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Harare has over 5,000 illegal billboards
Shocking revelations emerged this week that Harare City Council officials are allegedly complicit in the illegal erection and operation of over 5,000 billboards across the capital, costing the local a...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 18:33hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Innscor goes after Zanu-PF activist
Innscor Africa has obtained a takedown order against Zanu-PF social media activist Benson Rutendo Matinyarare, who posted videos online accusing the company of "destroying the taste of Zimbabwean food...Published: 17 Jan 2024 at 05:05hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda launches blitz on illegal billboards
In a notice, Gwanda town clerk Priscilla Nkala said all billboards must be approved by the council to remain in place or to be installed.GWANDA municipality has launched an operation to remove...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:02hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's opposition parties slam 'uneven playing field' ahead of 2023 general elections
OPPOSITION parties in Zimbabwe have raised a red flag over the lack of preparedness of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to deliver a free, fair, credible and uncontested outcome in the general ...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Harare roads unsafe'
HARARE Metropolitan provincial secretary Tafadzwa Muguti has said the capital city's roads are no longer safe to drive on.Speaking during a tour of Satewave Technologies premises in Chisipite ...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High Court says 'Billboard' saga to go for trial
The High Court of Harare has dismissed an application for review by two businessmen who erected an illegal billboard in Borrowdale tarnishing the image of a development company.Gra...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti in no show
The matter of two men who allegedly erected an illegal billboard in Borrowdale, Harare with damaging information on West Properties was deferred after their lawyer and CCC vice president Mr Tendai Bit...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 18:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti Parly return blocked
The readmission of MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti and five other recalled People's Democratic Party (PDP) MPs to Parliament has been blocked again after their political adversary Benjamin Ruk...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Biti seeks trial delay
The lawyer representing two Harare men who allegedly erected an illegal billboard in Borrowdale, Mr Tendai Biti, has for the second time sought a trial delay by asking for more State papers.Mr...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare issues a 48 hour ultimatum
HARARE City Council is set to remove illegal billboards on road verges and private property across the capital.In a statement, council yesterday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to those who erected...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti's delaying tactics punishes clients
The State has blasted two Harare man who allegedly erected an illegal billboard in Borrowdale, Harare for delaying trial commencement. Grant Russell (50) and Mark Strathen were supposed to sta...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 19:20hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Political crowd funding: A new fleece
When author and Irish nationalist, Jonathan Swift, established the first recognised crowd funding in the early 1700s as a way of providing loans to the poor, but creditworthy people in Dublin, little ...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Innocent Mujeri
Muchinguri ordered to foot 1 August 2018 shootings legal bill
HIGH Court judge Justice David Mangota has ordered Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri to pay legal costs for lawyers representing three people who were injured during the August 1 2018 shootings....Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How your business can benefit from OCR technology
Optical Character Recognition or Optical Character Reader is the electronic and mechanical conversion of the image typed into machine-encoded text. OCR is a field of research in pattern recogn...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:03hrs | 59 | by Staff Writer
7-day ultimatum for illegal advertisers
HARARE City Council has issued a seven-day ultimatum to all property owners with illegal billboards within their premises to visit its offices for possible regularisation or risk facing the law. ...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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
UK based gold digger nurse sued for $127,000
A nurse who claimed she was "showered" with luxury gifts by her wealthy fiancé hurled her engagement ring across court as she was ordered to pay him back more than £100 000 (US$127 000).Zimb...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 14:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Adulterous Zim woman ordered to pay US$127,000 to UK lover
A nurse who claimed she was "showered" with luxury gifts by her wealthy fiancé hurled her engagement ring across court as she was ordered to pay him back more than £100,000 (US$127,000). Zim...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-Alliance dinner dance row
A fundraising dinner dance called by MDC-Alliance next month has caused fissures within the embattled loose opposition coalition after some started questioning how funds raised from previous efforts h...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa hit with Zanu-PF's $3,2m court bill
MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa's stunt to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory in the July 30 polls, even against the advise from some sections in the opposition party's grouping...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's hefty legal bill
Zimbabwe's opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa may have to fork out more than R42 million to meet the costs of his election outcome challenge he launched and lost at the country's Constituti...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 12:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Yes, #GodIsInIt indeed
About this time last week, I was comfortably seated among other invited guests at the National Sports Stadium as President Emmerson Mnangagwa took the oath of office and vowed to take Zimbabwe to Cana...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 08:52hrs | | by Bishop
Who can rescue MDC Alliance?
