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'Gappah needs mental help,' says Judge
Zimbabwean High Court Justice Joseph Mafusire says local lawyer Petina Gappah needs "psychological intervention" - mental assistance - amid her unrestrained scandalous attacks on the judge and the jud...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 11:36hrs | 1674 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man wins US$1m loan court challenge
A HARARE man has won a US$1 million Supreme Court loan challenge after a local company that he loaned US$900 000 tried to repay the loan in local currency.The applicant Brian Rodney Baron had ...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:58hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Rights watchdogs condemn embarrassment of Zimbabwe lawyers
GLOBAL legal watchdogs, the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and Lawyers for Lawyers (L4L), have urged the government of Zimbabwe to urgently investigate the abuse of la...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 12:37hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Why a farmer is riding from Zimbabwe to Windhoek on a horse
When Ben Freeth headed west on horseback from the derelict Mount Carmel farm near Chegutu in Zimbabwe on 28 November, he had to lay low. For about 800km, Freeth avoided roads and stuck to the bush, fo...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:05hrs | 1032 | by GroundUp
Beitbridge-Chirundu Highway complete in 18 months
GOVERNMENT last week announced that it will complete the upgrading of Beitbridge-Chirundu Highway in the next 18 months.In an interview with NewsDay in Kariba on the sidelines of the office of...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:15hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Why Donald Trump's support has been growing!
My friends in Europe and in Africa ask me the perennial question. What makes for Donald Trump's longevity in American politics? And why are the Democrats trying their best to lock him up in a ja...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:59hrs | 596 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Fight over ex-CIO boss' massive estate rages
The widow of the late Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) deputy director General Maynard Muzariri has been accused of trying to sell off property of his estate despite the fact that there are out...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:52hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pledges to complete Beitbridge-Chirundu Road
GOVERNMENT on Wednesday pledged to complete the upgrading of the Beitbridge-Chirundu Highway in the next 18 months.Mashonaland West Provincial and Devolution Affairs minister Marian Chombo sai...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa linked faction recalls Tshabangu linked senators from Parliament
Chaos continues in the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change following the recall of four senators who were sworn in Tuesday after they were chosen by a faction led by Welshman Ncube, Tendai Biti a...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:14hrs | 4849 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer threatens witnesses with black magic
Harare attorney Linda Kovi faced court charges on Tuesday for obstruction of justice, allegedly attempting to intimidate witnesses involved in a separate pending case.Recently apprehended by t...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:12hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Former magistrate in court for fraud
FORMER magistrate Shaun Kubonera has appeared in court on allegations of defrauding people of large sums of money after misrepresenting that had connections in the President's Office.Kub...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:45hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
United States sanctions on Zimbabwe: who is off the list, who is on?
The United States on Monday sanctioned Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, first lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and other government officials for their alleged involvement in corruption and human...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Senior magistrate in dock over grocery bribe
A SENIOR magistrate stationed at Murehwa Magistrates Court, Terrence Mashaire, who is accused of receiving bribes in the form of groceries and stationary, was yesterday remanded out of custody on US$1...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:58hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Matinyarare's 'Innscor has destroyed the taste of Zim food' comments cause consternation
If Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed food giant Innscor was hoping to avoid press scrutiny, it could hardly have chosen a more self-destructive path than seeking a gag order against journalist Rute...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 21:20hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
US$10,000 bill haunts ZBC executives
The troubled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) spent about US$ 10,000 in an attempt to recover US$900 from two employees in a case that has riled its employees who accuse the corporation's manag...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:25hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Copyright claims plague artists due to ignorance
THE legal principle ignorantia juris non excusat, meaning: Ignorance of the law is no excuse, underscores the fundamental responsibility that individuals have to abide by the law, regardless of person...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | 183 | by Clinton Chipo
Zimbabwe fights illegal settlers on state land 'sold' after being repossessed from white farmers
Two decades after a disastrous attempt at land reform, which drove out more than 400 white commercial farmers, the Zimbabwean government is fighting illegal settlers on state land handed out by tradit...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:22hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
UK High Court order rattles Zimbabwe govt
THE United Kingdom High Court order compelling Zimbabwe to comply with a 2015 ruling requiring the payment of US$125 million to two firms whose land was seized during the country's contentious fast-tr...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 10:26hrs | 1785 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC presses for CCC's removal from party offices
The Douglas Mwonzora-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party has approached the courts seeking an order to evict the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) from the party offices in Bulawayo....Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 19:58hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-graft unit loses powers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) has been stripped of prosecution powers in a move that leaves National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) as the sole agency to handle corru...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 07:00hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
Former MDC senator recounts Gukurahundi disappearances
ONE will not understand the pain of another's wound until he or she falls into the same predicament, goes an adage.This is the feeling that many Gukurahundi victims and survivors ponder daily since 19...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 09:59hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide workshop raises eyebrows over chief's role
An invitation to a sensitisation meeting in Bulawayo sent to media editors regarding the Gukurahundi outreach community programme has cast doubt on the National Chiefs Council's authority over the gen...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 14:45hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt trying to create a certain narrative about Gukurahundi genocide
THE Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs will this month hold a Gukurahundi Community Outreach Programme in Bulawayo targeting the media sector where editors from different publication...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 13:07hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu files High Court application to bar recalled CCC members from 03 February by-elections
Sengezo Tshabangu has urgently submitted an application to the High Court, seeking an injunction to prevent 23 candidates affiliated with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) from participating in ...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 19:17hrs | 2014 | by Staff reporter
Zec dragged to court again over 2023 polls
