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The politics behind the US visa ban on Zimbabwean officials

When the United States announced new visa restrictions on several Zimbabwean officials in March 2025, the move was presented as a principled stand for democracy, human rights, and electoral integrity. Yet beneath the diplomatic language li…

Published: 20 Oct 2025 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter

Gideon Gono's bid to avoid trial flops

Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono has suffered a setback in his bid to avoid trial in a US$3 million debt case, after the High Court dismissed his latest application for absolution.Gono, in his personal capacity an…

Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:39hrs | 1279 | by Staff reporter

Goat tender fraud trial resumes

The trial of businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe, accused of defrauding the Government of US$7 million under the Presidential Goat Pass-On Scheme, resumed yesterday with Mpofu outlining the financial and operational setbacks that cri…

Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 08:58hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter

Peter Dube's trial commences after years of delays

Once a prominent car dealer in Gweru, Peter Dube now stands accused in a high-profile murder trial that has captivated the nation since 2021. Dube is facing double murder charges and two counts of attempted murder after allegedly shooting …

Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 08:33hrs | 1201 | by Staff reporter

ZimStat boss anti-graft trial opens

The high-profile anti-corruption case involving Naomi Wekwete, chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) board, finally opened in Harare yesterday. Wekwete pleaded not guilty to charges related to alleged abuse of he…

Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 08:03hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter

King Munhumutapa's trial begins

The trial of self-styled King Munhumutapa, Timothy Chiminya, accused of undermining the authority of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, commenced today at the Harare Magistrates' Court.Chiminya appeared before Magistrate Winfilda Tiyatara to fa…

Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 09:43hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter

Chimombe, Mpofu trial kicks off

The trial of Harare businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, accused of defrauding more than US$7 million from the Presidential Goat Pass-On Scheme, commenced at the High Court this Tuesday.The State opened the proceedings by presenting …

Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:59hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter

Blessed Mhlanga trial stalls

The trial of Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga and Heart & Soul TV (HStv) failed to kick off at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday after the State made a last-minute bid to consolidate the two separate cases.Pro…

Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:15hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter

$5 bribe cops' trial opens

Five Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers appeared in court yesterday as their trial opened over allegations that they accepted a US$5 bribe from a truck driver during an anti-sand poaching operation in Ruwa.The accused - Dennis Tafadzw…

Published: 14 May 2025 at 12:49hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter

Geza accusing Nyabadza of deceit, trial stalls

Former Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) boss Basil Nyabadza delayed the start of his trial on Thursday, where he is accused of defrauding Zanu-PF central committee member and outspoken war veteran Blessed Geza of US$1.3 …

Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 11:54hrs | 2486 | by Staff reporter

Trial of ZNA legal officer postponed

Harare magistrate Taurai Manuwere yesterday postponed the case of suspended Zimbabwe National Army legal officer Grace Kurasha, who is accused of doctoring her certificates.The matter failed to proceed after suspended Council for Legal Edu…

Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 07:12hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter

Trial begins for Zimbabwe police shooting

The trial of four men accused of fatally shooting Paul Munakopa in Bulawayo's Hillside suburb four years ago has commenced at the Bulawayo High Court. Munakopa, 34, was shot during a high-speed chase by police officers on May 23, 2020, and…

Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 15:04hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter

Timba and team files application for discharge

Lawyers for Jameson Timba, a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) politician, and 77 other party members, have filed a discharge application before Harare magistrate Collet Ncube. The application follows the State's presentation of evidence…

Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 08:05hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter

Zinasu 44 demand trial

Forty-four members of the Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu), who were arrested on July 24 while holding a meeting at the Zesa Training Centre in Harare, are demanding a trial to prove their innocence. They argue that they committed…

Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 08:58hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter

CCC activists' trial deferred, again

THE trial of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Chirumanzu South candidate Patrick Cheza and four party activists facing charges of assaulting Zanu-PF Member of Parliament and Tourism minister Barbara Rwodzi was yesterday further postpone…

Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter

CCC activists' trial further deferred

The trial of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Chirumanzu South official, Patrick Cheza, and four party activists accused of assaulting Tourism minister, Barbara Rwodzi, has been further postponed to next month.This was after the defence…

Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Biti raises constitutional issues during trial

FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti's trial for allegedly verbally assaulting a local businesswoman continued today with his defence team raising constitutional issues that were dismissed by the court.Biti, who was being represented by Ale…

Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

CCC activists' trial in false start

The trial of Patrick Cheza, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate for Chirumanzu South, and four CCC activists facing charges of assaulting Zanu-PF MP and Tourism Minister Barbara Rwodzi, did not proceed yesterday as the State …

Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

CCC legislators trial postponed to next month

Western Commonage Magistrate Progress Murandu in Bulawayo has granted a request put forth by lawyers representing members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to postpone the case involving Pelandaba-Tshabalala MP Gift Ostallos Sizib…

Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 20:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Man in court for defrauding civil servants

A KUWADZANA man is in court facing charges of defrauding a civil servant after claiming that he had a company that could issue them with loans.The accused, Wylie Ligomeka (41) was today remanded out of custody on $50 000 bail by Harare mag…

Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa afraid of live-streamed court proceedings?

THERE is something that happened in Zanu-PF in 2017. The play is about to be staged in a court of law.So many skeletons will pop out of the political cupboard. It is understandable why President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his team do not want …

Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:15hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu

Mahere falsehoods trial stalls

THE trial in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) national spokesperson Fadzai Mahere is accused of publishing falsehoods has stalled amid reports that a key witness is nowhere to be found.Mahere landed in the dock after she allegedly…

Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 19:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Elvis Nyathi's suspected killers back in court

The seven men accused of killing Zimbabwean national, Elvis Nyathi, will return to the Randburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday.The group faces charges of murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, robbery, and assault with intent to do grievous…

Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:21hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Dembare striker set for SA trial

BUSTLING striker Tinashe Makanda is set to become the latest Dynamos player to try his luck across the borders after he was invited for assessment by an unnamed South African side.Makanda, who once had a stint with Stellenbosch FC in the n…

Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi activist trial postponed

THE trial of Mthwakazi Republic Party National (MRP) activist Partone Xaba failed to continue on Thursday after the State failed to serve his defence with closing submissions.The matter has been before the courts since November lastyear.Th…

Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Trial of Tsitsi Dangarembgwa resumes

THE trial of novelist Tsitsi Dangarembgwa and Julie Gabriel Barnes who stand accused of participating in an illegal demonstration in 2020 resumed yesterday.Dangarembgwa and Barnes were arrested after staging a protest in Borrowdale over hu…

Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Makodza acquitted after corruption trial

Police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza was acquitted on corruption charges on Thursday.Makodza, who was suspended as officer commanding Matabeleland North province following his arrest, was accused of helping his ex-girlfriend secure a lease …

Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa activists eeks media censure over biased reporting

THE lawyers representing Joanah Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri have filed a formal complaint with the court over alleged biased reporting by the ZBC, Herald and comments by government spokesperson, Nick Mangwana.Mamombe and Chimbiri are memb…

Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Mukunda Chitova

Health personnel exodus hits public hospitals

HEALTH workers, particularly nurses, are deserting public health institutions in droves amid a surge in demand for their skills abroad in a development that has further plunged Zimbabwe's healthcare system into further paralysis.Nurses in …

Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 08:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

2 die in disused coal mineshaft collapse

TWO young illegal miners and a university graduate were on Monday reportedly trapped to death by coal ashes while extracting coke at a dumpsite in Hwange.The issue was confirmed by a resident of DRC Empumalanga township, Joseph Manyemba, w…

Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean designs 2022 Commonwealth Games Baton

UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean artist Laura Nyahuye has designed a rare 2022 Commonwealth Games Baton that will carry the Queen Elizabeth II's message to athletes from the 72-member nations in a 269-day journey, whose climax will be host …

Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga's wife likely to abscond trial, says court

