An opposition councillor from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has taken legal action to compel the Public Service Commission (PSC) to discipline a teacher accused of engaging in active partisan politics. The case, filed at the High Court of Zimbabwe, centres on David Masomere, a teacher at Ndarama High School, who is alleged to have breached constitutional provisions governing the conduct of civil servants.

A court in Hwange has ordered a woman to repay US$2,500 in child maintenance to her former partner after a DNA test confirmed he is not the biological father of the child. The case, involving Clean Nyathi of Dete and his former partner Cynthia Dube, highlights growing disputes in Zimbabwe over paternity, maintenance payments, and the legal weight of DNA evidence.

HARARE – The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has sworn in 17 new magistrates as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen capacity and reduce case backlogs across Zimbabwe’s courts.

A California court has awarded US$19.25 million in damages to a woman who accused veteran actor and comedian Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her in the early 1970s.