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Mnangagwa, Ziyambi divided over Justice Malaba retirement
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa wants Chief Justice Luke Malaba to continue serving until 2023 so that he becomes his last line of defence should the presidential election be contested in court, se...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:03hrs | 5172 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa wants Malaba to stay on 2023
DESPITE the fact that Chief Justice Luke Malaba's judicial reign is coming to an end by operation of law at midnight on 15 May 2021 when he turns 70, President Emmerson Mnangagwa wants him to stay on ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:15hrs | 3212 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers hail withdrawal of police prosecutors
LAW experts have commended the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for withdrawing services of security officers serving as prosecutors following a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) order."The ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:23hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Army, police prosecutors have 18 days to vacate courts
PROSECUTORS from the army, air force and police have 18 days to vacate the civilian courts, a development which will ensure that a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruling of 2019 that barred them from ...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 06:43hrs | 5939 | by Mutiusinazita
Another MDC leader arrested as fight for 'headlines' hots up - all deserted fight for reforms
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was launched by Morgan Tsvangirai and his friends in 1999 to answer the nation's cry for democratic changes as the only way to end the de facto one party, Zanu...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:16hrs | 996 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa threatens a 'vicious' 2021 comeback
The beleaguered MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa will not "bury" him politically and has threatened a "vicious" 2021 comeback despite alleged attempts by his nemesi...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:54hrs | 5834 | by Staff reporter
Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi makes a fool of himself in ConCourt
The state capture inquiry contends that former president Jacob Zuma should pay the legal costs of its urgent Constitutional Court bid to compel him to give evidence - even though he chose not to parti...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 18:40hrs | 2345 | by Staff reporter
National pledge reciting out of order, says ConCourt
THE Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe (ConCourt) yesterday ruled the national pledge, which schoolchildren were obliged to recite during assemblies, invalid.This came after a parent, Mathew Sog...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa lawyer's trial date set
HARARE lawyer, Advocate Thabani Mpofu will stand trial at the Harare Magistrates Court on charges of obstructing the course of justice charges on February 10, next year.Mpofu, who is out on ba...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:59hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's 10-year-old insult case thrown out of court
AN attempt last week by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to resuscitate a 2010 case where Gilbert Kagodora, the MDC Alliance secretary for information communication technology was accused of i...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 4672 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers call for Chief Justice Malaba probe
Chief Justice Luke Malaba brought "disgrace" to the bench after sitting in an appeal court where his judgement was being challenged, lawyers have said.The incident, back in 2016, has been desc...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1847 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court judge admits she is not computer literate
SUPREME Court judge Justice Anne Gowora yesterday shocked panelists interviewing her for possible appointment to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) bench after she admitted that she failed to update ...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:50hrs | 2550 | by Staff reporter
JSC to conduct ConCourt interviews tomorrow
THREE candidates out of the 12 nominated for public interviews for the five vacancies on the Constitutional Court bench have reportedly snubbed the offer.One more could not make it because he ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1093 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Mafume clash over legitimacy of 2017 MDC Alliance agreement
LAST week's Harare in-house mayoral election conducted at Town House by the City Fathers to select former mayor Herbert Gomba's replacement (following the latter's ejection from office) may have left ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | 3799 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to 'strengthen' structures
ConCourt interviews postponedPublic interviews of the 12 candidates for the five vacancies on the Constitutional Court bench have been postponed to the end of the month by the Judicial Service Com...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:12hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa scored own goal through ConCourt poll challenge
MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has admitted the opposition MDC had no sufficient evidence of poll rigging to launch a stronger challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory in the...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 08:05hrs | 6560 | by newzimbabwe
Chiwenga appointment as Health minister reckless, says Madhuku
OPPOSITION National Constitutional Assembly party leader Lovemore Madhuku has described Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's appointment as Health minister as reckless, as he has no expertise in the ...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:13hrs | 3440 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC MP seeks ConCourt judge appointment
FORMER MDC legislator and footballer Arnold Tsunga has been shortlisted for public interviews among local jurists vying for appointment as judges who shall make up the Constitutional Court bench....Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:56hrs | 2606 | by newzimbabwe
Chiwenga appointment illegal, says Veritas
LEGAL watchdog, Veritas says the appointment this past week, of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as substantive Health Minister violated national laws, contrary to claims by other legal experts the...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:43hrs | 1115 | by newzimbabwe
Dr Chiwenga's appointment is Constitutional
The appointment of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as Minister of Health sparked a legal debate erupted among legal experts on social media. However, knowledgeable top lawyers including Nelson Cha...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 22:19hrs | 5889 | by Staff reporter
Legal experts speak on General Chiwenga's appointment as Minister of Health
The appointment of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as Minister of Health sparked a legal debate erupted among legal experts on social media. The matter was started by MDC Secretary f...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 20:38hrs | 7270 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fresh push for diaspora vote
INDEPENDENT electoral watchdog, the Electoral Resource Centre (ERC) has challenged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to use the postal voting system it administers to allow Zimbabweans in the di...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:02hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe politics dirty or it's political players who play dirty games?
