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Schools sport remains on hold
GOVERNMENT has said sporting activities in schools remain on hold in the coming few weeks due to a possible surge in Covid-19 cases associated with winter. In her post-Cabinet briefing yesterd...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:10hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 1054 | by Staff reporter
Duo aims to export Zimbabwe music
GWERU-BASED duo of Nathan Marufu (27) and Munyaradzi Machaya (25) said its recently established Prime MediaZW is meant to showcase the country's music. beyond the borders.Speaking to NewsDay L...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:25hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF goes after unpatriotic Zimbabweans
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party purportedly plans to fast-track a controversial law that would punish citizens deemed "unpatriotic".The National Assembly last week adopted ...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1450 | by Staff reporter
Varakashi4ED petition attorney general to expedite patriotic bill
Zanu-PF's social media brigade, Varakashi4ED, has petitioned attorney general Prince Machaya compelling him to expedite the drafting of the controversial patriotic bill.If passed into law, the...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's child marriage shocker
NEARLY 34 percent of girls under the age of 18 are married countrywide, a statistic that has shocked the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC).The commission said it was concerned about the surge i...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:16hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Pastor sues Ziyambi, Machaya
CHIVHU-based cleric Abinel Mukaro has dragged Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Attorney-General Prince Machaya to the High Court over "unreasonable" court fees, which he said impeded people from a...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1921 | by Staff reporter
Fight for Caps turns ugly
THE government's fight to control pharmaceutical giant Caps Holdings from its previous majority shareholder Frederick Mutanda has turned ugly amid claims that there have been threats to kill the busin...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:15hrs | 1332 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Ziyambi chickens out of controversial Bill
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has refused to gazette a Bill meant to strip the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) of regulatory powers as sought by a Harare lawyer.Joshua Chirambwe had approache...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi hits back at Chirambwe
JUSTICE minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi has hit back at Harare lawyer, Joshua John Chirambwe's application that he mounted with the High Court last month challenging the legality of the Law Society of Zimba...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 16:02hrs | 946 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar challenge thrown out
The challenge by a Harare lawyer to invalidate civil penalties imposed on businesses or individuals refusing to accept local currency suffered a stillbirth after the High Court threw out the applicati...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Court throws out challenge to exchange control ammendments
THE High Court has dismissed an application by human rights lawyer Obert Shava, challenging the constitutionality of Statutory Instrument (SI) 127 of 2021 which imposes civil penalties on those found ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
Motorists filmed going through red light fined
At least 12 of the 21 motorists summoned last year to Avondale Police Station in Harare over allegations of shooting through a red traffic control light at the intersection of Monavale Road and Solomo...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:12hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Minister calls for arrest of Chinese miner, parents
SMALL-to-Medium Enterprises minister Sithembiso Nyoni has called for the arrest of a Chinese miner and parents who married off their 15-year-old daughter to the foreign national.The teenager, ...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:47hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
LSZ dismisses lawyer's court application
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) yesterday dismissed as absurd, unconstitutional and unlawful a High Court application by Harare lawyer Joshua Chirambwe that seeks to strip the association of its pow...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:15hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Momberume has disappeared, says lawyer
THE Johanne Masowe apostolic sect member, Hatirarame Momberume, who was dragged before the courts to face murder and rape charges after he married a minor, Anna Machaya who died while giving birth, ha...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:05hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Law Society of Zimbabwe could be stripped of legal profession regulatory monopoly
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) could lose its authority as the sole body regulating the legal profession after a Harare lawyer challenged a law that established it.Joshua Chirambwe, in a Hi...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:49hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Court reserves judgement in asset declaration lawsuit
THE High Court has reserved judgement in a matter in which an opposition legislator launched a lawsuit against the government's failure to actualise a law that forces public officials, including Presi...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:42hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers' body under siege
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ)'s existence as the country's sole regulatory body for legal professionals is under threat after Harare lawyer Joshua Chirambwe yesterday challenged the status quo at ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:25hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Bogus lawyer dupes client US$3 000
A SERIAL fraudster who masqueraded as a lawyer was on Friday arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi after duping several people that unknowingly requested for legal services from him....Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 18:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bogus lawyer in court for fraud
A Harare man, who allegedly masqueraded as a lawyer and was paid US$3 000 for his "services", appeared before a Harare court on Friday charged with fraud.Beven Chipunza (32) of 1206 Crowboroug...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Anna Machaya case: Murder charges likley to be dropped, Momberume granted bail
THE murder charges levelled against 26-year-old Hatirarami Momberume who is accused of the murder of his 14-year-old child bride, Anna Machaya, who died at a Marange religious shrine due to complicati...Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 19:44hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe judges hear own appeal
SUPREME Court judges on Tuesday presided over their own appeal against a judgment by the High Court, which outlawed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term of offi...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
SC hears Malaba judgment appeal
The Supreme Court is today expected to hear the appeal against the urgent High Court judgment over the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's service by another five years.Justice, Legal and...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Court reserves judgement in asset declaration lawsuit
