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Kikky Badass ordered to pay US$18,000 in defamation case
Hip hop artist and video vixen Christabel Stembeni Kikky Badass Mahlungwa has been ordered to pay US$18,000 in defamation damages to prominent Masvingo lawyer Rodney Saratoga Makausi following a lawsu...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 12:12hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
Relief as High Court reverses Masvingo evictions
The High Court has overturned the conviction of 16 villagers who were previously found guilty of illegally occupying gazetted land in Masvingo. The original conviction, handed down b...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:13hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
Czech Ambassador to Zimbabwe gives surety for arrested tourist
Czech Republic Deputy Ambassador Michael Novak has assured the High Court that Lucas Slavik, a Czech tourist currently in remand prison in Zimbabwe, will not flee if granted bail. ...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 21:10hrs | 1207 | by Sgtaff reporter
High Court dismisses convicted cop's bribery appeal
Tyron Makayi, a CID officer from Masvingo, had his appeal against his bribery conviction and sentence rejected by the High Court. After being convicted and sentenced to 36 months in prison (with 10 mo...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:38hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
ZINASU wants CVs of recently appointed Judges
The Zimbabwe National Students Union president, Allan Chipoyi, has issued an ultimatum to the Judicial Service Commission, demanding that they provide the CVs and scoresheets of the recently appointed...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 14:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Money changers get bail after 2 months
Two suspected illegal money changers, Abraham Mafukidze (24) and Julius Nyamapfeni, who spent two months in remand prison, have been granted US$50 bail by Masvingo High Court judge Justice Garainesu M...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 07:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
12 newly appointed judges sworn in
The justice delivery system in Zimbabwe is set to improve following the swearing-in of 12 High Court judges by Chief Justice Luke Malaba. The ceremony, held at the Constitutional Court in Hara...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 06:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
11 new judges appointed
President Mnangagwa has appointed 10 new judges to the High Court and one to the Administrative Court, following public interviews conducted by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) last month. ...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 06:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP taken to court
Zanu-PF Mberengwa North legislator Tinashe Shumba has been taken to court after he tried to evict villagers from their ancestral lands to pave way for his gold mining activities.The villagers,...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 06:09hrs | 20 | 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, ...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC activists' trial deferred
GWERU magistrate Princes Tanyanyiwa has rescheduled the trial of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Chirumanzu South candidate Patrick Cheza and four party activists, who are accused of assaulting To...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF appoints village headmen as polling agents
Zanu-PF is wantonly trashing the country's supreme law, the Constitution, that prohibits traditional leaders from engaging in partisan politics after it enlisted five village headmen as its polling ag...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Married Woman Killed By Lover
In a shocking turn of events, a Chiredzi man has been sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison for the murder of his married lover. High Court Judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze delivered the verdict...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:48hrs | 10 | by Erick Matotoba
JSC appoints Electoral Court judges, 5 out of 35 have Ndebele surnames
The Judicial Service Commission has appointed 35 High Court judges and 76 magistrates in all 10 provinces to arbitrate in electoral disputes and ensure rapid trial for political violence over the next...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magistrate convicts CCC councillor without trial
A Chiredzi magistrate who bungled a case of an 'unauthorized' meeting involving a CCC councilor by convicting him at the close of the State case apologised for the error and wrote to the High Court in...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 divorce cases a day in Masvingo
Justice Garainesu Mawadze of the High Court in Masvingo presided over 10 divorce cases in a day from the usual four-five cases a week.A...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 06:12hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Judge's son and co-accuseds in flopped bid to delay murder trial
THE murder trial of High Court Judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze's son, has commenced despite several strenuous efforts to delay proceedings.Munyaradzi Mawadze is accused of killing Sipho Ncube...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police blocked from collecting blood from suspect
THE High Court has stopped police from collecting blood samples from High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze's son, Munyaradzi Jnr, who is facing a murder charge.Mawadze (24), who is being ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Date set for judge's son trial
A TRIAL date has been set for High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze's son, Munyaradzi, who is being accused of murdering a cellphone dealer in 2020.Munyaradzi, who is jointly charged with...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Sheriff fired
Divorce orders obtained fraudulently by some greedy men with a view to stripping their spouses in the Diaspora of matrimonial property, are now on the increase amid reports that a Deputy Sheriff was r...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
18 judges appointed to Electoral Court
Eighteen judges of the High Court have been named by Chief Justice Luke Malaba to constitute the Electoral Court that will operate from March 1 to August 30 this year in terms of the Electoral Act....Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Father, son kill mentally-challenged man for stealing isitshwala
A MASVINGO man and his son were last week sentenced to six and three years in jail, respectively, for killing a 20-year-old man who had stolen food leftovers from their kitchen hut.Simbarashe ...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teacher's protest conviction quashed by High Court
MASVINGO High Court Judges Justice Sunsley Zisengwe and Justice Garainesu Mawadze on Wednesday 15 September 2021 quashed the conviction and 16-months imprisonment of Shilla Chisirumunhu, a Masvingo-ba...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 16:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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 | | by Staff reporter
Manoeuvring for new High Court Judge President starts
THREE senior Harare High Court judges - Justices Garainesu Mawadze, Martin Makonese and Mary Zimba-Dube - are fancying their chances of replacing Justice George Chiweshe as Judge President following t...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Siblings 'murder' mother over 'witchcraft'
THREE men from Chivi in Masvingo province have been arrested for allegedly teaming up to murder their 72-year-old mother after accusing her of witchcraft.The accused - Duduzile, Bright and Dan...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sikhala acquittal to be quashed?