THE Supreme Court has thrown out Marry Mubaiwa's application to get her passport back to travel to South Africa for medical treatment, saying she is likely to abscond trial.Mubaiwa is facing multiple charges of attempting to kill her ex-hu…

Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 12:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mliswa trial deferred

NORTON legislator Themba Mliswa (Independent), who is accused of violating COVID-19 regulations after he held a Press conference which attracted several journalists at his Borrowdale home, had his trial moved to Monday by a Harare magistra…

Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mutambara speaks about Chinese vacine trials

Former Zimbabwean Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara says if the Chinese were in a proactive and empowering partnership with Harare, clinical trials should have been done on the Sinopharm vaccine against the virulent SA Covid-19 varian…

Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 20:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

Let's focus on bail pending trial

BAIL law is an important aspect in the criminal justice system and must be understood by everyone so that justice may not only be done but also seen to be done.Many people have raised concerns that after having reported a serious crime and…

Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:26hrs | 15 | by Abednicho Dube

Registar general's trial continues

The trial of suspended Registrar General Clemence Masango, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges over vehicle purchases, continued yesterday with the State calling the former chief accountant in the department, Mrs Ndanatsei Eliza…

Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 17:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Guvamombe matter postponed sine die

THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) yesterday closed its case in the trial of former chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe, who is facing a charge of criminal abuse of office and of defeating the course of justice while at the helm of th…

Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Guvamombe trial resumes

FORMER chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe's trial on charges of criminal abuse of office and defeating the course of justice resumed at the High Court yesterday with his ex-deputy Elijah Makomo taking to the witness stand.Makomo told Justi…

Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 06:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Guvamombe trial deferred over record

FORMER chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe, who is facing corruption charges before the High Court, has accused the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) of denying him access to a record of tribunal proceedings that previously cleared him on …

Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 16:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Twist to Guvamombe trial

THE proceedings in the trial of former chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe at the High Court were on Friday nullified because the judge is presiding over the trial alone without assessors as required by the law. Guvamombe is being accused o…

Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Judge forced to halt Guvamombe trial

HIGH Court judge Justice Felistas Chatukuta was yesterday forced to halt the trial of former chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe after it emerged that she had breached procedure by hearing the matter in the absence of two assessors as is re…

Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Guvamombe cannot be tried by his juniors,says High Court

Suspended chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe has successfully challenged the decision by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to have him tried by his subordinates over criminal abuse of office allegations.The ruling was handed down by Hi…

Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe treason trials raise fears of relapse to Mugabe years

Twenty people have been charged with treason since the beginning of the year, prompting critics to draw parallels between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule with that of his predecessor Robert Mugabe.During his 38-year autocratic rule, Mu…

Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Guvamombe trial stopped by High court

The trial of suspended Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe has been put to a halt by High Court judge, Justice Edith Mushore, pending determination on his challenge against being tried by his subordinates.Appearing in court yesterday, Guvam…

Published: 01 May 2019 at 17:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Guvamombe to have his day at Magistrates' court

Suspended chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges, will stand trial on April 9 at the Harare Magistrates' Court. Guvamombe yesterday appeared before regional magistrate Ms Lucy Mungwari, who advis…

Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Chibaya trial fails to kick-off

The trial of MDC organising secretary, Amos Chibaya, who is facing charges of subverting a constitutionally-elected government, failed to kick off at the Gweru Magistrates' Court yesterday after the State failed to produce witnesses.Provin…

Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Guvamombe seeks High Court trial

Suspended chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe is seeking to have his case of criminal abuse of office moved to the High Court for trial. He told the court yesterday that he could not be tried at the magistrates' court by his juniors. Throug…

Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Guvamombe trial set for February 28

The trial of suspended chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe on charges of allegedly influencing a subordinate to recuse himself in a matter he had interest in, will commence on February 28. Guvamombe is being accused of interfering with Hara…

Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staffg reporter

Chamisa ally's trial in false start

THE trial of Binga South legislator Gabbuza Joel Gabuza (MDC Alliance), who is facing charges of undermining the authority of or insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa after he allegedly accused the Zanu-PF leader of failing to fix the eco…

Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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