REGIONAL magistrate Stanford Mambanje has deferred a ruling on an application launched by a suspected crystal meth (mutoriro) dealer challenging that Zimbabwe’s…
MDC Alliance vice-chairman and Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala’s trial was off to a false start yesterday, as the prosecutor in the…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry’s assault case was yesterday pushed to September 6 as she could not stand trial due…
POPULAR musicians, ExQ and Nutty O, have landed in hot water after they were arrested for allegedly presenting fake Covid-19 certificates at the Robert Mugabe International Airport, after performing in neighbouring South Africa recently. ExQ — whose real name is Enock Munhenga — and Nutty O (Carrington Simbarashe Chiwadzwa) were not asked to plead to…
HARARE regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje has thrown out MDC Alliance Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala’s application in which he sought to have his charges of publishing falsehoods quashed. Through his lawyer, Alec Muchadehama, Sikhala had applied for the quashing of the charges, arguing that the High Court had declared that there was no such an…
A SELF-STYLED prophet has been arrested for raping two women that had sought help from him in their quest to conceive. Tichaona Matarutse was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi yesterday. He was remanded in custody to July 7 and was advised to apply for bail…
A HARARE magistrate has thrown out charges against the late former president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law Simba Chikore after he was accused of abuse of office stemming from the time he was the Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) chief operations officer. Regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna ruled that there are four judgments by the superior courts which stated that…
THERE is a likelihood international drug cartels are using Zimbabwe as a smuggling hub, according to a medical expert who testified in the case of South African cocaine smuggler Shila Khumalo yesterday. Speaking under oath, medical and forensic expert Clancy Nyamukure told the court that organised crime groups and powerful cartels were behind cocaine trafficking. …
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) says it is apolitical and seeks to support the delivery of justice in Zimbabwe, protect lawyers’ independence and maintain public confidence in the judiciary. This comes as the LSZ has of late been under attack over the organisation’s court application challenging Constitutional Amendments No. 1 and 2. “In challenging…
PAKISTANI national and businessman Ali Mohamad has filed a court application seeking to have gold smuggling charges against him dropped, saying there is no nexus between him and the allegations. Mohamad, who is jointly charged with Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, state spies Steven Tserayi and Raphios Mufandauya; band Gift Karanda, told the court…
