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Coltart defiant against vicious Varakashi
Douglas Coltart is probably one of the most trolled Zimbabwean on Twitter with pro-government ghost accounts spewing out vitriol against him on a daily basis.Even senior civil servants such as...Published: 6 hrs ago | 577 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens to 'deal' with doctors
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threatened to "deal" with striking doctors, claiming they were being paid by unknown organisations to continue with their job boycott.Doctors at governme...Published: 6 hrs ago | 315 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe properties riddle solved
Title to the Mugabe family's Borrowdale home commonly referred as the Blue Roof, and the Mount Pleasant property given to Bona Mugabe-Chikore - the late former president Cde Robert Mugabe's daughter -...Published: 7 hrs ago | 958 | by Staff Reporter
Chief demonstrates at court
Chief Tshovani (real name Hlaisi Mundau) and his subjects demonstrated outside the Chiredzi Magistrates Court to express anger against the Chiredzi District Development Coordinator (DDC)'s office and ...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:31hrs | 3770 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko claims immunity
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday applied for his case to be referred to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) where he wants to argue that his rights are being trampled upon because he...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:18hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
I'll knock out Manyuchi: Donga
MODERCAI Donga quit boxing at about the same time Charles Manyuchi was working his way to stardom. The 41-year-old former soldier chose to commit his energy on his other passion, law. ...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:12hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Attempted assassination and abduction: The new MDC campaign tools
The opposition MDC has become a pale shadow of itself and has failed to occupy the coveted address in Zimbabwe, the State Presidency of staying at Number One Chancellor Avenue in the party's 20 years ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:53hrs | 2879 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa's govt distances itself from Matemadanda utterances
GOVERNMENT yesterday distanced itself from recent statements by Defence deputy minister Victor Matemadanda, who claimed that human rights lawyer Doug Coltart was paying doctors to stay away from work....Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:30hrs | 5085 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga gives wife until November 6 to vacate Borrowdale home
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has given his wife, Mary, until Friday, November 6, to leave their matrimonial home in Borrowdale.According to ZimLive, the retired army general furiously c...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 09:05hrs | 6041 | by ZimLive
Chiwenga files for divorce
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga (pictured) is on the brink of divorcing his wife, ex model Marry Chiwenga, after the pair had a nasty fallout when he was seriously ill and hospitalised in South Af...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:34hrs | 10597 | by Staff reporter
Army grabs Omani tycoon's properties over DRC deal
THE military seized various properties belonging to mega rich Omani businessman Thamer al Shanfari as a result of a fallout emanating from a diamond mining operation in the Democratic Republic of Cong...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1485 | by Staff reporter
British MPs plot Zimbabwe Commonwealth ban
CONSERVATIVES in the House of Commons are lobbying the UK government to block Zimbabwe's bid to rejoin the Commonwealth citing Harare's chequered property and human rights record, a move that is likel...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Beitbridge mayor wins estate wrangle
FORMER Beitbridge mayor, Ms Showa Moyo, who had taken her late former husband's wife to court following an estate row, was yesterday given the greenlight by the High Court to retain the disputed prope...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:14hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Woman 'steals' child & elopes
A BEITBRIDGE businessman, who is embroiled in a legal battle with his estranged wife over the custody of their four-year-old son, has approached the High Court after the woman allegedly "stole" the ch...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:13hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Guvamombe case: State under fire
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Christopher Maturure has expressed disappointment at the State's failure to indict former chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe for trial at the High Court, saying this show...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:07hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF contests the registration of Blue Roof as part of Mugabe's estate.
