HARARE — The High Court has ordered lawyer and opposition politician Fadzayi Mahere to pay US$33,000 in legal costs to Tino Machakaire, the Minister of Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training, in a preliminary stage of their ongoing defamation dispute. The costs order follows a special plea Mahere filed in response to Machakaire’s defamation suit over comments she posted on X. In that application, Mahere argued the minister’s claim lacked a proper cause of acti

A 44-year-old woman from Harare has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Mbare Magistrates’ Court after she was caught attempting to sell scrap copper valued at about US$33. According to a bulletin from the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPA), the woman, Success Kudyarawanza, was arrested following a police operation targeting illegal copper trading.

HARARE — In a significant legal setback for Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) leader Walter Magaya, the High Court has ordered him to repay US$3 million to an Israeli investor, rejecting his bid to rely on Zimbabwe’s exchange control rules to void the debt.

The Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No 3) Bill, 2026 was published in a Gazette Extraordinary on Monday. The Bill proposes several significant constitutional changes, including alterations to the presidential election process, extensions to terms of office, and the application of those changes to the current officeholders.