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British tycoon loses posh house in Harare
British tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten has lost a High Court bid to compel the transfer of a Harare property, Stand No 4 Wroxham Road, The Grange, to his name.Van Hoogstraten had filed an app...Published: 5 hrs ago | 107 | by Staff reporter
British tycoon loses posh house in Harare
British tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten has lost a High Court bid to compel the transfer of a Harare property, Stand No 4 Wroxham Road, The Grange, to his name.Van Hoogstraten had filed an app...Published: 5 hrs ago | 158 | by Staff reporter
White Judge rules Malema guilty of hate speech
South African opposition politician Julius Malema has been convicted of hate speech by the country's equality court, following remarks he made at a rally in 2022.Malema, leader of the Economic...Published: 6 hrs ago | 277 | by Staff reporter
Court halts RioZim's asset sales
The High Court has granted an urgent interdict to the Zimbabwe Diamond & Allied Minerals Workers' Union (ZDAMWU), barring RioZim Limited from disposing of its mining assets while corporate rescue ...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 06:04hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa to officially open Zimbabwe Agricultural Show
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected in Harare this Friday to officially open the 115th edition of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS), the country's largest annual trade exhibition....Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 08:03hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe High Court bans Chinese miner
The Chinhoyi High Court has barred Beijing Broadtec Investments (Pvt) Ltd from conducting any mining activities at the disputed Mukovo 12 Mine in Mashonaland West Province, ruling that the Chinese com...Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 07:56hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Nicholas van Hoogstraten's 16-year-old property claim dismissed
The High Court has rejected businessman Nicholas van Hoogstraten's bid to revive a 16-year-old lawsuit over a Harare property, ruling that the claim was long dormant, overtaken by events, and unenforc...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 22:19hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi denied bail again
High Court Judge Justice Regis Dembure has dismissed former Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi's bail application, upholding a Harare magistrate court ruling that he remain in custody.Justice Demb...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 21:12hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
White farmer to stand trial over 65 missing cattle
The High Court in Bulawayo has dismissed an application by a man accused of stealing trust cattle to avoid trial, ruling that the State presented enough evidence to place him on his defence.Ju...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 21:00hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
High Court slashes serial housebreaker's 'irrational jail term
The High Court has overturned a Tsholotsho magistrate's decision that sentenced a 25-year-old serial housebreaker to nearly two decades in prison, describing the punishment as "irrational, excessive a...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 20:56hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
+40,000 vehicles vanish after entering Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has failed to account for more than 40 000 vehicles that entered the country under Temporary Import Permits (TIPs), according to the latest Auditor-General's rep...Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 09:23hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
Bitter estate wrangle sucks in top judges
A long-running family feud over the estate of the late Taya "Daya" Mlotshwa has erupted into a bruising legal battle at the Bulawayo High Court, with bitter accusations of judicial misconduct, stallin...Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 09:22hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to introduce GPS tracking for motorists
The Government of Zimbabwe is set to roll out roadside drug and alcohol testing for motorists alongside GPS tracking of public service vehicles, as part of intensified efforts to enforce traffic regul...Published: 24 Aug 2025 at 09:13hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
We were alive, but never truly lived
We dreamed big and forgot that the most precious moments were hidden in the seemingly insignificant little moments of life.We sat around the dinner table with our eyes fixed on our cell phones...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 22:16hrs | 312 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Sipho Mazibuko awaits judgment
All eyes are on the Bulawayo Magistrates Court today as prominent businesswoman and activist Sipho Mazibuko awaits judgment in her high-profile case over an illegal demonstration held last month....Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 14:57hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Tembeka Nicolas Ngcukaitobi, your legal reputation could be on the line!
