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President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a tribunal to investigate High Court judge Justice Edith Mushore’s suitability for office after she allegedly failed to report for duty since last year. Justice Mushore is one of the judges who ruled in May last year that Malaba had ceased to be Chief Justice, upon reaching the age of mandatory retirement.
Suspended High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere’s hearing on misconduct charges commenced in Harare yesterday with her lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, challenging the appointment of Justice ministry permanent secretary Virginia Mabhiza as secretary of the tribunal.
Zimbabwe’s government has promised to exhume and rebury the bodies of thousands of people killed during a 1980s military campaign aimed at crushing dissidents, state media reported Wednesday.
With President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration desperate to restore public trust, a senior government official has said the anti-corruption dragnet has been extended to cover all judicial officers, among them judges.
The Commission of Inquiry on the August 1 violence has adjourned public hearings and will be calling individuals mentioned by name in some of the witnesses’ testimonies to appear before it, the secretary, Virginia Mabhiza said yesterday.
There was a stampede yesterday as journalists and members of the public pushed into a small conference room, the set venue for the commission of inquiry public hearing on the August 1 killings.
By Fungi Kwaramba Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday savaged the government for arresting activist preacher Pastor Evan Mawarire on Wednesday, warning that this was the beginning of a crackdown by panicking authorities on restless Zimbabweans as the country hurtles towards the crunch 2018 national polls. This came as police slapped the incarcerated founder of the #ThisFlag […]
By Fidelis Munyoro The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has been given 15 days to file heads of argument for the case in which it is challenging the High Court decision to stop public interviews to choose the country’s next Chief Justice. In a letter written to JSC lawyers, Messrs Kantor and Immerman on Tuesday, the […]
By Helen Kadirire Government is under renewed pressure for trying to illegally amend the Constitution, with the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) slamming the attempt as a move to reinstate President Robert Mugabe’s sole discretion of appointing the Chief Justice (CJ). This comes as government is seeking to amend Section 180 of the new charter […]
By Tendai Mugabe At least 11 witnesses, including Deputy Prosecutor-General Mrs Florence Ziyambi, are testifying against suspended Prosecutor-General Mr Johannes Tomana, who is facing a slew of charges, chief among them criminal abuse of office and gross incompetence. Some of the witnesses are senior prosecutors in the Prosecutor-General’s Office and others who left Government service […]