ZANU-PF commercial enterprise, M and S Syndicate (Private) Limited, has contested the registration of three upmarket properties as part of the late former President Robert Mugabe's estate. The...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:05hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Peter Moyo vs Old Mutual: Judgment reserved
The Johannesburg High Court has reserved judgement on the Old Mutual appeal case for 2020. However, lawyers of axed CEO Peter Moyo say it’s already a forgone conclusion that it is an "unwinnable" ba...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 21:04hrs | 1563 | by Staff reporter
Bona appointed executor of Mugabe estate
Mrs Bona Mugabe-Chikore has been appointed executor of her late father former President Robert Mugabe's estate at a private edict meeting held at the Master of the High Court in Harare this morning....Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 20:43hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart blasts George Charamba
MDC Treasurer General David Coltart has called Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba a brazen liar over his tweet that human rights lawyer Douglas Coltart funded the doctors to continue engaging i...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 07:05hrs | 7033 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Churches nag Mnangagwa for stands
RELIGIOUS groups affiliated to the Indigenous Interdenominational Council of Churches (IICC) on Monday begged for stands and funding from government to construct their own places of worship and ordere...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:33hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Businessman shoots two gold panners
A BULAWAYO businessman who operates a farm and mine in Inyathi in Matabeleland North province allegedly shot two suspected illegal gold panners who were rushed to hospital after sustaining life threat...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:31hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa barred from Parly duties
Norton Member of Parliament Mr Temba Mliswa and three other legislators accused of soliciting a US$400 000 bribe from a local businessman, were yesterday barred from sitting on the Parliamentary Portf...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:27hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
'Coltart funding doctors to go on strike'
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has alleged that human rights lawyer Douglas Coltart is funding the doctors to continue being on strike. Charamba was responding to ZANU PF Youth Leag...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 13:05hrs | 9454 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mphoko to be tried in Bambazonke
Harare magistrate Hosea Mujaya yesterday dismissed an application by former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko to have his trial transferred from Harare to Bulawayo.Mphoko's lawyer, Advocate Ta...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Doctor, tenant fight over house
HARARE medical doctor, Christine Peta recently won a protracted legal wrangle with city businessman Shepherd Katurudza who grabbed her double-storey Borrowdale house, but the latter has taken the matt...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:18hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Establishing Mugabe's assets will take a long time
The process of establishing former president Robert Mugabe ‘s assets will take some time, his lawyer said on Tuesday, casting doubt on media reports that the late former Zanu-PF leader left US$10 mi...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:08hrs | 1602 | by Reuters
'CIO' denied bail
THE High Court has dismissed an application for bail pending trial by a serial Bulawayo fraudster who allegedly masqueraded as a top Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer and President Mnang...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:08hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa being fooled by events in Latin America
There are very interesting parallels between political developments in Zimbabwe and in four South American countries, namely Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela. In all these countries, ther...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1880 | by Bevan Musoko
Gwinji exonerates Parirenyatwa
THE decision to terminate former NatPharm managing director Ms Flora Nancy Sikefu's contract and to move her to the Ministry of Health headquarters was reached following a series of consultations betw...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 08:59hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
NetOne Vice chair loses property claim
NetOne vice chairperson Ms Susan Mutangadura has lost a claim to two upmarket houses plus US$177 588 she ostensibly advanced to her estranged husband Mr Alban Chirume, the former Zimbabwe Stock Exchan...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 08:57hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in denial
The dire situation in Zimbabwe has been getting of a lot of attention in the British media – particularly since the visit to Zimbabwe by a UN representative who warned that Zimbabweans were on the v...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 21:56hrs | 699 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Lawyers looking for Former President Mugabe's will
The lawyer of the late former Zimbabwean President, Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Terrence Hussein of Hussein Ranchod & Company has said messages had been sent to other law firms to ascertain if the form...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 10:30hrs | 2001 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers deny criminal nuisance charges
NINE human rights defenders (HRDs) on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal nuisance as their trial commenced at Harare Magistrates Court.The nine HRDs who include human rights lawy...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 09:36hrs | 730 | by Stephen Jakes
