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Ginimbi spends another weekend in jail
BUSINESSMAN and socialite Genius Kadungure a.k.a Ginimbi will spend his second successive weekend behind bars after High Court judge, Erica Ndewere refused to hear his bail application on grounds that...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:31hrs | 691 | by newzimbabwe
Mutambara's Zimsec prognosis will hurt the poor
Renowned and leading African scientist and scholar, Professor AGO Mutambara, ignited a storm with his recent piece alleging shameless and scandalous grade inflation by ZIMSEC citing a school where 79 ...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1650 | by Munya Gwisai
Lawyers challenge conversion of US dollar debts to Zimbabwe dollar
Lawyers have asked the Supreme Court for leave to appeal a controversial decision by the court last month which converted United States dollar debts to the Zimbabwe dollar at a rate of 1:1, to the pre...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 09:54hrs | 1466 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube laments government's failure to implement devolution
OPPOSITION MDC vice-president Welshman Ncube has lamented the government's failure to implement devolution.Ncube made the remarks on Wednesday in Bulawayo at a meeting to enlighten residents o...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 11:23hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Robbers ransack Sikhala judges' Harare house, steal US$1 500
MACHETE gangs pounced on Masvingo High Court Judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze's Waterfalls house in Harare where they severely assaulted his son, and left him for dead. They also stole US$1 500 and ot...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:06hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
3 judges deal with Marry Mubaiwa cases
Three different High Court and Supreme Court judges yesterday dealt with three separate appeal hearings concerning Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa. The appe...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:05hrs | 2013 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges Malawi to respect Constitutional Court judgment
President Mnangagwa, who chairs the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, has urged all responsible authorities in Malawi to respect the judgment of the Constitutional Court and ma...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:04hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga appeal upheld, no joy for Mubaiwa
Three High Court and Supreme Court judges yesterday dealt with three separate appeal hearings concerning Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa. The appeals were a...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 05:56hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
'Key lessons for SADC to learn from Malawi judgement,' said Chamisa - irony, you have learned nothing yourself
The root cause of Zimbabwe's economic chaos; with unemployment a nauseating 90%, public education and health care all but collapse, rocketing hyperinflation, etc. And political paralysis; we are stuck...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 13:07hrs | 1386 | by Nomusa Garikai
Malawi president to contest cancelled election win in court
Malawi's president is planning to contest a court decision overturning his election in May last year.A spokesman for Peter Mutharika said he would lodge an appeal with the Constitutional Court...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 08:00hrs | 2033 | by Staff reporter
'Malawi election ruling V11-based'
THE ruling by the Constitutional Court of Malawi, which ordered fresh Presidential polls in 150 days after establishing large-scale vote manipulation, cannot be likened to the Zimbabwean scenario as t...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:52hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa taunts SADC, AU
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, who claims he was robbed of poll victory by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the 2018 elections, Tuesday took a dig at SADC and the African Union (AU for blindly endorsing th...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 19:21hrs | 2822 | by Staff reporter
Opposition Parties in Malawi should not relax because of the ConCourt Judgement - Judgement is not winning state power
Now that the Malawi Constitutional Court Judge Potani yesterday declared that President Mutharika was not duly elected in the May 21 2019 and has therefore demanded fresh elections, Opposition P...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 15:05hrs | 498 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Zimbabwe speaks on Malawi election results nullification
Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi says the Observer Missions did not have the evidence of rigging when they pronounced the 2019 elections as free and credible. Speaking a day after ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 14:09hrs | 3835 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa hails Malawian ConCourt
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has hailed the Malawian Constitutional Court for passing a verdict that the elections which saw Peter Muitarika winning Presidency were rigged."I wish to congratulate...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 09:08hrs | 3994 | by Stephen Jakes
POLAD members ready to jump ship
Republican Party of Zimbabwe (RPZ) leader, Kwanele Hlabangana, has said opposition parties engaged in talks with the ruling ZANU-PF party on resolving the country's political and economic crisis could...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 06:35hrs | 4209 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths finger Mnangagwa allies
