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State seeks Mafume bail revocation
THE State wants to apply for the revocation of the $30 000 bail granted to suspended Harare mayor Jacob Mafume on the basis that he is likely to interfere with investigations in matters he is accused ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:22hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
The tale of a captured judiciary
THE year 2020 did not see any major judicial decisions, but was replete with prolonged postponement of trials.At one time, chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi threatened to sit on a Sunday for...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:08hrs | 767 | by Miriam Mangwaya
Mafume seeks bail at High Court
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has filed for bail at the High Court in a case in which he allegedly attempted to bribe a witness expected to testify against him on charges of influencing council officials ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 16:54hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Registar general's trial continues
The trial of suspended Registrar General Clemence Masango, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges over vehicle purchases, continued yesterday with the State calling the former chief accountant...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 17:39hrs | 1062 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's mayor arrested again
EMBATTLED Harare mayor, Jacob Mafume has been arrested again.He was picked up by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officers at Rottenrow magistrates court where he was appearing for h...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 19:00hrs | 1622 | by Staff reporter
'Mentally unstable' Mamombe hits out at 'malicious' and 'biased' magistrate
Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe has petitioned the High Court challenging a decision by a Harare magistrate to separate her trial from that of two other activists.Mamombe, Netsai Marova and Ceci...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:40hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
Zifa councillors exonerate Kamambo
ZIFA councillors who voted during the elections that saw Felton Kamambo landing the top soccer administration post fingered Philip Chiyangwa, Kamambo's opponent, for vote-buying efforts that ended up ...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:31hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
'Sore loser' testifies against Kamambo
The trial of ZIFA president, Felton Kamambo, who stands accused of bribing councillors to vote for him for the position of president of the football governing body, opened yesterday with the accused d...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:42hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Zifa boss denies vote-buying
ZIMBABWE Football Association (Zifa) president Felton Kamambo (pictured), who is facing 32 counts of bribery yesterday denied the allegations before Harare Magistrate Bianca Makwande.Kamambo, ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:35hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activists trial in false start
THE trial of MDC Alliance activists Netsai Marova and Cecilia Chimbiri failed to kick-off yesterday after they requested for a stay of trial pending a High Court determination on their application to ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe challenges separation of trial order
MDC Alliance MP for Harare West Joanna Mamombe has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking review of a ruling by magistrate Bianca Makwande to separate her trials with the other ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:31hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
NetOne boss trial moved to next year
THE trial of former NetOne chief executive Lazurus Muchenje and three other employees who allegedly offered unregistered Netone virtual lines to a foreign company was yesterday postponed to January 18...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa's trial deferred
The trial of former Health and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa on charges of abuse of public office was postponed yet again yesterday, this time to December 18, because of the continued absence...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:49hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Corruption: Mayor back in court
The ruling on the bail application by Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume, who allegedly corruptly allocated Westlea stands to his sister and his law firm's secretary, is likely to be given today by deputy chie...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Harare Mayor remanded in custody
HARARE Mayor Jacob Mafume (44), who is facing abuse of office charges, will spend the weekend behind bars after his bail ruling was rolled over to tomorrow.Mafume was arrested by the Special A...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:44hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Jail nightmare for Chamisa's mayor as magistrate fails to turn up
THE magistrate presiding Harare Mayor, Jacob Mafume's criminal abuse of office case failed to come to court on Saturday resulting in the MDC Alliance official's continues incarceration.Magistr...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 17:33hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's mayor awaits bail ruling
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume will know today whether he will be granted bail or not while he awaits trial on charges of criminal abuse of office over the alleged illegal allocation of two stands to his s...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Mayor to spend third night in custody
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume will spend a third night in custody after his bail ruling was postponed to this Saturday by Harare magistrate Bianca Makwande.Mafume is facing criminal abuse of offic...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:16hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate bemoans delays in graft cases
HARARE magistrate Bianca Makwande yesterday bemoaned continued postponement of corruption cases saying the delays were resulting in a gridlock of pending matters at the courts.She made the rem...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:18hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Separation of trial granted in Mamombe case
DEPUTY Chief Magistrate Mrs Bianca Makwande today ruled that MDC-ALLIANCE member Joana Mamombe stands on her own on allegations of faking abductions sometime in May this year while her co-accused Cece...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 17:32hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Separation of trial granted in Mamombe case
DEPUTY Chief Magistrate Mrs Bianca Makwande today ruled that MDC-ALLIANCE member Joana Mamombe stands on her own on allegations of faking abductions sometime in May this year while her co-accused Cece...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 15:13hrs | 1145 | by Staff Reporter
Mamombe's case: JSC intervenes
The Judicial Service Commission has been joined to a case in which Harare regional magistrate Bianca Makwande had been personally slapped with costs after she ordered MDC Alliance MP Joana Mamombe to ...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 06:02hrs | 5490 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo's trial postponed again
THE trial of Zimbabwe Football Association boss Felton Kamambo on allegations of vote-buying failed to take off yesterday as his lawyer demanded certified minutes of the election to enable the footbal...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:34hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Family faces $5bn money laundering charge
A MUTARE family was yesterday arraigned before a Harare magistrate on money-laundering charges involving $5 billion, which was orchestrated through their supermarket business.The six accused p...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:31hrs | 4419 | by Staff reporter
Senior police officers in court over US$110 bribe
THE trial of two ex-senior police officers at Chitungwiza Police Station accused of receiving a US$110 bribe failed to kick off yesterday after their lawyer failed to turn up.The two former co...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 08:44hrs | 2566 | by Staff Reporter
Mamombe summoned to trial for 'unnecessary movement'
POLICE have summoned MDC Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe to stand trial for allegedly violating a government ban on unnecessary movement during the height of the Covid-19 lockdown regulations Apr...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 20:22hrs | 1378 | by Staff reporter
'Mamombe not fit to stand trial due to mental disorder'
MDC-Alliance legislator, Joana Mamombe, has been deemed not fit to stand trial after results from three doctors revealed that she is suffering from a mental disorder. Mamombe is already receiv...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
I picked wrong bag, says Rushwaya
HENRIETTA Rushwaya is now stating that she picked up the wrong bag with four gold bars weighing 6kg, instead of a similar bag with her clothes when she went to the airport over a week ago and that her...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 06:06hrs | 8594 | by Staff reporter
'Rushwaya syndicate' in court
THE alleged gold smuggling syndicate made up of Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, intelligence officers and businessman Ali Mohamad, yesterday appeared in court jointly on alleg...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1295 | by Staff reporter
Gold dealer Ali Mohammed disowns Rushwaya
BUSINESS tycoon Ali Muhamad, who has been accused of being at the centre of Monday's attempt to smuggle 6kg of gold by Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, yesterday challenged his...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:07hrs | 2672 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe undergoing 'mental' treatment
MDC-Alliance member Joana Mamombe is now undergoing treatment following medical tests to ascertain her mental condition, her lawyer has revealed.Mamombe's lawyer Mr Alec Muchadehama today told...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:40hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
JSC protects magistrate against lawsuit in Mamombe matter
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has moved in to protect provincial magistrate Bianca Makwande from being sued in her personal capacity, in a matter where she committed Harare West MP Joanah Mamo...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance acknowledges court ruling but...
