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High Court official quits over US$2 million property 'fraud'
A high-ranking civil registry official at Zimbabwe's High Court, Traver Mupita, has resigned following the initiation of disciplinary proceedings by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) concerning hi...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 12:29hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Corruption allegations rock Zimbabwe High Court
An investigation by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has revealed allegations of corruption at the Harare High Court, involving the mishandling of a disputed US$2 million estate case. The probe u...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:39hrs | 3237 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo acquitted
FORMER Zimbabwe Football Association(ZIFA) president Felton Kamambo, who was accused of bribing his way to the presidency of the football motherbody, has been acquitted by the courts.Regional ...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 12:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kamambo blames legal nightmares on Chiyangwa
Bribery accused former Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Felton Kamambo will know his fate on March 4 this year when Harare magistrate Bianca Makwande delivers her judgement on his case....Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Attempt to corner top judge hits brick wall
A CHEGUTU man's efforts to have the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) probe top judge, Justice Tendai Uchena for allegedly fraudulently releasing suspects who reportedly killed a Chegutu man for alleg...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
AbakwaMzilikazi embraced and hailed by Amakhosi in S.A
AbakwaMzilikazi over the weekend hosted a successful glamorous end of the year Gathering together with traditional leaders from across Kwazulu Natal and KwaNdebele in Mpumalanga South Africa (SA). The...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 17:01hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
JSC backtracks on former judge's Merc
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has made a U-turn on its intentions to repossess former High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere's Mercedes Benz after her lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa accused Chief Ju...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | | 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
Magistrate jailed over US$20 bribe
FORMER Karoi magistrate Amanda Muridzo and clerk of court Shelter Kachirika have each been sentenced to an effective one year in prison after they were convicted of taking a US$20 bribe to tilt a main...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zacc loses bid to prosecute own cases
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has lost its bid to be given prosecuting powers over graft cases it investigates after government set up anti-corruption courts.Zacc had requeste...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magistrate's bid to stop trial failed
SUSPENDED Karoi magistrate Amanda Muridzo and her two accomplices' bid to block their trial for allegedly taking a US$20 bribe has failed after the High Court ruled the trio's trial should proceed....Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 13:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kamambo loses discharge application
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Felton Kamambo, yesterday indicated that he might appeal against the decision by Harare regional magistrate Mrs Bianca Makwande to dismiss his ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso swipes Herentals
Highlanders FC 4 - 0 Herentals FCHIGHLANDERS coach Mandla Mpofu is a man of faith.A visibly relieved Mpofu quoted a biblical scripture just after he notched a win that could save his job....Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kamambo ruling further deferred
Judgment was postponed yesterday in the application by suspended Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Felton Kamambo for acquittal before being put on his defence on the charges of bringing ...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZIFA president judgment deferred
HARARE regional magistrate Mrs Bianca Makwande will next month decide on whether suspended Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Felton Kamambo has a case to answer or not in a case he is acc...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Witnesses in witch hunt Zifa case will not be prosecuted
Witnesses in the Zimbabwe Football Association president Felton Kamambo's bribery case are free from prosecution.The State led by Michael Reza had asked the court to declare them hostile after...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo trial deferred
The trial of ZIFA president, Felton Kamambo, who stands accused of bribing councillors to enable his ascension to the top post, was today deferred to November 3 after his defence lawyer failed to atte...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
New magistrate for Mupfumira trial
A NEW magistrate will take over the matter in which former Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira is jointly charged with ex-Public Commission permanent secretary Ngoni Masoka on corruption related allegat...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF-linked businessman fails to turn around Zimglass
SLIGHTLY more than a decade ago, a drive along Portland Road in Gweru's heavy industrial sites would lead one to the glass-manufacturing giant — and one of the companies that made the Midlands capit...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi seeks to reopen Supa Mandiwanzira corruption case
PROSECUTOR General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi has approached the High Court seeking to reopen former ICT minister, Supa Mandiwanzira's corruption case which he was cleared of last year.Hodzi filed an...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's anti-graft crusade a facade'
WHEN he took over power in a November 2017 coup, President Emmerson Mnangagwa won the hearts of many sceptics after he pledged to deal with corruption, a vice widely believed to be stalling developmen...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance trio's trial postponed
REGIONAL magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro yesterday postponed to next month the matter in which MDC-Alliance members, Joana Mamombe, Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri, are alleged to have faked their a...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
State attempts to force trial of MDC trio
THE State yesterday tried to force the trial of three MDC Alliance activists arrested for allegedly faking their abduction by suspected State security agents in April last year.Harare West MP ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mamombe in bid to stalingrad trial again
MDC-ALLIANCE members Joana Mamombe, Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri yesterday made another attempt to delay their trial on allegations of faking their abductions sometime in May last year when they...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance trio halts High Court proceedings
