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US$1m for strategic minerals licence in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has gazetted a sweeping new Mines and Minerals Bill that seeks to clamp down on speculative mining claim hoarding while ensuring only credible investors participate in the extraction of strat...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:12hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
High Court strikes procurement law challenge off the roll
A legal challenge mounted by Harare lawyer Mr Naison Machingauta against a controversial provision in Zimbabwe's public procurement law has been struck off the High Court roll, with the court citing c...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:26hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
POSB scandal exposes Mnangagwa?
Documents supporting President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial handling of the planned sale of the state-owned People's Own Savings Bank (POSB) have sparked grave concerns regarding transparency an...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 08:11hrs | 3528 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's long-time Chaplain calls for dialogue, mediation skills among young politicians
Father Fidelis Mukonori, who was Robert Mugabe's long-time confidante, has stressed the importance of mediation, negotiation, and dialogue as crucial skills for young people involved in politics. He m...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 15:55hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa not obligated to accede to international conventions'
The High Court has ruled that there is no legal requirement compelling President Emmerson Mnangagwa to accede to international conventions, following an application by lawyer and activist Obey Shava s...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:35hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers vow to fight on after High Court setback
Teachers in Zimbabwe are set to boycott the National Joint Negotiation Council (NJNC) following a High Court ruling that dismissed their application for improved working conditions. The joint applicat...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:17hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers suffer setback in salary demands
Teachers in Zimbabwe have faced a significant setback in their quest for improved salaries and working conditions, following the High Court's dismissal of their joint application against the governmen...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:48hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pursues legal action over confiscated fire tenders in Lithuania
The Zimbabwean government is actively exploring all legal avenues, including international arbitration, to recover 17 fire tenders that were seized by Lithuania last year while being shipped from Bela...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:25hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe law allows jailed mothers can stay with children
Attorney-General Virginia Mabiza clarified that Zimbabwean law permits incarcerated mothers to keep their infants with them in prison. This statement came in response to an image circulated on X (form...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 10:52hrs | 351 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set to announce major shakeup of government bureaucracy
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to implement a major shake-up of the bureaucracy in the coming weeks with several high-profile departures and appointments.Misheck Sibanda, the chief secret...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 19:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa against hounding Mugabe loyalists
FORMER Zanu-PF Youth League political commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu has claimed self-exiled ex-cabinet minister, Saviour 'Tyson' Kasukuwere will win the impending 2023 presidential election as this wa...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:25hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Hangman job hangs in the balance
APPLICANTS for the hangman post may have to wait a little longer to find out if they will ever get the job, as the Government is considering abolishing the death penalty.A number of applicants...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's amnesty to rapists raises a stink
Pressure is piling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reconsider the release of dangerous criminals, including rapists, who benefited from an amnesty that saw the release of 4 000 prisoners. R...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda High Court construction in progress
THE construction of a state-of-the-art court complex that is expected to house the High Court is in progress in Gwanda, the provincial capital of Matabeleland South Province as part of the country's e...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Companies Registry goes digital
THE Registrar of Companies has gone digital in a move that is set to plug loopholes in the system and curb the fraudulent grabbing of companies and properties by criminals.The new electronic s...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:18hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Polad kicks out Mnangagwa critic
PRESIDENTIAL aspirant Peter Munyanduri has been kicked out of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) for criticising President Emmerson Mnangagwa's handling of the March 26 by-elections.Mnangag...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
JSC recommends tribunal for Justice Mushore
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has recommended a tribunal to determine whether High Court judge Justice Edith Mushore should continue as a judicial office after failing to report for duty for n...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Sibangumuzi Khumalo appointed Minister of State in Chiwenga's Office
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed Tsholotsho North legislator, Sibangumuzi Khumalo as Minister of State in the Office of Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga.Khumalo, who was sworn in at the...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 18:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa committed to close Gukurahundi issue?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is "committed" to bringing closure to the Gukurahundi issue, the Justice ministry said yesterday as the Zanu-PF leader meets traditional leaders in Matabeleland region tod...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malaba swears in Judge President
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba yesterday presided over the swearing in of newly-appointed Judge President, Justice Mary Zimba-Dube, making his first public appearance since the May High Court judgment that...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa denies withholding Ndewere dismissal report
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has denied allegations that he withheld a full report containing the reasons why he dismissed former High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere.Ndewere last week filed an urgen...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Malaba strayed from straight, narrow path of rectitude
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, it is a shame for government that the power to extend the tenure of senior judges beyond retirement age that was recently vested in you was s...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
ZACC tackles Deeds Office graft
