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High Court outlaws demolition of houses by councils
The High Court has issued a significant ruling condemning the widespread practice of demolishing residential properties by local authorities, deeming it unlawful under outdated legislation. In a judgm...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:53hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Zimra denies UK-based returning resident rebate
Arreta Chidodo, a former UK resident, has lost a High Court case against the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) seeking a refund of customs duty for goods she imported upon her return to Zimbabwe.&nbs...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:25hrs | 2539 | by Staff reporter
I am suffocating and sick of crying
I am suffocating and sick of crying and dying for fresher air. I died in May, June and July, last year, and died forever in a shallow swamp on April 18, 1983. Later on, I died in a river full of class...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 09:17hrs | 28 | by Tafi Mhaka
Chinese coal miner under siege in Hwange
Philcool Investments, owned by Shepherd Tundiya, recently engaged in a contentious seizure of coke valued at over US$500,000 from Hwange Coal Gasification Company (HCGC) in Matabeleland North's Hwange...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court orders amendment of Mafume graft allegations
The High Court has overturned a decision by a lower court to dismiss Harare mayor Jacob Mafume's application seeking to quash corruption charges against him. Justice Never Katiyo ruled in favor of Maf...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fresh blow for CCC
RECALLED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates have lost a High Court challenge to remain on the ballot paper for the February 3 by-elections after the court ruled in favour of the self-impos...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sengezo Tshabangu wins again
CCC's interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu yesterday dealt the party's beleaguered leader Nelson Chamisa yet another blow after High Court Judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda ruled in favour of his a...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High Court case to expunge 23 CCC recalees from ballot box
HIGH COURT CASE TO EXPUNGE 23 RECALLEES FROM BALLOT PAPER FOR 3 FEBRUARY BY-ELECTIONS SET FOR TOMORROWThe Urgent Chamber Application by CCC and its interim secretary general, Sengezo Tshabangu...Published: 17 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 2 | by Jonathan Moyo
'Zanu-PF played ‘dirty' in Binga by-election'
A ZIMBABWE Election Support Network (Zesn) report on the December 9 by-elections has claimed that the ruling Zanu-PF party intimidated voters and used vote-buying tactics to win seats.The by-e...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: ZANU PF's Scott Sakupwanya wins uncontested in Mabvuku-Tafara by-election
ZANU PF candidate for the Mabvuku-Tafara constituency by-election, Scott Sakupwanya, has emerged victorious without facing any opposition. This unprecedented outcome follows a series of legal maneuver...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 12:14hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZEC to throw away 225,000 ballot papers
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced it is dumping 222,550 ballot papers bearing the names of CCC candidates now barred from participating in the December 9 by-elections.This ...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's candidates barred from by-elections
THE High Court yesterday barred 22 CCC legislators who were recently recalled by the party's interim secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu from participating in tomorrow's by-elections.The ru...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Judgement reserved in case CCC MPs are challenging removal from ballot
The High Court has reserved its judgement in a matter Sengezo Tshabangu, claiming to be Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary general, is seeking to block recalled MPs and senators fro...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 17:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt judges flout JSC code of conduct
THREE Constitutional Court judges have come under the spotlight after they failed to comply with the Judicial Service Commission code of ethics which requires them to deliver a judgement reserved with...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 10:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Police ordered to feed detained suspects
HIGH Court judge Justice Never Katiyo has ordered the police to feed arrested accused individuals while in their custody and declared as unconstitutional the practice of withholding food from them....Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:34hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Z.A.A South Africa Nominations Announced
The nominees shortlist for the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) South Africa 8th Edition has been released, featuring some of the most enterprising personalities in South Africa as well as a list of ho...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 19:58hrs | 7 | by Agencies
High Court stops Zimbabwe's lands minister from grabbing farm
The High Court has intervened to halt the lands ministry's efforts to seize a 50-hectare farm in Mount Hampden from a man who has held ownership since 1981.The government had officially design...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 20:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Voters roll ruling backlash unnerves judge
HIGH Court judge Justice Never Katiyo has accused the opposition of endangering his life and that of his family members by publicly criticising him after he dismissed the party's application for the r...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:54hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's fanatics publicise judge's mobile number
HIGH Court judge Never Katiyo has raised concern over his security after suspected opposition activists made his mobile number public.The judge was addressing lawyers representing Citizens Coa...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe polls to go ahead without provision of updated voters' roll
The general elections in Zimbabwe are going ahead in about a week's time.This after the opposition failed to obtain an up-to-date voters' roll from the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC)....Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
CCC hits voters roll brick wall
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has approached the High Court, seeking audience with Justice Never Chitiyo after he ruled that the party's urgent application for an interdict to compel ...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks CCC bid to obtain voters' roll as poll draws closer
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's opponents are now set to take part in elections next week blind of what is contained in the voters' roll after the High Court has ruled as not urgent, an application fil...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 19:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa raps anti-Zimbabwe NGOs
Zanu-PF national spokesperson Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa has lambasted some anti-Zimbabwe non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and opposition figures for attempting to cast aspersions on the c...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF pledges to rid cities of opposition mess
The Government has finished a geo-technical survey for a number of irregular urban dwellings which sprouted under the watch of inept opposition led local authorities and will soon move workmen on the ...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere back on ballot paper, says lawyer
INDEPENDENT presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere is back on the ballot paper after his legal team successfully appealed the nullification of his nomination at the Supreme Court on Thursday....Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere fights back
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere's bid for the country's presidency appears ruined after the High Court in Harare nullified his nomination.Undaunted by the ruling, Kasuku...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Faz manipulates voters' roll, claims CCC
THE opposition CCC fears the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is manipulating the voters' roll in favour of Zanu-PF, hence the commission's failure to avail the electronic copy to candidates, a sen...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court dismisses Markham's bid to access electronic voters roll
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal lodged through the apex court by Harare North lawmaker, Allan Markham who was seeking to overturn a High Court ruling denying him access to the electronic vot...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
JSC appoints Electoral Court judges, 5 out of 35 have Ndebele surnames
The Judicial Service Commission has appointed 35 High Court judges and 76 magistrates in all 10 provinces to arbitrate in electoral disputes and ensure rapid trial for political violence over the next...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa unearth 'huge' election rigging scam?