Having had the Lungu case decided conclusively in court by three judges, a sudden twist of events followed immediately after the ruling. The Lungu family must have prepared themselves for both outcome...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 21:10hrs | 581 | by Nomazulu Thata
Justice Katiyo in fresh storm
High Court judge Justice Never Katiyo is once again under scrutiny after granting the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) leave to appeal in a politically sensitive case before the deadline for respo...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 14:49hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
High Court rejects cattle thief's appeal
The High Court has dismissed an appeal by convicted cattle thief Jarney Mumanyi, ruling that his bid to overturn both his conviction and sentence had "no reasonable prospect of success."Mumany...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 09:36hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt overturns Supreme Court ruling
The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has ruled in favour of Umvutcha farmer Alistair Michael Fletcher, overturning a Supreme Court decision that had upheld caveats placed on his property by the Lands m...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 09:11hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
21 villagers in court over Fairfield farm invasion
Twenty-one villagers who have been illegally settled at Fairfield Farm in Headlands appeared in court this week, charged with defying a High Court order directing them to vacate the property.T...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 19:04hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Woman wins court battle against son's couch squatting girlfriend
A Harare woman, Ivy Madzamba of Waterfalls, has successfully regained control of her home following a court dispute with her son's girlfriend, Jane Amadi, who had been residing at the property without...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 19:00hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
High court reopens Sakala lottery feud
The High Court has breathed new life into a bruising family feud over a multimillion-dollar lottery fortune after overturning a default judgment that had handed victory to the estate of the late Agnes...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 08:59hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Bryden School in Chegutu battles Chinese firm
Bryden Country School in Chegutu is embroiled in a heated legal battle with Chinese-owned Shuntai Holdings over the construction of a lime and cement factory just 497 metres from its boundary - a proj...Published: 18 Aug 2025 at 14:50hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
CBZ manager fired over missing RTGS3,000
A former Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ) branch manager who was fired over financial irregularities involving RTGS3 000 has lost his appeal at the Labour Court, which upheld his dismissal.Co...Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 10:11hrs | 426 | by Staff rporter
Teen cleared after nightclub stabbing incident
A 19-year-old Mashava man, Collen Majoni, has been acquitted of murder charges after a sex worker used a knife he had provided to fatally stab a patron at Legacy Night Club.Majoni appeared bef...Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:34hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
High Court dismisses Zanu-PF activist's divorce bid
The High Court has dismissed a divorce application filed by Zanu-PF online activist and leader of the Varakashi4ED movement, Jonas Musara, ruling that Zimbabwean courts have no jurisdiction over the m...Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:24hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe minister's farm assets auctioned over $750,000 debt
Farming equipment and livestock belonging to former Water Resources minister Munacho Mutezo are set to be auctioned today in Odzi, Manicaland, as part of efforts to recover a US$750,000 debt owed to h...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 22:19hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt dismisses housing corporation's US$22m bid against NSSA
The Constitutional Court has dismissed an application by Housing Corporation of Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd seeking to overturn a Supreme Court ruling that nullified a US$22 million arbitral award in its favou...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 08:42hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
High Court throws out bid to halt UZ graduation ceremony
High Court Judge President Mary Zimba-Dube has dismissed an urgent application by the Association of University Teachers (AUT) seeking to stop the University of Zimbabwe's (UZ) 44th graduation ceremon...Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 20:37hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Congolese arrested over Zimbabwean ID documents
The High Court has dismissed an urgent application for the release of a Congolese national, Benoit Ombeni Mupenzi, who was arrested while in possession of Zimbabwean identity particulars, citing ongoi...Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 10:40hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for posing as lawyer
A 26-year-old man from Budiriro, Prosper Tapiwa Manyagadze, appeared before Harare Magistrate Musaiona Shotgame on charges of fraud and forgery after allegedly posing as a registered legal practitione...Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 10:37hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Court trashes lecturer application
The Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe has dismissed former Chinhoyi University of Technology lecturer Godfrey Mugari's application challenging his dismissal, ruling that he had waived his right to a fa...Published: 14 Aug 2025 at 10:35hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe internet suppliers take dispute to the High Court
Powertel Communications has successfully secured a court order to appoint an arbitrator in its ongoing dispute with Dandemutande Investments, following the termination of an Internet supply agreement ...Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 08:48hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
