AT LEAST 51 vehicle owners, who had their cars seized by customs officials at the Beitbridge Border Post earlier this year, have approached the High Court seeking to recover them. This comes after the government issued Statutory Instrument 89 which requires individuals and institutions to seek prior approval for the importation of second hand vehicles…
FORMER public prosecutor Auxilia Mangwaira, who was convicted in 2012 on allegations of bribery, has had her appeal against the conviction and sentence thrown out by the High Court. However, the same court acquitted Mangwaira’s fellow prosecutor Rosewitter Madembo, who was also accused to have played a part in the offence. Mangwaira together with Madembo…
A HARARE woman has filed a High Court application seeking to bar the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)’s Chaplain General from administering her late husband’s affairs and sneak in his alleged second wife to be a beneficiary of his estate. According to the court papers, Beauty Maguneyi is the widow of a late former ZRP officer,…
A KWEKWE man, who had his roof removed from his home after failing to pay rent last year, has approached the High Court demanding US$30 436 from his landlord as compensation for damages incurred. In summons filed at the court last week, Regedzai Mutsinze claimed that he entered into a verbal agreement with Raymond Patrick…
THE Supreme Court yesterday freed from prison former Zanu PF MP for Bikita, Munyaradzi Kereke on $500 000 bail pending appeal having been incarcerated since 2016 for raping his 11-year-old niece. Kereke, who also served as advisor to former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono, was jailed five years ago after Harare magistrate…
EIGHT Chitungwiza residents, who claim to be the joint owners of Braemer Farm in Seke, have filed an urgent chamber application seeking to stop the sale of the land to a third party by the local authority. This comes after the Chitungwiza Municipality on July 27 circulated a statement on social media directing people to…
TWO non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have launched an urgent High Court application seeking to stop Harare Provincial Development coordinator, Tafadzwa Muguti, from shutting down noncompliant civil society organisations from operating. This comes after Muguti on July 29 released a press statement directing all NGOs operating in Harare to submit their work plans, information on workshops and…
HIGH Court judge Phildah Muzofa has dismissed an application filed by a Harare woman, Nelisiwe Mlambo-Karara, who sought to cancel the sale of a residential stand in Harare’s plush Borrowdale suburb to a third party, claiming the property belonged to her. Karara had approached the court earlier this year with a lawsuit against Arosume Property…
HARARE businessman Stanley Mupedza has approached the High Court seeking to evict 27 residents from his Gillingham Estate in Dzivaresekwa, accusing them of illegally occupying the property. In papers filed separately at the High Court last week, Mupedza cited Veronica Motsii, Elson Madzivire, Simbarashe Muguti, Lovemore Ninjani, Innocent Ngandini, Michael Chahwanda, Richman Masamba and 20…
THE wife of a suspected armed robber has approached the High Court seeking an order directing the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to return two cars and household appliances confiscated by law enforcement agents when her husband was arrested in 2018. In the court papers, Nyaradzo Chakanza, wife to Talent Madzima, cited the officer-in-charge at Criminal…
