MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe, pictured, has filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court in Bulawayo challenging the party’s November 26, 2021 national council resolution to recall her from Parliament. Khupe, Gweru mayor Josiah Makombe and Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko filed a joint application on Tuesday seeking to stop their expulsion from the…
THE Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) yesterday temporarily extended the use of accreditation cards issued to journalists last year until a new fees structure for 2022 certification is gazetted by authorities. Last year, accreditation fees were pegged at $600 for a local new applicant, $500 for renewal or replacement and US$150 for scribes working for or…
CHITUNGWIZA Town Council (CTC) has shelved its plans to demolish illegal structures following the intervention of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights…
THE High Court has thrown out an application by two Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) senior officials facing corruption charges to be removed from remand. Zinara finance and human resources directors Adam Zvandasara and Gilfern Moyo approached the High Court challenging a decision by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna to place them on remand. Nduna was…
THE High Court has dismissed the application by Gutu Local Government district coordinator Makepeace Muzenda to have the case in which she…
A GUTU woman, Makepeace Muzenda, is facing charges of fraudulently changing her late husband’s property into her name to gain an unfair advantage over the other woman in a polygamous relationship. The widow is a former Gutu Rural District Council (GRDC) district administrator who is cited as the first respondent while the GRDC chief executive…
WHEN one is sent to prison, society in general writes his or her “obituary”, but the open prison system, which allows prisoners to sometimes visit their homes and spend time with their families, has brought hope for convicts. Such is the life of Douglas Tapfuma, the former principal director of State Residences, who is currently…
THE High Court has granted bail to the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC faction national executive member Makomborero Haruzivishe who has been behind bars since March. He was arrested on February 17 this year and subsequently convicted of inciting public violence following events which happened on February 5 where the State argued that Haruzivishe blew a whistle…
FORMER Premier Services Medical Aid Society (Psmas) boss Cuthbert Dube, is seriously ill and unfit to stand a US$23 million civil trial, the High Court ruled recently. Psmas took Dube to the High Court to recover the money he allegedly fraudulently and unlawfully awarded himself through salaries, allowances and bonuses without the approval of the…
THE High Court has ordered Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander Valerio Sibanda to reinstate to their positions without loss of benefits six soldiers…