A ZIMBABWEAN citizen, Brian Mari, has dragged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to court, seeking an order to compel the electoral body to run a fresh election due to various irregularities, amo...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:44hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's survival depends on his rivals
As the New Year inches closer, it has become apparent that opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's political survival will depend on his ability to work with a team of ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 14:19hrs | 2817 | by Staff reporter
Umkhonto weSizwe fighter will never forget what a white man told him in Zimbabwe in 1980
I have no idea whether the white man I am writing about is still alive or not. He gave me an understanding of what actually happened to us Africans, and how sinister it was, when we were colonized. Hi...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:11hrs | 2461 | by Thula Bopela
Gukurahundi whitewashing hearings begin
PUBLIC hearings to document and resolve civil disturbances that transpired in some parts of the country in the 1980s are set to begin early next year, marking the commencement of a historically signif...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:43hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
GUKURAHUNDI KILLINGS: Hearings set for January 2024
Public hearings addressing civil disturbances during the 1980s, particularly the Gukurahundi era, are poised to commence early next year. Spearheaded by over 70 traditional chiefs from Matabeleland No...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 08:04hrs | 181 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Edgar Lungu takes Hichilema's govt to court
Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu has gone to court to challenge the withdrawal of his retirement benefits, local media report.Last month, Lungu was stripped of his retirement benefits and...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 19:28hrs | 1299 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe carbon credit deal raises stink
THE deal in which the Zimbabwean government is selling large tracts of forests in a carbon credits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company, Blue Carbon, lacks fairness and transparency, a glob...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:54hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Jeremiah Bamu should publicly share the High Court's response
JEREMIAH BAMU SHOULD PUBLICLY SHARE THE HIGH COURT'S RESPONSE TO HIS WIDELY PUBLICISED 9 DECEMBER LETTER WITH SCURRILOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE COURTWhen a lawyer who is handling a case in a ...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 21:34hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: Police publish names of Top drug dealers in Zimbabwe
In an unprecedented move to combat the growing menace of drugs and substance abuse, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has publicly named and shamed individuals suspected of involvement in drug-relate...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 18:50hrs | 2391 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Police name and shame drug lords and suppliers
THE Police through the National Committee on the Elimination of Drug and Substance abuse has named and shamed drug lords, suppliers, and dealers, as it scales up efforts to curb the scourge.Na...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 17:49hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Fictitious allegations against Sengezo Tshabangu
Below is a press statement released by the lawyers of the CCC interim secretary general, Sengezo Tshabangu:Press Statement05 November 2023...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 18:50hrs | 2189 | by Staff reporter
Swindlers cash in on UK's certificates of sponsorship
FOR close to two years, Maud Kwembeya (33) - of Zimunya in Mutare - has been harbouring thoughts of one day migrating to the United Kingdom (UK) in search of greener pastures.A vastly experien...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:33hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Zim man sues govt, local authority over cholera outbreak
A ZIMBABWEAN man has sued the government and a local authority over their failure to contain the outbreak of the deadly cholera disease, which has claimed the lives of more than 150 people in the trou...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 17:41hrs | 200 | by Stephen Jakes
Tshabangu bars recalled MPs from campaigning under CCC
Sengezo Tshabangu, self-proclaimed Secretary General of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has urgently filed a chamber application to prevent all recalled lawmakers from campaigning ...Published: 20 Nov 2023 at 22:04hrs | 3669 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa called to order
A local Harare law firm Mbidzo, Muchadehama & Makoni has written a letter of demand to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on behalf of a client Kudzai Kadzere, a human rights lawyer, giving h...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 21:07hrs | 36553 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi, Machaya defend Patriot Act
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Attorney-General Prince Machaya, have came out in defence of the controversial Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Act saying it does not violate huma...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:52hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa protects judge facing a series of corruption scandals
SOMETIME in February The NewsHawks reported that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) had recommended that President Emmerson Mnangagwa must set up tribunals to investigate High Court Justices Webste...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 21:25hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Judge under probe for making phantom ruling
JUDGE President Mary Zimba-Dube is now investigating a case in which High Court judge Webster Chinamora gave a ruling in a case he never heard involving Balwearie (Pvt) Ltd, and has written to lawyers...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 21:25hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa violates law'
PROMINENT lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of failling to "uphold, defend, obey and respect the constitution" after he failed to appoint a tribunal to look into the suit...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 21:22hrs | 1642 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu's lawyer mocks recalled CCC MPs' legal team for 'fatal' errors
According to Sengezo Tshabangu's attorney, the lawyers representing the recalled CCC MPs have committed serious legal errors in their challenge. They initially erred by naming the Speaker and Senate p...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 07:26hrs | 1055 | 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 | 242 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti in US$231,000 fraud storm
Tendai Biti, a senior member of the Citizen for Coalition for Change (CCC), is currently facing a major crisis, as he has become embroiled in an alleged US$231,000 fraud case. This investigation invol...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 14:16hrs | 3531 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers found guilty
Yesterday, two armed robbers who carried out a series of robberies in Bulawayo pleaded guilty and were convicted on their own admissions. They have been remanded for sentencing today.These ind...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:42hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Court clears ZAPU official of contempt of court charges
Andrew Ndlovu, the ZAPU National Secretary for Security and Internal Affairs, who had been facing contempt of court charges after his arrest in April of this year in connection with a property dispute...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:31hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Chiwenga's wife hires new lawyer
Marry Mubaiwa, the embattled former model currently facing a range of alleged charges, has retained Harrison Nkomo as her new legal counsel. This choice comes in the wake of Beatrice Mtetwa, her previ...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 18:44hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife tells court to 'do as you wish'
Yesterday, Marry Mubaiwa, the former spouse of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, instructed Harare Magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka to proceed as he saw fit after her attorney disassociated from her ca...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:28hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
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