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), seeing a flood of fraud and corruption cases involving fake or stolen title deeds, or duplicate deeds has embarked on a series of awareness campaigns at...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Judges have final say on Malaba case, says Govt
GOVERNMENT said it would leave Supreme Court judges to decide whether or not they could hear government's appeal against a ruling suspending President Emmerson Mnangagwa's extension of former Chief Ju...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Malaba saga: Govt appeals to wrong court, claims MDC activists
GOVERNMENT has reportedly erroneously filed an appeal against the declaratur by the High Court in former Chief Justice Luke Malaba's case to the Supreme Court instead of the Constitutional Court (ConC...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reaffirms Judiciary independence
Independence of the Judiciary is vital to the survival of the country's democracy and will be fully respected by the Government, President Mnangagwa said last night. In a message posted on his Twitter...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told that patriotism is a virtue
GOVERNMENT has been urged to desist from forcing citizens to give positive narratives about the country by enactment of laws but allow patriotism to develop naturally out of good governance.Th...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delta Beverages donate to prison inmates
DELTA Corporations, a multi-national beverages company yesterday donated uniforms and sanitary wear worth $200 000 to the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to improve the welfare of fe...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa to implement Motlanthe recommendations in September'
GOVERNMENT says it is currently seized with the modalities to implement a wide range of reforms recommended by various election observer missions and the Kgalema Motlanthe commission of inquiry appoin...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gives ZACC arresting powers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) - for long been rapped for being a toothless bulldog - now has arresting powers as Government takes giant strides in its quest to tackle the scourge of c...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
14 high-profile graft cases stalled
AT least 14 high-profile corruption trials have been stopped for various reasons by the High Court since last year, a development that has sparked public debate on the seriousness by some stakeholders...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zec shuts door on Chamisa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's bid to overturn President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory in last year's polls on grounds of legitimacy has been overtaken by events because the Zimbabwe Electoral ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to facilitate Gukurahundi exhumations, reburials
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to facilitate the exhumation and reburial of Gukurahundi victims, provision of counselling and medical assistance to victims and survivors as well as iss...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ignores Motlanthe advice
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who came to power on the back of a coup in November 2017, is reportedly skirting critical recommendations contained in the former South African President Kgalema Motlanth...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 12:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends Land Commission's tenure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended the tenure of the seven-member Commission of Inquiry into the sale of State land in and around urban areas by nine months. The Commission of Inquiry w...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dissolves Zacc
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday disbanded the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) amid claims that it had become a white elephant, with some of the members allegedly involved in corrupt ...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
CJ Malaba denies meeting Mnangagwa over PG
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba never met President Mnangagwa last month over the recruitment of the country's substantive Prosecutor-General (PG), Judicial Service Commission (JSC) acting secretary Mr Walt...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:09hrs | | 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
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance to share $8m
Zanu-PF and MDC-Alliance will share $8 million allocated to political parties by Treasury under the Political Parties Finance Act. Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube set ...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 04:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
75 land barons arrested
AN inquiry into the illegal sale of State land in urban areas is now 60 percent complete and so far, 75 land barons have been arrested for fraud, theft of trust funds and other corruption-relate...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 14:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe post-election violence Commission relied on post-mortem evidence
THE commission of inquiry into the August 1 post-election violence that resulted in the fatal shooting of six civilians by the military has claimed that it captured 90% of evidence, particularly post-...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa likely to testify as post-poll violence probe team resumes duty
THE Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 disturbances that resulted in the death of six people and damage to property is resuming today amid reports that MDC-Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, is ...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
$17m debt chokes Justice ministry
JUSTICE secretary Virginia Mabiza last week told Parliament that her ministry was saddled with debts of over $17 million, some of which dated back to the drafting and adoption of the country's Constit...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army killings probe hots up
After a near-farcical start, temperatures rose a notch up yesterday at the government's commission of inquiry into the August 1 post-election violence - which ended up with the army killing at least s...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 11:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Witnesses relive Harare shooting horrors
WITNESSES yesterday relived the horrors of the post-election violence which ripped through Harare on August 1 and saw members of the army killing seven civilians in a crackdown on opposition supporter...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutors stranded after mass transfers
OVER 100 senior public prosecutors are reportedly stranded at various stations countrywide after the National Prosecuting Authority promoted and mass transferred them without footing their relocation ...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Staf reporter
Motlanthe commission of inquiry sets up office at hotel
THE Kgalema Motlanthe-led commission of inquiry into the August 1 post-election violence has found its home at a Harare hotel, with permanent secretary in the Ministry of Justice Virginia Mabiza servi...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa retires Mudede in major shake-up
ONE of the country's longest-serving bureaucrats, Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede, was retired yesterday as President Emmerson Mnangagwa also got rid of several permanent secretaries and directors in...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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