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Zimbabwe Prosecutor General faces possible jail time
Zimbabwe's Prosecutor-General, Loice Matanda Moyo, is facing the prospect of jail time after a former prosecutor, Patrobs Dube, accused her office of defying a court order to reinstate him. Dube, who ...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:13hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
UZ students want 500% increase reversed
HIGH court Judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi, has reserved judgement in a case where University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Students are seeking an order for the institution to reverse the exorbitant fees it announ...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Probe into Magaya rape allegations starts
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has launched fresh investigations into sexual abuse allegations against Prophetic Healing and Deliverence (PHD) ministries founder Walter Magaya....Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi's dramatic fall from grace
FORMER Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi was dramatically forced to step down as the head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who&...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor General Hodzi quits
Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday resigned from his position on medical grounds, the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) announced.Chief Secretary to the President and Cab...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Stop interfering with Doves wrangle, Court tells Kereke
CONVICT Munyaradzi Kereke (pictured) has been barred from interfering with the ongoing ownership wrangle at Doves Holdings Limited after he tried to stop court proceedings by writing letters directly ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:40hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi's appointment above board, court rules
When President Mnangagwa chose Mr Kumbirai Hodzi as the Prosecutor General after asking the Judicial Service Commission for a second list of nominees he was exercising his constitutional discretion to...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's weird fight against corruption
THERE are some weird winds winds sweeping corruption in high places blowing across Zimbabwe since November 2017. No one can tell which direction the tornado will blow, but a pattern is emerging some p...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:25hrs | 6 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mliswa slapped with $10m defamation lawsuit
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (independent) has been taken to the High Court by BDO Zimbabwe boss, Ngoni Kudenga, who is demanding $10 million compensation for alleged defamation.The lawsuit emanates...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Accountant demands $10 million damages from Mliswa
THE fight between Independent Member of Parliament for Norton Temba Mliswa and BDO Zimbabwe boss, Ngoni Kudenga has spilled to the courts with the later claiming RTGS$10 million defamation damages fro...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 20:02hrs | | by newzimbabwe.com
Court orders govt to compensate MDC-T activist ZWL$13k
High Court judge Justice Nyaradzo Munangati-Manongwa has ordered Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema, Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi to atone for the i...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
PG's appointment challenge develops hiccups
The challenge on the appointment of Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi, which was set to commence yesterday at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), failed to materialise after it emerged that the ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-prosecutor boss seeks Ziyambi intervention
FORMER prosecutor-in-charge of Bulawayo regional courts, Patrobs Dube has written to Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi seeking his intervention in his seven-year-old labour dispute with the National Pr...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi appointment gazetted
GOVERNMENT has gazetted the appointment of Mr Kumbirai Hodzi as the country's substantive Prosecutor-General. Mr Hodzi took the oath of office before President Mnangagwa on January 23 this yea...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | 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 | | 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 | 2 | 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 | 3 | 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 | | by Eddie Cross
Mnangagwa's prosecutor General appointment above board
The appointment of Kumbirai Hodzi as the country's substantive Prosecutor General was above board, the government has said. He took the oath of office yesterday before President Emmerson Mnangagwa at ...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Garikai Fadzi
Hodzi appointed Prosecutor General
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed Mr Kumbirai Hodzi as the country's new substantive Prosecutor-General and will be sworn in today at State House. Mr Hodzi has been acting PG since July 24 las...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 22:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor-General appointment chaos
THE race to succeed Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba has been plunged into chaos after it emerged this week that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rejected the three front-runners for political reasons...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delays in appointing substantive PG hampering NPA
THE delay in the appointment of a substantive Prosecutor-General (PG) is creating a cloud of uncertainty at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), it has emerged.Highly-placed sources told ...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to name new PG
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon announce his choice for Prosecutor-General after getting a shortlist of three candidates who underwent public interviews by the Judicial Services Commission last...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Big headache for Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a herculean task in his quest to fight corruption after it emerged last week that graft now pervades the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), which must be at the f...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Acting PG turns partially blind
ACTING Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi turned half blind after opening a letter from an anonymous person, which he found on his desk. It remains a mystery how the letter, which was addressed to h...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Majome quits MDC politics
Former MDC legislator for Harare West Ms Jessie Majome on Thursday said she was no longer a political activist, having quit politics on July 31 this year. Responding to questions during a publ...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe courts are captured by cartels says Prosecutor General
