The matter is scheduled to be heard in Harare before Justice Tawanda Chitapi. Mahere is asking the court to grant a stay of execution after lawyers representing Machakaire moved to enforce payment of the legal costs arising from an earlier court ruling.

The High Court of Zimbabwe sitting in Mutare has overturned the conviction of public prosecutor Timothy Tafadzwa Katsande, who had been found guilty of defeating or obstructing the course of justice. Katsande was previously convicted by the Magistrates’ Court following allegations that he had inserted a false statement into an agreed statement of facts in a criminal matter involving a minor. The case had drawn attention within legal circles due to questions surrounding prosec

In a ruling delivered in Bulawayo, Justice Naison Chivayo struck the matter off the roll after finding that the dispute had already been determined in an earlier court case. The vehicles were attached by the Sheriff of the High Court while enforcing a civil judgment obtained by Ken Estate Agents against Astra Building Centre. The company had been ordered to pay US$62,975 under case number HC SUMM 80/23-1.

HARARE — The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) has rejected an application to recuse its Chief Director of Prosecutions, Ms Tendayi Shonhayi, from participating in the prosecution of televangelist Walter Magaya in his high-profile rape trial.