The Supreme Court on Monday applied brakes to government moves to seize a Mazowe farm owned by exiled former minister Jonathan Moyo and his wife, Beatrice. Justices Chinembiri Bhunu, George Chiweshe and Joseph Musakwa, on appeal, overturned a High Court ruling dismissing Moyo’s urgent application for an interdict against the …
Read More »Pfugari Daughter Arrested For Forging Late Parents Marriage Certificate In Bid To Win US$30m Estate Row With Siblings
THE daughter of the late property tycoon Edward Nyanyiwa Snr, commonly as Eddies Pfugari, appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court Friday charged with fraud and forgery after she presented a fake marriage certificate of her parents to the Master of the High Court in a bid to gain access to …
Read More »Mnangagwa Gvt Under Siege, Faces All Out Revolt
THE country’s biggest conglomeration of labour organisations, the ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) thrown its weight behind striking teachers and strongly castigated government’s inconsiderate approach to their approach saying it was the genesis of an all-out revolt. Teachers have vowed not to return to class citing poor salaries. They …
Read More »Mass Suspensions: Teachers File Court Challenge
HARARE – Human rights lawyers have filed an urgent court application to stop the government from suspending thousands of teachers striking over poor pay. The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum initiated the court action on behalf of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) on Friday, a day after …
Read More »Court Clears T Freddy Of Rape
Goodness and Mercy Ministries leader, Prophet Tapiwa Freddy was today cleared of the rape and physical abuse charges he was facing at the Harare Magistrates Court. Harare regional magistrate Mrs Gloria Takundwa discharged Freddy after noting that the truth was not told in the whole matter. Mrs Takundwa said the …
Read More »Zim Boxing In Turmoil
-‘Stakeholders fume over new measures“`‘ “`-‘Long absence of a board questioned‘ By Gilbert Munetsi A large cross-section of the boxing fraternity last Tuesday joined hands to interrogate what many classified as “an uneasy way of doing business” after the publishing of a new raft of requirements by the secretariat for …
Read More »Gvt Suspends Striking Teachers For Three Months Without Pay
GOVERNMEN has suspended teachers who have not reported for duty since the opening of schools on February 7 without pay. Primary and Secondary Education minister Evelyn Ndlovu announced the suspension of the teachers in a statement Thursday saying an widespread investigation has since launched an investigation into the alleged misconduct. …
Read More »Covid-19 Now Pushing Zimbabweans To Quit Smoking
Rising awareness in Zimbabwe about COVID-19 complications has prompted smokers of tobacco and other substances to quit, health experts in the Southern African nation confirm. “With the advent of COVID-19 and the health awareness that was broadcast, it became clearer that there are certain people who are at more risk …
Read More »Mugwadi ‘Still Enjoys Party’s Complete Confidence’ Says Zanu PF
ZANU PF has dismissed circulating fake news that its director of information and publicity Cde Tafadzwa Mugwadi has been dismissed from his position. The party’s spokesperson Cde Chris Mutsvangwa who earlier today addressed a press conference in the company of Cde Mugwadi said, “ he is still my DIRECTOR…He is …
Read More »JSC Closes Courts As Coronavirus Infections Spike
By Pavel MwaoseniFollowing a spike in Covid-19 infections in the country the past two weeks, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has been forced to temporarily close its head office and some of its court houses around the country. In the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Child Care …
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