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Zimbabwean parents beg US diplomat for apology killing their child
The family of an 11-year-old girl allegedly killed by a US diplomat in Zimbabwe in a road accident in June have told the BBC they want him to return to the country and apologise to them in person....Published: 12 Aug 2024 at 14:28hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
'US diplomat killed a Zimbabwean dream'
A month after a top United States of America diplomat ran over and killed a primary school girl, the family is still heart-broken and seeking closure."She wanted to be a pilot," said Gogo Beau...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 06:54hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
America 'fugitive' diplomat shielded from Zimbabwe prosecution
A spokeswoman from the United States Embassy in Harare has refuted allegations by Harare that its diplomat is on the run after allegedly killing an 11-year-old girl in a road traffic accident in Dema,...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 07:15hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
US diplomat runs over 11-year-old Zimbabwean girl, flees the country
Eric Kimpton, the Second Secretary at the US Embassy in Zimbabwe, allegedly ran over and killed 11-year-old Ruvarashe Takamhanya in Dema, a peri-urban area south of Harare in June this year. Kimpton l...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:34hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel not off the hook
Anti-corruption watchdogs have petitioned the Southern African Development Community (Sadc), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) to sanction President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special envoy...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa grants immunity to Putin
The South African has gazetted International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor's notice for the Diplomatic Immunity and Privileges Act to be granted to all international officials at BR...Published: 30 May 2023 at 07:47hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel's PR disaster
Uebert Angel is, easily, the man of the moment, for all the wrong reasons.He was recently outed by the Al Jazeera undercover investigative team for trying to aid gold and money laundering usin...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa must relinquish Ambassador At Large Angel's appointment
Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) has appealed to the Office of the President and Cabinet to immediately relinquish Ambassador At Large for Europe and the Americas, Uebert Angel of ...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Al Jazeera exposé: Mnangagwa should step down for enabling corruption
A CROSS-SECTION of Zimbabweans say they feel gutted after watching the first of a four-part Al Jazeera exposé on money-laundering and gold smuggling activities implicating President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rape case can only be taken up in 2023 if he loses the election
THE filing of a rape case by Australian-based Zimbabwean Susan Mutami against the President Emmerson Mnangagwa may not go beyond the police station file cabinet, legal experts have warned.Muta...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa legally untouchable while in office
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is unlikely to face justice while in office over sensational rape allegations by Australia-based Susan Mutami, legal experts have said.Now-based in Australia, Muta...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 19:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zacc recovers 501 cars, seizes US$5m properties
More than US$5 million worth of corruptly-acquired property, including 501 vehicles, have been seized by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission in the past 18 months as Zimbabwean authorities intensi...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa's MPs unite to demand obscene salary packages and perks?
There are only two times when MPs in Zimbabwe come together across the political divide and speak with one voice: When it comes to their salary packages and perks.This is not just true of the ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:43hrs | | by Paul Kaseke
SA prosecuting authority applies for Grace Mugabe extradition - report
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Tuesday kept mum about Afriforum's claims that the NPA has applied for the extradition of Zimbabwe's former first lady Grace Mugabe.The purported ex...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 21:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Motsepe's money trail, Botswana security company accounts frozen
The Botswana Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) has frozen Avante Security Services bank accounts in Gaborone on suspicions that the company was used by South African businesswoman Bridgette Motsepe ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 08:39hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa in rape storm
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has been accused of rape by a Harare woman who claims the opposition leader "emerged from nowhere" and committed the abuse against her in her Norton home.Social media...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:11hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe stews in legal bills
FOR over 37 years, former president Robert Mugabe had remained untouchable as many citizens suffered in silence at the hands of the autocratic leader. But when his rule came to a dramatic end nearly t...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will not handover Grace Mugabe for South Africa trial
A warrant for the arrest of former first lady Grace Mugabe issued by a South African court at the request of the Afrikaner pressure group, AfriForum, is an attempt to embarrass former President Robert...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:41hrs | 2 | by ZimLive
'Gucci Grace' leaves workers on her farm without pay
Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwe's millionaire former first lady forced from power in last year's coup, has not paid her farm workers for months despite living a luxury lifestyle paid for by the state she and h...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 16:47hrs | | by The Telegraph
Grace Mugabe gets Zimbabwe govt support
Zimbabwe's deputy information minister says extraditing former first lady Grace Mugabe to South Africa would constitute "harassment".South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has iss...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reportetr
SA police seek Interpol's help to arrest Grace Mugabe
South African police are seeking Interpol's help to enforce an arrest warrant for Zimbabwe's former first lady Grace Mugabe over an alleged assault of a model in Johannesburg last year, a police spoke...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 15:43hrs | | by Al jazeera
Mugabe sons 'pressurising' model girlfriend to drop Grace assault charges
One of the sons of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has allegedly been pressuring Gabriella Engels to drop the charges against his mother.Engels is the Joburg model who filed assault ch...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 10:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA govt throws Grace Mugabe under the bus
The South African government will not appeal a South Gauteng High Court judgment that ruled the decision to grant former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity was "an error of law". ...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 10:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe off the hook?
She has no immunity, but is still very unlikely to stand trial courtesy to political considerations.Implementing an arrest warrant against Zimbabwe's former First Lady Grace Mugabe will be ver...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Karyn Maughan
It would be 'unwise' for Grace Mugabe to visit SA again
It would be "unwise" for former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe to enter South Africa again.This is the view of Nicole Fritz, executive director of Freedom Under Law.Fritz told News...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 16:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe to be issued with SA warrant of arrest?