Politics isn't dirty but it's Political Players with dirty political attitudes and approach in politics who makes Politics Dirty. It's only in Zimbabwe where Dirty Politicking is practised and or impl...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1049 | by Hon Richard M Simango
'Hodzi must be probed for graft'
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Kumbirai Hodzi could land in soup over allegations of abusing and using his position for personal benefit in the ongoing arrests and alleged harassment of lawyers behind the Constit...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1272 | by Staff reporter
Zuze sinks Chamisa's lawyer?
ADVOCATE Thabani Mpofu, the lawyer who rep-resented the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa when he challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory in the 2018 presidential election, was arrested yes...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:32hrs | 10811 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer Thabani Mpofu charged over 'fake' ConCourt affidavit
Top Harare lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu was charged with defeating or obstructing the course of justice on Monday, accused of filing a court application last year bolstered by an affidavit by someone...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 16:49hrs | 6642 | by Staff reporter
JSC seeks ConCourt judges nominations
THE Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) is inviting members of the public to nominate suitably qualified persons to be appointed as Constitutional Court judges. The Constitutional and Supreme C...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:36hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
MDC trio to challenge 'fake abduction' prosecution through ConCourt
MDC Alliance MP Joanna Mamombe and two-party activists are set to take their bid to stop prosecution to the Constitutional Court.The Harare West legislator and activists Cecilia Chimbiri and N...Published: 29 May 2020 at 14:27hrs | 1888 | by newzimbabwe
CJ Malaba separates ConCourt from Supreme Court
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba yesterday officially separated the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) from the Supreme Court.Addressing guests at the ConCourt premises in Harare, Malaba said the event ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
Malawi judges feast on CJ Malaba
THE Malawi Supreme Court has condemned Zimbabwe's ruling on the 2018 election petition case, while unanimously upholding an earlier court ruling to annul President Peter Mutharika's narrow election vi...Published: 21 May 2020 at 08:05hrs | 7025 | by Staff reporter
MDC silverbacks out en masse to defend Chamisa thuggery yet betrayed right to free elections
Nelson Chamisa has said nothing about the 30 March 2020 Supreme Court judgement which ruled that his seizure of the MDC-T leadership after Tsvangirai's death was a violation of the party's constitutio...Published: 07 May 2020 at 07:32hrs | 2769 | by Wilbert Mukori
Reflections on MDC Alliance recalls
FOUR MDC legislators Chalton Hwende, Prosper Mutseyami, Tabitha Khumalo and Lillian Timveous were recalled from Parliament on Tuesday and their seats were declared vacant pursuant to the powers bestow...Published: 07 May 2020 at 00:15hrs | 881 | by David Hofisi
Nelson Chamisa fights back
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed to fight back against the ruling ZANU PF party who are reportedly behind the recent recalling of three MDC Members of Parliament by former MDC Secretary General Dou...Published: 06 May 2020 at 14:52hrs | 5495 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC imbroglio devastating for opposition
THE MDC has been mired in an entanglement, recently described in the judgment by the Supreme Court as an imbroglio.Accusations and counter accusations are being thrown around between factions ...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 11:46hrs | 4359 | by Jonathan Chando
Political party problems not settled in court, says Biti
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti on Friday urged courts not to meddle in political party matters following the High Court and Supreme Court's recent judgments on the opposition's leadership wra...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 15:15hrs | 2594 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Presidential pardon discriminatory
A PRESIDENTIAL pardon is a withdrawal of a sentence for a class of persons by the President under the prerogative of mercy. The decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to pardon and decongest prisons...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:19hrs | 303 | by Fidelicy Nyamukondiwa
BREAKING: Mnangagwa's Constitutional Amendment No 1 unconstitutional, says Court
