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Top cop wants ZACC officer arrested
A senior police officer Chief Superintendent Joseph Josphat Matipforo has filed a report alleging that Zimbabwe Anti Corruption (ZACC) investigator Eric Chacha is obstructing the course of justice and...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1334 | by Staff reporter
300 additional prosecutors recruited
The withdrawal of police and military lawyers seconded to the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) in line with the Supreme Court ruling has not affected the authority's operations, Prosecutor General...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 498 | 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
Prosecutors vow to resist villagisation proposal
PROSECUTORS have vowed to resist the government's move to house them in communal blocks of flats to ensure their safety and minimise contact with the public.The National Prosecuting Authority ...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | 985 | 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 | 5935 | by Mutiusinazita
Concern over gold smuggling to Dubai
At least 60kg of gold worth millions of dollars could be smuggled from Zimbabwe to Dubai monthly, prejudicing the country of the much-needed foreign currency earnings, Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai H...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:22hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
NPA ring-fences prosecutors
Prosecutors will now be housed in their own blocks of flats to curb corruption and to offer protection to those handling high-profile and sensitive cases in line with President Mnangagwa's strategy to...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:20hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
NPA recruits 291 prosecutors
The highest court in the land ruled that the seconding of members of the uniformed forces to the prosecutorial unit is unconstitutional.Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi was ordered to disenga...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 17:08hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Govt probes $25bn mobile money scam
Prosecutions on a wide range of financial crimes are likely as investigations continue inside and outside Zimbabwe into the huge pool of unregulated liquidity estimated at $25 billion created within t...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:20hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo burial set for Wednesday
Late national hero, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Lieutenant General Dr Sibusiso Busi Moyo (Retired), will be buried on Wednesday next week. Dr Moyo succumbed to Covid-19-re...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:19hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Dangarembga challenges Anti-Corruption Court trial
RENOWNED author Tsitsi Dangarembga has dragged Harare magistrate Trynos Wutawashe to the High Court challenging his decision to try her in the Anti -Corruption Court when her matter "has nothing to do...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:48hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Robbery case drags for 2 years without trial
A MUTOKO gold miner who was attacked by armed robbers at his homestead, losing a gun, gold, phones and cash in the process, has filed a complainant to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for the ...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:21hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
My heart is in Zimbabwe!
As we pass from the year 2020, let us establish some homegrown truths about ourselves as Zimbabweans.While I will challenge our readers to this debate, on penalty of paying a fine of a goat if...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 935 | by Ken Mufuka
Ziyambi urges association to approach NPA
JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has urged United Chiredzi Residents and Ratepayers Association (UCHIRRA) to file a formal complaint against prosecutors whom it accuse...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:46hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe magistrates now zombies very afraid to practice their legal knowledge as police now review their judgements
Zimbabwean judicial officers are feeling the heat of total disrespect and unreasonable interference by the police and Prosecution. To think that the prosecutors are supposed to be lawyers is a farfetc...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:58hrs | 1862 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Magistrate arrested for fining Venezuelan dealer found with $500k cocaine
HARARE Magistrate Morgan Nemadire has been arrested and charged with criminal abuse of office after he convicted but fined a Venezuelan national $700 after the latter was found in possession of 5kg of...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:41hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor arrested for granting notorious armed robber bail
PROSECUTOR Tapiwa Kasema, who is under investigation for consenting to bail for four notorious armed robbers, including suspected gang leader - Musa Taj Abdul - has been arrested this morning and is n...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 17:43hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor in Abdul case suspended
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Kumbirai Hodzi has suspended the prosecutor Tapiwa Kasema for consenting to granting bail to four notorious armed robbers led by Musa Taj Abdul.Abdul (47) along with his co-...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers prosecutor on the run
PROSECUTOR Tapiwa Kasema, who is under investigation for consenting to bail for four notorious armed robbers led by suspected gang leader - Musa Taj Abdul - is reportedly on the run, hours after he wa...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor suspended for concession of Abdul's bail
The Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has suspended prosecutor Tapiwa Kasema for consenting to granting of bail to four notorious armed robbers led by gang leader Musa Taj Abdul.Abdul (47) ...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 17:38hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
Plot to remove Zacc chair anti-corruption body ruffles political feathers
POLITICAL pressure to remove the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) the independent constitutional body created to combat corruption and crime - Loyce Matanda-Moyo is mounti...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 08:35hrs | 2318 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's curious 'fight' against corruption
OUR institutions are palpably corrupt and the corrupt are apparently powerful.According to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo, there is rampa...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:21hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft crusade: NPA scales up tempo
THE National Prosecution Authority (NPA) is scaling up efforts to seize assets acquired through the proceeds of corruption as part of efforts to fight graft.It will from next week be bringing ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:05hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife in awful pain
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry has filed an urgent High Court application seeking the release of her passport to allow her to receive urgent medical attention in South Afri...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 16:29hrs | 2347 | 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 | 378 | by Staff reporter
'I want to go and preach, exorcise demons in the US'
LAWYER and preacher Joshua Chirambwe's bid to regain his passport to travel to the United States (US) to "exorcise demons and preach" failed after his application was turned down at the Harare Magistr...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:39hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court throws out Chombo's appeal
Court Reporter THE trial of former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo on charges of criminal abuse of office will go ahead after the Supreme Court threw out his appeal for permanent stay of prosecution....Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Sanction Auxillia Mnangagwa and Freeze her foreign bank accounts
The first family must command respect, not demand it. This, they should do through leading by example. "Julius Caesar's wife must be above suspicion". The first lady should not be seen throwing her we...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 12:28hrs | 18606 | by Israel Dube
Hopwell Chinono unjustly attacks the love affair of Hodzi and Henrieta Rushwaya.
