FIVE former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) MPs, who were recalled from Parliament in March, have dragged speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda to the High Court, demanding their reinstatement to the august House. In the application, Kucaca Ivumile Phulu, Settlement Chikwinya, Willias Madzimure, Regai Tsunga and Chelesile Mhlanga, cited Mudenda and the Parliament of…
EIGHT local car dealership proprietors have approached the High Court to stop Harare City Council (HCC) from evicting them from their premises. This comes after the HCC issued eviction notices to the companies earlier this month and ordered them to vacate the properties as they were in illegal occupation of the land. In their court…
A HARARE lawyer Lawman Chimuriwo is facing deregistration after a tribunal convened to investigate misconduct allegations against him ruled that he acted in an “unprofessional, dishonourable and unworthy” manner. The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) had instituted investigations against him after receiving two separate complaints claiming that he had withheld payment of trust money to…
THE late former president Robert Mugabe’s daughter Bona and her husband Simbarashe Mutsahuni have approached the High Court challenging the government’s decision to downsize farms. This comes as the government indicated it wanted to reduce the size of the couple’s Sigaro Farm in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central. In the application, the two cited Lands minister Anxious Masuka…
APOSTOLIC Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) president Amon Madawo, who recently won a Supreme Court case to lead the church, has petitioned the High Court seeking to interdict a breakaway faction leader Cossam Chiangwa from using a logo similar to that of his church. In the application filed last Friday, Madawo said Chiangwa had formed…
LISTED mining company RioZim Limited (RioZim) has filed a High Court lawsuit against Falcon Resources (Falcon) and Rusununguko Nkululeko Holdings demanding US$2 million in damages for the chrome that was allegedly stolen from its claim in Darwendale. In its court papers, RioZim claimed that Rusununguko partnered with Falcon in 2018 to illegally mine at its…
THE High Court says Chief Justice Luke Malaba, did not do anything wrong when he returned to work on the basis of recent appeals to the Supreme Court by authorities. This comes after three High Court judges — Jester Charewa, Happias Zhou and Edith Mushore — recently overturned President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s decision to extend Malaba’s…
TWO ex-political prisoners under the Former Political Prisoners and Detainees in Pre-Independent Zimbabwe Pressure Group Trust (Trust) have dragged the government to…
INFORMATION ministry permanent secretary Ndabaningi Mangwana has approached the High Court in a bid to evict three farmers from a Chegutu farm,…
SEVEN former Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance have dragged MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora to the High Court…
