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Go back to law school, judge tells PG Hodzi  By Desmond Chingarande THE glaring legal deficiencies in Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi, who was preferred for the job despite faring poorly in public interviews held in 2019, were exposed on Thursday when High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi asked him to go back to the law school and familiarise himself with the country’s statutes after he spectacularly bungled a bail appeal in a high-profile robbery case. Justice Chitapi said this while dismissing Hodzi’s appeal against bail granted to suspected notorious armed robber, Musa Taj Abdul,...

By Mary Taruvinga EFFORTS by Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi to have suspected notorious armed robber Musa Taj Abdul jailed hit a brick wall after High Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi dismissed his application due to lack of merit. Abdul and his accomplices Rudolph Tapiwa Kanhanga and Godfrey Mupamhanga were arrested in August last year before they were granted bail by High Court judge, Justice Benjamin Chikowero following a successful appeal. However, the trio could not enjoy its freedom as it was charged with more armed robbery counts before release following a public outcry. Ho...

Detectives escort the US$2,7 million Harare-Chirundu road robbery suspects into Harare Magistrates’ Court for their initial hearing yesterday. — Picture: Lee Maidza. HARARE – Two suspects in the US$2,7 million ZB Bank cash-in-transit truck heist case, Gerald Rutizira and Neverson Mwamuka, have been denied bail at the High Court after the court ruled that evidence linking them to the robbery was strong and chances of their conviction was almost certain which can induce them to flee. The money was en-route for distribution to ZB Bank branches in Chinhoyi, Kadoma, Kwekwe, Gweru, Gwanda, Zv...

By Mary Taruvinga HIGH Court judge Tawanda Chitapi Monday altered reporting conditions for freelance journalist Hopewell Chin’ono who was however ordered to pay an additional $10 000 bail deposit. This followed his application requesting that all his reporting conditions be scrapped because he has shown no intentions to flee. Through his lawyers, Chin’ono successfully argued he risked contracting Covid-19 by frequenting Highlands police station where he was reporting twice a week as part of his initial bail conditions. However, Chitapi ruled that it was not in the interest of justice to r...

Court Settles Mwazha Church’s Unholy Feud December 10, 2020 The African Apostolic Church (VaApostora veAfrica) has revealed that the founder, Archbishop Paul Mwazha (102), popularly known as Mudzidzisi, who is one of the pioneers of indigenous churches in Zimbabwe, will remain the leader and his successor will be named and appointed within the confines of the church doctrine and constitution. This follows a High Court judgment this week which nullified the appointment of Archbishop Mwazha’s son Bishop Alfred Kushamisa Mwazha as the leader and successor. The church representatives yesterd...