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Kasukuwere set free
The High Court halted former local government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's trial on Wednesday after ruling that charges filed by prosecutors did not disclose an offence.A magistrate's refusal...Published: 14 hrs ago | 3443 | by ZimLive
MRP members summoned by police
Two MRP members Cde Marshall Sibanda and Cde Luckson Maphosa have been summoned by police over the foiled ZANU PF v MDC demonstrations. We are yet not sure of the link between our Cdes and the said de...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1820 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Gudyanga trial commences
THE trial of former Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) board chairperson, Francis Gudyanga on charges of causing the parastatal to lose over $1,6 million to an Israeli-linked agricultur...Published: 22 hrs ago | 631 | by Staff reporter
Phelekezela Mphoko exposes ZANU PF killing secret?
Former ZPRA Commander and the country's Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has made the nation aware of one of the killing strategies that is used by the state on arrest political activists analyst hav...Published: 23 hrs ago | 7930 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Magistrate frustrates Chief Ndiweni's bail application
Efforts to get bail pending appeal for jailed Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been struck by delays after the legal team handling the case failed to access the magistrate court record...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 21:04hrs | 5586 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mawarire's freedom bid dismissed
A Harare magistrate has dismissed an application for refusal of further remand by political activist, Pastor Evan Mawarire, trade unionists Peter Mutasa and Japhet Moyo who are facing charges of alleg...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 18:04hrs | 2484 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Saviour Kasukuwere acquitted of criminal charges
Former ZANU PF Political Commissar is a free man after a High judge ruled that the magistrate who handled the case was conflicted and was used by other forces.In a snippet judgement posted by ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 16:53hrs | 7524 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Phelekezela Mphoko given ZW$1 000 bail
A Bulawayo magistrate has granted former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko ZW$1000 bail on condition to surrender his passport and report at Drill Hall over a crime of defeating the course of justice ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 14:30hrs | 4990 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ibutho leNqama press release on Chief Ndiweni issue
Monday 19 August 2018Hundreds of Mthwakazi people residing in Johannesburg in South Africa converged at Joubert Park Johannesburg on Sunday 18 August 2...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 14:02hrs | 1916 | by Ibutho leNqama Spokesperson
Mnangagwa: Reformist, corruption buster chimera
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's façade of a reformist and corruption buster is cracking, revealing the real man who wants power at all costs, celebrating with shady characters and has no scruples abou...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:02hrs | 1154 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa dragged into Mphoko, Zacc fight
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko, who stands accused of abuse of public office, has dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa into his case, saying the Zanu-PF leader in 2015 made a similar act whe...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:00hrs | 2906 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko, ZACC strike deal
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko could appear in court as early as Wednesday, his lawyer said, after talks with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC).Lawyer Zibusiso Ncube den...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 11:56hrs | 4871 | by ZimLive
Latest on MDC Masvingo mass demonstrations
The opposition MDC on Wednesday filed an appeal at the Masvingo Magistrates Court appealing against the prohibition.ZBC reported that the hearing expected to be at 12 mid-day today....Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 10:51hrs | 6432 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chief Ndiweni's dilemma: A balanced analysis
The obfuscation of issues seems to have reached unprecedented levels and it is therefore necessary for sober voices and sound arguments to be part of the national discourse to preclude the noise from ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:46hrs | 4496 | by L Dube
Soldiers arrested for stealing scrap metal, illegal mining
Two soldiers have been taken to court for stealing scrap metal from their employer in Mutare and selling it to a local dealer.Farai Chada (30) and Antony Mashaira (43), who are both employed b...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Lobengula clan wades into Chief Ndiweni case
DESCENDANTS of the Ndebele monarch, King Lobengula, have called for the immediate release of Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni who was jailed last week, saying the decision has left tr...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1242 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to change tact on demos
