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Mnangagwa to bury 2 colleagues on Wednesday
A double burial for two national heroes, Brigadier-General (Retired) Victor Rungani and former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director Walter Basopo, has been tentatively scheduled for Wednes...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:30hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
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
Tomana loses Supreme Court US$114,000 debt appeal
The late Zimbabwean ambassador Johannes Tomana lost his Supreme Court appeal against Tian Ze Tobacco Company over a debt of US$114,749.80 for farming inputs. Tomana had contested a High Court judgment...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 08:42hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military commander will soon be redeployed
AS President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to make surprise post-election appointments amid political manoeuvres by the military to reposition itself for a more influential role going forward, Zimbabwe...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 21:24hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says western countries are vultures
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said Zimbabwe will never be ruled by puppets, describing Western countries as "vultures" hovering over the country's resources.In his speech during the c...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:36hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dismisses divisive elements
WITH eight days to go before the harmonised elections, President Mnangagwa has saluted Zimbabweans for maintaining peace, their resolve against baneful sanctions and their commitment to hard work....Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Johane Marange throws its weight behind Mnangagwa?
The Johane Marange Apostolic Church has thrown its weight behind President Mnangagwa and his administration ahead of the August 23 harmonised elections.The church has also called for peace to ...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
ZNLF mourns Tomana
Zimbabwe National Lawyers Forum (ZNLF) has sent its condolence message to the Tomana family following the passing on the late National Hero Johannes Tomana who died recently.Zimbabwe National ...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 18:36hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Double heroes' burial on Monday
There will be a double burial of national heroes, Brigadier-General (Retired) Milton Siziba and Ambassador Johannes Tomana, during the commemoration of Heroes Day at the National Heroes Acre on Monday...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:49hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Tomana declared national hero
LATE Zimbabwe's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Johannes Tomana has been declared a national hero.President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, Wednesday announced the hero...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's DRC ambassador dies suddenly
Johannes Tomana, Zimbabwe's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, died on Sunday aged 55.The former Prosecutor General was visiting his rural home in Honde Valley when he fell sick s...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 17:46hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Ex- prosecutor falls on hard times
FORMER prosecutor in charge of Bulawayo regional courts, Patrobs Dube, has fallen on hard times after he was fired by ex-Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana in 2012.Dube was dismissed for leadi...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Florence Ziyambi battles to be Prosecutor General
Seasoned and controversial lawyer and African Anti Corruption leader Florence Ziyambi has thrown her hat in the race to replace Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi.Florence Ziyambi in January 20...Published: 26 May 2022 at 11:36hrs | 18 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kareke heading back to court
CONVICTED child rapist Munyaradzi Kereke is heading back to court to hear his appeal against sentence and conviction at the Supreme Court.The former Bikita West Member of Parliament and advise...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 11 | 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 | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zupco boss wins US$400k lawsuit
FORMER Zupco board chairman Charles Nherera has won a claim of US$130 000 against businessman Jayesh Shah, who he was suing for causing his wrongful arrest, prosecution and incarceration.Nhere...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Kereke's appeal thrown out
AILED former Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke has no prospects of success on appeal against a 14-year jail term for raping his then 11-year-old relative at gunpoint, the High Court has ruled, ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:16hrs | 12 | 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
BREAKING: Mnangagwa appoints Johannes Tomana and Charity Charamba as Ambassadors
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed former Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).Tomana was appointed alongside former Zimbabw...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 16:06hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tomana eyes comeback
Former Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana's return to private practice hangs in the balance two years after his sacking, amid reports that the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) is unwilling to re-admit hi...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 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
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
Top lawyer gets $13,5000 for wrongful arrest, detention
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has accepted liability over the unlawful arrest and detention of senior Harare lawyer, Mordecai Mahlangu, who was a key witness in the trial of the late former MDC treasur...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police apologise to top lawyer for wrongful arrest
The police have apologised to seasoned lawyer Mordecai Mahlangu, after conceding to wrongfully arresting and detaining him on charges of trying to obstruct the course of justice.He was arreste...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dowa, Chihuri and Tomana on trial over harassment of Mahlangu
HIGH Court Judge Justice Philda Muzofa today presided over the trial of some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers, who are being sued by human rights lawyer Mordecai Mahlangu for the harassment he ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 19:44hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe PhD: Nyagura trial put on hold
The trial of suspended University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Levi Nyagura, who is accused of illegally awarding former First Lady Grace Mugabe a PhD, has been put on hold pending the determination of his applic...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:23hrs | 2 | 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
Ray Goba risks losing his job
PROSECUTOR-general Ray Goba risks losing his job after the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) asked him to give reasons why a tribunal should not be set up to investigate his suitability to hold offic...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 122 | by WikiLeaks
Kereke appeal judgement reserved
The High Court has reserved judgment in the case in which convicted rapist and former Bikita West Member of Parliament Munyaradzi Kereke is appealing against both conviction and the 10-year imprisonme...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Uncertainty grips NSSA
Labour and Public Service Minister Petronella Kagonye has said despite the shakeup at National Social Security Authority, which claimed the scalps of chairman Robin Vela and general manager Elizabeth ...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Victory for Tomana
Former Prosecutor-General Mr Johannes Tomana has scored another victory after the Supreme Court threw out the prosecution's application for leave to appeal against a High Court decision to nullify all...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi kicked out
Deputy Prosecutor-General Florence Ziyambi has been removed from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) due to alleged bad blood between her and her superior, Ray Goba.She has been re-assign...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tomana, Chihuri civil trial back in court
The Supreme Court has referred back to trial the case in which former Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana and former Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri are facing a $...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnagnagwa cut Kereke's jail sentence?
