malaba will now serve in line with the Constitution until his 75th birthday in May 2026 after the Constitutional Court yesterday overturned a High Court order and confirmed that all...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa not losing sleep
The MDC Alliance said it was not fazed on Monday after a new political party appeared to have hijacked one of its social media mobilisation slogans which some were advocating for to be the new party n...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 20:53hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
Are sangomas really 'linked' to armed robberies?
Armed robbery in criminal law is an aggravated form of theft that involves the use of a lethal weapon a victim typically motivated by the desire to obtain money.Cases of armed robbery have rea...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:44hrs | 250 | by Blessing Mandabva
Zimbabwe loses US$1,3bn in forex leaks
ABOUT US$1,3 billion is being siphoned out of the country every year and the proceeds are benefitting countries that ironically accuse Government of corruption.This was revealed by the Zimbabw...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:10hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Cheda withdraws from Justice Mabhikwa tribunal
Retired judge Maphios Cheda has recused himself from a tribunal appointed in June to look into Justice Thompson Mabhikwa's fitness to hold office.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has named another...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 19:47hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fires tribunal head
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday fired retired judge Justice Maphios Cheda as chairperson of a tribunal he set up to determine Justice Thompson James Mabhikwa's fitness to hold the office of Hi...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:30hrs | 3732 | by Staff reporter
Teacher's protest conviction quashed by High Court
MASVINGO High Court Judges Justice Sunsley Zisengwe and Justice Garainesu Mawadze on Wednesday 15 September 2021 quashed the conviction and 16-months imprisonment of Shilla Chisirumunhu, a Masvingo-ba...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 16:00hrs | 730 | by Stephen Jakes
Supreme Court reverses US$22 million award to Adam Molai's HCZ
The Supreme Court has reversed a High Court judgment forcing the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to pay US$22 million to Housing Corporation of Zimbabwe (HCZ) for breach of contract....Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 20:56hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Another lie exposed in Mnangagwa biography?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's biography by his newfound ally, Eddie Cross, has yet another major distortion which borders on lies on what happened after the former vice-president had been fired by hi...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:54hrs | 2900 | by Staff reporter
Zupco monopoly challenge still to be heard
APPLICANTS who challenged the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) monopoly are riled that the matter is still to be set down six months after the High Court was ordered to readmit it.In...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa put drug dealers on notice
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has put drug dealers on notice after nudging judges and magistrates to mete harsh custodial sentences on them in order to curb drug and substance abuse.He said dru...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:42hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo urges Chamisa to protect his party name
Former Cabinet Minister professor Jonathan Moyo has urged the MDC-Alliance to take legal steps in protecting their party name.Moyo who ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 17:08hrs | 3836 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sphithiphiti Evaluator abused because of her pro-Zuma views
The 36-year-old woman identified as Zamaswazi Zinhle Majozi and known as "Sphithiphithi Evaluator" on Twitter, has finally spoken out about her social media accounts, her political beliefs and her abu...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1098 | by The Star
'We should push for reforms and free elections' - sweet music to my ears
"I find these comparisons (of Zambia and Zimbabwe) ambitious, childish and far-fetched because the political dynamics are completely different."We should be frank to ourselves and push for ref...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 07:15hrs | 560 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa's heroics myth explodes after 56 years
THE now hackneyed phrase that "the first casualty of war is truth" has been attributed to many prominent people – from the father of Greek tragedy Aeschylus to United States senator Hiram Warren Joh...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:28hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a Cyber Court for online crimes
As more and more Zimbabwean businesses increasingly recognise the Internet as a place where commercial dealings can take place, the legal system will need to be equipped to not only understand the Int...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:36hrs | 106 | by Jacob Mutisi
What has gone wrong with South Africa's Constitutional Court?
For many years, our Constitutional Court basked in glory. It was lauded worldwide. Its judgments were studied in legal academies around the world. Many of our judges were in demand to teach seminars o...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1387 | by Ziyad Motala
Zapu chefs stampede for party presidency
OPPOSITION Zapu presidential aspirants have been slammed for abandoning their current posts to jostle for the party's top post ahead of the forthcoming elective congress.The party's former dir...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:24hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints another High Court judge
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Labour Court president Fatima Chikapamambo Maxwell to the High Court bench.Chief Justice Luke Malaba is expected to swear her in for the High Court b...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
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