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8 mistakes in Zimbabwe's 2013 Constitution
ON May 22 2023, Zimbabwe's Constitution turned 10, having become effective on 22 May 2013. This year, we mark the 10-year anniversary. I choose to mark this day with a reflection, and my reflection is...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:15hrs | 813 | by Musa Kika
Mwonzora drops urgent polls case
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has withdrawn his urgent application in the High Court to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa from proclaiming the date for this year's crunch elections.MDC T ...Published: 25 May 2023 at 18:56hrs | 1517 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean jailed 16 years for bringing unauthorised explosives into SA
The Musina Regional Court in Limpopo sentenced a man to 16 years in prison for bringing unauthorised explosives into the country as well as missing a court appearance.Prosper Takunda Henry Mum...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:12hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Pumula supermarket in residents' crosshairs
PUMULA residents have taken to task a local supermarket for allegedly selling rotten meat."I bought meat this Monday and when I got home and opened the packet, the whole house was immediately ...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:29hrs | 1350 | by Staff reporter
Money changers hijack POS machines for big transactions
DECKED out in trendy designer wear, clutching energy drink cans and munching take-aways while engaging in high-pitched conversations, illegal money changers, popularly known as osiphatheleni who have ...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora in fresh bid to stop 2023 polls
MDC T leader Douglas Mwonzora, has launched a fresh bid to have upcoming elections postponed by approaching the High Court on Friday to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa from proclaiming poll dates....Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:37hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora mounts fresh court challenge for postponement of elections
EMBATTLED Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has claimed that main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members are financially supporting his bid to challenge the ZEC delimitation report ...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 1306 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's political career in limbo?
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora's political career hangs by a thread after suffering setbacks in recent days, including losing a court challenge where he wanted elections postponed.On Tuesday this...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:34hrs | 2394 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora bid to stop 2023 polls flops
A FULL Constitutional Court (ConCourt) bench led by Chief Justice Luke Malaba yesterday threw out an application filed by MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora seeking the postponement of the 2023 harmonis...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt tosses Mwonzora challenge against delimitation report
The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has dismissed MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's bid to delay elections due this year through an application that sought nullification of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commis...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:11hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer denies giving Mnangagwa counsel as coup debate rages on
Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa's lawyer and close ally, Thabani Mpofu has refuted allegations that he was consulted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa after his legitimacy was challe...Published: 03 May 2023 at 21:56hrs | 1307 | by Staff reporter
Nurse shortage hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO council clinics have been hit by a critical shortage of nurses, with Magwegwe said to be the worst affected, according to residents."The shortage of nurses is affecting service delive...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 20:03hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over rude Bulawayo council clinic staff
BULAWAYO residents have expressed concern over rising cases of ill-treatment of patients at council clinics by staff.The council owns several clinics that provide primary health care to the Bu...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:43hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wife's official meddling intensifies
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's meddling in government affairs intensified this week after she flew out of the country with her twin sons Sean and Collins to hold separate meetings with Belarus Presid...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 20:01hrs | 1740 | by Staff reporter
Massive staff turnover hits Zimbabwe's National Prosecuting Authority
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has lost more than half the prosecutors recruited since last year, a development that threatens the efficiency of the justice delivery system.Acting De...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:56hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
ZACC hunts for US$1 billion loot
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) believes it will this year recover cash and assets valued at over US$1 billion that were acquired through proceeds of crime, it has been learnt.T...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:10hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe magistrates urged to uphold ethical conduct
MAGISTRATES have been challenged to uphold ethical conduct in their execution of duty to ensure a corruption-free and quality justice delivery system.More than 200 magistrates from across the ...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:43hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe courts to deal with political violence
Magistrates assigned cases of any politically-motivated violence that may occur and be brought before courts, need to be conscious of their role as the guardians of law, peace and order, Chief Justice...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:42hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Judge Ndewere wins back Merc
FORMER High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere has been given back her Mercedes-Benz vehicle which was violently seized from her by the Sheriff on orders from Judicial Service Commission (JSC)....Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 08:15hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel will neither be prosecuted nor charged!
Dear Bulawayo 24 News Staff Writer: Upon reading, your article entitled: 'Mnangagwa throws Prophet Uebert Angel under the bus,' I went to my dictionary to verify the meaning of the idiomat...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 03:41hrs | 6362 | by Tawandah Mudzingwah
Sharpshoot, a gifted sniper
On April 14 in 2019, the Sunday News published the first instalment of a two-part interview with North Korea-trained war veteran and nationalist David Mongwa Moyo.Moyo, who was affectionately ...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:40hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preside over Zimbabwe implosion
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the majority of his ministers were doing well - with three outstanding and two being a dismal failure - the reality on the ground is different: Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:05hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt blocks bid to trash Zimbabwe's delimitation report
The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has rejected an attempt by a Zanu-PF activist to force dumping of the current constituency boundaries delimitation report citing alleged constitutional violations d...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:00hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fans ecstatic about Madinda return
A majority of Highlanders Football Club's followers have hailed management's decision to engage club legend Madinda Ndlovu as first team and director of junior development.Bosso followers beli...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:30hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa violates the Zimbabwe Constitution
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa almost certainly violated the delimitation process by not following constitutional requirements, while brazenly subverting the constitution at critical junctures, renderin...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 10:36hrs | 1548 | by Staff reporter
White skin, black masks!
