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Zimbabwe's lawyer-heavy politics not good for development

Most of Zimbabwe's leading politicians are lawyers. Nelson Chamisa, Tendai Biti, David Coltart, Welshman Ncube, and even President Emmerson Mnangagwa all come from legal backgrounds. The one prominent engineer who often comes to mind in po…

Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 16:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe lawyers to march against Chitepo training for judges

Zimbabwean lawyers will take to the streets tomorrow in protest against what they describe as a blatant attempt by the government to undermine judicial independence and politicise the judiciary through a state-orchestrated "indoctrination …

Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:57hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter

Donor-dependent lawyers take Zimbabwe govt to court over PVO Act

The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has filed a landmark application at the High Court, seeking to have several provisions of the amended Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Act declared unconstitutional, arguing that the law in…

Published: 18 May 2025 at 15:17hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter

19 'bogus' lawyers face deregistration

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has unmasked a scam in which Council for Legal Foundation executive secretary Huggins Hardwork Duri was allegedly issuing certificates of competency to law students studying in foreign univers…

Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Foreign lawyers throw weight behind Mahere

LAWYERS based in neighbouring South Africa have condemned the recent conviction of Citizens Coalition for Change spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere, saying it stifles freedoms of expression and media in Zimbabwe.On April 5, Mahere, a prominent po…

Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter

Lawyers support Mnangagwa's call for death penalty

In 2015, PRESIDENT Mnangagwa said he knows the tribulations faced by those on death row as he survived the hangman's noose when the Ian Smith regime sought capital punishment to stop him from fighting for the country's independence.He told…

Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Lawyers demand repeal of Mnangagwa insult laws

ZIMBABWE rights lawyers have want the government to repeal the law which criminalises insulting or undermining the authority of the President against citizens who express themselves on matters to do with or connected with him.In a statemen…

Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

ZLHR receives funding from US to fund subversive activities?

A senior official with the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), Mr Macdonald Moyo, yesterday allegedly admitted that the organisation receives direct funding from the United States government to fund subversive activities meant to adv…

Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

ZLHR on the payroll of the United States?

IN a shocking admission, Mr Macdonald Moyo of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights has admitted that his organisation is on the payroll of the United States, bringing to the fore the nexus between so-called human rights defenders and host…

Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 19:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Lawyers press registrar general over failure to issue ID cards

Human rights lawyers have pressed the Registrar General for details on how many people were issued with identity documents between November 2021 and this month.The move comes as the main opposition and rights activist have accused the gove…

Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 07:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Lawyers decry onslaught under Mnangagwa

A DAMNING report has revealed a growing and worrisome trend in the systematic arrest of lawyers in the country and restrictions that have been placed on them since the beginning of 2020, impacting their freedom to practise their profession…

Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Lawyer's bid to close down digital banking platforms flops

A HARARE lawyer's attempt to have all mobile-based digital banking platforms of FBC Bank closed after an imposter used his name to fraudulently open an account with the bank for criminal activities, failed after the High Court denied the r…

Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Sternford Moyo makes Zimbabwe proud

ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) warmly congratulates Sternford Moyo, one of our senior members, on his election as President of the International Bar Association (IBA).Moyo, who is the chairman and senior partner at Scanlen and Ho…

Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:04hrs | 11 | by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights

Law Society of Zimbabwe de-registers three lawyers

THREE Harare lawyers have been struck off the roll of legal practitioners for failure to disclose their past criminal convictions involving corruption and fraud, the Law Society of Zimbabwe has said.Rosewitter Mademo, Auxillia Madembo and …

Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans be wary of Chamisa and Mnangagwa the two lawyers

I write this article with great sadness aiming to draw to your attention some alarming political posturing behavioural trends that I have deduced from analysing the rise, sustenance of political power and posturing used by our current poli…

Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 12:49hrs | 2 | by Terence Simbi

Mnangagwa's legal team rocked by divisions

DIVISIONS have reportedly rocked President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's legal team after it emerged that some of his lead lawyers gave him a wrong interpretation of the operations of the law regarding MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's Con…

Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter

Law Society bars 40 lawyers from practising

THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has barred 40 lawyers from practising this year for various reasons, with the majority, 27, coming from Harare.Most of the lawyers listed do not have practising certificates while five Harare lawyers had t…

Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:10hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

MDC-T's needless resort to political violence uncalled for

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) strongly condemns the continued eruption of intra-party political violence and the endless conflict among leaders and supporters of the MDC-T political party.On Sunday 04 March 2018, violent clashes…

Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 13:14hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights

Nothing amiss about MDC-T lawyers representing Zanu-PF clients

In the expanding anti-corruption crackdown on the country's political elite, several erstwhile senior ruling party members have been arraigned in the purge being pursued by new President Emmerson Mnangagwa.They face allegations of money la…

Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 09:59hrs | 3 | by Gift Phiri

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