History will judge us by our social media timelines
When the story of Zimbabwe in these years is finally written, I suspect it will not be remembered for what we suffered, but for how lightly we took it. The record will not be one of famine, misman...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 20:59hrs | 262 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Chief ordered to retract Zanu-PF slogans
The High Court has found Chief Seke, Stanley Chimanikire, guilty of breaching the Constitution by chanting Zanu-PF political slogans while addressing a gathering, and ordered him to publish a public r...Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 10:18hrs | 1278 | by Staff reporter
Legal fraternity mourns Advocate Mlaudzi
``The legal community across Zimbabwe and beyond is mourning the passing of Advocate Sampson Mlaudzi, a revered legal mind remembered not only for his profound knowledge of the law but also for his hu...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 19:28hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
SA police hunt for Zimbabwean gold mining kingpin
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has amended the indictment against eight suspects accused of involvement in an alleged illegal mining syndicate following the repeated failure of the suspected...Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 10:07hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
How Mutare and Manicaland were annexed from the Portuguese
First - a tributeIn carrying out the background research I have been greatly impressed by the articles written by J.C. Barnes, who taught at Umtali Boys' High School and published both in Rhod...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 21:43hrs | 1118 | by Zimfieldguide
Lungu's family to appeal decision to give Edgar's corpse to HH
The family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu have filed papers for leave to appeal Friday's High Court judgement.Earlier on Friday, Gauteng Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba delivered an or...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 19:47hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Justice Katiyo withdraws 'made-up' ruling
High Court judge Justice Never Katiyo has sensationally rescinded a judgement he delivered just 10 days earlier, after a top lawyer accused him of fabricating the court proceedings.In a fresh ...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 15:07hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Chillmaster back in court
Top musician Kudakwashe Gift Hombarume, popularly known as Chillmaster, will face a fresh inquiry into his culpable homicide case after the High Court ordered the Mbare Magistrates Court to reopen pro...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 13:06hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema can have Lungu's corpse, rules SA court
A South African court has ruled that Zambia's government can repatriate the body of former President Edgar Lungu and give him a state funeral, despite his family's opposition.The Pretoria high...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 12:23hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Court reinstates ex-Lobels bread foreman
The Labour Court has ordered the reinstatement of Christopher Rufaro Mashaire, a former Electrical Foreman at Lobels Bread, with full salary, benefits, and back pay after ruling that his 2021 dismissa...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 09:16hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Retired Judge Cheda to testify in threat-to-kill case
Retired High Court judge Justice Maphios Cheda is expected to testify in the forthcoming trial of Bulawayo businessman Mohammed Daka, who stands accused of threatening to kill a service provider durin...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 10:23hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
JSC suspends senior magistrate over leaked corruption audio
The Judicial Services Commission (JSC) has suspended Inyathi Senior Magistrate Samukeliswe Gumbo over a leaked audio on corruption circulating on social media.Investigations carried by Bulaway...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 23:14hrs | 1052 | by Paul Ndou
Why was Makate penalised for SCA Judges' mistakes?
Nkosana Makate has criticised the Constitutional Court for requiring him to pay Vodacom's legal costs in the latest round of his case against the operator over compensation for his Please Call Me Idea...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 15:03hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court saves Ugandan couple from Harare houses seizure
The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe has quashed an unexplained wealth order previously issued against Ugandan nationals Robert Kwesiga and his wife, Sande Hilga Kwesiga, ruling that the prosecutor general f...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 12:17hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Used tyres are a deadly gamble Zimbabwe cannot afford
In Zimbabwe - and much of Africa - the used car market continues to dominate over brand-new vehicle sales, driven largely by affordability. While this reality is understandable, it should never be mir...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 12:16hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Controversial penalty gives Dembare a win
In a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season filled with more lows than highs, Dynamos FC finally saw a glimmer of hope, thanks to the inspiring leadership of veteran midfielder Denver "Mundikumbuke...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 09:54hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Thief too busy to return Judge's stolen barbed wire
In a bizarre case of boldness and blatant disregard for the law, a 32-year-old man from Masvingo who stole 1,600 metres of barbed wire from High Court Judge Justice Sunsley Zisengwe's rural homestead ...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 19:13hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
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