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Family seeks justice for son killed by a combine harvester

A family from Ottoman Farm in Makonde is still fighting for justice after their 12-year-old son was fatally struck by a combine harvester three years ago.The boy suffered severe skull injuries and a broken leg when he was hit by the machin…

Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 08:49hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter

Family demands justice following fatal pitbull attack on relative

A Harare family is mourning the tragic death of Samuel Machara, who was fatally mauled by a pitbull in Bluffhill over the weekend, prompting renewed calls for stricter laws regulating the ownership of dangerous dog breeds.Machara's death, …

Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:36hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter

Police brutality victim's family demands 'supernatural' justice

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has been accused of covering up its officers' attack on a handcuffed suspect, who later died in holding cells at Banket Police Station, last month.The now deceased David Kanyenze (26) was assaulted by thr…

Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 05:07hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

More details emerge in Justice Gwaunza saga

LOCAL businessman Tendai Mashamhanda has accused Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza of working in cahoots with lawyers to tarnish High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapiâ€˜s image for presiding over an unscheduled court hearing in whi…

Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

A tale of Zimbabwe's oxymoronic justice system

THE justice system in Zimbabwe is an oxymoron. It's difficult to understand how the law operates, but one is tempted to conclude that incarceration in Zimbabwe is just designed for the poor and those with no money or have no political conn…

Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by Muchemwa Silence Mugadzaweta

Mthwakazi: Justice delayed is justice denied

I am utterly disgusted and dismayed by the level of both incompetence and a clear disregard of rule of law by the Zimbabwean courts, especially at Tredgold Magistrate court and Bulawayo High court where court cases take ages to be finalise…

Published: 13 May 2019 at 11:22hrs | | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo

It's never too late for gukurahundi justice

A FEW weeks ago, a coalition of civil society organisations from Matabeleland met President Emmerson Mnangagwa to discuss issues affecting Matabeleland region.One of the issues was Gukurahundi. Following the meeting, the government has iss…

Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:52hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga

Army victims deserve justice

A fortnight after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to bring to book soldiers behind the wave of human rights violations that included murder, rape and abduction of civil society as well opposition activists, police areas yet to accoun…

Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:29hrs | 5 | by Editorial - The Standard

The year of justice is nigh!

The Bishop lives! Hallelujah!And so, too, does sungura.What a holiday!Sorry, ndakazoenda ndisina kutaura. You see, this world is corrosive, especially for men of the cloth like Bishop Lazi.You get to meet humanity in its variegated form â€…

Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 09:44hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazarus

Mnangagwa should face justice for crimes against humanity

There is an Shona adage: 'mhosva hairovi', which loosely translated means, 'no one can evade the tentacles of justice'.We have witnessed around the world, numerous people being charged, tried and convicted of crimes that they would have co…

Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda

'Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done' - Is there Justice in Zimbabwe?

In the case of R v Sussex Justice, Ex parte McCarthy in 1923, an English case on the impartiality and recusal of judges, this aphorism was birthed. The full statement was that it was of fundamental importance that 'justice should not only …

Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 19:13hrs | 1 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda

Fight For Fairness And Justice, But Not Equality!

Let's begin on the premise that whatever theoretical knowledge we've acquired, that affirms the equality of all men, is wrong, fictional and in direct contradiction to the original truth!It's almost unobtainable to say "All Men Are Equal" …

Published: 18 Mar 2017 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Nimi Princewill

Zimbabwe Is at a Tipping Point: a Close Anatomy of Zimbabwe Politics

From whichever way you look at it, Zimbabwe is at a tipping point. The level of discontent with the political class has reached a crisis point thanks to the betrayal of the people by Zanu Pf and its government .Notwithstanding the fact tha…

Published: 18 Sep 2016 at 20:54hrs | 2 | by Sipho Phani Sibanda

Beatrice Mtetwa faces her date with Zimbabwean justice

On May 27, Zimbabwean lawyer and human-rights activist Beatrice Mtetwa will enter magistrate's court in Harare to be tried on charges of obstructing justice. In March, she was arrested and held for eight days after trying to prevent an ill…

Published: 09 May 2013 at 14:26hrs | 1 | by MICHAEL POSNER I The Globe and Mail

A Report to the President on Service Delivery

I would like to thank you for allowing me to address your parliament Mr President (questioning some prominent figures). This is good for the people of Zimbabwe, I also value the fact that in future ordinary citizens be allowed every now an…

Published: 29 Jul 2012 at 09:53hrs | | by Justice Maphosa

Three Steps Forward and Ten steps Backwards (PART II)

    I got some feedback by the some concerned citizens that some questions to the MPs were lenient and requested that I make it tough for the Ministers. I promised to make it tough.Also I postponed on three occasions to addr…

Published: 26 Jul 2012 at 15:00hrs | 1 | by Justice Maphosa

Mugabe's land myths exposed

Thirteen years ago the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, most urban Zimbabweans and the international media were shrill in their condemnation when peasants and war veterans, soldiers, public servants and elites invaded white-owned…

Published: 23 Apr 2012 at 07:25hrs | | by Mail and Guardian

Take toddlers out of prison and devolve the justice system

The shocking revelations by Zimbabwe's Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs that some 30 toddlers are incarcerated with their mothers in Zimbabwe's squalid prisons calls for urgent remedial intervention.Deputy Minister Gutu is reported to…

Published: 11 Feb 2012 at 13:07hrs | | by Thamsanqa Zhou Jr

Zim top jurist retires

Justice Wilson Sandura, an eminent jurist on the Supreme Court bench, has retired, with colleagues saying the judiciary has been robbed of one of the finest legal brains in the country.The high-profile judge left the bench at the end of Ju…

Published: 21 Sep 2011 at 08:30hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile

Morgan Tsvangirai's address at the occasion of the World Justice Forum

Ladies and gentlemen,I feel greatly honored to be part of this great gathering of colleagues committed to the rule of law as a key ingredient to entrenching a democratic culture in our societies. Today, we live in a world plagued by diseas…

Published: 22 Jun 2011 at 11:20hrs | | by Morgan Tsvangirai

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