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Calls mount against 'Zulu' security cluster ministers over lapses
THE startling admission by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the government was caught napping during the violent protests and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng was a sign that he was let down by his ...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 11:40hrs | 3104 | by Mayibongwe Maqhina, Tarryn-Leigh Solomons, Mervyn Naidoo
Malaba case 'now lawfare' says Govt
THE battle to ensure Chief Justice Luke Malaba stays in office intensified yesterday, with top government officials describing the ongoing Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenge as "lawfare."...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:43hrs | 1573 | by Staff reporter
What does it take for the judiciary to hear a matter before them?
Marvo Stationary Manufacturing Company employees have not been paid their unpaid salaries since the United States Dollar and the use of the multi currency regime during the Government of Nationa...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 16:37hrs | 212 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
'South Africa needs a total judicial and system overhaul and transformation'
It's not just the Zulus, it's the generality of the South African masses that are living pathetic lives in desperation, poverty, hunger, joblessness and in a continuous state of debt with no hope for ...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 14:25hrs | 723 | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
A wave of political change blowing over SADC region
The recent events characterizing developments happening in the Sadc region are pointers to a very big change in the political arena of region.The current wave of protests and looting in South ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 21:56hrs | 2599 | by Leonard Koni
What does it take for the judiciary to hear a matter before them?
Marvo Stationary Manufacturing Company employees have not been paid their unpaid salaries since the United States Dollar and the use of the multi currency regime during the Government of Nationa...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 20:24hrs | 630 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Malaba in no show as 2 High Court judges are sworn in
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba Tuesday failed to preside over the swearing-in of two High Court judges in Harare following his recent controversial reappointment as the head of the Constitutional Court....Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 19:44hrs | 1854 | by Staff reporter
Zuma roars loudly from the cells
The system of imprisoning former leaders in the world was the prerogative of the French from the time of Napoleon to Sarkozi. France has become accustomed to putting former leaders on trial, but the w...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 16:57hrs | 5098 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Govt decentralises courts
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has opened more courts in Harare and Bulawayo's high-density suburbs as part of the government's efforts to decentralise judiciary services.According to notice...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:52hrs | 1432 | by Staff reporter
Is the South African rainbow on the cusp of disarray?
Events are unfolding very fast in the rainbow nation, South Africa. And just like the previous week, the country is in suspense as the Free Zuma campaign gathers momentum in KwaZulu Natal province. It...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:41hrs | 565 | by Tapiwa Gomo
South Africa: Is the Rainbow fading away?
Geographically, South Africa is another country, apart and distinct from our Zimbabwe. Experientially, South Africa is all Southern African countries, Zimbabwe especially. A whirlpool of event...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Fired judge hands over unfinished cases
FORMER High Court judge Erica Ndewere, who was fired for incompetence, has handed over six cases she was handling to the acting Judge President, Mary Zimba-Dube.Ndewere was fired by President ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 20:42hrs | 2511 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judges in the dock next week
TOP Zimbabwean judges of the highest court in the land - including Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza - will inadvertently be in the dock next when they hear an application by a Bulawayo man Marx ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 20:40hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma is receiving the politics of justice
In South Africa, we have three arms of government, that is, the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. Everyone seems content with allowing criticism of the legislators and the executive, but n...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:26hrs | 2014 | by Bathabile Dlamini
'Judiciary abuse liberator, Zuma; stark warning for Zanu PF' – indeed, for no one is above the law!