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has said his party has unearthed a vote rigging scheme by the ruling party Zanu-PF ahead of the general elections set for August th...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
13 distressed Zimbabwe firms rescued
Testifying to its commitment to tangible deliverables aimed at transforming the livelihoods of the people, the Second Republic, under the stewardship of President Mnangagwa, has resuscitated 13 previo...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP takes voters roll fight to Supreme Court
HARARE North Member of Parliament, Allan Norman "Rusty" Markham has filed a notice of appeal at the Supreme Court challenging the High Court verdict supporting the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission(Zec)'s...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Releasing electronic format of voter's role compromises security, court rules
The High Court has rejected a bid by opposition CCC Member of Parliament Allan Markham to compel Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to release the voters' roll in electronic format after agreeing wit...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court blocks the release of Zimbabwe's electronic voters roll to the public
The High Court has blocked the release of Zimbabwe's electronic voters roll to the public noting that this was a matter of national security that should see the document protected from manipulation....Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 18:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm damages school
A hailstorm left a trail of destruction at Negande primary school cottages on Friday night. The remote school established in 1978 and situated about 225 kilometers out of Karoi tow...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 top judges pull out of Ndewere case
CONSTITUTIONAL Court judges, Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza and former Judge President Justice George Chiweshe have recused themselves from hearing former judge Justice Erica Ndewere's appeal ...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti files for ConCourt referral
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) vice-president Tendai Biti has completed giving evidence for referral of his matter to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) on a charge of verbally assaulting a Russ...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to pay $900,000 over neglect at govt hospital
HEALTH and Child Care minister Constantino Chiwenga has been ordered to pay $900 000 in damages to a woman who suffered a miscarriage because of negligence by health officials at Sally Mugabe Central ...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court declines to hear ex-judge case
The High Court says it has no jurisdiction to hear a request by former judge, Justice Erica Ndewere to quash the tribunal proceedings that led to her dismissal from the bench over gross misconduct....Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court reserves Ndewere appeal judgment
THE High Court yesterday heard an appeal by former judge, Justice Erica Ndewere and reserved judgment on the case.Ndewere is challenging her dismissal from the bench after President Emmerson M...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena defeats Munyeza, regains access to Borrowdale Brooke
Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena (Zanu-PF) has won a case against the Borrowdale Brooke Homeowners Association (BBHOA) that was accusing him of violating rules governing the residence....Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
18 judges appointed to Electoral Court
Eighteen judges of the High Court have been named by Chief Justice Luke Malaba to constitute the Electoral Court that will operate from March 1 to August 30 this year in terms of the Electoral Act....Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
ERC questions reopening of nomination courts
INDEPENDENT electoral watchdog, Election Resource Centre, has questioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s recent move to reopen the nomination courts for six cons...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti Parly bounce-back latest
THE High Court yesterday cancelled Monday's ruling stopping by-elections in six constituencies that allowed People's Democratic Party (PDP) members to bounce back to Parliament without being subjected...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High Court orders Zec to reopen nomination for 6 constituencies
The High Court has this afternoon ordered the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) to reopen the Nomination Court for the nomination of candidates to fill vacancies in Nkulumane, Mbizo, Kambuzuma, Mutas...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 21:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti's Parly return blocked
THE HIGH Court Wednesday ordered the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to reopen the nomination court to allow potential candidates in Nkulumane, Harare East, Kambuzuma, Mutasa South, Pumula, and Mb...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 21:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Prophets' drownings: Chief demands 20 cattle
Chief Makuni, Chaora Nicholas Musika (81), has summoned leaders of the Johanne Masowe eJerusalem Church to appear before his court today for desecrating the sacred Mhungumwe pool on the confluence of ...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Eight drowned ecstatic prophets named
POLICE has released names of eight apostolic prophets from Vadzidzi vaJeso who drowned at Mazowe river in Rushinga yesterday. ...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 16:21hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Rushinga
High Court reserves judgment in Chilonga villagers case
HIGH Court judges yesterday reserved judgment on an application by Chilonga villagers who were challenging provisions of the Communal Lands Act arguing that it did not respect African traditional valu...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutevedzi elevated to High Court bench
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday promoted chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi to the High Court bench, where he will be joined by eight other new judges who will be sworn in today.Muteve...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
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