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FULL LIST: Bulawayo records 20 divorce cases in 1 day
Bulawayo High Court was on Thursday inundated with twenty (20) cases of people intending to divorce. According to a survey infidelity has been cited as the major cause of family break-ups in the...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:59hrs | 6411 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mathonsi shot as he charges at police officers with machete
Police in Kadoma were forced to shoot and wound an armed robber who was charging at them with a machete after he was intercepted soon after robbing a house in Kadoma.Police using their o...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:24hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni High Court appeal fails to take off
BULAWAYO High Court judges Justices Martin Makonese and Nokuthula Moyo declined to hear dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni's appeal against conviction and sentence in his absence....Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court dismisses Ndewere's appeal against tribunal
The Supreme Court has dismissed with costs an application by former High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere, who challenged the tribunal hearing set by her employer against herself over misconduct all...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Man killed for lying
A MAN from Fort Rixon has been arrested after he allegedly fatally assaulted a neighbour for spreading lies about him.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Loveness Mang...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 15:33hrs | 1609 | by Staff reporter
High Court rejects Mtetwa bid
The High Court has rejected the bid by activist lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, to compel the Judicial Service Commission and President Mnangagwa to release results of interviews held six years ago for Supre...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:16hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
No joy for Mtetwa as High Court rejects her case
The High Court has rejected the bid by activist lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa to compel the Judicial Service Commission and President Mnangagwa to release results of interviews held six years ago for Supreme...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 20:15hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
CBD parking fees furore escalates
THE public backlash against the Bulawayo City Council's contentious parking management system in the city centre continues to escalate with more residents blasting council for failure to adequately co...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over girlfriend ugly remark
A BULAWAYO man who fatally stabbed his friend with a knife for mocking his girlfriend's looks has been sentenced to an effective 10 years in jail.Bongani Ngulube (20) of Mpopoma suburb knifed ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Judge berated for 'incompetent order'
IN an unprecedented move, Supreme Court judges have berated High Court Justice Tawanda Chitapi (pictured) for alleged incompetence and passing an irregular default judgement in a long-standing land ow...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:38hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
MRP official acquitted
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) national organising secretary Partone Xaba has been acquitted of theft charges by Bulawayo magistrate Sangster Tavengwa.He was being accused of having stolen pla...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:26hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri withdraws appeal filed at Supreme Court
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri yesterday withdrew her appeal filed at the Supreme Court where she had denied accountability for the assault of a Harare resident, Kudzai Makunde during the 2019 fuel...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 3173 | by Staff reporter
Court reserves judgment in JSC interviews case
AN application by human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa demanding that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and President Emmerson Mnangagwa should produce scoresheets for interviews of Supreme Court j...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Ruling on Ndewere appeal reserved
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the case in which expelled High Court judge Erica Ndewere is challenging a High Court judgment which upheld her referral to a Tribunal before internal discip...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:39hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
'Bosso set low bar for CEO vacancy'
THE Highlanders executive has been criticised for setting a diploma as the minimum qualification for the club's chief executive post that was left vacant following the departure of Nhlanhla Dube...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Bosso under fire over CEO qualifications
Bulawayo soccer giants Highlanders Football Club has been criticized by its supporters for circulating an advertisement calling for potential candidates to occupy the office of the Chief Executive Off...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 17:49hrs | 3067 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ex-Zupco boss wins US$400k lawsuit
FORMER Zupco board chairman Charles Nherera has won a claim of US$130 000 against businessman Jayesh Shah, who he was suing for causing his wrongful arrest, prosecution and incarceration.Nhere...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1244 | by Staff reporter
Dethroned Chief Ndiweni turns fugitive
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been declared a fugitive from justice after a Bulawayo magistrate issued a warrant of arrest against the ex-traditional leader for viola...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:43hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni jumps bail, arrest warrant issued
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been declared a fugitive from justice after a Bulawayo magistrate issued a warrant of arrest against the ex-traditional leader and convi...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:41hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Court acquits ex-Harare town clerk Mahachi
FORMER Harare City town clerk Tendai Mahachi has been acquitted by the Supreme Court in a matter where he was accused of criminal abuse of office by corruptly awarding millions of United States dollar...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube embroiled in property dispute
MDC-Alliance deputy president Professor Welshman Ncube risks losing a residential stand after a local company approached the High Court seeking an order to cancel an agreement of sale reached between ...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Bid to stop Zapu elective congress fails
A last-gasp attempt to stop the Zapu elective congress from going ahead fell apart on Saturday morning after six parts members who had filed an urgent chamber application at the Bulawayo High Court on...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira lashes out at 'malicious' Kangai
FORMER Information and Communication Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira yesterday accused ex-NetOne chief executive officer Reward Kangai of maliciously attempting to drag him into the parastatal's...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Businessman files complaint against High Court judge over property deal
HARARE businessman Kingston Hamutendi Munyawarara, the executive director of Bariadie Investments (Private) Limited, has lodged an official complaint against High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi (...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:24hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
School in trouble over seized 'O', 'A' Level results
