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Zimbabwe: Court Imposes Mphoko Trial Media Ban 'To Protect State Secrets'
New Zimbabwe, 3 September 2020
Harare magistrate Trynos Utahwashe Wednesday barred the media from covering the entire trial of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko who is fighting to clear his name from… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Trial Date Set For Former VP Mphoko Accused of Criminal Abuse of Office
The Herald, 20 August 2020
Harare regional magistrate Mr Trynos Utahwashe has set September 2 as the commencement date for the trial of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, who is facing charges of… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Ex-VP Mphoko Trial in False Start
The Herald, 24 January 2020
The trial of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko on charges of abuse of office failed to kick-off yesterday and was deferred to January 30 after he indicated that he was still… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Ex-VP Mphoko Makes Dramatic Escape
The Herald, 20 August 2019
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday agreed to surrender himself to Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) officers at a Bulawayo police station, but beat a hasty… Read more »
Graft-Accused Former Mugabe VP Faces Uncertain Future
Allegations against Phelekezela Mphoko are that in 2016, while he was still vice president, he stormed a police station in Harare and ordered the release of two suspects who were facing corruption allegations. In the last days of the late former president Robert Mugabe's rule, relations between Mphoko and Emmerson Mnangagwa became strained, as the latter was believed to be in a Zanu-PF faction that pushed for Grace Mugabe to succeed Mugabe ahead of Mnangagwa. However, critics say Mnangagwa is hunting down Mphoko because he was used as a blunt instrument by Mugabe to attack him at the height of his succession battles.
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The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has identified over U.S.$7 billion in cash and properties stashed outside the economically-struggling country by former and current senior ... Read more »
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Corruption cartels have captured key government institutions including the police and judiciary, making it difficult to tackle graft or bring them to book, Prosecutor-General ... Read more »
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Phelekezela Mhoko's court appearance follows a dramatic week where the former vice president was alleged to have evaded arrest by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, saying he ... Read more »
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Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko's escape follows attempts by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission to drag Mphoko to court for alleged abuse of office during the time ... Read more »
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Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko has been holed up in Botswana since the army launched an operation to remove criminal elements around former president Robert Mugabe. The ... Read more »
Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko and his wife Laurinda Mphoko (file photo).
