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Zimbabweans flocking to Zambia for medical treatment says aspiring Chamisa MP
A COLLAPSED local health system is reportedly forcing scores of Zimbabweans to seek medical treatment at well-equipped and staffed hospitals in neighbouring Zambia.After crossing the border in...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet in unfair labour storm
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Econet Wireless has been taken to court by an employee, Maxwell Kasema, over allegations of unfair treatment.In a Labour Court application Kasema is raising concerns ...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 16:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notorious robber rearrested
One of Zimbabwe's most wanted armed robbery suspects believed to be part of Musa Taj Abdul's gang, Conwell Junior Kasambarare (26) has been rearrested on allegations of committing a spate of heists co...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:30hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor freed on bail
Law officer Tapiwa Kasema, who is facing allegations of consenting bail to suspected notorious armed robbery Musa Taj Abdul, has been freed on $20 000 bail.Kasema was released this morning by ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Go back to law school, judge tells PG Hodzi
THE glaring legal deficiencies in Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi, who was preferred for the job despite faring poorly in public interviews held in 2019, were exposed on Thursday when High Court jud...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judge orders freedom for armed robbery suspect Musa Taj Abdul
A judge on Thursday said Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi must read more about the law before mounting incompetent appeals as he ordered the release on bail of armed robbery suspect Musa Taj Abdul....Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Most wanted robber arrested
One of Zimbabwe's most wanted robbery suspects, Spicer Takawira, alleged to be part Musa Taj Abdul's gang, was arrested this week on charges of house breaking and theft. Takawira (28), Musafar...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Granting bail lands prosecutor in dock
Prosecutor Arthur Bosha has been arrested for consenting to bail in separate applications last year by two suspected armed robbers who were part of suspected gang leader Musa Taj Abdul. CID Ho...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Another prosecutor under probe
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has filed another complaint against public prosecutor, Mr Arthur Bosha, who last year consented bail for one of the three notorious armed robbers who opera...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
The tale of a captured judiciary
THE year 2020 did not see any major judicial decisions, but was replete with prolonged postponement of trials.At one time, chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi threatened to sit on a Sunday for...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:08hrs | | by Miriam Mangwaya
Prosecutor under probe over suspect's bail
Law officer Mr Douglas Chesa, who consented to bail for suspected armed robber Douglas Mutenda on December 8, is now under probe after detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Bail prosecutor to spend another night in custody
PROSECUTOR Tapiwa Kasema (45), who is facing allegations of criminal abuse of office, will spend another night in custody after Harare Magistrate Ngoni Nduna set his bail ruling for Wednesday....Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magistrate arrested for fining Venezuelan dealer found with $500k cocaine
HARARE Magistrate Morgan Nemadire has been arrested and charged with criminal abuse of office after he convicted but fined a Venezuelan national $700 after the latter was found in possession of 5kg of...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Abdul prosecutor Kasema to spend weekend in jail
PROSECUTOR Tapiwa Kasema (45) yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna on allegations of criminal abuse of office.Kasema will spend the weekend in custody after Nduna postponed ...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor arrested for granting notorious armed robber bail
PROSECUTOR Tapiwa Kasema, who is under investigation for consenting to bail for four notorious armed robbers, including suspected gang leader - Musa Taj Abdul - has been arrested this morning and is n...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor in Abdul case suspended
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Kumbirai Hodzi has suspended the prosecutor Tapiwa Kasema for consenting to granting bail to four notorious armed robbers led by Musa Taj Abdul.Abdul (47) along with his co-...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers prosecutor on the run
PROSECUTOR Tapiwa Kasema, who is under investigation for consenting to bail for four notorious armed robbers led by suspected gang leader - Musa Taj Abdul - is reportedly on the run, hours after he wa...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor suspended for concession of Abdul's bail
The Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has suspended prosecutor Tapiwa Kasema for consenting to granting of bail to four notorious armed robbers led by gang leader Musa Taj Abdul.Abdul (47) ...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 17:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu candidate chides Tsvangirai's son
FORMER liberation movement Zapu's candidate for the Glen View South by-election has unwittingly taken a dig at former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's son Vincent the MDC's candidate in the race to ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF's Muchuwe eyes Glen View South seat
Zanu-PF candidate for Glen View South by-election Offard Muchuwe is confident of winning the seat as he has lined up empowerment projects meant to capacitate the people in the constituency. Th...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muzorewa party in dual candidates storm
UNITED African National Council (UANC) president Gwinyai Muzorewa (pictured) has rubbished claims that his party fielded two candidates for the forthcoming Glen View South constituency by-election, sa...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's son confident of victory
Vincent Tsvangirai, who won the right to represent the MDC in the Glen View South constituency by-elections, is confident of winning the by-elections on September 7 and replace his late sister, Vimbai...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 vie for Glen View South seat
The opposition MDC faces a stern challenge to retain the Glen View South seat with nine candidates having successfully filed their nomination papers last Friday.Vincent, the son of the late MD...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa joins hands in Glen View by-election
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe's MDC-T party will not field a candidate in the upcoming Glen View South by-election as a sign of respect for the late opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai....Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Chombo's health deteriorating
Former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo's health has deteriorated after missing scheduled medical reviews because his passport was seized by security agents at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International ...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Guvamombe seeks relaxed bail conditions
