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Sharpshoot, a gifted sniper
On April 14 in 2019, the Sunday News published the first instalment of a two-part interview with North Korea-trained war veteran and nationalist David Mongwa Moyo.Moyo, who was affectionately ...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:40hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preside over Zimbabwe implosion
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the majority of his ministers were doing well - with three outstanding and two being a dismal failure - the reality on the ground is different: Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:05hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt blocks bid to trash Zimbabwe's delimitation report
The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has rejected an attempt by a Zanu-PF activist to force dumping of the current constituency boundaries delimitation report citing alleged constitutional violations d...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:00hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fans ecstatic about Madinda return
A majority of Highlanders Football Club's followers have hailed management's decision to engage club legend Madinda Ndlovu as first team and director of junior development.Bosso followers beli...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:30hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa violates the Zimbabwe Constitution
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa almost certainly violated the delimitation process by not following constitutional requirements, while brazenly subverting the constitution at critical junctures, renderin...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 10:36hrs | 1544 | by Staff reporter
White skin, black masks!
Two developments caught my attention this week. One is a Brenthurst Foundation scholarship invitation to young Africans intent on pursuing postgraduate studies.Brenthurst Foundation is owned a...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:08hrs | 749 | by Jamwanda
Challenge against Zec presses on
WHILE Senate has approved the delimitation report, which is now before President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Harare voter Tonderai Chidawa, represented by Lovemore Madhuku, is pressing ahead with his challeng...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt refuses to hear constituency boundaries case
The Constitutional Court yesterday refused to hear on an urgent basis an application by a Harare man seeking to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to restart from scratch the delimitation of con...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:38hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt hears case by Zanu-PF activist that could upend delimitation
The Constitutional Court on Thursday began hearing an application by a Zanu-PF supporter seeking to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to restart the process of delimitation of constituency...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 13:12hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
Murehwa violence: Two more arrested
TWO more suspects have been arrested over the alleged political violence in Murehwa following a video which went viral on social media. In the video, some people could be seen assaulting both ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC throws Murehwa violence investigations into disarray
CCC leaders have surreptitiously spirited witnesses involved in the disturbing political violence that took place in Murehwa from their homes even before police have finished conducting crucial interv...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Malaba calls for peaceful elections
Chief Justice Luke Malaba has called on political parties to campaign peacefully within the confines of the law ahead of the harmonised elections later this year.Opening the new legal year on ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rift grows
A Zanu-PF activist who wrote to parliament last week raising objections to a draft delimitation report submitted by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was seized by state security agents on Monda...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:27hrs | 4617 | by Staff reporter
A random 10 political questions that will make 2023 an uncertain year
As the euphoria of the New Year begin to fed away, we have to wait to see whether it's clear that the trends we have been seeing over the last few decades show no signs of slowing down. You might say ...Published: 04 Jan 2023 at 01:08hrs | 1291 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Chiwenga mourns Justice Makomo
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday described High Court judge Justice Elijah Makomo as an avid reader and one of the sharpest legal minds, adding the legal fraternity is poorer without hi...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:38hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Justice Makomo dies
High court judge Justice Elijah Makomo passed on yesterday at Avenues clinic, Harare.In a statement issued in the afternoon the J...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 07:14hrs | 1213 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa's wife steals limelight in meddling
WHEN the 2017 coup that toppled the long-time ruler Robert Mugabe unfolded, military commanders and top Zanu-PF officials announced that one of the reasons for the ouster was to stop the then first la...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:39hrs | 3286 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to host Africa justice indaba
ZIMBABWE has won a bid to host the 7th Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa (CJCA) congress in 2024 after Gabon and Mozambique withdrew from the race.In a statement, the Judici...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Call for severe sentences against armed robbers, child abusers
Courts must deliver strong judgments against people convicted of armed robbery and abuse of women and children, President Mnangagwa has said.He said this in a speech read on his behalf by Just...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wins bid to host Constitutional jurisdictions
Zimbabwe is returning to the centre stage in Africa, with the latest sign being winning the bid to host in 2024 the 7th Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa, a continental body that se...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
2 top judges pull out of Ndewere case
CONSTITUTIONAL Court judges, Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza and former Judge President Justice George Chiweshe have recused themselves from hearing former judge Justice Erica Ndewere's appeal ...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora pampered with vast farm, Mercedes-Benz
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has taken delivery of a brand new Mercedes-Benz from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, adding to a farm he was also given for free early this year in what is see...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:46hrs | 9720 | by Staff reporter
Sacked judge suffers court setback in bid to keep Merc
Sacked judge Erica Ndewere's spirited bid to keep her Mercedes Benz has suffered a setback after the High Court has confirmed her employer, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC)'s authority to recover...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:38hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Only a revolution not the ballot can remove Mnangagwa!
