A HARARE man has approached the High Court demanding US$10 500 from Nicoz Diamond Insurance Company (Nicoz Diamond) after his car that he had insured with the firm was in an accident. Harold Makokoro told the court that he entered into a comprehensive cover agreement with Nicoz Diamond for a Mercedes Benz he had purchased…
THE High Court has granted permission to a second wife to be part of divorce proceedings between her husband and his first wife. High Court judge Justice Esther Muremba accepted a joinder application by Sylvia Mupombwa to be part of the proceedings between her husband Tawainga Arnold Katsvairo and his first wife Matirasa Katsvairo. Justice…
HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has dismissed an application for bail by Fanuel Musakwa, who is alleged to have been the mastermind of the US$2,7 million bank heist in January. Justice Chitapi noted that despite Masakwa comparing his situation to his co-accused who have been granted bail, the allegations against him did not show…
FORMER Mutare City Council chamber secretary Cephas Vuta has taken Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Attorney General Prince Machaya to the High Court demanding US$220 000 in damages, claiming he was unlawfully arrested last year. Vuta was nabbed in June 2020 after he allegedly stole money he had been allocated to attend a meeting…
AT LEAST 320 inmates from prisons across Harare Province were released back into society yesterday in an amnesty granted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Among those freed are 11 women. The beneficiaries also include four men who had been sentenced to life in prison. Harare Metropolitan Province prisons commanding officer Alvon Kapare told those attending a…
A HARARE woman has filed a High Court lawsuit demanding $3,1 million from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in damages after her husband was shot dead by a constable in 2018. In her court papers, Lucy Nhamo, the widow of a newspaper vendor, Zephania Nhamo, cited Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, the Harare province commanding…
A LOCAL company has approached the High Court to recover over US$135 000 in rentals from a tenant who refuses to vacate their premises. In the court papers, Rainbow Cash and Carry (Rainbow) alleged that the tenant, Falcon Foods, refused to pay rentals or vacate the premises after receiving an eviction notice. In…
THE dispute over the construction of a statue of Mbuya Charwe, the spirit medium of Mbuya Nehanda, has escalated after a woman claiming to be the surviving granddaughter of the First Chimurenga heroine approached the High Court challenging the erection of the effigy. In the court application, Susan Rosi Tirivangani cited Home Affairs minister…
A HARARE man has filed a lawsuit against police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga, at the High Court claiming that he was wrongfully arrested and is seeking to be released from custody. Borislav Trifonov Boynov, who is under police guard in hospital, cited Matanga and an assistant inspector Patrick Matare as the respondents in the suit. Boynov…
SUSPENDED judge Justice Erica Ndewere’s bid to suspend the tribunal set up to investigate her fitness to hold office has been dismissed by the High Court. High Court judge Justice Sunsley Zisengwe ruled that Ndewere had failed to justify why she should not go before the tribunal set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the…
