Topic: Roy Bennett
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's ally Roy Bennett on terrorism charges but he now faces new allegations of contempt of court, his lawyer said Friday.The decision comes as members of ...
Roy Bennett, a Zimbabwean politician who has come under repeated attack from President Robert Mugabe, said Thursday the long-time leader's rule is coming to an end.Bennett, whose stalled appointment as deputy agriculture minister has threatened to grind the country's ...
Roy Bennett is the deputy agriculture minister of Zimbabwe 's Movement for Democratic Change. An MDC statement says that the charges are "scandalous, vexatious and without bases in law, but are simply politically motivated.
Zimbabwe's power-sharing government of President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is for real. Contrary to widespread sentiment, mainly propagated by a skeptical media that wanted nothing else but Mugabe to go, the marriage is going to last because "Mugabe ...
Zimbabwe's Supreme Court is considering whether to accept an appeal in the case of Roy Bennett, who was cleared in an alleged plot to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, his lawyer said Wednesday.Bennett, a top aide to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ...
Zimbabwe starts appeal against treason acquittal of top PM aide, outspoken Mugabe criticZimbabwean lawyers say the nation's highest court is appealing the acquittal on treason charges of a top aide of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.The Supreme Court adjourned indefinitely Wednesday ...
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday called for an immediate Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit to resolve major disagreements stalling a power-sharing government with his long-time rival President Robert Mugabe."The party urges the immediate convening of a SADC ...
Zimbabwe prosecutors on Wednesday filed an appeal against the acquittal of Roy Bennett, a top aide to the country's prime minister, who was accused of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe.Bennett, a 53-year-old white former farmer, was Prime Minister Morgan ...
A top aide to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Tuesday he would expose "lies, deceit and theft" in Zimbabwe after he is sworn in as deputy agriculture minister.Roy Bennett, a 53-year-old former white farmer, was acquitted Monday on charges plotting to ...
A judge on Monday acquitted Roy Bennett, a top aide to Zimbabwe's prime minister, in an alleged plot to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, ending a trial that had threatened the fragile unity government."Having carefully considered the facts, I come to ...