Convicted rapist and former Member of Parliament for Bikita West Munyaradzi Kereke has had three years of his 10-year sentence cut by prison officials on account of good behaviour, the Daily New...Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 11:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tomana now a free man
Former Prosecutor-General Mr Johannes Tomana breathed a sigh of relief yesterday after the High Court dismissed all the criminal charges he was facing. Mr Tomana had approached the court seeki...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 05:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tomana want case dropped
Former Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana, who is accused of criminal abuse of office, has approached the High Court seeking the dismissal of the charges over the State's failure to prosecute him with...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Visually impaired Bulawayo lawyer makes legal history
A VISUALLY impaired prosecutor who was denied full access to the courts since 2006 because of his condition has been finally granted permission to prosecute after the Prosecutor-General Advocate Ray G...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnagagwa's favourite to get his job back?
FORMER President Robert Mugabe recently repealed Advocate Ray Goba's appointment as Prosecutor-General, but gave no reasons for his change of heart. Considering that Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken the r...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 21:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Goba fighting to get his job back from Mugabe
Former acting Prosecutor-General Ray Goba, who was recently removed from a substantive appointment as Prosecutor-General (PG), is fighting to hang onto his controversial and disputed engagement amid i...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 12:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Search for new Prosecutor-General begins
THE Judicial Service Commission has re-opened the nomination process to choose a suitable candidate to fill the position of the Prosecutor-General following the reversal of the appointment of Advocate...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judiciary a victim of Zanu-PF factionalism
The dramatic revocation of Ray Goba's appointment as prosecutor general (PG) late last week betrays just how far the executive, aka the Zanu-PF ruling elite, has captured the judiciary. The judiciary,...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 17:42hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mugabe, Mnangagwa rift widens
Ray Goba has been shown the door as the country's Prosecutor-General (PG), barely two months after assuming the high-profile position.President Robert Mugabe rescinded Goba's confirmation as P...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe fires Mnangagwa's Prosecutor-General
PRESIDENT Mugabe has rescinded the appointment of Advocate Ray Goba as the country's Prosecutor-General.In an Extraordinary Government Gazette published yesterday, General Notice 642 of 2017 r...Published: 28 Oct 2017 at 07:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Tomana fights for reinstatement
AN ex-prosecutor who was dismissed by former Prosecutor-General (PG) Johannes Tomana in November 2011 for being part of the key architects of an industrial action that crippled the justice delivery sy...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 16:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
New twist to Mugabe dairy 'bombers' case
The case of two suspects accused of attempting to bomb President Robert Mugabe's Alpha Omega Dairies has taken a new twist after the duo told the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) that they are members...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 18:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Efforts to arrest Jonathan Moyo intensify
HIGHER and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo's corruption case revolving around the alleged misuse of Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) degenerated into an imbroglio yesterday as his...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 20:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Political bigwigs must face justice like everyone else
IT appears to be in the nature of people in positions of power or authority to use their offices to duck the long arm of the law. But time is often a harsh master and such people tend to eventually ha...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to name new PG
PRESIDENT Mugabe will soon appoint a new Prosecutor-General after the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry forwarded three names recommended by the Judicial Service Commission to him, a s...Published: 10 Sep 2017 at 10:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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