Acting Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has alleged that the justice system in Zimbabwe is captured by powerful cartels who include lawyers, media and powerful political figures.Hodzi was spe...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 15:51hrs | 25 | by Mandla Ndlovu
10 lawyers including Jessie Majome battle it out for PG post
TEN lawyers will today battle it out in public interviews to select the country's new substantive Prosecutor-General in Harare. The interviews, to be conducted by the Judicial Service Commissi...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor-General interviews set for next month
THE Judicial Service Commission will next month conduct interviews for the position of Prosecutor-General (PG), which fell vacant after Ray Goba resigned in August. Goba stepped down after a tribunal ...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe forced to submit list of properties he acquired outside Zimbabwe
Former President Robert Mugabe has found himself on a list of individuals suspected to have externalised billions in recent years and forced to submit a list of properties he acquired outside the coun...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Public interview for PG candidates
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has begun the hunt for a Prosecutor-General (PG) to replace Ray Goba, who was suspended this year on allegations of failing to prosecute high-profile criminals, a...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 19:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Majome eyes PG post
Former MDC Member of Parliament Jessie Majome is among the legal minds gunning to become Zimbabwe's next Prosecutor-General (PG).Majome will battle it out with 10 other legal experts, who have...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Acting PG told he will end up like Johannes Tomana and Goba
Acting Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi met his match in the magistrates' court on Tuesday when a top Harare lawyer representing former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere warned him to...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 14:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hunt on for new Prosecutor-General
Government has started hunting for a substantive Prosecutor-General following the publication of the resgination of Prosecutor-General Advocate Ray Goba in the Government Gazette on Friday, a senior G...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'State not paying for Mnangagwa anti-graft unit'
GOVERNMENT is not paying the lawyers and prosecutors who form President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial crack anti-corruption unit, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said at the weekend.Ziya...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Biti tweet raises eyebrows
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's claim that former Finance minister Tendai Biti was released on bail following his intervention undermined the public's confidence in the judicial system, legal experts h...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ray Goba apologises for offence in Namibia
FORMER Prosecutor-General, Advocate Ray Goba, has apologised to President Mnangagwa for the offence he committed in Namibia and hopes to continue practising as a legal practitioner outside the public ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Advocate Ray Goba resigns
SUSPENDED Prosecutor General Advocate Ray Goba who was set to appear before a tribunal to ascertain whether he was still fit to continue as the country's top prosecutor, has resigned.Adv Goba ...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hauls Goba to the vultures
PRESIDENT-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa has hauled suspended Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba to the vultures, saying he failed to prosecute corruption cases, in the process putting a huge dent on governme...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo arrested
FLAMBOYANT businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo has been arrested over the $5 million payment he received for the Gwanda Solar Project but undertook nothing meaningful at the site, police confirmed yesterd...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa appoints acting Prosecutor General
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in Acting Prosecutor General (PG) Mr Kumbirai Hodzi at State House this morning.This follows the suspension of Prosecutor General Advocate Ray Goba for m...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo off the hook
Former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo, who is facing a plethora of criminal cases involving corruption, fraud and criminal nuisance, has been granted temporary reprieve after the High Court granted ...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Goba tribunal takes oath of office
Members of a tribunal recently appointed to inquire into the question of removal of Prosecutor-General Advocate Ray Goba from office, yesterday took oaths of office before President Mnangagwa. ...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints tribunal on Goba case
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed a three-member tribunal to establish whether or not suspended Prosecutor-General Advocate Ray Goba is still fit to continue as the country's prosecution boss....Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 13:08hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Ray Goba's dismissal shows 'No Tolerance' is not just a slogan
This cannot have been an easy decision. Prosecutor General Advocate Ray Goba has not been in the job long. He was well respected by his peers and the President alike. But friendship and hi...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 18:32hrs | 8 | by Mike Tawanda
Mnangagwa suspends Ray Goba
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has suspended Prosecutor General Ray Goba on allegations of incompetence.Goba has been suspended pending an investigation into his suitability to continue holding&...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 11:08hrs | 1 | by Byo24News Reporter
Ray Goba to face tribunal
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Ray Goba's stay at the helm of the National Prosecuting Authority is at risk of being cut short following a decision by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to have him face a trib...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption rhetoric must end
WHEN the very institutions that our hallowed Constitution mandates with fighting corruption become the citadel of the social fabric-gnawing ill, then we should hold our collective heads in shame....Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
State challenges Zinara bosses' acquittal
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL, advocate Ray Goba has petitioned the Supreme Court challenging the recent acquittal of five Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) executives, who were facing criminal abu...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
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