Opposition MPs heckle shaken CJ Malaba, Justice Chigumba
THERE was drama in the National Assembly yesterday as opposition MDC Alliance legislators heckled and booed Chief Justice Luke Malaba, calling him a “thief” after he entered the House to swear in returning Speaker Jacob Mudenda and other presiding officers. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba, who was in attendance in the National […]
Did Chief Justice Malaba say “we believe in facts, not figures”?
CLAIM: Senior opposition figures, including former minister Jonathan Moyo and MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa’s chief election agent Jameson Timba, have alleged that Chief Justice Luke Malaba, while ruling in Chamisa’s presidential election petition, said figures were not important. CONCLUSION: The claim, which has been reduced by many critics of the Constitutional Court ruling […]
ED Mnangagwa declared winner of 2018 Zimbabwe Presidential Elections, Court uphold ZEC results…Chamisa-MDC on next move
Zimbabwe’s constitutional court on Friday unanimously upheld President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s narrow victory in last month’s historic election after the opposition alleged vote-rigging, saying “sufficient and credible evidence” had not been produced. That means the inauguration will be held within 48 hours, likely on Sunday, as Zimbabwe moves into a new era after Robert Mugabe’s 37-year […]
Chief Justice Luke Malaba sets ground rules on Chamisa case
Chief Justice Luke Malaba yesterday set ground rules on how the Constitutional Court would deal with MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s petition where he is seeking to overturn President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recent electoral victory. Justice Malaba, during a pre-trial conference with all parties to Chamisa’s court challenge in his chambers in Harare, reportedly ordered that […]
DISPUTED POLL – All eyes on Zimbabwe’s election ruling acid test
The independence of Zimbabwe’s judiciary is due to come into sharp focus as all eyes shift to the constitutional court, the highest court in the land, which now has to arbitrate in the disputed presidential results of the election held on July 30. This is after the MDC Alliance (MDCA) on Friday filed court papers […]
