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Chibaya in court for inciting public violence
Amos Chibaya, an activist of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), appeared in court yesterday facing charges of inciting public violence. Chibaya was remanded in custody, with his bail ...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:42hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Murder accused Gweru businessman strips in court
The trial of Peter Dube, a Gweru businessman accused of double murder and two attempted murders, was delayed this week after he displayed erratic behavior in court, raising concerns about his mental s...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 14:55hrs | 1552 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park Court construction underway
The Cowdray Park courthouse in Bulawayo is set to open in the last quarter of the year despite construction delays caused by rocky terrain and water issues, according to the Judicial Services Commissi...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman shot outside Cape Town court was Zimbabwean witness to murder
A woman shot dead outside a courthouse in Cape Town, South Africa, on May 25 was a 30-year-old Zimbabwean who was a witness against a man who killed her friend, ZimLive revealed.In a viral vid...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 14:25hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora suffers another court defeat
A CHINHOYI magistrate this Tuesday acquitted Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Godfrey Makoko, who was facing charges of threatening to kill MDC president, Douglas Mwonzora.This d...Published: 10 May 2023 at 19:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC forgets Sikhala
For the past 260 days at the Harare magistrates' court, whenever members of the public noticed the deployment of more than 60 anti-riot officers - clad in full combat gear and armed with truncheons an...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala solidarity waning
For the past 260 days at the Harare magistrates' court, whenever members of the public noticed the deployment of more than 60 anti-riot officers - clad in full combat gear and armed with truncheons an...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 14:02hrs | 1 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Malaba to commission Lupane Magistrates' Courts
ALL is set for the commissioning of the completed Lupane Magistrates' Courts complex by Chief Justice Luke Malaba this Friday.Construction of the complex started a few years ago and it is one ...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lupane Magistrates Court complete
CONSTRUCTION of new Lupane Magistrates Court complex, one of the signature infrastructure projects being implemented in Matabeleland North province, is complete and the Judicial Service Commission (JS...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Infrastructure projects to change the face of Mat South
Matabeleland South Province is set for a major facelift as a number of infrastructure projects being spearheaded by Government are progressing well, with some nearing completion.At Joshua Mqab...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
JSC commissions virtual court
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) yesterday officially launched the virtual court system to speed up the completion of cases.This was after some prisoners failed to turn up in court due to...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lupane Magistrates courthouse almost complete
CONSTRUCTION of the Lupane Magistrates courthouse is almost complete with the main building, prison holding cells, waiting shed and ablution facilities already roofed.This comes as Government ...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Joe Biden's simple message to Africa: Save yourself
I went to university during the days of United States president J F Kennedy, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah and the American dreamer, the Reverend Martin Luther King.The last 20 years have been dogged ...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:44hrs | 7 | by Ken Mufuka
Covid-19: Judicial Service Commission closes five more courthouses
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) closed five more courthouses in Gweru on Friday after some members of staff tested Covid-19 positive.Some officials at the Labour Court and another employ...Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 21:45hrs | | by Staff Writer
Strict measures for court attendees
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba yesterday announced strict conditions for court attendees in a statement where he relaxed some of the measures that he put in place in January to ensure that the country's co...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marriages ban lifted
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has lifted the ban on marriages and announced the resumption of normal court operations, including the offices of the Master and the Sheriff of the High Court following the r...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice to virtually open 2021 legal year
The traditional ceremony to mark the official opening of the 2021 Legal Year has been cancelled owing to the need to minimise risk of Covid-19 infection by the Judicial Service Commission, but Chief J...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe court business suspended
Chief Justice Luke Malaba has suspended all regular court operations and scaled back other courthouse activities, with the Sheriff and Messenger of Court ordered to stop evictions and executions, foll...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 23:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'defends' workers' rights
A well-organised labour system is critical in the progressive realisation of workers' rights and sustenance of business, President Mnangagwa has said. Speaking during the commissioning of a st...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions new Labour Court
A well-organised labour system is critical in the progressive realisation of workers' rights and sustenance of business in the country, President Mnangagwa has said.Speaking during the commiss...Published: 13 May 2019 at 17:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police challenge assault victim's $13k compensation award
Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have petitioned the High Court seeking to reverse a $13 500 compensation granted to a 64-y...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawarire freed on bail after being detained for 13 days
Zimbabwean activist and pastor Evan Mawarire was freed on $2,000 bail after being detained for 13 days following violent anti-government protests."I'm persuaded in the case... that the interes...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 18:13hrs | | by AFP
Chief Justice Malaba vows to tackle corruption in Judiciary
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has declared that he will leave no stone unturned in his endeavour to fight corruption within the country's Judiciary. Speaking during the commissioning of three new ...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Con-Court must rise above partisan politics
The Constitutional Court (Con-Court) will tomorrow hear for the first time in its five-year history a case involving a presidential election, in which the nine justices will weigh a decision by the Zi...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 17:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's scarf feature in MDC election results court challenge
