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High Court blow for Mnangagwa's PG
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has no power to employ, deploy, assign or transfer National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) staff because that is the sole preserve of the NPA board, a judge ruled on Fri...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1406 | by ZimLive
D-Day for Supa Mandiwanzira
A HARARE regional magistrate will today deliver ruling on an application for exception of charges filed by former Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security minister, Supa Mandiwanzira, w...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:41hrs | 1715 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi initiates process for Mutangadura sacking after lawyer fights transfer
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has initiated a process that could get Chief Law Officer Chris Mutangadura sacked after the lawyer challenged his transfer to Guruve, a rural outpost in Mashonaland C...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:34hrs | 719 | by ZimLive
High Court quashes Hodzi move
THE High Court has quashed an attempt by Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi to prevent it from hearing a case in which chief law officer Chris Mutangadura is challenging his decision to unilateral...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:28hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
PG's case referred to CJ Luke Malaba for investigation
The case, in which a Masvingo miner is accusing the recently-appointed Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi of criminal abuse of office, has been referred to Chief Justice, Luke Malaba for investiga...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:31hrs | 909 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for assaulting wife for not wearing panties
A 26-year-old Mbare man will perform 350 hours of unpaid work at Mbare magistrates court after he was convicted of assaulting his wife with a claw hammer handle for not wearing panties. Terren...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 15:37hrs | 3323 | by Staff reporter
Bogus soldier jailed
A Beatrice man who was caught wearing a Zimbabwe National Army uniform in Marondera has been sentenced to an effective six months in prison at the Marondera Magistrates Court.The 24-year-old T...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 11:11hrs | 2545 | by Staff reporter
NPA declines to prosecute CIO, MI, police 'armed robbers'
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Tuesday declined to prosecute a team of police officers, Military Intelligence and Central Intelligence Organisation agents arrested for armed robbery....Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:16hrs | 2384 | by ZimLive
Harare lawyer takes Mnangagwa to ConCourt
A HARARE lawyer, Joshua Chirambwe, has petitioned the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) seeking the nullification of Kumbirai Hodzi's appointment as the substantive Prosecutor-General (PG).Chira...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1757 | by Staff reporter
10 protesters jailed 3 years each
TEN suspected MDC-Alliance supporters, who were part of a gang that went on the rampage last month destroying property and vehicles during violent protests in Mutare, have each been sentenced to three...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:56hrs | 1936 | by Staff reporter
Army uniform saga: Suspect in U-turn
A SUSPECTED protestor who initially told prosecutors during vetting for initial appearance at the Harare Magistrates' Courts that he was given army uniform at the Zanu PF headquarters, yesterday chang...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1110 | by Staff reporter
NPA chief contests transfer
FORMER director of economic crimes in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), chief law officer Chris Mutangadura, is suing Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi at the High Court over his decision t...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:25hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dismisses army uniform distribution claim
Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Simon Khaya Moyo has challenged those claiming that the ruling party distributed army uniforms to some people who were involved in looting and robberie...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 18:11hrs | 3041 | by Staff reporter
Dumbest looters jailed 7 years
Three hooligans involved in last month's MDC-Alliance-sponsored violent demonstrations wrote their own scripts of the popular television series "World's Dumbest Criminals" after they were given away b...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:59hrs | 4694 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash fraudster jailed 6 years
A 28-YEAR-OLD EcoCash serial fraudster was slapped with a six-year jail term by Guruve magistrate, Artwell Sanyatwe, on Friday last week for defrauding a retail outlet of groceries worth $12 000....Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:55hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi transfers chief law officer
THE director of economic crimes in the National Prosecuting Authority, Chief Law Officer Chris Mutangadura, has been transferred from Harare to Guruve with immediate effect, as part of an ongoing rest...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:51hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Army commander orders prosecutor to deny protestors bail
