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Garwe's ban 'null and void', says Mahere

Opposition activist, lawyer and law lecturer Fadzayi Mahere has challenged the legality of Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe's recent directive banning the night importation and sale of second-hand clothes, as well as night vending, d…

Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 12:34hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter

Kudzayi accuses court system of sabotage

Journalist and political commentator Edmund Kudzayi has accused the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Softwarehouse Pvt Ltd, and prominent lawyer Advocate Fadzayi Mahere of collusion and deliberate obstruction of justice, following a stri…

Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 19:23hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter

Edmund Kudzayi challenges Mahere default judgement

Journalist Edmund Kudzayi has formally approached the High Court to rescind a default judgment awarding US$100,000 in damages to prominent lawyer Fadzayi Mahere in a defamation case. The judgment, granted on July 10, 2025, arose from alleg…

Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 12:16hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter

Fadzayi Mahere v Edmund Kudzayi - Plea to set aside proceedings

Return correspondence to the address on record (Ref: .H4531/22). High Court of Zimbabwe Civil Division Mapondera Building Corner 3rd Street & Samora Machel Avenue P.O. Box 870, Causeway Harare, Z…

Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 10:03hrs | 1266 | by Edmund Kudzayi

Zimbabwe's 2 rotten apples

One of life's greatest follies is assuming that what matters to us matters equally to others. That our fears are shared, our desires understood, our sense of decency mutual. Quite the contrary, reality proves stranger. That which disgusts …

Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 09:35hrs | 3062 | by Edmund Kudzayi

Mahere is a criminal practitioner who ought to be struck off

The default order in Mahere v Kudzayi rests not on merit but on a single demonstrable falsehood.In her condonation application, Advocate Fadzayi Mahere swore, under oath, that when the matter was struck off for inactivity, she had already …

Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 09:02hrs | 1004 | by Edmund Kudzayi

Mahere wins US$100,000 in damages against 'Baba Jukwa' by default

Former opposition legislator and lawyer Advocate Fadzayi Mahere has been awarded US$100,000 in damages after the High Court ruled in her favour in a defamation lawsuit against journalist Edmund Kudzayi, who was sensationally accused of bei…

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 16:32hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter

Mahere faces, yet another $100,000 defamation lawsuit

Prominent Harare lawyer and former opposition legislator, Advocate Fadzayi Mahere, is facing a second defamation lawsuit amounting to US$100,000 from TinMac Motors (Private) Limited, a company reportedly linked to Youth Minister Tinomudais…

Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 18:03hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter

Legal showdown brews between Mahere and Tinoda Machakaire

A legal and political battle is heating up between prominent lawyer and former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere and Minister of Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training Tinoda Machakaire, follow…

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 19:44hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter

Machakaire's lawyers press Mahere

Deputy Minister of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation Tinoda Machakaire has formally demanded a retraction from opposition politician and lawyer Fadzayi Mahere over what his legal team describes as defamatory statements made on social medi…

Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 19:39hrs | 1463 | by Staff reporter

Fadzayi Mahere hit with US$100,000 defamation lawsuit

Prominent lawyer and opposition figure Fadzayi Mahere has been served with a US$100,000 defamation lawsuit by Minister of Youth, Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training, Tinoda Machakaire, following provocative posts on her X (for…

Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 09:56hrs | 1910 | by Staff reporter

Machakaire launches scathing personal attack on Mahere

Youth Empowerment Minister Tinoda Machakaire has launched a blistering personal attack on former opposition legislator and lawyer Fadzayi Mahere after she posted a series of pointed questions on social media about his business background a…

Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:54hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter

Fadzayi Mahere criticizes Nick Mangwana's spin on IMF economic assessment

Former Mt Pleasant legislator and constitutional lawyer Fadzayi Mahere has publicly rebuked Information Permanent Secretary Nick Mangwana for attempting to portray the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) recent observations on Zimbabwe's e…

Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:56hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter

'Porn-obsessed karate kid,' Mahere chides Charamba

Lawyer and politician, Fadzai Mahere yesterday described Zimbabwe's Deputy Chief Secretary (Presidential Communications) in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Mr George Charamba as a phenomenal pornstar whose allegiance to erotics is…

Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 15:19hrs | 3233 | by Gideon Madzikatidze

Chirambwe blasts Mahere in a verbose and flamboyant response

Prominent Harare lawyer Joshua Chirambwe has fired back at allegations of inappropriate conduct leveled against him by fellow legal practitioner and former CCC spokesperson Fadzai Mahere, labeling the claims a "lamentable spectacle" and ac…

Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 19:39hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter

Chikanza files formal complaint against Mahere?

