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Kereke wins legal battle
Former Zanu PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke has won a legal battle against the Harare Municipal Medical Aid Society (HMMAS), which had sought a refund of US$138,000 over a failed bid to purchase Fortr...Published: 14 May 2025 at 08:48hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
Tinashe Mugabe's DNA Show 'banned'
In a landmark ruling, the High Court has ordered the immediate suspension of Tinashe Mugabe's widely followed Closure DNA Show, citing serious violations of personal privacy rights. The verdict, deliv...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 20:41hrs | 4943 | by Staff reporter
Petina Gappah ordered to pay US$18,000 to Fadzayi Mahere
The High Court of Zimbabwe has ordered writer and lawyer Petina Gappah to pay US$18,000 in damages to Nelson Chamisa ally Fadzayi Mahere following a protracted defamation lawsuit.The case, whi...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 21:22hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Gono suffers court setback
Zimbabwe's former central bank governor, Gideon Gono, has faced a setback as a court dismissed his attempt to dismiss a lawsuit by a South African company demanding $2.2 million for grain deliveries m...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 19:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt backs RBZ on US dollar conversion
The 2018 decision by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to convert all US dollar balances in Zimbabwean bank accounts to local currency was quite constitutional the Constitutional Court ruled yesterda...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt sets aside RTGS/US$ High Court ruling
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has set aside a landmark ruling by High Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire who ordered CABS Bank to pay a local businessman US$142 000, which it had converted to R...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
High Court lifts ban on Tinashe Mugabe's paternity test TV show
TV presenter Tinashe Mugabe can continue with his programme, The DNA Show, after the High Court ruled that medical bodies which banned it overstepped their powers.The Health Professions Author...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Kangai's bid for NetOne severance package rejected by court
SPIRITED efforts by former NetOne chief executive officer Reward Kangai (pictured) to get his severance package have been further delayed after the High Court dismissed his application in which he sou...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
High Court throws out ex-NetOne boss application
HIGH Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire has dismissed an application by ex-NetOne chief executive Reward Kangai, where he was seeking to declare a provision in the Labour Act unconstitutional in his ...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt ordered to come clean on Zupco
THE Zimbabwe Independent (ZimInd) newspaper has won a landmark case in which the publication sued government ministers for refusing to release information relating to the procurement of Zupco buses....Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mahere, Gappah face off in court
HIGH Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire has dismissed an application by lawyer and writer Petina Gappah, who is seeking further particulars in a case she is facing a US$1 million defamation lawsuit....Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court suspends Mafume's suspension yet again
The High Court has set aside local government minister July Moyo's suspension of Harare mayor Jacob Mafume yet again. Justice Mafusire's ruling confirms Mafume as the substantive mayor of Hara...Published: 31 May 2022 at 13:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zupco bus deal case: High Court reserves judgment
HIGH Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire has reserved judgment on the case of the Zimbabwe Independent newspaper and Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ), which are suing three government ministe...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Biti bounce back in Parliament
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy president Tendai Biti and five others have bounced back to Parliament after High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi ruled that their recall was illegal....Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:50hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets greenlight to evict Chilonga villagers
THE fate of 12 000 villagers in Chilonga, Chiredzi, has been effectively sealed after the High Court on Thursday ruled there was "finite wisdom" in gave President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration's...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Human rights advocate Rita Marque Mbatha wins USD180,000-00 Damages for Sexual Harassment
In a landmark case the High Court in Harare has awarded damages of USD180,000-00 to our Executive Director and International Alliance Representative and human rights advocate, Rita Marque Mbatha....Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 14:02hrs | 10 | by Agencies
Chiangwa pastor wins court case
A PASTOR from a rival faction of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM), Panganai Makarichi, has won a High Court case where he was being sued by the Amon Madawo-led group for refusing to surre...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
High Court exposes rot in Masvingo land allocation
A HIGH Court judge has further exposed the corrupt allocation of land by senior government officials in Masvingo province after handing down a ruling on Wednesday dismissing an offer letter issued thi...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Biti asks court to order his reinstatement in parliament
Harare East MP and MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti and five other lawmakers who were recalled from parliament have petitioned the High Court to enforce its judgement nullifying their expulsion...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 20:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Lucia Matibenga blocks Biti's Parly return
THE leader of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) breakaway faction, Lucia Matibenga, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court challenging the return of MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti and his...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Biti Parly return blocked
The readmission of MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti and five other recalled People's Democratic Party (PDP) MPs to Parliament has been blocked again after their political adversary Benjamin Ruk...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Katsimberis loses Supreme Court appeal
HARARE-based building contractor had a bad day in court yesterday after the Supreme Court threw out his appeal in the case in which he was seeking to stop his former business partner from selling resi...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti back in Parliament
Six MDC Alliance legislators, including vice-president Tendai Biti, who were expelled from Parliament, have been reinstated by the High Court.Justice Joseph Mafusire ruled that Biti and collea...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fidelity Printers loses mining claim
THE forfeiture and the subsequent reallocation of a Kwekwe gold mining claim held by Fidelity Printers and Refiners a gold buying subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe was lawful, the High Court ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nurses seek to pin down Chiwenga
THE Zimbabwe Nurses' Association (Zina) has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking leave to execute, pending appeal, an order granted in its favour over a dispute with the gover...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga left with egg on face
