AT LEAST 11 Chitungwiza residents, who were evicted from a stand in Seke by the Johane Masowe Vadzidzi VaJesu Church in 2018, have approached the High Court seeking to have the decision set aside. High Court judge, Justice Joseph Musakwa three years ago granted an eviction order to the church to send the residents packing…
THE High Court has settled a long-standing battle for the control of the Christ Ministries Church after it dismissed an application filed by the late founder Cuthbert Makoni’s widow — Leddie — which sought to confirm her as the church’s president. High Court judge, Justice Jacob Manzunzu, struck the case off the roll, ruling that…
LAWYERS representing a former Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigator Augustine Mahwana have written to the anti-graFt body demanding the officer’s reinstatement. This comes after Labour Court judge Custom Kachambwa in April annulled Zacc’s decision to dismiss Mahwana without giving him a chance to respond to misconduct charges that were levelled against him. In a September…
HIGH Court judge Owen Tagu has dismissed an application by the Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (Paz) challenging the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco)’s monopoly to ferry commuters in cities and towns. This comes after the government declared that only buses registered under Zupco were allowed to ferry passengers as a measure of containing the spread…
NORMAN Gandidzanwa, who is currently in prison for attempted armed robbery, will continue to serve the rest of his seven-year sentence after the High Court dismissed his application for leave to appeal at the Supreme Court. In delivering his judgment, recently, Justice Tawanda Chitapi noted he could not grant Gandidzanwa’s application as there was very…
FORMER Health minister Obadiah Moyo, who was arrested last year on corruption allegations involving a US$60 million Covid-19 procurement deal, has been acquitted by the High Court. High Court judge Pisirayi Kwenda yesterday ruled that charges against Moyo did not disclose an offence and should, therefore, be quashed. Moyo, who was facing three counts of…
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has upheld the Supreme Court ruling confirming Zanu PF member Dexter Nduna as the duly-elected legislator for Chegutu West constituency in the 2018 elections. This comes after MDC parliamentary candidate Gift Konjana challenged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s declaration of Nduna as the winner. However, Con-Court judges Paddington Garwe, Anne Mary…
A POLICE officer Tirivangani Isdor Tapfuya has filed a High Court application challenging a 14-day jail term at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, following his conviction for stealing an unspecified amount of money from a security firm. In the application filed last week, Tapfuya cited commissioner general of police Godwin Matanga and chief superintendent Smart Matongo…
MINES minister Winston Chitando has been dragged to the High Court following a mine wrangle between two local firms — Anesu Gold…
A PRIMARY school teacher from Kwekwe, Mercy Mjikwa, has approached the High Court seeking to overturn the government’s directive which will soon bar civil servants from work if unvaccinated from Covid-19. This comes as Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Health minister, on September 17, gazetted a statutory instrument compelling all government workers…
