MDC parliamentarian Joanna Mamombe and fellow activists Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri’s application in which they are seeking the presiding magistrate and a prosecutor’s recusal from their trial will be heard today before High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi. This comes as Chitapi ordered that the trio’s trial be stalled pending the determination of the application…
LOW cost airline Nu Aero (Private) Limited, trading as Fly Africa Zimbabwe (Fly Africa, and its directors, Cassidy Mugwagwa and Mekias Munyaradzi, have been dragged to the High Court by a local firm demanding US$300 000, which was part of an investment into the aeroplane business. In the application, Skyes Bond Holding Company (SBHC) told…
HIGH Court judge Esther Muremba has postponed Vice President Constatino Chiwenga’s divorce hearing to July 15 to allow the politician’s estranged wife, Marry, who is currently hospitalised, to attend the proceedings. Chiwenga’s lawyer Lewis Uriri yesterday consented to the application for postponement after establishing that Mubaiwa was indeed ill and admitted at a private hospital…
THE Zimbabwe Platinum Mines Limited (Zimplats) has approached the High Court seeking eviction orders against seven ex-employees who are still occupying the company’s houses. In court papers filed by the platinum miner, Farai Mandimika, Maxwell Verenga, Triuona Makina, Rodwell Bhunu, Duplicate Ndoda, Liberty Dakarai and Bernard Mushanga were cited as respondents. The seven entered into…
OUTSPOKEN political activist Linda Masarira has filed for divorce from her husband of two years, Gilbert Kaingidza, claiming that the relationship has “irretrievably broken down”. The Labour, Economists and African Democrats (LEAD) founder and Kaingidza entered into marriage on June 14, 2019, but just a month shy of their second anniversary, the duo wants to…
RENOWNED author Tsitsi Dangarembga, who is seeking to have her trial removed from the Anti-Corruption Court roll, is set to argue her case before the High Court in the capital tomorrow. Dangarembga and her colleague Julie Gabriel Barnes were arrested last year and charged with contravening Covid-19 regulations after they were allegedly caught participating in…
A ZIMBABWE Ezekiel Guti University (Zegu) student has approached the High Court with an application against the institution and one of its lecturers challenging his placement on suspension. Takudzwa Mukove is claiming that his suspension and disciplinary hearing were unfair as the legal proctor involved in the proceedings is his former lecturer, who he is…
The Mugodhi Apostolic Church leadership wrangle has been re-ignited after the church and the current bishop approached the High Court accusing ex-members of disrupting church services and causing chaos. In the application, the Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church together with the incumbent bishop, Washington Mugodhi cited Simon Muraiwa, Gladman Chiparashe, Size Musauso, Morgan Chatikobo, Nelson Chiparashe…
MDC parliamentarian Joanna Mamombe and fellow activists Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova have approached the High Court seeking the recusal of a presiding magistrate and a prosecutor from their trial in which they are accused of publishing falsehoods. The three were arrested early last year on accusations of faking their kidnapping by alleged State agents….
MDC Alliance parliamentarian Joanna Mamombe and activist Cecilia Chimbiri, who have been in custody for two months, have finally been freed by the High Court on $20 000 bail each. In his judgment, High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi agreed with the duo’s lawyer, Alec Muchadehama, that the lower court had erred in denying them bail….