Suspended chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges, yesterday filed an application for permanent release of his passport.Appearing before Harare magis...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zinara boss’ properties frozen
Former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) chief executive officer Frank Chitukutuku's properties worth over US$20 million have been frozen by the High Court, following an application filed...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chombo passport release case takes a new twist
Former Cabinet minister, Ignatius Chombo, who is in the courts fighting for the release of his passport which was illegally confiscated had his case dismissed by the magistrate court as the court has ...Published: 20 May 2019 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prosecutors strike over colleague's arrest
Prosecutors with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), have gone on strike in protest over the arrest of Tapiwa Kasema who is under fire for allegedly releasing the passport of former cabinet Mini...Published: 16 May 2019 at 17:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor arrested over Chombo's passport
A SENIOR Harare prosecutor was arrested yesterday on criminal abuse of office charges after he allegedly consented to the release of a passport belonging to former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo, wh...Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo barred from travelling to SA
A FORMER Cabinet minister was on Sunday forced to abort his trip after security agents forcibly took his passport at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare.Ignatius Chombo's pas...Published: 14 May 2019 at 11:30hrs | | by Satff reporter
Prosecutor-General guns for ex-Zinara boss' property
Prosecutor-General, Kumbirai Hodzi, the head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to freeze former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara)...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Police, courts corrupt, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the country's institutions such as police, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the judiciary are so corrupt so much that it is a herculean task to fight ...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machaya's land scam trial kicks off
THE trial of former Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Jason Machaya, who is facing abuse of office charges, kicked off at the Gweru Magistrates' Court on Monday after several false starts since 201...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo allowed SA return for medical treatment
FORMER finance minister Ignatius Chombo was on Monday allowed to return to South Africa for medication a day after he came back home from the same country.The fraud and criminal nuisance-accus...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:40hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Fifa orders Dembare to pay $17,000
IT just keeps getting worse for ailing Premiership giants Dynamos, with the ghost of Christian Joel Epoupa, who left them in acrimonious circumstances earlier this year, returning to haunt them ...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa revokes Chombo's diplomatic passport
The State yesterday repossessed former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo's diplomatic passport saying he is no longer a government official.Chombo is facing a slew of charges ranging from crimi...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe ally seeks stay of trial
Former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo has filed an urgent High Court application seeking permanent stay of his trial, citing infringement of his constitutional rights.Chombo, who was represe...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo, Chipanga to spend weekend in custody
EX-Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo will spend the weekend in custody after the High Court deferred his bail hearing to next week because of the magistrates' bad handwriting.Chombo, who is fac...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawarire is freed
A HARARE magistrate yesterday released #ThisFlag frontman, Evan Mawarire following his arrest on Sunday over a video posted on Facebook in which he was castigating government's policies and bond notes...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Abusing Grace Mugabe's name backfires for job-seeker
A 41-year-old Harare man yesterday appeared in court for allegedly drafting a letter purporting to be from the First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe, directing Energy and Power Development Deputy Minister Tsitsi...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Team Ngwena's mood improves
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's supporters - who go by the moniker Team Lacoste - say they are encouraged by President Robert Mugabe's recent hint that the warring ruling Zanu PF could h...Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe must retire' insists Tsenengamu
Former Zanu PF Mashonaland Central youth chairperson, Godfrey Tsenengamu, who is facing charges of subverting a constitutionaly-elected government, insists President Robert Mugabe must retire to m...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawarire remanded in custody to February 17
Harare - Magistrate Elisha Singano of the Harare Magistrates Court remanded #ThisFlag founder and activist, Pastor Evan Mawarire in custody until February 17 and advised the cleric to approach the Hig...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 08:24hrs | | by ZimRights
Self-styled spirit medium makes a scene in court
A self-styled spirit medium Nehanda Nyakasikana made a scene in court yesterday immediately after war veteran leaders were removed from remand.The ex-liberation war fighters were facing ch...Published: 24 Nov 2016 at 10:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mugabe war veterans leaders removed from remand
Five executive members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association facing charges of undermining the authority of the President and insulting him through a document titled: ‘Com...Published: 23 Nov 2016 at 14:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mugabe war vets trial in false start
The trial of five Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) executive members accused of undermining the authority of President Mugabe failed to start yesterday after the Sta...Published: 23 Nov 2016 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rebel war vets arrested without a warrant
Police are still to complete a docket for five rebel war veterans arrested on charges of insulting President Robert Mugabe.The five are Douglas Mahiya, Francis Nhando, Victor Matemadanda, Head...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 08:47hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Police bosses under fire over war vets detention
LAWYERS representing five war veterans' leaders facing allegations of undermining President Robert Mugabe's authority yesterday called for the arrest of two senior Harare police officers over thei...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Relief for war vets executive as courts loosen bail conditions
Five Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) executive members accused of denigrating President Mugabe had their bail conditions relaxed from reporting to the police twice a we...Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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