In the Movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" there is a scene where Jack Sparrow tells the young Will Turner "Stay here! And please don't do anything stupid!" Pretty damn good...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:16hrs | 905 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Race to 'save' Zimbabwe's constitution
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over power from the late Robert Mugabe via a November 2017 military coup, he promised to preserve the constitution and to respect the rule of law. Less t...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:36hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
On unfair treatment of Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma: A personal view
Zuma and all the ANC chaps are not holy, including the late Mandela. What is at issue or at play here is whether Zuma is being treated fairly in comparison with others! A number of apartheid criminals...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 12:19hrs | 924 | by Thembani Lukhuni Sibhalwa Dube
When the judiciary abuses the liberators; Revolution under attack (The Zuma debacle)
When I was a prosecutor in the 1990's in Zimbabwe we had some prosecutors and lawyers who would come into court and make submissions which will be aimed at the people sitting in the gallery. They were...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 08:42hrs | 1659 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chiefs want Gutu out of NPRC
MATABELELAND traditional leaders have called for the resignation of former MDC-T vice-president Obert Gutu from the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) claiming he was conflicted and t...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 17:11hrs | 3843 | by Staff reporter
Demolitions are an act of witchcraft and trully demonic
The streets of Harare and Chitungwiza flow with tears of citizens who watch helplessly as their lives are tossed in the dust. Their chicks distinct with the two lines of sorrow left behind as tears te...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 14:12hrs | 1323 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa abhors cultural erosion
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday lamented the effects of globalisation on Zimbabwe, saying they were overwhelming local cultures and threatening the lives of youths who were now resorting to dru...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 17:04hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Police demand stiffer penalties for robbers
POLICE are lobbying the Judiciary and Legislature to come up with stiffer penalties on armed robbers following a surge in violent robberies in recent weeks.This comes at a time when notorious ...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:26hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
Police act on armed robberies
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has instructed all his provincial commanders to deploy special units to robbery hotspots in an effort to tackle increasing armed robbery cases. Comm-...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Judges' conduct worries Govt
THE country must interrogate the best ways of appointing judges as there has been a worrying trend in the conduct of officers of the country's apex courts that has resulted in the appointment of tribu...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | 1654 | by Staff reporter
Justice Ndewere fired
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has fired High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere, after a tribunal set up to inquire into her suitability to hold a judicial office recommended that she be removed from the bench ...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1754 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Luke Malaba gets reprieve
THE High Court on Thursday dismissed an application by lawyer and Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum executive director Musa Kika to have Chief Justice Luke Malaba jailed six months for contempt of court...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 19:59hrs | 3021 | by Staff reporter
Why fighting against Malaba and Patriotism & The Judiciary in Zimbabwe
Separation of powers refers to the division of a state's government into branches, each with separate, independent powers and responsibilities, so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict wit...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 16:42hrs | 1342 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe Courts to go digital, says JSC
COURT proceedings will from next year be held virtually as the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) moves to digitise its operations with the introduction of an integrated electronic case management syst...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:43hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new tool against dissent
THE incarceration at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison and delayed acquittal of two opposition activists by the Supreme Court last week is symptomatic of Zanu-PF's desperate attempt to weaponise the l...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:18hrs | 1292 | by Staff reporter
Malaba crisis: Ex-MDC minister, lawyers pile pressure on Mnangagwa
FORMER Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs minister Eric Matinenga, has ganged up with lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa and Valerie Ingham-Thorpe to challenge recent constitutional amendments which they s...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:43hrs | 3804 | by Staff reporter
Mlaba crisis: Mtetwa, Matinenga launch latest ConCourt bid to oust Malaba
Pushback is mounting against the controversial constitutional amendments that made the extension of Luke Malaba's tenure as Chief Justice "permissible", with top lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa and Eric Matin...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:18hrs | 1439 | by Staff reporter
Malaba demands JSC probe
UNDERFIRE Chief Justice (CJ) Luke Malaba has reportedly ordered an investigation into circumstances leading to a private meeting between Judicial Service Commission (JSC) head of secretariat Walter Ch...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:24hrs | 3196 | by Staff reporter
