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Phelekezela Mphoko aka Report Ndlovu: A pioneer freedom fighter
THE late former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko was one of the pioneer freedom fighters of our armed struggle. He joined the armed struggle soon after being released from prison and was immediately ...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:55hrs | 169 | by Brigadier-General (Rtd) Abel Mazinyane
Neville Mutsvangwa granted bail
The High Court has granted Neville Mutsvangwa and his accomplices bail set at US$1000 each after spending three weeks in remand prison.The bail decision, issued by Judge Justice Rodgers Manyan...Published: 31 May 2024 at 21:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Neville Mutsvangwa's bail ruling now set for Friday
Neville Mutsvangwa, the son of prominent Zanu-PF figures Christopher and Monica Mutsvangwa, will await his verdict on Friday as he appeals for bail at the High Court. Mutsvangwa stands accused of fore...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zambia's 'Kenyan-style' cancellation of legal international hunting tender denounced as communities hope uninterrupted internat
Zambia's 'Kenyan-style' moment-of-madness-cancellation of legal international hunting tender was recently denounced ruled as illegal by the country's high court, creating local hunting communities' ho...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 20:51hrs | 24 | by Emmanuel Koro
Court frees murder suspect after police boob
THE High Court has acquitted a murder suspect after the police submitted inconsistent evidence during trial.Tafadzwa Mudavanhu, who was represented by Freddy Masarirevhu, was being accused of ...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti under probe in a case of misrepresentation
The prolonged legal dispute involving a residence in Ridgeway North, situated in Harare's Highlands suburb, continues to unfold, encompassing both a civil dispute regarding ownership and an ongoing cr...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 20:19hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira bounces back as Zanu-PF Senator
FORMER Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister, Priscah Mupfumira, accused of bleeding over US$95 million from the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), has landed one of the four Zanu...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 22:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Law firm to sponsor disadvantaged NUST student
Matsikidze Attorney-at Law (Mat Law) has taken over full sponsorship of a disadvantaged 19-year-old National University of Science and Technology (NUST) female student whose previous benefactor, a Gov...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 14:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bruce Kangwa leaves Azam after 7 years
ZIMBABWE international Bruce Kangwa is set to leave ambitious Tanzanian side Azam after spending seven years with the Dar es Salaam-based outfit.Azam announced yesterday the utility man will n...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
JSC appoints Electoral Court judges, 5 out of 35 have Ndebele surnames
The Judicial Service Commission has appointed 35 High Court judges and 76 magistrates in all 10 provinces to arbitrate in electoral disputes and ensure rapid trial for political violence over the next...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Animal rights group-funded report denounced for lying that international hunting threatens Botswana elephants
Botswana, was recently targeted by an animal rights group-funded report, saying that international hunting is threatening the SADC country's wildlife, including its elephant population and impoverishi...Published: 29 May 2023 at 23:09hrs | | by Emmanuel Koro
Mnangagwa meets Mangena's widow
President Mnangagwa yesterday met Mrs Sikhubekiso Madeya Mangena, widow to Rodgers Alfred Nikita Mangena, national hero and former commander of Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army, the militant branc...Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
SADC loses iconic conservationist as WhatsApp gives hunting communities 'permanent' voice in the media
The director of Zimbabwe CAMPFIRE Association, Mr Charles Jonga's death on 6 May 2023, signaled SADC's loss of an important wildlife conservation voice in the media.In an interview this week f...Published: 08 May 2023 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mugabe's minister completes jail term
FORMER Cabinet minister Petronella Kagonye has completed her 16-month jail term for theft of trust property, her lawyer Rungano Mahuni confirmed yesterday.Kagonye was jailed in June 2022 for h...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister released from Chikurubi Female Prison
FORMER Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Petronella Kagonye is out of jail after serving an effective 16 months behind bars.Her lawyer Rungano Mahuni confirmed.Kag...Published: 02 May 2023 at 22:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High Court dismisses Mupfumira's appeal
The High Court has dismissed an application for appeal by former Cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira who was challenging the lower court's decision to dismiss her application for discharge at the close ...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
No joy for Biti
THE High Court yesterday dismissed Tendai Biti's review application to have his case of verbally assaulting Tatiana Aleshina in 2020 referred to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt). Biti was s...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti's application dismissed
High Court judge Justice Rodgers Manyangadze has dismissed Tendai Biti's review application for referral to the Constitutional Court of his assault matter.Justice Manyangadze only read the ope...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 19:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti's judgement not ready
High Court Judge Justice Rodgers Manyangadze has deferred to tomorrow, judgement in Tendai Biti's application for his assault case to be referred to the Constitutional Court.The CCC vice presi...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 11:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court tosses Biti bid to stop assault trial
The High Court has dismissed Tendai Biti's urgent chamber application for stay of proceedings in a matter in which the opposition lawmaker is being tried for verbal assault against Harare businesswoma...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti judgement date set
The High Court has set March 20 as the judgement day for Tendai Biti's review application for referral to the Constitutional Court of his assault case.Biti is facing charges assaulting busines...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 16:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti application premature
The State has described Tendai Biti's recent urgent application for stay of proceedings premature. Biti's lawyer Advocate Edley Mubaiwa submitted that there were other cases where a stay had b...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 15:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti in yet another delaying tactic
Tendai Biti's lawyers last week appeared before High Court Judge Rodgers Manyangadze, applying for an urgent court application for review of his dismissed application for referral to the Constitutiona...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unregistered children cause for concern
MANY children across the country have no birth registration certificates, which is posing a headache for policymakers, a Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) official has revealed.Zim...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pro-Mnangagwa group slams ZEC
