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Mnangagwa appoints his top prosecutor as new ZACC boss
President Mnangagwa has appointed Mr Michael Reza as the new Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson while former Deputy Minister Ms Fungayi Jessie Majome is now the Zimbabwe Human Righ...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:30hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
ZESA technicians arrested in stand-off with top prosecutor Reza
Two ZESA technicians were arrested and later released on Sunday after they were blocked from accessing a house in Harare's Kambuzuma suburb where faulty underground cables have left a shopping centre ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set to announce major shakeup of government bureaucracy
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to implement a major shake-up of the bureaucracy in the coming weeks with several high-profile departures and appointments.Misheck Sibanda, the chief secret...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 19:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Top prosecutor jailed 12 years for releasing robbers
THE principal public prosecutor with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Henry Mugove Muringani, has been jailed for 12 years for illegally preparing and facilitating bail applications for armed...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala defence lawyer Mtetwa demands arrest of top prosecutors
RIGHTS lawyer Beatrice Mtethwa who is representing Citizens Coalition for Change(CCC) legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole on Tuesday called for the detention of prosecutor Micheal Reza and Lan...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top prosecutor faces more graft charges
HIGH Court principal prosecutor Henry Muringani now faces six counts of criminal abuse of office after he was slapped with four more counts yesterday.Muringani (40) was remanded to March 29 fo...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top prosecutors in plot to 'fix' lawyer
TWO chief public prosecutors - Rosa Takuva and Justin Uladi - could face a criminal probe after an alleged clandestine manoeuvre to "destroy" Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya was unmasked.A WhatsAp...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:15hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
ZACC detective in trouble over top prosecutor's case
A ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) detective recently touched a raw nerve which led to his transfer after he recommended the trial of principal prosecutor, Chris Mutangadura, on criminal abu...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:36hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Prosecutors vow to resist villagisation proposal
PROSECUTORS have vowed to resist the government's move to house them in communal blocks of flats to ensure their safety and minimise contact with the public.The National Prosecuting Authority ...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PG's appointment challenge develops hiccups
The challenge on the appointment of Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi, which was set to commence yesterday at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), failed to materialise after it emerged that the ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi's appointment as PG back in spotlight
ConCourt will tomorrow hear an application filed by a Harare lawyer who is attempting to reverse the appointment of Kumbirai Hodzi as Zimbabwe's Prosecutor-General (PG). Joshua Chirambwe's obj...Published: 14 May 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare lawyer takes Mnangagwa to ConCourt
A HARARE lawyer, Joshua Chirambwe, has petitioned the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) seeking the nullification of Kumbirai Hodzi's appointment as the substantive Prosecutor-General (PG).Chira...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa taken to court over PG's appointment
A HARARE man has petitioned the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) seeking nullification of Kumbirai Hodzi's recent appointment as substantive Prosecutor-General (PG) on the basis that he scored badly in...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti gets top prosecutor removed
MDC-Alliance principal Tendai Biti, who is facing charges of inciting violence in Harare following violent demonstrations on August 1, successfully applied for the removal of one of the best criminal ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judiciary should retain its independence
STUNNING revelations by acting Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi that he took instructions from the Executive on criminal prosecutions can only leave one with a sour taste in the mouth.Whether...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:47hrs | | by Editorial - newsday
Ray Goba apologises for offence in Namibia
FORMER Prosecutor-General, Advocate Ray Goba, has apologised to President Mnangagwa for the offence he committed in Namibia and hopes to continue practising as a legal practitioner outside the public ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Advocate Ray Goba resigns
SUSPENDED Prosecutor General Advocate Ray Goba who was set to appear before a tribunal to ascertain whether he was still fit to continue as the country's top prosecutor, has resigned.Adv Goba ...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare in Prophet Magaya rape trial
HARARE lawyer, Nyikadzino Singano has filed neglect of duty and verbal abuse charges against Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba, as tempers continue to flare over the latter's alleged heavy-handedness i...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa favourite's nullification saga rages on
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)'s urgent application seeking to challenge President Robert Mugabe and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) over the nullification of appointment of Acting...Published: 04 Nov 2017 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Namibia blocks appointment of Mugabe's candidate
RAY Goba, whose name had been prematurely gazetted as the prosecutor general designate, will not be sworn in to the post after dramatic intervention by the Namibian government, The Standard reported....Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 10:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
8 vie for Tomana's job
EIGHT prominent lawyers, among them acting Prosecutor-General Ray Goba, public prosecutions director Florence Ziyambi and Law Society of Zimbabwe president Misheck Hogwe, have been shortlisted to atte...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailed top prosecutor granted bail
FORMER Bulawayo acting regional prosecutor-in-charge, Vincent Shava, has been granted $500 bail pending appeal by the High Court.Shava, 50, was two months ago sentenced to an effective three y...Published: 26 May 2016 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Prosecutor jailed for criminal abuse of office
BULAWAYO acting regional prosecutor-in-charge Vincent Shava was yesterday sentenced to an effective three years in jail for criminal abuse of office as a public officer.Shava was arrested afte...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 15:35hrs | 8 | by Court Reporter
Tomana is inviting paedophiles to their common meal
Prosecutor General Tomana is inviting paedophiles to their common meal, prowling for the vaginal tenderness of the girl-child! Prosecutor General T...Published: 20 Jun 2015 at 14:59hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
12-year-old Zimbabwean girls CAN consent to sex and marriage
Prosecutor General Johannes Tomana has ruled that all 12 year old girls are free to engage in sex and be married.Tomana also defended the courts for refusing to jail child s...Published: 19 Jun 2015 at 08:00hrs | | by Auxillia Katongomara
Zambia's top prosecutor refuse to prosecute himself
Lusaka - Zambia's top prosecutor on Friday stunned a magistrate when he refused to prosecute himself on charges of abuse of office and declared himself a free man."I am the director of pub...Published: 21 Feb 2015 at 12:24hrs | | by AFP
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