ZANU-PF youth leaders yesterday labelled President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Kuda Tagwirei "the most corrupt person in the country" at an extraordinary Press conference that also exposed growing facti...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
Malawi's constitutional court cancels presidential vote result
Malawi's Constitutional Court on Monday ordered new elections after annulling the results of a vote that re-elected President Peter Mutharika in May, citing widespread irregularities."We hold ...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 18:03hrs | 2421 | by AFP
Citizens' cooperation key to curbing Zimra internal corruption
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is conducting lifestyle audits for its staffers and dismissing and prosecuting those who cannot account for their wealth. Zimra commissioner-general, Faith Mazan...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:21hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Polad rejects constitutional amendment
POLITICAL parties affiliated to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) yesterday rejected the proposed constitutional amendments, saying it was "too premature for the governm...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean judge Hungwe on edge of the bench in Lesotho
Maseru/Harare – When the Lesotho authorities decided to hire foreign judges to steer ongoing high-profile murder trials involving former high-ranking Lesotho Defence Force personnel, little did they...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:00hrs | 260 | by KEISO MOHLOBOLI, NKOSANA DLAMINI, TUMISANG SERAME
'Chiwenga arm-twisting Judiciary'
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has been accused of trying to arm-twist the Judiciary by threatening Judge President Justice George Chiweshe and accusing him of allegedly leaking to the media a ru...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:12hrs | 1930 | by Staff reporter
How many Justices Dube-Banda does Zimbabwe have?
ZIMBABWE has had a long history of violence. In fact, it was a country raped by colonialists using violence in 1890 and gained its independence nearly a century later in 1980 through a violent liberat...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:10hrs | 1327 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
When a company falls out with its CEO: Lessons from SA's Old Mutual
A LEGAL battle between Old Mutual, the South African-based pan-African investment, savings and insurance group, and its chief executive officer Peter Moyo has dominated news headlines in the country f...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:00hrs | 650 | by Rehana Cassim
Ian Khama loses bid to nullify election results
Botswana's court of appeal on Wednesday dismissed an opposition bid to challenge election results that enabled President Mokgweetsi Masisi to secure a five-year term.The ruling Botswana Democr...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 20:56hrs | 5734 | by AFP
Malaba, Chiweshe collide over messy Chiwenga divorce
Chief Justice Luke Malaba and Judge President George Chiweshe are on a collision course after being dragged into Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's messy divorce from his wife, Marry Mubaiwa....Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 20:39hrs | 5547 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urged to strengthen graft investigation tactics
Zimbabwe must take a leaf from Uganda to strengthen its investigation tactics and subsequent prosecution, to ensure convictions on cases of corruption, Uganda's top anti-corruption judge has said. Whi...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:07hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Huge salaries for anti-graft officials
GOVERNMENT is taking extraordinary measures to ring-fence all officers employed by the special anti-corruption courts through paying them competitive salaries and allowances. The Government be...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 12:36hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
MDC paying lip service to corruption investigations
Opposition MDC-Alliance must be religious followers of Mario Cuomo's famous dictum: "You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose." A press conference held on Friday at the party's headquarters...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 06:48hrs | 1545 | by Lawson Mabhena
Constitutional changes could be Mnangagwa's Hobbesian moment
Twenty-seven is the number of changes that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration wants to make on Zimbabwe's Constitution, passed only seven years ago.The intended changes, announced o...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:21hrs | 225 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Chivayo scores victory against Ziyambi
HIGH Court judge Justice Phildah Muzofa has ordered Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to respond, within seven days of receiving the court's order, to Intratek Zimbabwe director Wicknell Chivayo's requ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:18hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
MDC position on the proposed constitutional amendments
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is deeply concerned with the various constitutional amendments that were recently proposed by the Zanu PF regime.Indeed, despite all the grave concerns...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 11:14hrs | 702 | by Kucaca Phulu
'Ruling on US$ debt a grand heist'
TUESDAY'S Supreme Court ruling declaring that debts owed in United States dollars (US$) incurred on or before February 22, 2019 should be settled using the Zimdollar at a 1:1 parity will further deepe...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'reduces debt by theft' after Supreme Court ruling: lawyers