As President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa consolidates his grip on power, and openly creating parallel structures intended to entrench him as Zimbabwe's FĂ...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 18:03hrs | 3985 | by Peace Marangwanda
JSC backtracks on former judge's Merc
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has made a U-turn on its intentions to repossess former High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere's Mercedes Benz after her lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa accused Chief Ju...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Another ploy of rewriting history by the Zanu-PF regime
Greetings to all! FROM THEMTHWAKAZI LIBERATION FRONT PRESIDENTDR CHURCHILL MP...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 15:13hrs | 1305 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Court hears ex-judge Ndewere's arguments
THE High Court on Monday heard arguments by former judge Justice Erica Ndewere who is seeking to retain a Mercedes Benz vehicle which she used during her tenure.The Judicial Service Commission...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice sets up committee to debate continued use of 'outdated' colonial hairpiece
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has set up a Judicial Wigs Committee (JWC) to investigate whether the hairpiece, worn at official functions by judges of higher courts, is still necessary.Announced b...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Chief Justice conflicted, says ex-judge
FORMER High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere wants Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza to recuse herself from a case she appealed the decision to remove her from office.Ndewere said Gwaunz...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Magistrates allege State capture of the Judiciary
SOME magistrates have alleged State capture of the Judiciary, and accused senior officials in the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) of corruption and interference with court processes.In an op...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda High Court construction in progress
THE construction of a state-of-the-art court complex that is expected to house the High Court is in progress in Gwanda, the provincial capital of Matabeleland South Province as part of the country's e...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:00hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Malaba to commission Lupane Magistrates' Courts
ALL is set for the commissioning of the completed Lupane Magistrates' Courts complex by Chief Justice Luke Malaba this Friday.Construction of the complex started a few years ago and it is one ...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Sparks fly over judges 'capture'
A Constitutional Court judge has come out guns blazing against a litigant who accused the bench of being captured by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Justice Bharat Patel said Tichaona Mupasiri mu...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:47hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
100 Days for Job 'Wiwa' Sikhala
Whenever one talks about the weaponization of law in Zimbabwe, one name comes to mind, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala. From the so called First republic to the Second republic, Wiwa has come to regar...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:12hrs | 291 | by Nontokozo Malaba Ncube
Mnangagwa taken to ConCourt over judicial capture
FRIENDS of Shabani Mashava Mines Trust member Tichaona Mupasiri has filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) application alleging President Emmerson Mnangagwa has captured the Judiciary.Mupasir...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 5781 | by Staff reporter
BCC acts on garbage collection backlog
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday launched a massive clean-up campaign dubbed "Big Spring-Cleaning Week" in the city centre and pledged to rope in community tractors for refuse collection as heaps...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 05:52hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
ZimRights national director says Zimbabwe heading towards bloodbath
ZIMBABWE is faced with a multifaceted economic, political and social crisis. Observers say the challenges bedevilling the country will likely get worse ahead of the 2023 general elections as rival pol...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:03hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa officially opens judges workshop
PRESDIENT Mnangagwa has said competition laws and robust policy frameworks are essential pillars towards driving sustainable socio-economic development in the country.He said this as he offici...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:23hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Cartels, manipulators on the radar
Cartels and those that collude to unjustifiably increase prices, engage in illegal dealings and manipulating the local currency for their benefit have been put under the microscope, President Mnangagw...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Gun-crazy Zanu-PF MP steps on woman's breast - then shares picture
A crazed Zanu-PF MP has been photographed stepping on a woman's breast while armed with a gun.Soul Ncube, the MP for Matobo South, posted the picture to a WhatsApp group for his constituents....Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 20:04hrs | 3706 | by Staff reporter
Simukwe bridge construction resumes
GOVERNMENT has resumed the construction of the 200-metre Simukwe River Bridge that links Matobo under Chief Malaba and Bulilima District under Chief Bango.Engineers on site said the project is...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bomb attack mystery deepens
Four years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa survived an assassination attempt it has emerged that a former soldier, who was convicted by the military for the grenade attack, was in India on the day ...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:03hrs | 2556 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'has already identified his new Chief Justice and RBZ head'
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has appointed a team to "overshadow" government ministries in parliament with insiders describing the development as demonstrative of the party's rea...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 10:33hrs | 13857 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda's Dembare mediation hits a snag
THE mediation efforts by Dynamos' principal sponsors Sakunda Holdings are likely to yield no result as the warring parties in the long-standing ownership and shareholder wrangles remain poles apart....Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
It wasn't constitutional to extend Malaba tenure but ZANU PF amended law, so why not do same for diaspora vote?
It smacks of foul deception, whenever the ruling establishment in Zimbabwe always hides its unwillingness to extend the right to vote to Zimbabwe citizens residing in the diaspora, behind issues of co...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 10:02hrs | 1840 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why the diaspora cannot vote
THE Constitution of Zimbabwe states that citizens who have reached the age of 18 years may vote.However, section (23) of the Electoral Act suggests that for citizens to register to vote, they ...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 594 | by Election Resource Centre
Delta loses multimillion rand appeal
THE Supreme Court has confirmed as legitimate, a multi-million dollar agreement in which a South African conglomerate, Blakey Plastics Investments, signed a contract to supply plastic products to Delt...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Family beats up man (70) for cheating
A 70-year-old man from Kezi under Chief Malaba Ncube will think twice before he commits adultery again after his wife and grandchildren ganged up to beat him and left him unconscious.Andrew Du...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:52hrs | 1606 | by Staff reporter
Elvis Nyathi's killers granted R3000 bail
The seven men who were last month arrested for killing a 43-year-old Zimbabwean man, Elvis Nyathi, in Diepsloot, Johannesburg were on Friday granted R3000 bail each at the Randburg Magistrate Court....Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:02hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells Judges to behave
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday expressed anger over the conduct of some judges after three of them were dismissed from work while another is under investigation for misconduct.Mnangagw...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:21hrs | 1762 | by Staff reporter
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