POLICE yesterday sealed off Gweru after banning a demonstration organised by the MDC with the opposition party making a climbdown on its earlier position to defy the prohibition order.The part...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:52hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for stealing at a funeral
A RUSAPE man, Simon Chitiyo, was yesterday sentenced to one year in jail for stealing a mobile phone worth $500 at a funeral.Chitiyo (27) appeared before Mutare magistrate Purity Gumbo, who co...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:52hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Poison fearing Mphoko now a wanted man
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has launched a manhunt for former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, who reportedly dramatically escaped from ZACC investigators on Monday afternoon. ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni fights conviction & sentence
JAILED chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni and his 23 subjects who were last week jointly convicted for destroying a villager's property in Ntabazinduna, have approached the High Court challenging t...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters jailed over dangerous weapons
POSSESSING offensive weapons has proved costly for a Harare trio that was slapped with a two-month jail term. Evidence Ncube (28) of Gokwe, Masimba Jemwa (41) and James Pfundira (27) were recently arr...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Police ban MDC Masvingo mass demonstration
The Movement for Democratic has invited its members to rally behind its officials who will be challenging the banning of a Masvingo mass rally that was supposed to be staged on Wednesday. On T...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1395 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe youths rally behind Chief Ndiweni
A section of Zimbabwean youths under the banner of National Youth Development Trust has condemned the arrst and sentencing of Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni as an act judiciary capture b...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 17:16hrs | 3059 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Teen gangster pleads guilty
A TEENAGER from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly attacking a man with bricks before he robbed him of a cellphone and cash. Nicky Moyo (18) from New Magwegwe suburb and four accom...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:08hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami and Chigora found not guilty
BULAWAYO Deputy Mayor Councillor Tinashe Kambarami and Ward Four Councillor Silas Chigora who were jointly accused of assaulting the Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, were on Tuesday discharged at the ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:05hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Duo in trouble for assaulting ex-mayor
BINDURA Municipality chamber secretary Naison Machingauta and finance director Lovemore Warurama appeared in court last week on allegations of assaulting the town's former mayor Mr Innocent Zvigumbu l...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:04hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Former minister court case postponed
THE trial of former Health Minister David Parirenyatwa was postponed yesterday after the State indicated that the Prosecutor-General was still "considering the matter". Prosecutor Mr Brian Vit...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 09:00hrs | 2265 | by Staff Reporter
Teen attacks man with bricks, robs him
A TEENAGER from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly attacking a man with bricks before he robbed him of a cellphone and cash. Nicky Moyo (18) from New Magwegwe suburb and four accom...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:56hrs | 1622 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko flees poisonous injection
Zimbabwe's former vice president on Monday fled from anti-corruption after being tipped off that if he is detained, he will be injected with a poisonous substance.Phelekezela Mphoko, 79, who s...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 21:17hrs | 15794 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni wants to pay $20 fine instead of jail time
OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni who was slapped with an 18-month jail sentence by a Bulawayo magistrate after he was convicted of malicious damage to property has appealed ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 18:22hrs | 9895 | by Staff reporter
Harare CID officers deployed to Bulawayo to thwart MDC demo
Police officers from Harare's CID Law and Order section were deployed to Bulawayo to quell violence in the second largest city, a Harare court heard.This was revealed by prosecutors at the Har...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 18:20hrs | 1785 | by Staff reporter
An open letter to Magistrate Gladmore Mushove
It is our belief that you sit in court to deliver true justice to all who place themselves above the law, without you being influenced by any one in which-soever way or on tribal lines. Therefore magi...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 17:23hrs | 4155 | by MLF
BREAKING: Bulawayo magistrate quashes MDC Alliance demo appeal
MDC-Alliance's Court bid to quash a police order prohibiting their planned demonstrations, hit a brick wall after it was dismissed by the Bulawayo MagistrateOn Sunday, Officer Commanding Bulaw...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 16:20hrs | 2519 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni appeals against jail sentence