Simbarashe Chikanza, the publisher and founder of ZimEye, has lodged a formal complaint with the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) against Advocate Fadzayi Mahere, accusing her of abusing the legal system and engaging in harassment. In his com…

Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 16:28hrs | 3288 | by Staff reporter

Fadzayi Mahere files sexual harassment complaint against colleague

Prominent Harare lawyer Fadzayi Mahere has lodged a formal complaint with the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) against fellow legal practitioner and self-proclaimed prophet Joshua Chirambwe over what she has described as sexual harassment thr…

Published: 04 Feb 2025 at 16:08hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter

Chivayo responds to reports of bank limit adjustments

Businessman Wicknell Chivayo has strongly dismissed reports that he requested Ecobank to adjust two bank accounts to a US$20 million monthly limit after securing lucrative government contracts worth US$220 million. In a fiery response, Chi…

Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 18:49hrs | 14618 | by Staff reporter

Mahere criticises govt's plans to issue Zimbabweans with title deeds to farms

Prominent opposition political activist and lawyer, Fadzayi Mahere, has criticized the government's plans to issue title deeds for farms seized and redistributed during Zimbabwe's controversial land reform program. Mahere contends that suc…

Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 06:38hrs | 817 | by Staff reportetr

Mahere slams gifted cars to artists

Former Mt Pleasant Member of Parliament and outspoken political figure, Fadzayi Mahere, has sharply criticized the recent trend of gifting cars to Zimbabwean music artists, calling it a form of disrespect and a reflection of the country's …

Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:52hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter

Gappah's properties worth $18k attached over Mahere defamation

Renowned author Petina Gappah has had her property seized by bailiffs after losing a defamation lawsuit filed by lawyer Fadzayi Mahere. Gappah was ordered to pay US$18,000 in damages after a series of defamatory statements made about Maher…

Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:18hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter

Petina Gappah ordered to pay US$18,000 to Fadzayi Mahere

The High Court of Zimbabwe has ordered writer and lawyer Petina Gappah to pay US$18,000 in damages to Nelson Chamisa ally Fadzayi Mahere following a protracted defamation lawsuit.The case, which has been closely followed since its inceptio…

Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 21:22hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter

Mahere says Gappah apology not insincere, demands US$50,000

Lawyer and opposition figure Fadzayi Mahere has revised her claim against author Petina Gappah from US$1 million to US$50,000 in their ongoing court battle. Despite Gappah's recent retraction and apology, Mahere continues the case, allegin…

Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 08:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Petina Gappah retracts defamatory statements against Mahere

Lawyer and author Petina Gappah has retracted defamatory statements made against Fadzayi Mahere, concluding a prolonged legal battle.In 2018, Gappah accused Mahere of gaining admission to the University of Zimbabwe in 2004 through her fath…

Published: 27 May 2024 at 17:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

'Gappah needs mental help,' says Judge

Zimbabwean High Court Justice Joseph Mafusire says local lawyer Petina Gappah needs "psychological intervention" - mental assistance - amid her unrestrained scandalous attacks on the judge and the judiciary after losing interlocutory battl…

Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 11:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mahere, netizens mock Minister Mavetera's office disorder

The Minister of Information, Communication, Technology, Postal and Courier Services; Honourable Tatenda Mavetera has received massive social media backlash from former opposition Citizens Coalition for Change's Mt Pleasant constituency, Fa…

Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 08:23hrs | 9 | by Gideon Madzikatidze

Mahere speaks out against Tshabangu

Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu was sworn in as a senator at the new Parliament Building in Mt. Hampden in Harare on Tuesday. He took oath with seven other opposition members replacing those he arbitr…

Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 18:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa ally acquitted

FORMER Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Fadzayi Mahere has been acquitted by the High Court on charges of publishing falsehoods.Mahere was cleared on both conviction and sentence.She had challenged a decision by the lower cou…

Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mount Pleasant and Harare East constituencies declared vacabt

The Speaker of Parliament, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, announced in the National Assembly that vacancies exist in the membership of Parliament in respect of Mount Pleasant and Harare East constituencies, following the resignations of Fadzayi M…

Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 15:07hrs | 3 | by Jonathan Moyo

Mahere to quit as MP in support of Chamisa

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP for Mount Pleasant Fadzayi Mahere has announced she was resigning from parliament in solidarity with Nelson Chamisa, who quit as leader of the main opposition Thursday citing relentless siege on his p…

Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Is today a birthday, a funeral or a resurrection for CCC?