The Supreme Court has upheld the validity of a controversial government decree from February 2019 which converted debts accumulated in United States dollars to the local RTGS currency – at a great l...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:20hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Proposed constitutional changes gazetted
The much-awaited constitutional reform process has entered a crucial stage following the gazetting of the Constitution Amendment Bill which paves way for restructuring of the supreme law.Gover...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 22:13hrs | 2424 | by Staff Reporter
Noose hangs over bigwigs as ZACC sharpens its claws
The anti-corruption drive has moved a gear up towards prosecution of individuals fingered in graft, with fresh revelations the Attorney-General's Office is now being ropped in to team up with the Nati...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 07:46hrs | 3136 | by Staff Reporter
'Conflicted people stifling anti-graft fight in Zimbabwe'
African Parliamentarians Network against Corruption (APNAC) Zimbabwe chapter chairperson Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (pictured below) says institutions responsible for fighting corruption in the c...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:51hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
MDC to block Zanu-PF's constitutional ammendments
The MDC has said it will use all the available platforms to halt the random constitutional amendments proposed by Zanu-PF, which the opposition party says are moves by the ruling party to consolidate ...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:47hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Marry Chiwenga prosecution shows leadership crisis
The day Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga decided to press criminal charges against his wife, Marry, was the day when an otherwise domestic standoff became a national issue. Precisely because this m...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:41hrs | 2390 | by Tawanda Majoni
Congress for JEUZ to be held this month
Judiciary Employees Union of Zimbabwe (JEUZ) has revealed that they will be holding their first ever elective congress in Bulawayo next month.The union was formed recently and has since been r...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 07:32hrs | 173 | by Stephen Jakes
Thabani Mpofu tears into Justice Luke Malaba term extension plans
On December 17, 2019, the nation became aware that the Cabinet had considered and approved Constitutional Amendment Bill 2019 which seeks to introduce a gamut of amendments to the Constitution of Zimb...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 07:53hrs | 2693 | by Thabani Mpofu
'Zimbabwe creating an ED autocracy'
THE constitutional amendments approved by Cabinet that will see the President appointing and firing his vice-presidents is proof that Zimbabwe is morphing into a new autocracy under President Emmerson...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:18hrs | 1424 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judges to work up to 70
Cabinet has approved that the Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice and judges of the Supreme and Constitutional Courts hold office until they reach the age of 70 and thereafter have their contracts ren...Published: 18 Dec 2019 at 08:49hrs | 3388 | by Staff Reporter
Strengthening the code of conduct for political parties
Medical doctors have a council and a board that regulate the practice of their profession. Lawyers, dentists and judges also provide for the regulation of the manner in which they practise their chose...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:57hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
'What coup! It was a change of administration' said SADC - sheer folly, let coup gene out, again
For the last 39 years the country has drifted like a log, with ordinary people hang on to the log for dear life, in the flood Zambezi River, totally at the mercy of a corrupt, incompetent and murderou...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 10:39hrs | 1672 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe's political stalemate: Who are the victims?
It is a pity that we have become a polarised nation with the ordinary citizen bearing the brunt of elitist politics.Zanu PF, the ruling party since 1980, claims it won the 30 July election. MDC, t...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 10:30hrs | 1018 | by Nkosiyazi Kan Kanjiri
Peter Moyo vs Old Mutual: Judgment reserved
The Johannesburg High Court has reserved judgement on the Old Mutual appeal case for 2020. However, lawyers of axed CEO Peter Moyo say it’s already a forgone conclusion that it is an "unwinnable" ba...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 21:04hrs | 1593 | by Staff reporter
Churches chide Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and several heads of indigenous churches yesterday took a veiled dig at MDC leader Nelson Chamisa for spurning the invitation to be part of the Political Actors' Dialogue ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:46hrs | 2729 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets 5 million members
ZANU-PF has set a recruitment target of 5 million members by 2023 to confirm its status as a mass organisation and effectively silence post-election contestations. Addressing party members in ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:22hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga issues 'stern warning' to Auxillia Mnangagwa
A female lawyer representing business tycoon Frank Buyanga was allegedly abducted by suspected government agents in the latest twist to a child custody battle which has sucked in first lady, Auxillia ...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:48hrs | 7467 | by Staff reporter
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