Judiciary being corroded by political expediency
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, societal harmony is under threat as the Judiciary, which essentially should be independent from interference, is being corroded by political ...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | 661 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
CJ Malaba case stokes fire
TOP human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has called for investigation and suspension of Judicial Service Commission (JSC) secretary Walter Chikwana over his alleged meeting with one of the judges assig...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:47hrs | 3817 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man files pro-Malaba appeal
A BULAWAYO man has filed a Constitutional Court application seeking an order nullifying a ruling by three High Court judges that sought to disqualify Chief Justice Luke Malaba from office.Mr M...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:03hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP sues Mnangagwa
CHITUNGWIZA North legislator Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court for assenting to the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.1) Bill, which he argues was illegal...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:35hrs | 1484 | by Staff reporter
Manoeuvring for new High Court Judge President starts
THREE senior Harare High Court judges - Justices Garainesu Mawadze, Martin Makonese and Mary Zimba-Dube - are fancying their chances of replacing Justice George Chiweshe as Judge President following t...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | 1488 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa forges ahead with power consolidation agenda
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF - which has been setting up grassroots structures at a time the political activity of opposition parties is restricted by Covid-19 regulations - are increasing...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Malaba steers clear of judicial ceremony
WHILE insisting on returning to work and reporting to the office daily, Chief Justice Luke Malaba, whom the High Court says must retire, is now a lame duck.Realising that he is on shaky ground...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:31hrs | 1895 | by Staff reporter
The degeneration of Zimbabwe is often cuased by lack of heroic acts by society to protect our institutions
Our representative democracy and constitution were made within the realm of moral and religious people. It therefore follows that the two are wholly inadequate to a government which may decide to be n...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:14hrs | 237 | by Brian Sedze
Biti vows to scuttle Malaba's ambitions to remain as Zimbabwe's chief justice
Harare lawyer Tendai Biti, has vowed he, and his legal team will continue defending the country's Constitution and scuttle Luke Malaba's ambitions to remain as Zimbabwe's chief justice.On 15 M...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:10hrs | 2399 | by Staff reporter
Fresh bid to rescue Malaba
A little known Zanu-PF youth league member on Friday filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application seeking to nullify a judgement that ended Luke Malaba's term as chief justice.Three Hig...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:08hrs | 1252 | by Staff reporter
Malaba crisis: Drama at contempt hearing
THERE was drama yesterday after one of the three judges designated to hear an application seeking the arrest of Chief Justice Luke Malaba recused himself after confirming that he had met with the head...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:18hrs | 10482 | by Staff reporter
'Challenging constitutional amendments a tall order'
CONSTITUTIONAL law expert Lovemore Madhuku has expressed scepticism over the success of legal challenges to amendments to the country's charter, saying that the only way to stop the amendments would b...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:13hrs | 1866 | by Staff reporter
High Court reserves judgment on Malaba contempt of court charges
TWO High Court judges Thursday reserved to next week their judgment in an urgent application filed last week by the Human Rights NGO Forum demanding the imprisonment of Luke Malaba of being contempt o...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:10hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
SACU speaks on 'catch and release'
THE head of the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) Mr Tabani Mpofu said the phrase "catch and release" was coined by some elements trying to discredit President Mnangagwa's anti-graft fight, and susp...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:05hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
'MDC A violence is a constant threat to be stopped once for all' - devil quoting Bible for his devilish purposes
"TIME and again many have inked articles articulating how the MDC-Alliance is wired in violence, with the streak running so deep that removing it simply means an end to the political outfit that was f...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 08:55hrs | 1039 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mwonzora pushes for Chamisa arrest
THE Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T is seeking the arrest of opposition leader Nelson Chamisa on contempt of court charges, claiming that he allegedly defied court orders to step down as the MDC Alliance p...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:31hrs | 9172 | by Staff report
Mnangagwa continues 'scoring own' goals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration continues presenting "itself in the worst possible light at home and internationally", casting any pretense of implementing reforms to the wind, and any h...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:30hrs | 5661 | by Staff report
Malaba fights back
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has asked the High Court to throw out an application by a constitutional law activist for his arrest on contempt of court charges, insisting that his stay in office was legal...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:30hrs | 4030 | by Staff report
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