Tinashe Nengomasha in divorce row with Tuku daughter
FORMER Warriors star Tinashe Nengomasha's marriage is on verge of collapse after his wife, Samantha (nee Mtukudzi), has filed divorce summons against him.Samantha, daughter of the late veteran...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:29hrs | 4932 | by Staff reporter
Nyasha Chikwinya in land wrangle
FORMER Women Affairs minister Nyasha Chikwinya (pictured) has been taken to court by Mama Mafuyane Housing Co-operative, which is seeking to bar her from evicting its members from a farm in Glen Fores...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:21hrs | 424 | by Staff rpeorter
Mugabe's will goes missing
THE family of Zimbabwe's late founding President, Robert Mugabe, have failed to locate an inheritance will for the distribution of the national hero's estate, a development that has prompted the Maste...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:16hrs | 2456 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube private prosecution fight spills into the High Court
Lawyers for a pro-democracy activist have asked the High Court to compel the Prosecutor General to issue a certificate for the private prosecution of finance minister Mthuli Ncube on corruption charge...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1665 | by Staff reporter
David Parirenyatwa points accusing finger at police as trial resumes
Former Health and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa yesterday accused police of dictating what ex-NatPharm board chair Dr George Washaya should say when giving statements during investigations in...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:07hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Does the people's land belong to the state or the government of the day
IN a recent article I attempted to explain the historical background of land ownership in this country, which was introduced by colonists and has since been inherited and accepted as the norm by today...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:15hrs | 397 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Mohadi fights back in tussle with ex-wife
Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has approached the High Court seeking to stop his former wife from selling his property following a nasty divorce.Tambudzani Mohadi, a Zanu-PF senator, in October s...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:13hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Minister guns for NSSA board
The troubled National Social Security Authority (NSSA) is headed for more turmoil after the new Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Paul Mavhima asked the State-controlled pension schem...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:10hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Doctors strike: 'It is time to show leadership, people are dying'
The government is still struggling to find a solution to one of the major health crises in Zimbabwe's history, three months after junior doctors went on strike demanding better pay.Sapes Trust...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:10hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Expired products on shop shelves, streets
EXPIRED products are finding their way into households as unscrupulous retailers are duping their clients, The Sunday Mail Society has established.Goods ranging from dairy products, beverages,...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:49hrs | 235 | by Staff rpeorter
UN calls for end to Zimbabwe sanctions
All sanctions against Zimbabwe, which were imposed "following policy disagreements concerning the manner in which the land reform programme was handled", must be removed immediately as they are affect...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:47hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Highlanders vs Ngezi Platinum - Chibuku Super cup
Fans across the world will have a chance to watch the 2019 Chibuku Super Cup final between Highlanders and Ngezi Platinum Stars at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo. The match will be shown li...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 14:42hrs | 3231 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lawyers march against police brutality
Dozens of Zimbabwean lawyers took to the streets on Friday to protest against police brutality that has escalated since President Emmerson Mnangagwa came to power in 2017.Wearing black court r...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 14:35hrs | 419 | by AFP
Lawyers petition police, minister
LAWYERS yesterday held a peaceful demonstration against police brutality before handing a petition to Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga.Incen...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 11:49hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for Chipanga
FORMER Zanu-PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga was yesterday issued with a warrant of arrest after he failed to appear in court to answer charges of criminal nuisance for wearing the party's regalia....Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:42hrs | 1907 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillor troubles moved to 2020
FORGERY accused MDC Bulawayo ward 24 councillor, Arnold Batirai Dube (33)'s case failed to kick off Friday after both the State and the accused‘s lawyer agreed to postpone the matter to January next...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:41hrs | 120 | by newzimbabwe
Lawyers protest, petition Kazembe, Matanga over police brutality
ZIMBABWEAN lawyers have marched during a demonstration to protest against harassment and assault of legal practitioners and ordinary citizens.Dozens of placard waving lawyers gathered outside ...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 15:15hrs | 1971 | by Stephen Jakes
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