THE High Court has dismissed, with costs, an application by a legal practitioner challenging the constitutionality of Statutory Instrument 127 of 2021 which prohibited businesses from charging above the official foreign currency exchange rate. Obey Shava, a human rights lawyer, sought to have SI 127/21 declared unconstitutional in its entirety and be set aside. In…
A GWERU man Tinoda Mukutu won a brand new Nissan NP200 at the Puma Energy Jackpot Promotion handover ceremony in Harare last…
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has implored the lotteries and gaming industry to embrace new inventions in betting to increase revenue in…
JUDGES from the Supreme and Constitutional courts have completed a four-day training in information communication technology hosted by the Judiciary Services Commission. The judges of the Constitutional Court, Justices Rita Makarau, Anne-Mary Gowora, Ben Hlatshwayo and Bharat Patel, as well as High Court judge, Justice Amy Tsanga, received certificates of merit yesterday after going through…
THE High Court has barred transporter, Decent Rimbi, of Rimbi Travel and Tours, from disposing of any of his properties pending the…
A CHIEFTAINSHIP row has erupted in Gokwe, Midlands Province, among rival claimants to the Masuka chieftainship amid allegations that Mafioni Rikonda, the incumbent Chief Masuka, was illegitimate. In a January 9 joint urgent chamber application filed at the High Court in Harare, Martin Masuka, the Rikonda, Nemaringa and Gwenjera lineages, who are members of royal…
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba says law salaries are crippling the justice delivery system in the country and called on the government to review remuneration for public sector workers regularly. In his State of the Judiciary Address, which marked the official opening of the 2022 legal year yesterday, Justice Malaba said members of the judicial service,…
MDC national executive member Makomborero Haruzivishe, has finally been released by the High Court on a $20 000 bail after 10 months in prison. He is facing charges of kidnapping or unlawful detention, alternatively participating in a gathering with intent to promote public violence. As part of the bail conditions, Haruzivishe should report twice weekly…
ZIMBABWE Republic Police commissioner- general Godwin Matanga, has reshuffled his four deputies in an endeavour to fortify the force. In a statement yesterday, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi said Matanga had re-assigned deputy commissioner- general Stephen Mutamba from operations to administration. Deputy commissioner-general Mind Elliot Ngirandi was moved from crime to human resources, while deputy…
OVER 12 000 villagers from Chilonga communal lands in Chiredzi, Masvingo, are facing eviction after the High Court yesterday dismissed their application to stop the government from taking over their place of habitat and turn it into lucerne production farm. Judge Joseph Fusire ruled that the matter should be decided by the executive, not the…