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the Constitutional Amendment No 1 of 2017 is unconstitutional.The main effect of the amendment was to change the procedure for the appointment of the Ch...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 15:48hrs | 3499 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko trial deferred over missing information
THE trial of former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko has been pushed to April 6 after the State provided him with a transcribed court record with missing information critical for him to prepare his d...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:32hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
MDC launch PRICE promising 20 reforms before 2023 plebiscite - failed to implement even one last 20 years
On 21 January 2020, Nelson Chamisa and his MDC Alliance launched the party's Agenda 2020 programme of action. Yesterday, 27 February 2020, just a month later, the party launched its Principles for Rel...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 17:46hrs | 1187 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mutodi laughs at Chamisa's 'Excell Gate' inspired Concourt challenge
INFORMATION Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi has scoffed at MDC leader Nelson Chamisa after the main opposition president's lawyer, Thabani Mpofu hinted there was fresh evidence that could be filed befor...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 20:53hrs | 2457 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa to use Jonathan Moyo's book as V11 at ConCourt?
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will launch a renewed bid to oust President Emmerson Mnangagwa by seeking to have the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) review its own judgment based on "new evidenc...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 20:53hrs | 2095 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in fresh ConCourt appeal
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will launch a renewed bid to oust President Emmerson Mnangagwa by seeking to have the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) review its own judgment based on "new evidenc...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 07:00hrs | 8518 | by Staff reporter
'Justice Malaba's Mnangagwa-Chamisa judgment can be reversed'
Advocate Thabani Mpofu has claimed that the constitutional court judgment given by Chief Justice Luke Malaba after the 2018 elections can be set aside. In an opinion issued on Sunday Mpofu sai...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 08:40hrs | 17000 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US$-RTGS court ruling challenged
NR Barber, a mining firm, is seeking the Constitutional Court (Concourt)'s permission to challenge last month's Supreme Court ruling which converted United States dollar debts to the Zimdollar at a ra...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 22:13hrs | 1747 | by Staff reporter
$2 million vanishes from Chamisa's MDC coffers
THE opposition MDC has hired independent auditors after $2 million allegedly vanished from its accounts last year, officials said yesterday.MDC treasurer-general David Coltart confirmed to New...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:22hrs | 4810 | by Staff reporter
'Malawi election ruling V11-based'
THE ruling by the Constitutional Court of Malawi, which ordered fresh Presidential polls in 150 days after establishing large-scale vote manipulation, cannot be likened to the Zimbabwean scenario as t...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:52hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa taunts SADC, AU
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, who claims he was robbed of poll victory by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the 2018 elections, Tuesday took a dig at SADC and the African Union (AU for blindly endorsing th...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 19:21hrs | 2846 | by Staff reporter
Opposition Parties in Malawi should not relax because of the ConCourt Judgement - Judgement is not winning state power
Now that the Malawi Constitutional Court Judge Potani yesterday declared that President Mutharika was not duly elected in the May 21 2019 and has therefore demanded fresh elections, Opposition P...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 15:05hrs | 503 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Chamisa hails Malawian ConCourt
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has hailed the Malawian Constitutional Court for passing a verdict that the elections which saw Peter Muitarika winning Presidency were rigged."I wish to congratulate...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 09:08hrs | 4007 | by Stephen Jakes
Malawi's constitutional court cancels presidential vote result
Malawi's Constitutional Court on Monday ordered new elections after annulling the results of a vote that re-elected President Peter Mutharika in May, citing widespread irregularities."We hold ...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 18:03hrs | 2459 | by AFP
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