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantine Chiwenga has been left with egg on the face after the High Court gave nurses a green light to continue working flexible hours which the VP in his capacity as the Health mini...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
1,200 defiant nurses struck off payroll
MORE than 1 200 nurses who failed to comply with a Government directive to revert to the normal working hours did not receive their November salaries and bonuses after they were struck off the payroll...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga suffers a crashing legal defeat
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga and Health and Child Care minister has suffered a crashing legal defeat after the High Court barred him from forcing nurses to return to full-time shift work....Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
State media acted unconstitutionally: Court
STATE-controlled media acted unconstitutionally by reporting in an impartial manner during the 2018 general election, a High Court judge has ruled.The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Cooperation (ZBC) a...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZBC, Zimpapers ordered to cover political parties equitably
Zanu-PF enjoys disproportionate coverage in Zimbabwe's state media in breach of the constitution, the Masvingo High Court has ruled in a landmark judgment.The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Judgment reserved in State media 'biased reporting' case
Masvingo High Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire has reserved judgment in a case where legal and parliamentary watchdog Veritas Zimbabwe is suing the State media for biased reporting in favour of the...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe courts to go digital
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has appointed a nine-member committee to spearhead the digitisation of courts by year-end, a development expected to cut litigation costs and to reduce time taken in resolvin...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Judge rules that NPRC will be operational until 2028
A Masvingo High Court judge has ruled that the lifespan of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) will be 10 years from January 5 last year when it became operational after the enactm...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued over NPRC lifespan
MDC Alliance proportional representation legislator Concillia Chinanzvavana, who is a survivor of torture in 2008, has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the Masvingo High Court, seeking to force h...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chibaya granted $1 000 bail
MASVINGO High Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire on Wednesday granted MDC organising secretary, Amos Chibaya $1 000 bail in a case in which the opposition legislator is accused of attempting to overt...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court orders Masvingo City to supply potable water
THE Masvingo High Court has ordered the local authority to supply water to its over 100 000 residents who have been disenfranchised following a breakdown of its two pumps two weeks ago.Respond...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers contest Zanu-PF's bid to railroad pupils to rallies
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union in Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has once again approached the High Court to enforce a provisional order barring Zanu-PF from forcing school pupils and teachers to attend camp...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF defies court order'
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has accused Zanu PF of violating a recent High Court order barring it from bussing school children to its rallies, arguing its appeal had set ...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Court bars ZANU PF from abusing learners
Justice Mafusire yesterday ruled that the ZANU PF Party should stop abusing learners, teachers and school property in pursuit of private political interests. The matter was heard at Masvingo High Cour...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:33hrs | | by ARTUZ
Zanu-PF campaign machinery suffers body blow
ZANU-PF's campaign machinery suffered a body blow yesterday after the High Court ordered the ruling party to stop commandeering pupils to its rallies.The court also ruled against the use of sc...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another judge in trouble
MASVINGO Urban legislator and businessman, Daniel Shumba, has written to the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) notifying it that he is pursuing a fraud case against Justice Joseph Mafusire, one o...Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 07:57hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
AG told not to take national interest for granted
Deputy Chief Justice Luke Malaba has rapped the Attorney-General's Office for taking a lackadaisical approach when representing the Government in court cases of national importance. The to...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Serial litigant contests High Court ban
Serial litigant Ignatius Masamba has approached the Constitutional Court challenging a judgment barring him from suing anyone at the High Court without first seeking permission. Justice Joseph Mafusir...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 06:09hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Govt defies court order on diamond mines
Government wilfully defied a court order allowing Mbada Diamonds (Pvt) Limited back at the diamond mining site in Chiadzwa to secure its gems and equipment, the High Court ruled yesterday.The ...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 07:18hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
Chinese company fights Chiadzwa eviction
ANJIN Investments Private Limited says the recent forced shut down of its diamond mining operations and eviction from the mining site in Chiadzwa was a breach of the Chinese shareholders' rights prote...Published: 03 Mar 2016 at 05:28hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro and Daniel Nemukuyu
Top lawyer barred
The High Court has barred a top lawyer from acting in litigation involving a former client in a dispute over control of a bank, citing paramount conflict of interest. Renaissance Financial Hol...Published: 15 Dec 2015 at 05:10hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
Judgment day for jailed former Airzim boss
Jailed former Air Zimbabwe Holdings chief executive Peter Chikumba will know of his fate on Wedbesday when the High Court is expected to deliver judgment on his fresh application for bail pending appe...Published: 08 Sep 2015 at 23:30hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
Chiyangwa wins Harare South land dispute
A housing development consortium which sold residential stands to over 20 000 people in Harare South has lost its bid in court to stop businessman Phillip Chiyangwa from reclaiming the land on thr...Published: 27 Jul 2015 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Errant fathers warned not to hide behind school fees
People who default on paying maintenance and instead decide to pay school fees for their children or other services directly, should be found guilty of non-compliance with a court order, but in mitiga...Published: 27 May 2015 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Zimra loses half a million dollars over P0RN0GRAPHY
Twelve workers who were unlawfully fired by the Zimbabwe Revenue Aunthority (ZIMRA) for allegedly watching adult movies at work will now get their outstanding salaries and benefits to the tune of US$...Published: 25 May 2015 at 07:18hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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