Harare — Zimbabwe's Youth Minister Tino Machakaire has issued a veiled rebuke to powerful people who take advantage of their proximity and influence to intimidate women and other citizens. The comments come soon after controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo's ex wife Sonja Madzikanda and her mother Tabitha spent days behind bars…
Magistrate’s Illness Keeps Chivhayo’s Ex -wife, Mother in Custody
Harare – The bail ruling for Sonja Madzikanda, estranged wife of controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo, and her mother Tabitha Madzikanda was postponed to Friday after the presiding magistrate, Nyaradzo Manokore, reportedly fell ill, the court heard on Thursday. A charge sheet glimpsed by this publication confirmed that the other charges…
The 2:15 Republic- How Bail Went Missing Between Lunch & the Constitution
By Reason Wafawarova Zimbabwe’s justice system has always possessed one extraordinary constitutional innovation unknown to modern jurisprudence: outcomes that mysteriously change during tea break. At 2:14 pm, Sonja Madzikanda and her mother Tabitha were apparently suitable candidates for bail. At 2:15 pm, they had somehow evolved into dangerous inmates fit…