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC)'s recently published delimitation preliminary report continues to scare Zanu-PF, as a shadowy affiliate has castigated the report demanding a redo of the exercise....Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF piles pressure on Zec
Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial chairperson Daniel Garwe has castigated the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for a skewed delimitation exercise.Addressing party supporters at a mobilisa...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza woman lives with rotting corpse
POLICE have said they are still investigating a case of a woman who lived with the decomposing body of her 80-year-old husband while her son identified as Grant Mashasha (39) was found hiding in a cei...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean judge joins Sadc Tribunal
ZIMBABWEAN judge Justice Rodgers Foroma Manyangadze has been sworn in at the Southern African Development Community Administrative Tribunal (SADCAT).SADCAT has seven judges.Other judge...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
The enablers of Shona hegemony and enemies of Mthwakazi's peoples' emancipation from the MLF President
Greetings to all!, The compilation of this article identifies the enablers of Shona hegemony among others as the so-called "ZPRA Legacy Group". This group is comprised of charlatans who are in...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:37hrs | 12 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Job Sikhala rots in jail as High Court denies him bail again
JAILED main opposition lawmaker, Job Sikhala's bail appeal in a case he is accused of defeating the course of justice has been dismissed for the umpteenth time by the High CourtSikhala, who is...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 19:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala bail application deferred to today
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala's bail application has been deferred to today after the State failed to respond to the submissions made by his lawyers.Sikhala (Zenge...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commissar defends phoney affiliates under ED banner
Zanu-PF national political commissar, Mike Bimha has said there is nothing misplaced about people organising themselves and pledging support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose astute leadership h...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe minister loses appeal against sentence
FORMER Cabinet minister Petronella Kagonye's appeal against conviction and sentence for criminal abuse of office was dismissed yesterday by High Court judges of appeal Benjamin Chikowero and Rodgers M...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, July Moyo in chieftainship row
THE Nemanwa chieftainship row in Masvingo province has sucked in President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Local Government minister July Moyo with the cabinet minister now accused of facilitating the installa...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti faces deregistration as a lawyer
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti faces deregistration as a lawyer after local businessman Tendai Mashamhanda reported allegations of misconduct against him to the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) and ...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Jesse Halfway Hotel: The fall of a luxurious stopover
A pungent smell of urine engulfs the environs around Jesse Halfway Hotel, located right in the middle of Bulawayo and Beitbridge, in the West Nicholson area, at an equi-distance of 160 kilometres....Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman locks horns with top judges
A Harare businessman has accused deputy chief justice Elizabeth Gwaunza of abuse of office in a case where he lost a property worth over US$230 000.Tendai Mashamhanda, who is fighting to regai...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwe judges in the eye of a storm
A Harare businessman has written a letter of complaint to Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi raising allegations of criminal abuse of office, conflict of interest and ob...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:05hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Artuz leader granted $50 000 bail
AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) leader Obert Masaraure was yesterday granted $50 000 bail at the High Court in a case he faces charges of obstructing justice.Masaraure, wh...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's daughter survives eviction
LATE former President Robert Mugabe's daughter, Bona Mutsahuni Chikore has survived eviction from a Mazowe farm after the High Court ruled in her favour.Bona and husband Simbarashe Chikore wer...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bona Mugabe and husband granted chance to fight for Mazowe Farm
HIGH Court judge, Justice Rodgers Manyangadze, has granted Bona and Simbarashe Mutsahuni Chikore a chance to fight for their Mazowe farm by staying execution of an earlier judgement evicting them....Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 18:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's ban on bank lending null and void'
LEGAL experts have dismissed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ban on bank lending as a legal nullity.The ban, meant to stabilise the local currency, was part of a raft of measures announced on S...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Killer' soldier granted bail
A SERVING Air Force of Zimbabwe member Christopher Tafadzwa Charuma, who is facing armed robbery, murder and attempted murder charges has been granted $30 000 bail by the Supreme Court.Charuma...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2022 population census kicks off
THE 2022 population and housing census, which is conducted after every 10 years by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat), begins today.Yesterday marches were held in all major citi...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Meteorological Department dispels flood fears
THE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) has dispelled rumours that heavy rains which recently pounded South Africa could spill to Zimbabwe.Floods in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province h...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe celebrates Uhuru
Zimbabwe celebrates its 42nd Independence Day today with festivities to mark the day being held across the country under the theme: "Leaving no one and no place behind."The main celebrations w...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman wrestles and disarms armed robbers
A West Nicholson businessman surprised three suspected armed robbers when he summoned the courage to wrestle one of them before eventually getting assistance from neighbours who apprehended and disarm...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO operatives fired
TWO Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives, already in trouble after complaining about corrupt activities within their organisation, had their High Court appeal thrown out and have been or...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 20:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judge berated for 'incompetent order'
IN an unprecedented move, Supreme Court judges have berated High Court Justice Tawanda Chitapi (pictured) for alleged incompetence and passing an irregular default judgement in a long-standing land ow...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister 'plotted' Kagonye's arrest
COMPLAINANTS in a case where former Public Service minister Petronella Kagonye was being accused of converting US$18 000 meant for residential stands to her own use, have withdrawn the case saying the...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
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