THE High Court has reserved judgement in a matter in which an opposition legislator launched a lawsuit against the government's failure to actualise a law that forces public officials, including Presi...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
MPs challenge sweeping Presidential powers
THE continued use of Presidential Powers Temporary Measures Act by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is unconstitutional, legislators have argued in court.High Court judge Justice Philda Muzofa res...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Caps disconnect ZPC Kariba
Caps United 2 - 1 ZPC KaribaAn inspired second half performance saw struggling Harare giants Caps United rally from a goal down to beat ZPC Kariba and end their dream of progressing to the C...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teacher drags Chiwenga to court
A KWEKWE-based primary school teacher, Mercy Mjikwa, has dragged the Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga to court over new Covid-19 rules targeting unvaccinated citizens.In an urgent chamber ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and dodgy Zanu-PF characters
WHEN Zanu-PF activist Marx Mupungu filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application in June seeking to quash the High Court judgment by the three brave judges who had barred Chief Justice Malaba fr...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Masarira piles pressure against child marriage
OPPOSITION Labour, Economists and African Democrats (LEAD) party leader Linda Masarira has piled pressure on government to align the Marriages Act to the Constitution, saying current legislation allow...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says judicial independence guaranteed
President Mnangagwa yesterday told the Southern Africa Chief Justices' Forum jointly hosted by Zimbabwe and Zambia in Victoria Falls that the Second Republic would continue respecting the independence...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 05:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Victoria Falls for conferences
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday evening ahead of a double-header official opening of the Southern Africa Chief Justices' Forum (SACJF) and Institute for Chartered Governance and Accountancy...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by q
Johanne Marange Church sued for marrying off young girls
The constitutionality of the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church doctrine of marrying off young girls and covering up alleged sexual abuse among congregants is now under the spotlight after gender activi...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Johanne Marange 'rapist' hubby denied bail
A JOHANNE Marange apostolic church member Hatirarami Momberume (26), whose 14-year-old wife died while giving birth at a church shrine in July, was yesterday further remanded in custody by a Mutare ma...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
16-year-olds can consent to sex, says Ziyambi
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said 16-year-olds can legally consent to sex, but cannot marry.He said this while responding to questions from Mutare Central legislator Innocent Gonese in...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Companies challenge ZCTU over unvaccinated workers
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)'s court challenge against compulsory vaccination of workers has suffered a major blow after government and several private entities cited as respondents di...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Child brides: Machaya saga opens Pandora's box
THE story of a 14-year-old girl, who died while giving birth at an apostolic sect shrine in Marange has sparked outrage across the globe.Anna Machaya was allegedly forced out of school and int...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after criminals 'not around him'
Criminals must never be given breathing space to commit offences because that will not only harm people and the society as a whole, but also impede the attainment of national development goals that th...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe child bride reported dead is alive
IN a soap opera-style development, police investigations have revealed that Memory Machaya, for long thought to be the girl who died while giving birth at the Johane Marange shrine in Bocha, is alive ...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 17:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Marange teen mother's parents face arrest
POLICE yesterday said they had arrested Hatirarami Momberume, also known as Evans Momberume (26), following the alleged death of a 14-year-old minor on July 15 while giving birth at the Johane Marange...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF shielding child abusers, claims NGOs
NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisations (NGOs) have accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of protecting child abusers in the Johane Marange Apostolic Church through their "unholy alliance."The accusations c...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Husband' of a 14-year-old girl who died during child birth arrested
The "husband" of a 14-year-old girl who died during child birth is behind bars after he was charged with having sex with a minor.Evans Momberume is set to appear at the Mutare Magistrates Cour...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 19:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Employers adopt no jab, no entry policy
TAKING a cue from government, several companies in Zimbabwe are making proof of vaccination a prerequisite for employees to enter their premises in a bid to curb the spread of the novel virus....Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police face resistance in girl's death probe
Police are facing resistance from the Johanne Marange Apostolic community in Bocha in their investigation of the recent death of a 14-year-old girl, Memory Machaya, at a church shrine, legislators hea...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc arrests raise eyebrows
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is in the eye of a storm after it summoned four Midlands provincial government officials over charges that are already before the courts. The case has no...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt must enact child protection law to outlaw child marriage
Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has urged the government to enact child protection laws to outlaw child marriage, child pledging and places burden on all sectors of the soci...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Shrine death: Cops hunt for girl's grave
The death of a married 14-year-old Johanne Marange Apostolic Church girl during childbirth at the church's shrine in Marange, and the location of her grave, are now subjects of a police investigation ...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police close in on Johane Marange 'rapist' husband
POLICE in Manicaland province have reportedly arrested several members of the Johane Marange Apostolic sect in connection with a teenage mother who died while giving birth at the sect's shrine in Boch...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makururu to engage Johane Marange over child marriages
LEADER of Johane Masowe apostolic sect (the Fifth of Africa) Andby Makururu is pushing for dialogue with Johane Marange Apostolic Church Bishop Noah Taguta to find a way of ending child marriages amon...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Govt making strides to end child sexual abuse: Minister
WOMEN Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni yesterday said government was making strides towards ending sexual abuse of young girls and child marriages.In a statement, Nyoni said progress has also...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Jamwanda
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