Two developments caught my attention this week. One is a Brenthurst Foundation scholarship invitation to young Africans intent on pursuing postgraduate studies.Brenthurst Foundation is owned a...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:08hrs | 753 | by Jamwanda
Challenge against Zec presses on
WHILE Senate has approved the delimitation report, which is now before President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Harare voter Tonderai Chidawa, represented by Lovemore Madhuku, is pressing ahead with his challeng...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt refuses to hear constituency boundaries case
The Constitutional Court yesterday refused to hear on an urgent basis an application by a Harare man seeking to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to restart from scratch the delimitation of con...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:38hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt hears case by Zanu-PF activist that could upend delimitation
The Constitutional Court on Thursday began hearing an application by a Zanu-PF supporter seeking to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to restart the process of delimitation of constituency...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 13:12hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Murehwa violence: Two more arrested
TWO more suspects have been arrested over the alleged political violence in Murehwa following a video which went viral on social media. In the video, some people could be seen assaulting both ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC throws Murehwa violence investigations into disarray
CCC leaders have surreptitiously spirited witnesses involved in the disturbing political violence that took place in Murehwa from their homes even before police have finished conducting crucial interv...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Malaba calls for peaceful elections
Chief Justice Luke Malaba has called on political parties to campaign peacefully within the confines of the law ahead of the harmonised elections later this year.Opening the new legal year on ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rift grows
A Zanu-PF activist who wrote to parliament last week raising objections to a draft delimitation report submitted by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was seized by state security agents on Monda...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:27hrs | 4646 | by Staff reporter
A random 10 political questions that will make 2023 an uncertain year
As the euphoria of the New Year begin to fed away, we have to wait to see whether it's clear that the trends we have been seeing over the last few decades show no signs of slowing down. You might say ...Published: 04 Jan 2023 at 01:08hrs | 1301 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Chiwenga mourns Justice Makomo
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday described High Court judge Justice Elijah Makomo as an avid reader and one of the sharpest legal minds, adding the legal fraternity is poorer without hi...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:38hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Justice Makomo dies
High court judge Justice Elijah Makomo passed on yesterday at Avenues clinic, Harare.In a statement issued in the afternoon the J...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 07:14hrs | 1222 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa's wife steals limelight in meddling
WHEN the 2017 coup that toppled the long-time ruler Robert Mugabe unfolded, military commanders and top Zanu-PF officials announced that one of the reasons for the ouster was to stop the then first la...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:39hrs | 3296 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to host Africa justice indaba
ZIMBABWE has won a bid to host the 7th Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa (CJCA) congress in 2024 after Gabon and Mozambique withdrew from the race.In a statement, the Judici...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Call for severe sentences against armed robbers, child abusers
Courts must deliver strong judgments against people convicted of armed robbery and abuse of women and children, President Mnangagwa has said.He said this in a speech read on his behalf by Just...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wins bid to host Constitutional jurisdictions
Zimbabwe is returning to the centre stage in Africa, with the latest sign being winning the bid to host in 2024 the 7th Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa, a continental body that se...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
2 top judges pull out of Ndewere case
CONSTITUTIONAL Court judges, Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza and former Judge President Justice George Chiweshe have recused themselves from hearing former judge Justice Erica Ndewere's appeal ...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora pampered with vast farm, Mercedes-Benz
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has taken delivery of a brand new Mercedes-Benz from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, adding to a farm he was also given for free early this year in what is see...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:46hrs | 9732 | by Staff reporter
Sacked judge suffers court setback in bid to keep Merc
Sacked judge Erica Ndewere's spirited bid to keep her Mercedes Benz has suffered a setback after the High Court has confirmed her employer, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)'s authority to recover...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:38hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Only a revolution not the ballot can remove Mnangagwa!
As President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa consolidates his grip on power, and openly creating parallel structures intended to entrench him as Zimbabwe's FĂ...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 18:03hrs | 3989 | by Peace Marangwanda
JSC backtracks on former judge's Merc
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has made a U-turn on its intentions to repossess former High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere's Mercedes Benz after her lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa accused Chief Ju...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Another ploy of rewriting history by the Zanu-PF regime
Greetings to all! FROM THEMTHWAKAZI LIBERATION FRONT PRESIDENTDR CHURCHILL MP...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 15:13hrs | 1319 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Court hears ex-judge Ndewere's arguments
THE High Court on Monday heard arguments by former judge Justice Erica Ndewere who is seeking to retain a Mercedes Benz vehicle which she used during her tenure.The Judicial Service Commission...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice sets up committee to debate continued use of 'outdated' colonial hairpiece
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has set up a Judicial Wigs Committee (JWC) to investigate whether the hairpiece, worn at official functions by judges of higher courts, is still necessary.Announced b...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Chief Justice conflicted, says ex-judge
FORMER High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere wants Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza to recuse herself from a case she appealed the decision to remove her from office.Ndewere said Gwaunz...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Magistrates allege State capture of the Judiciary
SOME magistrates have alleged State capture of the Judiciary, and accused senior officials in the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) of corruption and interference with court processes.In an op...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
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