Zimbabwe: Ex-Foreign Minister Walter Mzembi Remanded in Custody Over Arrest Warrants

Zimbabwe: Ex-Foreign Minister Walter Mzembi Remanded in Custody Over Arrest Warrants

FORMER Foreign Affairs minister, Walter Mzembi will spend this weekend in remand prison following his arrest and court appearance.

‘Mzembi was not bedridden’ – DailyNews

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER FORMER Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi’s application for the cancellation of his warrants of arrest was dismissed... To access this post, you must purchase a subscription. Please click the button below to visit our subscriptions page to select a package. Subscriptions

Walter Mzembi To Spend Fourth Night In Custody

The inquiry seeks to establish why Mzembi failed to attend court proceedings back in 2018, where he was facing charges of criminal abuse of office and theft of trust property during his time as a government minister. Mzembi was ordered by the State to provide reasons for his failure to attend the earlier proceedings when he appeared in court on Monday. The former minister was arrested on Friday by officers from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commi…

Mzembi further remanded in custody

Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei has postponed to Tuesday his ruling on Walter Mzembi’s bid to have 3 warrants of arrest issued in 2018 cancelled after his lawyers and the prosecution submitted written arguments. He returned to home from Zambia last week and was subsequently arrested. The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission said on Saturday that Mzembi had […] The post Mzembi further remanded in custody appeared first on Zw News Zimbabwe.

Former Zimbabwe Minister Walter Mzembi arrested

Zimbabwe’s former Foreign Affairs Minister, Doctor Walter Mzembi, has been arrested. He will appear in the Harare Magistrate’s Court today. State media reports say Mzembi was arrested on Friday. He appeared in court briefly, and the matter was postponed to today. Mzembi held a brief and private meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa before the arrest. Mzembi fled Zimbabwe after the overthrow of the late Robert Mugabe in 2017 and has been livi…

Walter Mzembi Arrested on Return to Zimbabwe, Dashing Rumours of Mnangagwa Meeting

HARARE – June 13, 2025 — Former Foreign Affairs and Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi was arrested on Thursday in Harare on long-standing corruption charges, following a surprise return to Zimbabwe that has upended speculation of a secret political deal with President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Mzembi, who fled the country in 2018 amid allegations of criminal abuse of office and theft of trust property, quietly reappeared in the capital on Wednesday, June…