POLITICS

Gumbo was never arrested: Lawyer

PRESIDENTIAL Affairs minister Joram Gumbo was never arrested for criminal abuse of office, but he was just being interviewed on the goings on in parastatals which fell under his previous ministry and ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 November 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Chivayo hires top lawyers for ZPC suit

BUSINESSMAN Wicknell Chivayo has hired top international lawyers Francois Joubert and Adrian de Bourbon, as his battles with the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) resume in the Supreme Court this week.This...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 October 2019

POLITICS

Chivayo hires South African lawyer

CONTROVERSIAL businessman, Wicknell Chivayo is restless after the Justice Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi barred his attorney of choice from representing him in his pending  criminal cases.Chivayo has ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

EDUCATION

Lawyers ask court to order equal teaching of Ndebele, Shona and English

Zimbabwean law requires Shona, Ndebele and English to be "taught on equal time basis" up to Form 2, but this has not been implemented since 2006, the High Court has heard.Two lawyers on Friday petitio...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Masiyiwa 'former' lawyer's multi-currency regime challenge ruled not urgent

High Court judge Justice Joseph Musakwa has ruled as not urgent an application by businessman and lawyer, Tawanda Nyambirai who was seeking an order to interdict Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Rese...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Mthuli Ncube taunts 'misguided' lawyers challenging SI 142

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has described litigations against the reintroduction of the Zimbabwean dollar and ban on the use of foreign currencies as "misguided".Currently, there are three cases at ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

GMB ex-employees turn on their lawyer

Former Grain Marketing Board (GMB) workers are at loggerheads with the lawyer who represented them after they were sacked on three months' notice in 2015 following the landmark Supreme Court ruling.Th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2019

OPINION

Biti is a clever lawyer - but no match for Mthuli in the economic sphere

AFTER weeks of conjecture we had the first budget of the new government on Thursday. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube was not thrown by the chaos that resulted when the MDC members refused to respect the...

By Eddie Cross | Published: 26 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Chidakwa's lawyer challenges Mnangagwa anti-graft team

Former Mines and Mining Development minister Walter Chidakwa's lawyer, Advocate Silvester Hashiti, yesterday filed a notice to challenge the special anti-corruption investigation unit, arguing that on...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa, Mnangagwa lawyers join hand, fight in Wicknell's corner

INTRATREK Zimbabwe, founded by businessman Wicknell Chivayo, has filed a lawsuit at the High Court demanding $25 million from Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) in damages for alleged repudiation of a multi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF lawyer guns for Mnangagwa

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's lawyer in the just-concluded presidential election challenge, Advocate Lewis Uriri, yesterday challenged the Zanu-PF leader's authority to appoint a special anti-corrupt...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2018

POLITICS

Lawyers fume over release of Zanu-PF activists

HUMAN rights lawyers have petitioned the Officer-in-Charge at Nyanyadzi Police Station over alleged unprocedural release of six Zanu-PF activists arrested for political violence.Lawyer Peggy Tavagadza...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimra loses VAT battle to lawyers

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has lost a High Court case in which it was seeking to compel the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) to pay value added tax (VAT) on income earned from fees and subscr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 July 2018

POLITICS

Lawyer sues over SMS campaign

A HARARE lawyer has approached the High Court seeking to bar the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission from sharing his voting details with political parties contesting in the July 30 harmonised elections. Mr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2018

POLITICS

'Chigumba is an able lawyer' claims EU observer mission

The European Union Election Observer Mission in Zimbabwe has described Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chair Justice Priscilla Chigumba as an able lawyer who "knows very much the law and sticks to the l...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Lawyer arrested over $64 000 fraud

HARARE lawyer, Auther Roy Mabhena, appeared in court yesterday facing fraud allegations after he duped home seekers of $64 315 in botched land deals.Mabhena of T Kadhau and Associates was not asked to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Lupepe not facing civil arrest says Lawyers

PROMINENT businessman Mr Delma Lupepe is not facing arrest as insinuated by some media reports, his lawyers have said.In a statement through his personal legal representatives Messrs. Mashayamombe &am...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Law Society bars 40 lawyers from practising

THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has barred 40 lawyers from practising this year for various reasons, with the majority, 27, coming from Harare.Most of the lawyers listed do not have practising certi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Top lawyer faces deregistration

Top Harare lawyer Aston Musunga is in trouble after one of his clients reported him to the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) for allegedly causing him to buy a property in which another party has claim. T...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

More lawyers deregistered

The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has over the years deregistered 29 lawyers while it is probing 14 others over alleged misconduct, the organisation's latest report revealed.According to the August 20...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 September 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Society challenges govt on pro bono lawyers

THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has challenged government to review its policy on pro bono lawyers funding, as part of the efforts to ensure effective justice delivery system.Government pulled away ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 August 2017

POLITICS

Business, lawyers endorse amendments

Indigenous businesspeople and legal practitioners have implored government to prioritise amending the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act and the Labour Act when aligning laws to the new Const...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 May 2014

POLITICS

Farmers' lawyers to sell Zimbabwe government's R3.5m Cape Town property

THREE Zimbabwean farmers whose land was seized in President Robert Mugabe's land reforms won a landmark victory in South Africa's Constitutional Court on Thursday.Their attorney can now arrange for th...

By Ernest Mabuza | Published: 30 June 2013
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