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The Election Resource Centre (ERC) notes with concern the decision taken by President E.D. Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to reopen the

A local company, Bariadie Investments (Pvt) Ltd, which is still trying to gain ownership of a Mount Pleasant property despite having lost

Joana Mamombe and opposition MDC-Alliance party youth leader Cecilia Chimbiri by granting them RTGS$20 000 bail. Hon. Mamombe and Chimbiri had spent 61 days detained at Chikurubi Maximum Prison after several of their freedom bids were dismissed by judicial officers at Harare Magistrates Court and at Harare High Court. bail appeal, set aside Harare Magistrate Denis Mangosi’s ruling of 13 April 2021 denying them bail after they cited changed circumstances as a basis for seeking to be set free. ...

By Robert Tapfumaneyi ON a very Wednesday cold evening, dozens of MDC Alliance members were left frustrated after receiving a phone call that their bailed-out compatriots, Joanna Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri had sneaked out of Chikurubi Female Prison. The duo was granted $20 000 bail each Wednesday midday by High Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi. They had been incarcerated for 62 days and left the heavily fortified prison around 21.30 hrs. The two are facing charges of violating Covid-19...

By Mary Taruvinga/Costa Nkomo HIGH Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi Wednesday granted Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe, and MDC Alliance deputy youth secretary Cecilia Chimbiri a $20 000 bail each with strict conditions. The duo was arrested at the beginning of March and charged with violating Covid-19 guidelines after addressing the press at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Before being granted bail Wednesday, Mamombe and Chimbiri had spent over 60 days at the Chikurubi Maximum Prison. Pas...

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By Mary Taruvinga HARARE West lawmaker Joanna Mamombe and MDC Alliance youth activist, Cecilia Chimbiri have approached the Magistrates’ Court again seeking new bail on changed circumstances. The two are being accused of breaching Covid-19 regulations after they allegedly held a press conference calling for the release of fellow MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe. Haruzivishe was this week handed a 14-month jail term at the same courts. Mamombe and Chimbiri were first denied bail b...

Student leader released on bail after 30 days The president of the Zimbabwe National Students Union has been released on bail after about 30 days in prison. He was previously held for about 30 days in October 2020. Takudzwa Ngadziore was given bail of ZWL$5,000 (US$60) on 26 March, a month after he was arrested with two other office bearers of the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU), Tapiwanashe Chiriga, the secretary general, and Nancy Njenge, the gender secretary. The three are being ch...

By Bulawayo Correspondent HARARE based High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi Thursday granted $100 000 bail to prominent Gweru businesswoman and property –developer Smelly Dube. Dube, who is the chief executive officer of River Valley Properties, has been implicated in a fraud case involving more than US$9 million. Gokwe regional magistrate, Taurai Manwere three weeks ago denied Dube bail, prompting her lawyers to approach the High Court to seek her freedom. Dube has been under police guard at Cla...

By Staff Reporter PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Kumbirai Hodzi says he had no reason to return to law school as recently advised by High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi who had accused the public official of bungling a bail application case involving a notorious armed robber. Justice Chitapi on Thursday advised the Prosecutor General to go back to law school and familiarise himself with the country’s statutes. This was after Hodzi had allegedly messed up in a bail appeal in a case involving suspected notori...