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Thursday, 25 April 2013 14:07
CAIRO - Egypt's justice minister has resigned, following demands from Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi for the "cleansing" of the judiciary. Ahmed Mekky was seen as a supporter of judicial independence during former President Hosni Mubarak's rule. He threatened to...Read More
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News » Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary Editor
Sunday, 21 April 2013 15:21
HARARE - High Court Judge Justice Charles Hungwe left the country two weeks ago for South Africa, taking a break from work due to what his family say is intense pressure at work. Justice Hungwe, who is expected to return home...Read More
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013 10:59
HARARE - Two Chitungwiza residents are battling for life at a local hospital after being burnt at a church service for breaking a rule prohibiting speaking when the elder is on the pulpit, police confirmed. Reddy Bvuka, 21, and Talent Manokoro,...Read More
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Friday, 12 April 2013 15:18
HARARE - Corruption has been one of the major impediments of access to justice in Zimbabwe, deputy minister of Justice Obert Gutu has said. Officiating at the opening of a new magistrate court in Murewa on Wednesday, Gutu said graft had...Read More
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Friday, 12 April 2013 14:58
HARARE - Corruption has been one of the major impediments of access to justice in Zimbabwe, deputy minister of Justice Obert Gutu has said. Officiating at the opening of a new magistrate court in Murewa on Wednesday, Gutu said graft had...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Thursday, 28 March 2013 11:35
HARARE - Legal experts have slammed the unwarranted attack on High Court judge Charles Hungwe, who has been accused of dispensing night justice by the State-controlled media. Experts told the Daily News that Hungwe did nothing wrong in granting human rights...Read More
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Friday, 15 March 2013 10:13
HARARE - Leaders of the 14-nation regional grouping Sadc want the bloc’s Tribunal to be a useless court that does not grant individuals access to appeal against their governments, a Zimbabwean minister has said. Deputy minister of Justice and Legal Affairs...Read More
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Sunday, 24 February 2013 11:39
HARARE - A Harare magistrate has dismissed an aspiring Zanu PF MP, Justice Zvandasara’s application for discharge. Zvandasara is accused of being behind a $4 million fraud scam after he allegedly sold 820 housing stands. He is jointly charged with Blessing...Read More
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Wednesday, 06 February 2013 12:40
HARARE - A Harare court has sentenced a Chipangano thug to six years in prison for violently disrupting the funeral wake of Vimbai Mbisva, a community leader and MDC founding member. Modcay Svosvera had insulted Mbisva, a staunch MDC supporter and...Read More
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Thursday, 17 January 2013 11:20
HARARE - Top human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has accused the State of abusing the justice delivery system by being political in a case in which her client ZimRights director Okay Machisa lost a bail bid. Mtetwa said this yesterday during...Read More
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News » Jeffrey Muvundusi, Own Correspondent
Thursday, 17 January 2013 10:47
HARARE - Zimbabwean judges have recommended a number of structural and organic changes in the justice delivery system in a bid to reduce “ever increasing” workload and streamline operations. Judges have recommended that the Labour Court be empowered to execute its...Read More
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Wednesday, 09 January 2013 09:53
MBERENGWA - Four years after being severely tortured and left for dead by a group of war veterans, 75-year-old Adamson Dhakwa is bitter that justice is yet to be done. The mainstream MDC ward chairperson for Mataruse in Mberengwa district, Dhakwa...Read More
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News » Ndakaziva Majaka, Staff Writer
Thursday, 29 November 2012 09:47
HARARE - Zimbabwe should stop opening up the retail and wholesale sectors to foreigners because it is not in the national interest, a Cabinet minister said yesterday. Addressing delegates at the Indigenisation Conference in the capital, Justice and Legal Affairs minister,...Read More
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Sport » Farai Machamire, Sports Writer
Wednesday, 07 November 2012 11:08
HARARE - Edward Kanhanyu, owner of Central Region Division One champions Tripple B, says his club’s recent promotion into the Castle Premiership is “poetic justice” after failing to secure a PSL ticket last season. The Friday Phiri-coached side beat Tongogara 1-0...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Sunday, 04 November 2012 14:05
HARARE - On June 13, 2008, two weeks before the sham presidential election runoff , three people under cover of the night descended on Samantha’s compound in Mutoko. They burnt her hut, hacked her husband to death and fled. Although she...Read More
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