The National Prosecuting Authority has won the first round in what promises to be a long legal process in its attempt to prosecute MDC-Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala over allegedly subversive...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man sets girlfriend on fire, jailed for life
A 40-year-old man from Gutu who doused his lover with petrol for dumping him was on Thursday condemned to life imprisonment by the Masvingo High Court. Liverson Mukubwa of Gwangwai Village und...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teacher claps man to death
A Zaka teacher, who is a father to four children, has his lucky stars to thank for being a free man after the State and the defence team unanimously agreed to alter a murder charge he was facing at Ma...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 16:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZOU Vice Chancellor in court over $180k goat scandal
The Zimbabwe Open University Vice Chancellor Professor Alfred Champion Ncube and Finance Director Mr Garainesu Shoko appeared at the Harare Magistrates court on 15 November 2018 over a charge invo...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 11:44hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Army boss killers to hang
TWO men who pepper-sprayed an army Captain who had offered them a lift, before stabbing him with an Okapi knife to death and stashing his body in the car which they drove for about 40 kilometres with ...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
35 judges appointed to Electoral Court
THIRTY-FIVE High Court judges have been appointed to arbitrate in electoral disputes for the next six months in terms of the country's electoral laws. Acting Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza announced ...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traditional leaders barred from campaigning for Zanu-PF
THE Masvingo High Court yesterday barred traditional leaders from campaigning for the ruling Zanu-PF party and declared their dabbling in party politics as unconstitutional.Masvingo judge Just...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife's lover
A 33-year-old Chiredzi man has been jailed for an effective 14 years by a Masvingo High Court judge for the cold-blooded murder of a neighbour he accused of having an extra-marital affair with his wif...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court to hear 45 murder cases in three month
The High Court of Zimbabwe will this term alone hear 45 murder cases, one robbery case and prophet Walter Magaya's rape case between this month and March.The National Prosecuting Authority has...Published: 07 Jan 2017 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mwonzora faces de-registration for 'abuse of trust funds, forgery'
LAWYER and MDC-T secretary-general Mr Douglas Mwonzora is facing de-registration for alleged abuse of trust funds and forging court documents.The lawyer-cum-politician who is a senior part...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court slams Tomana for persecuting suspects
The High Court has blasted Prosecutor General Mr Johannes Tomana for filing delayed appeals and approaching the courts at his own time without considering the rights of the suspects involved.D...Published: 28 Jan 2016 at 05:17hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Engen escapes placement on judicial management
A local company's application seeking to place Engen Petroleum Zimbabwe under provisional judicial management recently hit a snag after the High Court dismissed the application for want of prosecu...Published: 07 Dec 2015 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
12 of Gumbura's children venture into music
IF music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. IN this famous quotation from Twelfth Night Act 1, scene 1, 1–3, the lovelorn Duke ...Published: 05 Dec 2015 at 07:12hrs | | by Ruth Butaumocho
Inmate rapes, kills jail guard
A prisoner at a Hurungwe prison in Makuti, Stancelot Mashayamombe, was last week slapped with life imprisonment for the murder of a prison officer, Bessy Mutandwa Majuru.High Court judge Justi...Published: 29 Nov 2015 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tormented human rights lawyer heaps fresh misery on Mugabe's top lawyer
Tormented human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has heaped fresh misery on Zimbabwe's under-fire Prosecutor-General, Johannes Tomana, after she strongly reprimanded him for abusing his prosecutorial pow...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 14:56hrs | 1 | by Professor Matodzi
Fengu granted bail
Zanu-PF apologist Fidelis Fengu who was jailed for an effective four months over extortion charges yesterday breathed a sigh of relief after High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze granted him ...Published: 30 Oct 2015 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
State seeks to nail Beatrice Mtetwa
Human Rights defender, Beatrice Mtetwa was yesterday dragged back to court by the Prosecutor General 23 months after her acquittal on charges of obstruction of justice. The State is seekin...Published: 27 Oct 2015 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court postpones NPA hearing for leave to appeal to Supreme Court
High Court Judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze on 26 October 2015 postponed the hearing of a request filed by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) seeking leave to appeal against her acquittal about t...Published: 27 Oct 2015 at 06:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Fidelis Fengu challenges 4 months jail sentence
Fidelis Fengu, who was jailed for four months by a Harare magistrate a week ago over a conviction on extortion charges, has approached the High Court challenging both his conviction and sentence....Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 16:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailed murderer faces more charges
A Chivhu serial murderer currently serving a 20-year jail term has appeared at the High Court facing two more counts of murder.Bryan Mupayiki of Rufu village under Chief Nyoka of Featherst...Published: 07 Oct 2015 at 20:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Court strikes off notorious Section 121
The Constitutional Court today struck down the notorious section 121 (3) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act which empowered the State to send to jail suspects who would have been granted bail....Published: 23 Sep 2015 at 13:26hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Murderer survives death sentence
A 27-year-old Chinhoyi man has been spared a death sentence owing to inadequacies in the new constitution on the imposition of the death penalty.Godknows Mandizvidza will spend life in pri...Published: 31 Aug 2015 at 17:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza council wins $1 million allowance case
Chitungwiza Municipality has been spared the agony of raising $1,1 million towards employees' outstanding allowances after High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze set aside an arbitral award in fav...Published: 24 Aug 2015 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man fights to recover $78,000 from police, Chombo, Chihuri
The High Court has ordered a Mutare based businessman, Tendai Blessing Mangwiro to cite Home Affairs Minister, Ignatius Chombo and Police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri in their personal c...Published: 19 Aug 2015 at 19:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
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