The South Gauteng High Court has set aside the decision to grant former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity.Judge Bashier Vally handed down the judgment on Monday and said t...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 14:16hrs | 3 | by City Press
Afriforum calling NPA to prosecute Grace Mugabe
The decision to grant former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity is "inconsistent with the constitution", the South Gauteng High Court found on Monday. Judge Bashier Vally s...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 11:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Grace Mugabe's diplomatic immunity 'unconstitutional'
The decision to grant former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity is "inconsistent with the constitution", the South Gauteng High Court found on Monday. Judge Bashier Vally s...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 11:42hrs | | by TimesLive
Grace Mugabe targeted for elimination?
VANCOUVER - Former first lady, Grace Mugabe's life is reportedly in serious danger, amid disclosures from high level ruling Zanu PF officials in confidentiality that President Robert Mugabe's wife is ...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Nancy Mabaya
Grace Mugabe's troubles deepen
The family of Johannesburg model Gabriella Engels, who made headlines in 2017 after laying assault charges against Zimbabwe's then-first lady Grace Mugabe, on Friday said they will continue to press f...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:48hrs | 1 | by ANA
Grace Mugabe can't buy justice
Acting Judge Bashier Vally on Friday reserved judgment in an application by lobby group AfriForum against the decision by the international relations and cooperation minister to grant diplomatic immun...Published: 11 May 2018 at 14:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA didn't grant, but only recognised Grace Mugabe immunity
The South African government did not grant diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwe's former first lady Grace Mugabe, but only recognised it after the 2017 assault charge, a lawyer representing the foreign min...Published: 11 May 2018 at 14:29hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Grace Mugabe's immunity under threat
TWO South African minority rights groups have piled pressure on the South African High Court to strip Zimbabwe's former First Lady Grace Mugabe of her diplomatic immunity, so that she could be prosecu...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe must come back to face assault charge
The young Johannesburg model Gabriella Engels who opened assault charges against Grace Mugabe in 2017, on Thursday said she hoped Zimbabwe's former first lady would be brought back to South Africa to ...Published: 10 May 2018 at 15:13hrs | | by Agencies
Grace Mugabe immunity: Court between a rock and a hard place
The High Court in Pretoria was presented with a legal dilemma on Thursday as it considered the diplomatic immunity granted to former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe.The court was not sure w...Published: 10 May 2018 at 12:28hrs | 1 | by TimesLive
SA court decides Grace Mugabe's fate today
The Pretoria High Court will today give itself a chance to decide an issue that could lead to the revocation of diplomatic immunity granted to Grace Mugabe, paving the way for her to face prosecution ...Published: 10 May 2018 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe in trouble
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe is facing fresh trouble in South Africa, with a case in which her diplomatic immunity is being challenged set to begin tomorrow.Authorities in South Africa grant...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe to appear in SA Court?
According to the AfriForum Media Statement, The civil rights watchdog AfriForum's application against an earlier decision by the Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (...Published: 08 May 2018 at 11:28hrs | 1 | by A. Mhlongo
Grace Mugabe assault case latest
Civil rights watchdog AfriForum said on Thursday that the North Gauteng High Court will next month hear a case against the granting of diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwe First Lady Grace Mugabe by the So...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 12:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe still untouchable in SA
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe remains untouchable and will not be arrested upon entering South Africa because her diplomatic immunity status still holds, NewsDay reported. Lawyers representin...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South African groups gun for Grace Mugabe
Three rights groups have joined forces with the Democratic Alliance (DA) to set aside the diplomatic immunity granted to former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe to shield her from trial for allegedl...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe faces prosecution in SA
Grace Mugabe is now liable for prosecution in South Africa over the assault of model Gabriella Engels in August, legal experts have said.They told the Daily News yesterday that the mere fact t...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe: The mother, wife, leader
Like most today's mothers juggling the act of bringing up children in a maze of dizzying modernity, whirlwind technological advancements, illegal substances and intoxicating influences both global and...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 09:54hrs | 2 | by Maggie Mzumara
Did the Zimbabwe 'coup' happen to protect the military chief?
THE fall of Robert Mugabe, who was a fixture in global affairs for nearly four decades, was sudden, swift and bloodless.A little more than a week after the military warned the government it mi...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 15:09hrs | 1 | by BBC
Mugabe still subject to civil lawsuit for massacres in foreign courts
The immunity granted to President Mugabe this Tuesday, while it covers criminal and civil charges in Zimbabwe, does not cover civil lawsuits filed in foreign countries on his person and which seek to ...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 15:19hrs | 1 | by Ken Sibanda
Granting Mugabe asylum in SA a hot potato
With pressure mounting against President Robert Mugabe to step down, the issue of where he would seek asylum has become a hotly contested issue, with many saying South Africa is the obvious choice....Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 12:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 possible scenarios for Zimbabwe
After 37 years in charge of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe is currently under house arrest after a military takeover.South African envoys and a Zimbabwean church leader are trying to mediate between ...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 05:36hrs | | by Lebo Diseko
Mugabe and his disGraceful weakness
President Robert Mugabe's downfall was caused by the ambitions of his combative wife Grace, whose emergence as his likely successor proved a step too far for Zimbabwe's military, analysts say....Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by AFP
Zimbabwe politicians plot post-Mugabe reforms
In January, a photograph appeared in Zimbabwe's media showing Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa enjoying drinks with a friend. In his hand was a large novelty mug emblazoned with the words: "I‘M THE...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 08:44hrs | | by Joe Brock, Ed Cropley
Who is Grace Mugabe?
Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe, a polarising figure, has gradually positioned herself as a potential successor to her 93-year-old husband Robert as president when he dies or steps down....Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by BBC
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