Zimbabwe's main opposition party on Friday filed a legal challenge to the results of the country's first election without Robert Mugabe on the ballot, alleging "gross mathematical errors" and calling ...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:42hrs | | by AFP
+20 MDC Alliance supporters in detention says Chamisa's spin nurse
Zimbabwe's main opposition party says soldiers in the capital have been searching for opposition supporters to detain after the disputed election.There is no independent confirmation of the al...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 13:12hrs | | by AP
Mugabe suffers Mubarak Ceausescu shame
THE army has taken President Robert Mugabe and his wife into custody, triggering speculation of a military coup, though the military's supporters called it as a "bloodless correction." It wasn't clear...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 10:47hrs | 1 | by Associated Press
Robber shoots his PENIS while trying to steal sausage
A clumsy Chicago would-be robber accidentally shot himself in the penis while trying to raid a hotdog stand.It has been reported the teenager was fumbling with his weapon as he tried to grab c...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans go from 'tweets to streets'
Government critics staged a massive stay-away in Zimbabwe's largest cities on July 6. Streets in the capital Harare were deserted, with central business district shops closed.The international...Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 20:48hrs | | by Lauren E. Young
Daughter axes mother for hiring a neighbour
A 36-YEAR-OLD Lupane woman, who allegedly struck her mother with an axe for hiring a neighbour without seeking her consent, has been remanded in custody and referred to a mental institution.Br...Published: 18 Nov 2015 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor held at gunpoint in Turkey
A far-left Turkish group took an Istanbul prosecutor hostage on Tuesday and threatened to kill him, prompting special forces to enter the courthouse and police to evacuat...Published: 31 Mar 2015 at 15:36hrs | | by Reuters
Violence erupts after US cop not charged in teen's shooting
A Missouri grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer on any charges in the fatal August shooting of an unarmed black teenager unleashed a wave of violent protests Monday night similar...Published: 25 Nov 2014 at 04:16hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Celeb wedding cost only $142
Los Angeles - Dax Shephard says his wedding to Kristen Bell cost just $142 (R1399).The 38-year-old actor tied the knot with Kristen, 33, on October 17, but it wasn't a typical Hollywood cerem...Published: 29 Oct 2013 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Charles Taylor appeal judgement scheduled for 26 Sept 2013
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - The Judges of the Special Court's Appeals Chamber announced today that they will deliver their Appeal Judgement in the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on...Published: 28 Aug 2013 at 00:19hrs | | by United Nations
Mugabe's US lobbyist denies wrongdoing
A CHICAGO man accused of illegally lobbying Illinois politicians in a failed bid to lift US economic sanctions against Zimbabwe vehemently denied wrongdoing Thursday, saying he had a long and unblemi...Published: 16 Aug 2013 at 10:21hrs | | by Agencies
U.S. - Thousands protest Trayvon Martin verdict
Demonstrators took to the streets in dozens of U.S. cities on Saturday to vent their anger over the acquittal in Florida of the man who shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin to death and to call ...Published: 21 Jul 2013 at 07:12hrs | | by Reuters
MDC-T aspiring MP finally released on bail
The MDC-T aspiring legislator for Makoni Central Patrick Sagandira and his campaign manager Lovemore Chifomboti, who have been locked up in remand on public violence charges, for the past two weeks, w...Published: 06 Jul 2013 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nomination Courts updates
20:30 Marian Chombo has filed her papers as an Independent to contest in Zvimba North after failing to meet Zanu PF set criteria for primary elections. Outgoin...Published: 28 Jun 2013 at 19:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lionel Messi investigated for tax fraud in Spain
Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi and his father are being investigated in Spain for allegedly defrauding the state of more than 4m euros (£3.4m).The 25-year-old Argentina forward an...Published: 12 Jun 2013 at 14:20hrs | | by BBC
Man stupidly tried to enter courthouse with more than a dozen bags of cocaine
A man in the US tried to enter the Erie County Courthouse while carrying more than a dozen bags of crack cocaine.According to Erie police, 29-year-old William Gillespie was passing through the...Published: 30 Mar 2013 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Swaziland Alert: Magistrate supports journalistsÂ’ right to information
A magistrate in Swaziland has come to the defence of journalists after they were denied access to court documents.In a Times of Swaziland news article published on Thursday, 7 February 201...Published: 08 Feb 2013 at 12:02hrs | | by Vuyisile Hlatshwayo and Levi Kabwato
Woman (79) drags church to court over noise pollution
A 79-year-old woman, Mrs Esther Ogunsalu, whose residence shares a common fence with the church in Lagos, had dragged the church before the court for disturbing her peace, naij.com reported.O...Published: 22 Jan 2013 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Teacher forces students to cut her pubic hair
US - A beauty school teacher in Montana, USA, allegedly forced students to cut her pubic hair with trimmers that were later used on customers. She also exposed her ...Published: 19 Aug 2012 at 21:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Koffi Olomide sentenced
Koffi Olomide, who was recently charged with rape in France, was given three-month suspended prison sentence for injuring his producer.The rumba singer, who is one of Africa's best-known music...Published: 17 Aug 2012 at 13:27hrs | | by Sapa-AFP
Police fire tear gas at 200 MDC-T protesters outside the High Court
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Witnesses say police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change led by prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai...Published: 04 Jun 2012 at 10:41hrs | | by AP
Rapper Heavy D died of a blood clot in his lung: Coroner
Rapper Heavy D died of a blood clot in his lung and other conditions, a coroner's report revealed Tuesday.The rapper, famous for the 1991 hit "Now That We Found Love," died Nov. 8 after colla...Published: 27 Dec 2011 at 21:09hrs | | by -
Police find dead body in Belgian shooter's garage
Police have found the body of a woman while searching a garage linked to a gunman whose shooting spree in the Belgian city of Liege left at least three other people dead and scores more wounded, Aljaz...Published: 15 Dec 2011 at 04:47hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Magistrates courts turns into a mini warzone as MDC-T youths riots
NewsDay reported that The Rotten Row Magistrates’ Courts in Harare were on Friday turned into a mini warzone when MDC-T youths clashed with anti-riot police as they protested agains...Published: 09 Oct 2011 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
World's 5 Dumbest robbers
The robber who rang ahead It seems logical that preparation is everything when it comes to committing a crime, so you can hardly blame 40-year-old Canad...Published: 14 Sep 2011 at 19:16hrs | | by Matthews Estell
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