The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) has filed an application at the Harare Regional Magistrates’ Court seeking to compel Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya to enter a plea, citing a series of defence applications that have delayed the commencement of his rape trial.
Three months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa removed Winston Chitando as Minister of Mines and Mining Development, the ministry has come under investigation by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) over the controversial cancellation of a coal mining concession linked to Sengwa Colliery.
Late former President Robert Mugabe’s son Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe and his cousin, Tobias Matonhodze, have abandoned their bail application at the Alexandra Magistrates Court, Johannesburg, and will instead pursue a plea negotiation with prosecutors.
Zimbabwe currently does not have the technology at its borders to detect the full range of rare earth minerals that may be contained within lithium or other mineral exports, the Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Polite Kambamura, has told Parliament.
The High Court of Zimbabwe has ordered the attachment of property belonging to lawyer and former Mt Pleasant legislator Fadzayi Mahere valued at about US$33 395 following a defamation lawsuit filed by the Minister of Youth, Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training, Tinoda Machakaire.
Resistance to plans to extend the term of office of President Emmerson Mnangagwa is intensifying after a group of retired generals and senior civil servants who are ex-combatants warned that any constitutional amendments must be decided by Zimbabweans through a referendum.
Chatunga Mugabe, the son of Zimbabwe’s late former president Robert Mugabe, first captured public attention when he was arrested following a shooting incident at his Hyde Park residence in Johannesburg last month.
The Labour Court has dismissed an appeal by Modus Media (Pvt) Ltd, a special business unit that publishes the Financial Gazette, and Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd, publisher of the Daily News, after the two media companies sought exemption from paying gazetted minimum wages in the printing, packaging and newspaper industry.
US federal authorities have warned that Iran could potentially respond to American military action by launching drone attacks targeting the US West Coast, according to a security alert reviewed by ABC News.