The MDC Alliance's Youth Assembly has since welcomed last Friday's court ruling by Magistrate Bianca Makwande which saw Member of Parliament (MP) and MDC Alliance youth leader, Johanna Mamombe, being ...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 22:47hrs | 4185 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
Mamombe sent to Psychiatric unit
A HARARE magistrate has ordered that MDC Alliance Member of Parliament for Harare West Joana Mamombe be treated for her mental disorder at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals' Annex Psychiatric Unit after...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 18:19hrs | 5514 | by Staff reporter
'Mamombe has psychological problems'
TWO medical doctors have concluded that MDC Alliance Member of Parliament for Harare West Joana Mamombe has psychological problems and recommended that she be treated and get help from a psychologist....Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 17:12hrs | 3191 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira's wife out on bail
CHIEF Fortune Charumbira's wife, Priscilla, was yesterday granted $40 000 bail when she appeared Harare regional magistrate Bianca Makwande on corruption charges involving council land where she is th...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:31hrs | 3696 | by Staff reporter
New reports claim Mamombe ill
Two medical reports handed over to court yesterday state that MDC Alliance member Joana Mamombe has a psychological problem that requires treatment, with her defence lawyer arguing for postponement of...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:24hrs | 1062 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira bail ruling rolled over
Harare City Council head of planning Priscilla Charumbira yesterday appeared in court on allegations of changing land use for open spaces and wetlands without following laid-down procedures.Ch...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:27hrs | 4443 | by Staff Reporter
Investigator nails CID boss
AN INVESTIGATOR in the case involving Stephen Kuwaza, 42, the officer-in-charge of police Theft From Car department - arrested for allegedly interfering with a witness in the probe against suspended C...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:17hrs | 2875 | by Staff reporter
State fails to produce Mamombe mental exam results
THE State yesterday failed to provide the two mental examination results for MDC Alliance legislator Joanah Mamombe who is accused of feigning mental disorder to avoid trial.The State had earl...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:08hrs | 954 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Judge orders immediate release of Joana Mamombe from Chikurubi prison
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights have secured the release of Harare West MP Joana Mamombe by obtaining a court order issued by Justice Muremba for her immediate release from Chikurubi prison.&nbs...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:54hrs | 2563 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Judge orders Mamombe release
The High Court on Wednesday ordered the release of Harare West MP Joana Mamombe from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison where she had been detained since September 24 on the orders of a magistrate who ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:18hrs | 1425 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo's trial fails to kick off
THE trial of Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president Felton Kamambo, who is accused of bribing his way to land the coveted post in 2018, failed to kick off yesterday after the trial magistrate ...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 06:56hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
State wants Mamombe caged 6 more weeks
THE State has indicated that it wants MDC Alliance MP Joanah Mamombe to spend four to six more weeks at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison while waiting for the release of the results of her mental exa...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 06:54hrs | 1841 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda blocks debate on Mamombe incarceration
OPPOSITION MDC legislators this week unsuccessfully tried to bring the case of incarcerated Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe up for discussion in bid to get the youngest MP in the National Assembl...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1828 | by Staff reporter
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
Chamisa demands independent inquiry into judiciary capture
THE MDC Alliance president, Nelson Chamisa has demanded an independent inquiry in the capture of judiciary services.This follows Harare magistrate Bianca Makwande's decision last week to reman...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:42hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa requests Zimbabweans to pray for Joana Mamombe
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has urged Zimbabweans to pray for jailed MDC MP Joana Mamombe and other political prisoners who are languishing in prison. In a Twitter post on Saturda...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 11:06hrs | 4225 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa blows top over Joana Mamombe's arrest
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has called dupon an Independent inquiry into matters surrounding the incarceration of MDC leader Joana Mamombe. A Harare court remanded the legislator for Ha...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 13:02hrs | 7233 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MP detained at remand prison
A HARARE magistrate has sent Harare West legislator Joanah Mamombe (MDC Alliance) to prison for two weeks to enable two government doctors to assess her mental condition after she failed to attend tri...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:10hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
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