Commander of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces General Philip Valerio Sibanda is reported to have instructed a prosecutor handling the cases of protestors handling the cases relating to #ShutdownZimbabwe to...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:05hrs | 3457 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Clerics caution Chamisa, CSOs
The Dutch Reformed Church has warned the opposition and rights groups against adopting a hostile stance towards President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, warning that doing so could inflame emo...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:51hrs | 3719 | by Staff reporter
Dismissal of Zacc commissioners commendable
Corruption in Zimbabwe has to be stamped out. On January 31, 2019, President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired the entire Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) in a move that was hailed as progressive....Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:28hrs | 547 | by Gloria Ndoro-Mkombachoto
Job Sikhala preparing a mega lawsuit against soldiers
Outspoken opposition legislator Job Sikhala says he is preparing a mega lawsuit against soldiers behind the brutal attack of children as young as 12 during the recent army crackdown against dissent....Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:27hrs | 1591 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF gave us army uniforms'
A Harare man has told a court that he got a military uniform he used to terrorise residents from the Zanu-PF headquarters in a case that might shed some light on recent disturbances that rocked the co...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:16hrs | 3729 | by Staff reporter
Bushiri, Magaya and the gospel of prosperity
IT was perhaps the most striking picture that came from the spectacle that accompanied Shepherd Bushiri's appearance at the Pretoria Special Commercial Crimes Court last week.It was the pictur...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:50hrs | 1294 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa advised to abandon toxic politics
The Dutch Reformed Church has warned the opposition and rights groups against adopting a hostile stance towards President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, warning that doing so could inflame emo...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:44hrs | 6064 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe linked Top NPA lawyer ousted
Days after being confirmed as Prosecutor General, Kumbirai Hodzi has moved to purge top National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) lawyer Chris Mutangadura, apparently targeted for links with the fallen gov...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:12hrs | 4341 | by ZimLive
Zimbabweans plot to boycott over-pricing shops
BEITBRIDGE residents have threatened to boycott shops and service providers they feel are unfairly overpricing goods and services.The residents, who have formed social media groups, also want ...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
Elderly women jailed for blocking road
TWO elderly women from Dete in Hwange district have been each sentenced to 12 months in prison for blocking the Dete-Cross Dete road using stones and tree branches. Ruth Dube and Angeline Moyo...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:06hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warned Hodzi
NEWLY-appointed prosecutor-general (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi got a taste of the complexities of his job when President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave him a stern warning to steer clear of corruption and to toe the...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:49hrs | 6903 | by Staff reporter
'Chigumba is the main elections fraudster'
MDC vice-president Morgan Komichi yesterday singled out Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba as the main elections fraudster and alleged that other commissioners were e...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1452 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wins court challenge
Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday had the last laugh after the Constitutional Court (Concourt) ruled that an application challenging his appointment to the esteemed offices was filed out of ...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1580 | by Staff reporter
ZRP recalls police prosecutors
POLICE prosecutors have spent unnecessarily prolonged periods serving at the courts and will be recalled to resume normal police assignments, a circular from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) headqua...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 10:05hrs | 2839 | by Staff reporter
How not to win hearts and minds
In a country that is used to turmoil, the month of January will go down as a period when we literally shot ourselves in the foot.The 2017 November coup brought to a close 38 years of dic...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 1684 | by Eddie Cross
Chamisa won 2018 presidential poll, insists Biti
MDC national vice-chairperson Tendai Biti, who is on trial for allegedly violating the Electoral Act after he announced that his party leader Nelson Chamisa had won the July 30 presidential election, ...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:50hrs | 3538 | by Staff reporter
Chombo allowed SA return for medical treatment
FORMER finance minister Ignatius Chombo was on Monday allowed to return to South Africa for medication a day after he came back home from the same country.The fraud and criminal nuisance-accus...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:40hrs | 746 | by newzimbabwe
State demands Mzembi medical report
