LUXURY car dealer Zimoco has launched a High Court application seeking to recover over US$70 000 from their former employee, Bianca Beatrice Mukuyana, who served the firm for only 18 days. The car dealer which has the exclusive rights to sell top-of-the-range German, American and Chinese vehicles accused Mukuyana of stealing US$70 370 during…
HIGH Court judge Pisirayi Kwenda has cleared Grace Ministries Founder Onbert Mapfumo of any wrongdoing after the pastor successfully appealed against a 2017 rape conviction and a 22-year jail term. Mapfumo was found guilty for allegedly raping four female members of his church during “cleansing” exercises. However, in his judgment Kwenda said Mapfumo had not…
A HARARE man, whose house was demolished by the Harare City Council (HCC) earlier this year, has dragged the local authority to court and is demanding US$69 000 as payment for damages incurred. In the lawsuit filed at the High Court on Friday, Ernest Muduwa claims he received a residential stand in Donnybrook, Mabvuku, in…
A HARARE man has filed a High Court application seeking to overturn the government’s decision to allow only vaccinated congregants to attend physical church services due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In an application filed at the court on Friday, Obert Kondongwe named Information minister Monica Mutsvagwa, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, Health minister Constantino Chiwenga and…
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) yesterday carried out the first round of the much-awaited public interviews of candidates nominated to fill nine vacant positions of High Court judges. The interviews, which were supposed to be held last month, were postponed due to the spike in Covid-19 infections and followed the invitation to the public to…
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has approached the High Court seeking eviction orders against two tenants occupying its properties in Masvingo and Nyanga respectively. In the first application, ZimParks states that they entered into a lease agreement with Gladys Farai Kujenga for their lodges and restaurants at Kyle Recreation Park in Masvingo. …
SOUTH Africa-based businessman Frank Buyanga has approached the High Court seeking the cancellation of a warrant of arrest issued against him by…
FORMER NetOne chief executive Reward Kangai has lost the $2 million defamation lawsuit he launched in 2019 against his former employer after the High Court threw out his application. This comes after the mobile network service provider approached the court later that year with a second application of its own seeking an order to dismiss…
A GOKWE businessman Dully Huni has once again approached the High Court seeking an order to evict a group of machete-wielding men who have invaded his gold mine. This comes after Huni initially went to the High Court early this month seeking an interdict against the same group allegedly being led by George Fichani. Huni…
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development has called on the government to come to the rescue of former employees of liquidated mining firms through providing them with free housing and running water. The committee’s chairperson Edmund Mkaratigwa told Parliament last week that the government should intervene as the lower-level employees were the…
