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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 by a local magistrate before they made an appeal at the High Court last month but with no success. Th...
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 charged with inciting public violence. Ngadziore’s recent imprisonment followed a wave of student ar...
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 Claybank Hospital where she has been admitted since her arrest about a month ago. In an interview with ...
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 notorious armed robber, Musa Taj Abdul, his accomplices Rudolph Tapiwa Kanhanga and Godfrey Mupamhanga. Bu...