THE State has written to former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi's lawyer, requesting to be furnished with a detailed medical report after videos showing him to be well surfaced on social media ...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:39hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Farmers bay for Chief Njelele's blood
MEMBERS of the Chemagora Small-Scale Commercial Farmers' Union in Gokwe are baying for Chief Misheck Njelele's blood a few days after the alleged murder of their member, George Jongwe, by illegal sett...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Maid (40) infects employer's son (10) with HIV
A 40-year-old Harare housemaid yesterday appeared in court on allegations of sexually abusing her employer's 10-year-old son and deliberately infecting him with HIV. Memory Makore, a mother of...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:53hrs | 2043 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi's medical report sought amid fears he is faking sickness
PROSECUTORS have moved to demand Walter Mzembi's medical reports amid growing suspicions the former Foreign Affairs Minister could be making false claims of ailment to avoid attending his trial....Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 19:57hrs | 1229 | by newzimbabwe
Armed robbers on the loose
Police have launched a manhunt for 15 armed robbers who are masquerading as members of the uniformed forces after stealing uniforms from law enforcement agencies and soldiers, the Daily News reported....Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 11:37hrs | 2085 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed 18 years over animal trophies
A 60-YEAR-OLD Mushumbi man, who was facing five counts of illegal possession of lion claws, pangolin scales, a hippopotamus tooth, ivory and a small spotted genet's tail, all valued at $31 025, was la...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:13hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
2 MDC Alliance councillors up for theft
TWO MDC Alliance councillors appeared before a Bindura magistrate on Friday last week facing allegations of stealing 90 bags of drought relief maize valued at $1 755.Oliver Mukombwe (39)of war...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:08hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
'Military behind Chibaya's arrest'
Opposition MDC organising secretary Amos Chibaya's lawyer said at the weekend that intelligence operatives were behind his client's arrest.Reginald Chidawanyika made the allegation before prov...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:06hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Maimane, a thorn in the flesh for Mnangagwa?
South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has emerged as a thorn in the flesh for President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the wake of a vicious military clampdown against opposition ...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 12:04hrs | 2735 | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed for scalding hubby's girlfriend
A 26-YEAR-OLD jealousy Chiweshe woman, who scalded her husband's lover with hot porridge, was this week slapped with a 30 day imprisonment by a Concession magistrate.Petronilla Kondo (25) of C...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:56hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Guvamombe freed on stringent conditions
SUSPENDED Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe Friday raised complaint on being detained in filthy cells as he appeared in court for his second criminal abuse of office charge inside a month.The...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:51hrs | 278 | by newzimbabwe.com
Chamisa's MPs bailed after 2 weeks in custody
BULAWAYO High Court Judge Justice Martin Makonese on Friday granted bail to two treason-accused MDC legislators from Kwekwe.Redcliff MP Lloyd Mukapiko and Mbizo counterpart Settlement Chikwiny...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:43hrs | 323 | by newzimbabwe
Body set up to oversee violence trials
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has directed the Judicial Service Commission's secretariat to set up an all-stakeholder tactical committee to ensure speedy prosecution of public violence cases with due resp...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:37hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa exercised his rights on Hodzi'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa fully exercised his constitutional prerogative in appointing new Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi without giving in to political pressure, secretary for Justice Virg...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:06hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
PG Hodzi faces criminal abuse of office charge
NEWLY-APPOINTED Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi was recently reported to the police for allegedly corruptly declining to prosecute former Mines secretary Francis Gudyanga, who was implica...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:45hrs | 1328 | by Staff reporter
DA's 'Uncle Tom' wants to meet Mnangagwa
South Africa - Mmusi Maimane, the leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance party, has written to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeking a meeting over an on-going crackdown by ...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:01hrs | 558 | by ZimLive
D-Day for looting demo leaders
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) leaders, president Peter Gift Mutasa and secretary-general Japhet Moyo, who are both on remand at Harare Maximum Security Prison on charges of attempting to sub...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:30hrs | 2754 | by Staff reporter
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