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LSZ condemns Charamba's 'poisonous' utterances
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has condemned social media attacks on its functionality at the weekend, saying they were meant to dissuade lawyers from executing their duty of guarding against const...Published: 7 hrs ago | 723 | by Staff reporter
Biti's lawyer fails to show up at court
The lawyer representing MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti in the case in which he is alleged to have manhandled a Russian national during an altercation outside Harare Magistrates Court, failed ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 412 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora begs Mnangagwa to stop by-elections
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has reportedly begged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to consider scrapping holding parliamentary and local council by-elections.According to weekend media reports, ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 677 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's 'demands' to Mnangagwa revealed
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was asked by MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora to consider scrapping pending byelections when the two met under controversial circumstances at State House on June 11, The Stan...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:37hrs | 7613 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga suffers major blow
THE Supreme Court has refused to hear flamboyant businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi's application of condonation in his appeal against a High Court ruling in the long running child custody battle with h...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:35hrs | 2319 | by Staff reporter
I am back, says Harare mayor
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume says he is back in office after the authorities failed to take him to a disciplinary hearing within 45 days following his suspension as stipulated by the law.Mafume w...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:34hrs | 3020 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally to lose stand
EMBATTLED former Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Mr Tinashe Kambarami is set to lose an industrial stand barely two weeks after councillors endorsed a resolution awarding it to a company he co-owns with his wi...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:20hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
High Court Sheriff under probe
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has launched investigations into High Court Sherriff McDuff Madega over several cases in which he is alleged to have illegally sold properties attached b...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:16hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
CIO big shot behind Malunga farm grab
A TOP Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director and senior ruling Zanu-PF officials in Matabeleland North province are behind the illegal seizure of a farm belonging to a local inter...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:07hrs | 4039 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 procurement scandal revealed
ZIMBABWE was prejudiced of millions of united States dollars as a result of irregular procurement transactions around Covid-19 materials, with sharp scrutiny centred on tenders awarded to Young Health...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 13:06hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
Judges' conduct worries Govt
THE country must interrogate the best ways of appointing judges as there has been a worrying trend in the conduct of officers of the country's apex courts that has resulted in the appointment of tribu...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter
Justice Ndewere fired
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has fired High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere, after a tribunal set up to inquire into her suitability to hold a judicial office recommended that she be removed from the bench ...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1698 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer in trouble over anti-Mnangagwa slur
A CHINHOYI-BASED prisons officer who was arraigned before the courts on charges of insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week has been called for a disciplinary hearing.Peter Kudzai Mush...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:16hrs | 2927 | by Staff reporter
MPs call govt to order
LEGISLATORS from across the political divide yesterday teamed up in condemning the government sanctioned demolitions, describing them as an open war against citizens, particularly informal traders....Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1199 | by Staff reporter
We've no case against NYT journo: State
THE State yesterday said it had no case against New York Times (NYT), Zimbabwean journalist Jeffrey Moyo.Moyo spent three weeks in custody, with the State opposing bail, before making a sudden...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:09hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
USAID withdraws funding to four CSOs... and demand leadership renewal to replace looters of funds
The United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has reportedly blacklisted and withdrew funding to four Civil Society Organisation (CSOs) after investigations ...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 19:14hrs | 3030 | by Political Reporter
Smelly Dube's trial stopped
GWERU regional magistrate Mr Christopher Maturure has stopped the criminal trial of River Valley Properties chief executive officer Smelly Dube, who was facing US$9 million fraud allegations, pending ...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 17:17hrs | 1669 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's intervention sort
EMBATTLED Harare City Council human and capital development director Dr Cainos Chingombe secretly met with MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa as he desperately tries to get support for his comeback...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:20hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Top lawyer faces de-registration
A WELL-KNOWN Harare lawyer, Charles Chinyama is facing imminent de-registration after being found guilty of six counts of unethical conduct for fleecing clients of money running into thousands of Unit...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:19hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
New York Times correspondent granted bail, prisons block his release as 'papers not in order'
PRISON officials at Greys Remand in Bulawayo were Tuesday evening declining to release New York Times correspondent, Jeffrey Moyo, who had been granted $5 000 bail at the High Court earlier today....Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:16hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
We have stopped prosecution of Smelly Dube - Gweru magistrate's court
Gweru Magistrate Christopher Maturure has accented to the High Court ruling granting Smelly Dube a stay of prosecution in a case in which the businesswoman is facing corruption involving $9 million....Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 22:44hrs | 1574 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police shooting victim awarded US$7,000 in restitution by High Court
A taxi driver who was shot by a trigger-happy cop has been awarded US$7,000 in damages by the High Court after suing home affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and police commissioner-general Godwin Matang...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:25hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
Chitrest director arrested
CHITUNGWIZA Residents Trust (Chitrest) director Alice Kuvheya was yesterday arrested and detained at St Mary's Police Station for allegedly expressing reservations over the ongoing demolition of illeg...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:22hrs | 2316 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt grabs Malunga family farm
The Zimbabwean govt has grabbed a privately-owned farm belonging to the family of the late outspoken veteran nationalist Sydney Malunga, father to international human rights lawyer Siphosami Malunga, ...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 18:32hrs | 4384 | by Staff reporter
MDC factions have bungled in running Harare
The MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction leader, Nelson Chamisa, uses every opportunity he gets to pontificate about smart cities each time he has to talk of Zimbabwe's urban areas.Given the fact that...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:17hrs | 406 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Luck runs out for former Zinara boss