On this 24th day of January in 2022, the then MDC-Alliance unveiled Triple C, which the National Council of the MDC-A had founded two days earlier on 22 January 2022.The unveiling of Triple C on that day was done by Nelson Chamisa in his c…

Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 20:15hrs | 2 | by Jonathan Moyo

Mahere slams Tshabangu

Mount Pleasant MP, Fadzayi Mahere, has strongly criticized Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-imposed secretary general of CCC, for referring to the former Mayor of Masvingo, Shantiel Yeukai Chiwara, as "a little girl."Chiwara, a 25-year-old grad…

Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 19:04hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Jonathan Moyo exposes Mahere's 'big fat lie'

EXPLAINER: Fingerprints of the MDC in the "Edited" CCC Constitution filed by Tshabangu in Chamisa's Interdict Court Case to halt Further Recalls not Fraud but Proof of MDC Paternity of Lawful CCCFOLLOWING THE HEARING of the urgent court ap…

Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 18:06hrs | 17 | by Jonathan Moyo

Mnangagwa's 'amendment' 'legalises' looting on a grand scale

CCC Member of Parliament, Fadzayi Mahere, has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of attempting to plunder public funds without restrictions through his recent amendment of the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Zimbabwe Act. Mahere criticized the …

Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

No V11 as presiding officer takes a bath

OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Parliamentary candidate for Mt Pleasant Fadzai Mahere yesterday allegedly said V11 form for a polling station in Harare could not be displayed outside the tent on time because the presidi…

Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

'Energy Mutodi opened fire on CCC supporters,' claims Mahere

FORMER deputy information minister and Zanu-PF aspiring MP Energy Mutodi allegedly fired gunshots at Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members who had gathered at Baradzanwa township in Bikita awaiting leader Nelson Chamisa's arrival.Mut…

Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

FULL LIST: CCC 'fake' candidates unveiled

FRAUDULENT DOUBLE CANDIDATES Pursuant to our press briefing on 22 June 2023, we filed objections against double candidates in terms of the procedure provided for under the Electoral Act. We have received no response from ZEC. Consequently,…

Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 16:32hrs | 9 | by CCC

CCC lodges complaint with ZEC

OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has identified 20 cases of fraudulent registration of candidates under their banner at the Nomination Court with those on Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (ZEC) list indicating ignorance of how…

Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 07:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Of patriotism, Mahere and Zanu-PF's duplicity

NOW that the hubbub and furore over Fadzayi Mahere's submission at a recent UN summit in Geneva, Switzerland, has substantially died down, it is time for a sober, frank and honest reflection on whether all that shrill noise was really wort…

Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Fadzai Mahere chickens out on debate with Rutendo Matinyarare?

Fadzayi Mahere the spokesperson of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is alleged to have chickened out on debate the Patriotic Act on ZBC with Rutendo Matinyarare a Zimbabwean anti-sanctions activist who is the Chairperson of Zimbabwe…

Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 16:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's CCC says Zec favouring Zanu-PF on voters roll

THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change has accused the ruling Zanu-PF party and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission of colluding on the voters roll ahead of the August polls.Addressing a press conference in Harare yesterday to encourag…

Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mahere demands answers over Russian helicopters

Citizens Coalition for Change spokesperson, Advocate Fadzayi Mahere, has taken to Twitter to demand answers over the purchase of Kazan Ansat helicopters by the Harare regime.The helicopters, which didn't go through any procurement processe…

Published: 24 May 2023 at 18:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Mahere's Geneva presentation rattles Zanu-PF

MAIN opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere's presentation at the high-profile Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy in Switzerland, which laid bare the country's worsening human rights record, h…

Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Fadzai Mahere's five minutes of shame

The speech of shame by Fadzai Mahere has exposed CCC's treacherous tendencies. Mahere made very serious allegations against her own country. Issues raised by Mahere were unfounded, untrue and overly confused. Whenever there are elections, …

Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:06hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Call to act on unpatriotic Zimbabwean elements

ZIMBABWEANS have called on authorities to expedite the passage of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill (2022) and put an end to the tendency by opposition elements to badmouth the country for a few pieces of silver fro…

Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa is much worse than Mugabe, Mahere tells UN summit

"Half the population lives under extreme poverty, US$2.2 billion is lost to corruption annually and we have the highest hyperinflation rate in the world â€“ all because those in power would rather loot and persecute than lead," Fadzai Mahe…

Published: 18 May 2023 at 05:41hrs | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mahere conviction on 'dead crime' draws anger

The conviction Wednesday of opposition politician Fadzayi Mahere following a two-year long trial on a crime lawyers argue was long parked away from national statutes has drawn anger from her party and outside with ex-minister Jonathan Moyo…

Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 20:16hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Fadzayi Mahere fined US$500 for spreading 'falsehoods'

CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere, convicted Wednesday for publishing falsehoods on social media, was fined US$500 by a Harare magistrate.This follows her conviction for communicating falsehood prejudicial to the state after nearly two years…

Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 18:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Top cop testifies in Mahere's dead child case

Social media posts by CCC spokesperson Fadzai Mahere and other people peddling lies that a police officer had beaten a child to death with a baton in Harare in 2021 raised concern among senior Government officials and caused chaos among th…

Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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