Chief Ndiweni's lawyer Dumisani Dube has filed an appeal against last week's ruling.Ndiweni has been sentenced to 24 months in prison over malicious damage to property charges after he alleged...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 16:06hrs | 2993 | by Staff reporter
Thabitha Khumalo and crew gets $200 bail each
MDC chairperson Thabitha Khumalo, Senator Helen Zivira and six other party activists have been granted RTGS$200 bail. They have been remanded to September 3.The MDC officials appeared ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 16:03hrs | 1538 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in show of force to thwart MDC Bulawayo demo
Anti-riot police were out in full force in Bulawayo on Monday to thwart any attempts by members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to stage its planned demonstration.Most parts of the...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 15:37hrs | 3284 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe troops and police deployed in force
Troops and police deployed in force in Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo on Monday in a bid to deter a planned opposition march, three days after brutally dispersing a banned protest in the capital H...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 14:07hrs | 2361 | by AFP
MOPA Bill outlaws protests
In light of the recent ban of the #FreeZimbabweMarch which was supposed to take place in Harare last Friday the 16th and today's protest ban in Bulawayo, the Local Solutions Council would like to warn...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 14:04hrs | 1474 | by Darlington Nyambiya
BREAKING: Phelekezela Mphoko appears in court
Reports from the Magistrates Court indicate that Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko arrived on Monday morning to answer allegations of corruption. He was accompanied by lawyer Zibusiso N...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 12:29hrs | 7157 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Court remands MDC Secretary General to October
Harare Magistrates Court has remanded MDC Secretary General, Chalton Hwende to 16 October.Hwende appeared at the courts on Monday for a routine remand. Hwende is facing charges of plot...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 12:01hrs | 2065 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lawyer speak on Chief Ndiweni sentence
Chief Ndiweni seen here inside court at the Tredgold Magistrates Court. He was sentenced to an effective 18 months in jail for malicious damage to property.Legal practitioner, Kucaca Phulu, sa...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:38hrs | 3157 | by Staff reporter
CIOs assigned to guard Chief Ndiweni magistrate
Details from the Central Intelligence Organization and the zimabbwe Republic police are reported to have been assigned to temporarily provide protection to Bualwayo Magistrate Gladmore Mushowe who was...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 09:38hrs | 5400 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa stole elections' jibe, MDC chair, 7 others in court
MDC chairperson Thabitha Khumalo, Senator Helen Zivira and six other party activists are set to appear in court today facing charges of accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa of stealing the July 30, 2...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
MDC fights for Chief Ndiweni's release
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC has vowed to fight for the release of outspoken Ntabazinduna traditional leader, Chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni who was last week sentenced to 18 months in jail f...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | 2189 | by Staff reporter
Robbery suspects placed off remand
A SOLDIER based at the One Indeep Barracks, Beitbridge, who together with his alleged accomplice - a neighbourhood watch committee (NWC) officer, who are facing robbery charges, were last week removed...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Murder attempt at snooker game
A MAN from Bulawayo lost his front teeth and was rushed to hospital after his friend allegedly brutally attacked him with an axe in a dispute over a snooker game. Bayethe Nyathi (28) from Cowd...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC to appeal against demo ban
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is set to launch an appeal against a prohibition order issued by police in Bulawayo barring the opposition party from staging a demonstration in the city on Mo...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 19:16hrs | 2548 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu behind Chief Ndiweni jail sentence, claims Coltart
MDC Alliance treasure general David Coltart has described the case in which Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni was jailed for 18 months as a political sham trial influenced by Zanu-PF and its...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 11:42hrs | 4755 | by Staff Reporter
Pastor in hot soup over ID
A Zimbabwean pastor who was recently arrested in Botswana for giving false information while applying for a national identity card got a temporary reprieve after a magistrate threw out the case for la...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:06hrs | 1972 | by Staff reporter
Man accused of stealing wheelbarrow
A Bulawayo man has been arrested for allegedly stealing a wheelbarrow he had borrowed from a neighbour.Thamsanqa Maseko (28) from Nguboyenja suburb appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Ulukile ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:04hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
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