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.
Former opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere faces a moment of truth on Thursday (12 March 2026) after High Court Judge Tawanda Chitapi again assigned himself the defamation case pitting her against Youth Empowerment Minister Tinoda Machakaire.
The rape trial of prominent businessman and former Renaissance Financial Holdings banker Patterson Timba (59) has been postponed to March 13 by Kadoma Regional Magistrate Tandaridze Ignatius Mugova.
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.
Exiled former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has dismissed claims that he was the “principal architect” of a Constitutional Court challenge filed by civic group Ibhetshu LikaZulu, describing the allegations as “pure fiction” and part of an attempt to smear his reputation and extort money from him.