Many people do not understand the concept of Human Rights. Here is one guy that many in Zimbabwe think that he fights against injustice and violation of Human Rights of others, yet ironically tramples...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:28hrs | 4827 | by Njabulo.liberty
NPA in recruitment drive for 291 prosecutors
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is conducting interviews to fill positions of prosecutors which have arisen at Magistrates' Courts across the country. Nationally, NPA is looking to re...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi distances self from Rushwaya
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has filed criminal charges against pro-MDC Alliance political activists Advocate Thabani Mpofu and Hopewell Chin'ono for alleging that he lives with former ZIFA chief...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 17:47hrs | 4979 | by Staff reporter
The political economy of corruption
As a cancer inherent in varying degrees of intensity across the globe, corruption is an integral part of the political economy of world capitalism.So, the capitals of the western world lie at ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:24hrs | 1911 | by Ibbo Mandaza
Zanu-PF supporting prosecutor resigns
A prosecutor who was once forced to recuse herself from prosecuting an MDC Alliance MP has quit her job after standing for election in Zanu-PF internal elections.Namatirai Chipere is contestin...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:28hrs | 2315 | by Staff reporter
Kurauone slaps Govt with $2 million lawsuit for unlawful arrest
MDC-Alliance party youth leader Godfrey Kurauone has slapped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government and other accomplices with a $2.4 million lawsuit over his unlawful arrest, detention and malicio...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 16:29hrs | 798 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC youth leader sues for illegal detention
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance youth leader and Masvingo ward 4 councillor, Godfrey Kurauone, has given notice to sue police for $2,4 million in damages following his arrest on trumped-up violence charges....Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Mnangagwa and wife arrive at heroes acre with maximum security
A picture of President Emmerson Mnangagwa arriving at heroes acre accompanying by high level security to attend the burial of the late national hero Brigadier General Ruphus Chigudu has gone viral on ...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 15:50hrs | 9941 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mamombe challenges imprisonment
OPPOSITION Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe (MDC Alliance), who was remanded in custody by a Harare magistrate who wants her examined for mental illness by two government doctors, has approached ...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:48hrs | 2301 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, Mzembi to be extradited
FORMER Government and ZANU-PF officials who fled the country while facing criminal charges are set to be extradited to face justice back home, Government has resolved.Addressing the ZANU-PF Mi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:05hrs | 2290 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's sons are corrupt: Mliswa
OUTSPOKEN Norton legislator Temba Mliswa (independent) has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sons Collins and Sean of engaging in criminal activities and associating with suspected con-artist, De...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:52hrs | 6171 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's family friend in extortion storm
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) and the President's family friend, Delish Nguwaya have been accused of visiting a Harare businessman in remand prison to try to extor...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:30hrs | 9933 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga wife's trial fails to kick off
THE trial of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, on various charges, including attempted murder and money-laundering, failed to kick off at the Harare Magistrates Cour...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1774 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo not yet off the hook
THE High Court has ordered the trial of Intratrek Zimbabwe boss, Wicknell Chivayo and Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) former board chair Stanley Nyasha Kazhanje, to proceed before a Harare magistrate....Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:42hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Another top CIO Boss dies
Information coming from Harare indicate that dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation Assistant Director of Operations Rushmore Mukwamba has died. The cause of hi9s said death remains murky w...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 13:49hrs | 18909 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Chris Mutsvangwa tests Coronavirus positive
Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa has tested positive of the deadly Coronavirus online publication ZimLive has reported. According to the publication Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa mis...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 13:02hrs | 3564 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Western Commonage suspends proceedings: 12 prosecutors in isolation
Magistrates' courts at Western Commonage Court in Bulawayo have suspended all trials after 12 public prosecutors, among them seven police officers attached to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA),...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 07:41hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer to hear his fate from court
CHIEF magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi will tomorrow give a determination in an application in which top lawyer Thabani Mpofu is applying for revocation of his placement on remand.Mpofu was place...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 21:14hrs | 1502 | by Staff reporter
AG responds to Chihuri court challenge
FORMER Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has no valid legal reason to undermine a High Court order demanding an explanation on the wealth his family acquired during his 25 years as police ...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1902 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri destroyed ZRP financial records
Financial records at Police General Headquarters (PGHQ) were reportedly loaded into a Nissan UD truck on the instruction of then police bosses and destroyed by fire at Chikurubi Camp during Operation ...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1517 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri sold five properties in 2017, 2018
Five of the properties owned by former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri and his family, now under investigation for diverting US$32 million of public funds into family companies and buyin...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1475 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri must explain wealth, PG insists
Former police boss Augustine Chihuri must not be allowed to use his feud with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to evade justice, prosecutor-general (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi has argued.Hodzi was respond...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 993 | by Staff reporter
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