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has taken authorities at Fatima High School, Matabeleland North, to task for withholding Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examination results for two stud...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Madlela stands for Sikhosana against Welshman Ncube's nephew
Multi-award-winning actor-cum-musician Madlela Skhobokhobo has stood his ground defending Sikhosana Buhlungu, after the old timer was lambasted on social media.Madlela's defence comes after an...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 18:52hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Two police officers in court for armed robbery
Two police officers have been arrested for allegedly committing a series of armed robbery cases in Bulawayo.The officers were apprehended at Makhado, Beitbridge while attempting to flee the co...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 10:52hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Death row inmate Jindu loses appeal
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against the death sentence by Bulawayo "killer" Rodney Tongai Jindu who is on death row for the callous murder of his two friends in 2017. Jindu (27) ...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally storms into full council meeting in Bulawayo
FORMER Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Mr Tinashe Kambarami was yesterday ejected from a full council meeting after he stormed in and demanded reinstatement.Mr Kambarami's election as Ward 3 councillor ...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzembi not yet off the hook
The Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday got the green light to contest a recent High Court judgment clearing fugitive ex-Cabinet minister Walter Mzembi and three others of grabbing four veh...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor quits as Zacc probe starts
BULAWAYO prosecutor Thobekani Nyathi, who was implicated in an alleged corrupt activity involving principal public prosecutor Chris Mutangadura, reportedly resigned after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption ...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:23hrs | 4 | by Staff report
Ousted Bulawayo deputy mayor in hollow Supreme Court victory
THE Supreme Court has overturned a ruling by Bulawayo High Court judge, Thompson Mabhikwa declaring the 2018 election of former Bulawayo deputy mayor and Ward Three councillor Tinashe Kambarami null a...Published: 30 May 2021 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
16 Supreme, Constitutional Court judges file appeal
APPEALS filed at the Supreme Court challenging the High Court ruling nullifying the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term of office will be heard in due course, the Judiciary Services Commissi...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Malaba's case will definitely be heard'
APPEALS filed at the Supreme Court challenging the High Court ruling nullifying the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term of office will be heard in due course, the Judiciary Services Commissi...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ngoni Kudenga rejected by CSC creditors
CREDITORS of the defunct Cold Storage Company have voted Mr Vonani Majoko of Majoko and Majoko Legal Practitioners as the new interim corporate rescue practitioner for the country's meat processor and...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs in fresh trouble
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a fresh investigation into allegations that Zanu-PF bigwigs unjustly benefited from lengthy leases from the ailing Cold Storage Company (CSC...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube allays Bosso capture fears
HIGHLANDERS long-time benefactor Tshinga Dube has allayed fears that the club had been captured by the ruling Zanu-PF party after government recently granted a mining claim to the Bulawayo football gi...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Lobola row murderer challenges sentence
AN illegal gold panner who was in 2018 sentenced to death for fatally stabbing his wife 27 times following a row with his in-laws over payment of lobola, has approached the Supreme Court challenging h...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man 'gangs up' against rival
A Plumtree man allegedly ganged up with a friend who is still at large and stabbed his rival five times using a knife for allegedly dating his ex-girlfriend. Innocent Moyo (25) of Madlambuzi a...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-NSSA boss goes after top CAs
Former National Social Security Authority (NSSA) chairman Robin Vela wants the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (ICAZ) to investigate two BDO Chartered Accountants Zimbabwe partners Ngon...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:45hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Let's focus on bail pending trial
BAIL law is an important aspect in the criminal justice system and must be understood by everyone so that justice may not only be done but also seen to be done.Many people have raised concerns...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:26hrs | 7 | by Abednicho Dube
'Air Zimbabwe lacks capacity to reinstate fired workers'
A recent Supreme Court victory by about 200 former Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) employees in a class action lawsuit to the effect that they be reinstated after being sacked five years ago may have been an ex...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sued for silence over trapped miners' fate
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and two of his ministers have been dragged to court for failing to avail information regarding the status of miners who got trapped at a mine in Matshetshe in Esigodini, M...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe loses Supreme Court appeal
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Air Zimbabwe challenging a ruling by the Labour Court ordering it to reinstate over 300 workers whose contracts were unlawfully terminated without notice b...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court slams Ndewere
The Supreme Court has blasted suspended High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere for refusing to furnish a prisoner with a full judgment when denying him bail, saying such conduct is not expected of jud...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Community builds own school
IN Marula Village, Mangwe District, many children can only go as far as attaining primary education because there are no nearby high schools in the area.The scenario has forced most children t...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court throws out Chombo's appeal
Court Reporter THE trial of former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo on charges of criminal abuse of office will go ahead after the Supreme Court threw out his appeal for permanent stay of prosecution....Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira cleared of corruption charges after 2 years
Former Information Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira was acquitted on a charge of criminal abuse of office on Friday, more than two years after his arrest.The Nyanga South MP had been char...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi members plead not guilty to public violence
Five members of Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) pleaded not guilty to public violence when they appeared in a Bulawayo Court Wednesday.The five, whose court trial begun today were arrested on c...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 19:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trial for Mthwakazi members set for tomorrow
The trial for five Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) members who were last week arrested for public violence outside the Bulawayo High Court is set to resume tomorrow.Partrone Xaba (43), Akim Nde...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 18:19hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
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