Crimes & Courts

SOUTH AFRICA - The legal representatives of controversial South African cleric Pastor Mboro claim that some powerful politicians are pulling the strings to ensure his stay in jail after he was denied bail earlier this week.

HARARE - The High Court has rejected the claims of 55 former employees of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) seeking unpaid pension benefits, citing vague and embarrassing summonses that failed to establish a clear cause of action against two key defendants.

HARARE - The High Court has dismissed a constitutional challenge to the 60-day notice requirement for instituting civil proceedings against the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA).

JOHANNESBURG - Violence in South Africa came under the microscope, after the killing of Clement Hadebe, a gay man who was reportedly shot nine times by a suitor who thought he was a woman when they hooked up at a bar.

HARARE - It never rains but pours for embattled businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe, after flamboyant preacher Prophet Passion Java filed charges against them, accusing the pair of defrauding him of US$300 000.