ONE of the biggest takeaways from the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruling last week against MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's application to have Zanu-PF candidate Emmerson Mnang...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:09hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Chamisa's MDC fighting for survival
Nelson Chamisa's MDC party has an uphill task between now and the next polls in 2023 to navigate strong legal and political headwinds blowing in its direction, in what appears to be a systematic attem...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces $3 million legal bill
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa may have to fork out more than $3 million to meet the costs of his election petition loss at the Constitutional Court.Chamisa sought to overturn President-el...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZEC stewing in massive legal bills
With the clock ticking towards make-or-break harmonised polls on July 30, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is stewing in massive legal bills following an increase in the number of election-rela...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 15:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Real estate agent seeks to evict church over $17k unpaid rentals
A BULAWAYO real estate proprietor has taken Christ Assemblies Fellowship Church to court seeking an eviction order over a debt of $17 000 in unpaid rentals.Mr Li Young, through his lawyers Dub...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere ordered to reinstate Kombayi
THE High Court has directed the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Saviour Kasukuwere, to immediately reinstate fired Gweru Mayor Mr Hamutendi Kombayi and Councillor Kenn...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs in bribery storm
HARARE - Top government officials and other high-ranking Zimbabwean citizens have been fingered in murky dealings involving a convict who acted as a middleman for American businesses in a development ...Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 13:32hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mutodi sued over legal fees
LOCAL legal firm, Messrs Chinyama and Partners, has taken Harare businessman and musician, Energy Mutodi and his housing firm National Housing Development Trust (NHDT), to court over unpaid legal fees...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Prophet Makandiwa obsessed with Prophet Magaya downfall'
Salacious details of how United Family International Church leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa allegedly plotted to cause the downfall of PHD head Prophet Walter Magaya have emerged, with information a...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe workers getting raw deal from justice system and unions
The Zimbabwean worker, who has been the backbone of this country - constructing our cities, driving industry and commerce, teaching our children, and ensuring that we regain and maintain our health - ...Published: 10 Apr 2017 at 18:18hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mujuru's ally ordered to pay $27 000 legal fees
THE High Court has ordered former Zanu-PF secretary for Administration Didymus Mutasa to pay lawyers who represented him in his legal battles with the ruling party, outstanding legal fees to the t...Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 04:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Johannes Tomana's woes mount
SUSPENDED Prosecutor General Johannes Tomana faces a torrid fortnight in his legal battle to retain his job and not to be held personally liable for his actions when he refused to prosecute convic...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 14:03hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Huawei sues Samsung over patents claims
Huawei is suing its tech rival Samsung over claims that its patents have been infringed.The Chinese firm said it was pursuing its South Korean rival in two courts – one in California, the ot...Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Council to launch crackdown on illegal billboards
Harare City council is planning to pull-down illegally erected billboards that are mushrooming in the city within 14 days.Council said all billboards erected have to be approved by council....Published: 23 Feb 2016 at 13:02hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Harare council has one truck to transport tar for patching roads
Harare City Council official Munyaradzi Gowa, from Roads department has told Mabelreign Business people at a meeting convened today by Ward Councillor for the area that the Harare City Council Works D...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 05:30hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
White Zimbabwean farmer forced off land to make way for UK based doctor
Police in Zimbabwe have reportedly forced a white farmer, Phillip Rankin, from his property, in a move aimed at paving the way for a Zimbabwean born doctor living in Britain.Rankini had been o...Published: 02 Feb 2016 at 14:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prominent Zimbabweans sink in debt
As the economic climate in Zimbabwe gets more unforgiving, a number of prominent citizens are failing to service their debts, resulting in many of them losing their assets.Last week, the Sheri...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 16:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt bid to save SA property 'futile'
Zimbabwe will have a tough time trying to recover a property it owned in Cape Town, South Africa, which was sold by public auction last Monday.Although the courts had given Zimbabwe six months...Published: 27 Sep 2015 at 10:51hrs | | by Agencies
Cop claims $8,000 adultery damages from workmate
A Police officer stationed at St Mary's Police Station in Chitungwiza is demanding $8 000 in adultery damages from his workmate whom he accused of engaging in an adulterous affair with his wife. ...Published: 27 Aug 2014 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa asks court to drop divorce case
FLAMBOYANT businessman Phillip Chiyangwa has written to the High Court requesting that his divorce case with wife Elizabeth be scrapped off the court roll as the parties were currently locked in out-...Published: 03 Jun 2014 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T, don't abuse youths for political interests
At an MDC-T rally on 16 February 2014 in Glen Norah, a day after some leaders of that party were bashed at Harvest House, Mr Tsvangirai uttered a statement that borders on inciting the helpless yo...Published: 04 Mar 2014 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Tafara Shumba
Zimbabwe's Top 20 Popular Ministers!
These are the most talked about Ministers,be it in rural areas or urban areas.They are popular with the elderly and the youth,be the positive way or negative stories!Zanu PF Ministers are dominati...Published: 06 Jan 2013 at 13:53hrs | 1 | by Conilous Toga
Residents against Zesa tariff hikes
THE Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA), and its partners the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC), Zimbabwe lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) and the Centre for Community Development Trust (CCD...Published: 01 Sep 2011 at 13:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK, Zimbabwe asylum case confusion
A British judge slammed the publicly-funded 'merry-go-round' of immigration appeals which has left a young Zimbabwean woman's future still 'up in the air' a decade after she arrived in Britain....Published: 14 Apr 2011 at 04:49hrs | | by Mathews Estell
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