FUGITIVE former Zinara acting chief executive officer Moses Julius Juma, who was lying low after his appeal against conviction and sentence for abuse of office was struck off by the High Court, has no...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1059 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Luke Malaba gets reprieve
THE High Court on Thursday dismissed an application by lawyer and Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum executive director Musa Kika to have Chief Justice Luke Malaba jailed six months for contempt of court...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 19:59hrs | 2970 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa scared of his own demons, fairness thrown off the window
Fairness is defined as just and reasonable treatment in accordance with accepted rules or principles. Treating all people equally and applying reasonable punishments only when rules are broken is an e...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 15:42hrs | 1600 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bulawayo resident sues police, minister over lockdown brutality
A BULAWAYO woman who was brutally assaulted by a police officer last year is demanding $3 million from Zimbabwe Republic Po-lice (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs and Cultural...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:53hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Biti's recusal application thrown out
There will be no changes in the prosecution team facing lawyer and MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti in his trial on charges of manhandling a Russian woman during an altercation outside Harare M...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:48hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
A new film about Zimbabwe's 2018 elections is worth watching, but flawed
Danish director Camilla Nielsson's documentary President (2021) is an up-close, intimate tale. It follows the election travails of Zimbabwe's main opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change A...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 18:58hrs | 1290 | by The Conversatio - David B. Moore
Why fighting against Malaba and Patriotism & The Judiciary in Zimbabwe
Separation of powers refers to the division of a state's government into branches, each with separate, independent powers and responsibilities, so that the powers of one branch are not in conflict wit...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 16:42hrs | 1331 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Court blasts Biti for delaying assault trial
A HARARE magistrate yesterday accused MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti of deliberately delaying his trial for assaulting a Russian investor last year.Biti allegedly assaulted Tatiana Al...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:44hrs | 1672 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate misdirected self in denying journo bail, says Coltart
DOUGLAS Coltart, the lawyer representing New York Times (NYT) correspondent Jeffrey Moyo has said Bulawayo magistrate Rachel Mukanga grossly misdirected herself in denying his client bail.Colt...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:41hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Security agents stalk war veteran
THE fight for control of Caps Holdings Limited (CHL) has turned nasty, with war veteran and businessman Frederick Mutanda alleging that State security agents were involved in a plot to assassinate him...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:30hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Ruling on Biti prosecutor's recusal expected today
Harare regional magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro Muchuchuti is today expected to rule on an application for recusal of senior prosecutor Mr Michael Reza from the matter in which MDC Alliance vice presid...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:29hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
MDC youth leader's Mnangagwa insult trial fails to take off for the 4th time
MDC Alliance Midlands provincial youth deputy treasurer, Knowledge Makiwa's trial over an alleged 2017 insult on President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to take off at Zvishavane Magistrates' court fo...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 21:23hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Prison Officer wish Mnangagwa becomes mad
A CHINHOYI-based Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer has appeared in court for allegedly making a disparaging comment over a picture in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa and tra...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:48hrs | 3709 | by Staff reporter
Zec fuels Chamisa, Mwonzora fight
THE fight to wrest the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance party name and symbols by the MDC-T with the intention to use them in the forthcoming elections will be determined by which faction will file its...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:45hrs | 2372 | by Rowai
Malaba crisis: Ex-MDC minister, lawyers pile pressure on Mnangagwa
FORMER Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs minister Eric Matinenga, has ganged up with lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa and Valerie Ingham-Thorpe to challenge recent constitutional amendments which they s...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:43hrs | 3791 | by Staff reporter
Detained New York Times journalist appeals to High Court
LAWYERS for New York Times (NYT) correspondent Jeffrey Moyo yesterday said they had filed an appeal at the High Court after receiving a written ruling from the magistrate who denied him bail last week...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:30hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
High Court stops Smelly Dube trial
THE High Court has stopped the criminal trial of River Valley Properties chief executive officer Smelly Dube, who is facing US$9 million fraud, pending a determination by the same court of her applica...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:22hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
Court clears Beitbridge town engineer of theft charges
Beitbridge Municipality's director of engineering and works Mr Douglas Siphuma has been acquitted by a local magistrate court on charges of stealing fencing wire worth $14 850 from his employer....Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:21hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Harare lawyer handed over to police
A HARARE lawyer was reportedly handed over to police at Chegutu Magistrates Court for representing a client in court using the name of a legal firm he worked for some two years ago, and without a law ...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Chombo application dismissed, trial set
THE court yesterday dismissed former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo's application for exception to fraud charges related to corruptly allocating land in Harare and Zvimba, but dropped five counts of...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti fights to avoid prosecutor
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti, who is facing allegations of manhandling a Russian national during an altercation outside the Harare Magistrates Court, wants senior prosecutor Mr Micheal Reza...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:18hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer caught offside
RUBAYA and Chatambudza Law firm has written a letter of complaint to the Law Society of Zimbabwe against a Harare lawyer Liberty Mandiveyi, whom it is accusing of practicing under its name despite hav...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:22hrs | 1676 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son in-law to apply for exception to criminal abuse charges
FORMER Air Zimbabwe chief operations officer and the late former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore today notified the State that he will be applying for exception to the criminal abus...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:21hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Mlaba crisis: Mtetwa, Matinenga launch latest ConCourt bid to oust Malaba
Pushback is mounting against the controversial constitutional amendments that made the extension of Luke Malaba's tenure as Chief Justice "permissible", with top lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa and Eric Matin...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:18hrs | 1427 | by Staff reporter
Muteswa-Buyanga child custody fight back at High Court
The Supreme Court has upheld a landmark March 2020 High Court judgement granting parents joint guardianship and custody of children born out of wedlock.Where disputes arise, however, the court...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:18hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
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