HARARE West MP Joanah Mamombe and MDC Alliance activists Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova yesterday successfully applied for stay of proceedings at the High court, pending determination of review of...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff report
MDC Alliance lies have short legs, indeed
In 2019, just a year after the harmonised elections, a 'dead protestor' appeared in the dock.Yes, a 'dead' one.The MDC Alliance and some non-governmental organisations played God and c...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:02hrs | | by Blessings Chidakwa
Sacu completes 1 case in 3 years
THE Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) has completed only one graft case since its inception in 2018, amid concerns over rise in high-profile corruption cases.According to a Sacu dashboard up...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judge orders stop to MDC Alliance MP Mamombe trial for publishing falsehoods
HIGH Court judge, Tawanda Chitapi has issued an order temporarily stopping the trial of MDC Alliance MP, Joana Mamombe and fellow party activists Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova at the magistrate c...Published: 13 May 2021 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mamombe lawyers outed for misleading High Court
Deputy Chief Magistrate Ms Bianca Makwande has castigated lawyers representing MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and party member Cecilia Chimbiri for misleading the High Court that she was biased...Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally turns US$22m glass firm into cattle pen
PROMINENT Gweru businessman Douglas Makwande has set himself on a collision course with the Gweru City Council after converting premises of Zimbabwe Glass Holdings (Zimglass) into a cattle pen for his...Published: 11 May 2021 at 16:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Stalingrad antics frustrate course of justice
A YEAR after being arrested on charges of faking abductions, the MDC-Alliance trio of Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri, and Netsai Marova have used all tricks available to avoid going to trial in what ...Published: 10 May 2021 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court stops Mamombe, Chimbiri trial
THE High Court yesterday stayed the trial of MDC Alliance activists Joanah Mamombe (Harare West MP), Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova which a Harare magistrate was insisting should start despite the...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance trio seeks magistrate, prosecutor recusal
MDC Alliance activists Joanah Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova have filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court seeking to stop their trial.The trio is accused of publis...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mamombe's 'stalingrad' tactics continue
The trial of MDC-Alliance members Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova on allegations of faking their abductions sometime last year, was yesterday suspended until determination by the Hig...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Witness arrested for implicating Chiyangwa
Police detectives yesterday arrested a key witness in the trial of Zimbabwe Football Association president, Felton Kamambo who is accused of bribing councillors to enable his ascension to the top post...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Drama at court as key witness is arrested
There was drama at the Harare Magistrates Court when police detectives arrested a key witness in the trial of ZIFA president Felton Kamambo who stands accused of bribing councillors to enable his asce...Published: 04 May 2021 at 19:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Witness nails Chiyangwa in Kamambo bribe case
FORMER Zifa boss Philip Chiyangwa and the police have been accused of helping build a case against current Zifa president Felton Kamambo, who is being accused of bribing his way into office.Ke...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa fingered in Kamambo trial
The second witness in the trial of ZIFA president, Felton Kamambo, who stands accused of bribing councillors to enable his ascension to the top post, has backtracked on the two statements that he wrot...Published: 03 May 2021 at 17:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mamombe trial
BRITAIN says it is following closely the trial of MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and two other activists for allegedly faking their abduction.Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance youth leaders' trial off to a dramatic start
THE trial of MDC Alliance youth leaders Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova, accused of faking abduction, was off to a dramatic start, after they made several applications, subsequently ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activists' 'fake' abductions trial opens
The trial of MDC-Alliance members Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova on allegations of faking their abductions sometime last year opened yesterday despite the trio's spirited efforts to...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Kamambo bribery case deferred
The trial of ZIFA president Felton Kamambo who stands accused of bribing councillors who enabled his ascension to the top post has been deferred to May 3 following indications that his lawyer Advocate...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 16:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo trial moved to March 30
ZIMBABWE Football Association president Felton Kamambo's trial was once again postponed yesterday to March 30 after the presiding magistrate said she was overwhelmed by other cases.Kamambo, wh...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Chief Chiduku
Graft-accused top health official denied bail
A HARARE magistrate yesterday denied bail to Health and Child Care ministry director of epidemiology and disease control, Portia Manangazira, who allegedly abused her powers and employed 28 close rela...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo spends second night in police cells
THE director of Epidemiology and Diseases Control in the Health Ministry, Portia Manangazira will remain behind bars after she was Tuesday denied bail by Harare magistrate Bianca Makwande.Mana...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt official recruits 28 family members
A TOP official in the Health and Child Care ministry, Portia Manangazira appeared in court yesterday charged with criminal abuse of office after she illegally facilitated the recruitment and training ...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
State seeks Mafume bail revocation
THE State wants to apply for the revocation of the $30 000 bail granted to suspended Harare mayor Jacob Mafume on the basis that he is likely to interfere with investigations in matters he is accused ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:22hrs | 7 | 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
Mafume seeks bail at High Court
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has filed for bail at the High Court in a case in which he allegedly attempted to bribe a witness expected to testify against him on charges of influencing council officials ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 16:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
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