High Court orders Fadzayi Mahere to pay Tino Machakaire $33,000

ByEnigma 808

A US$33,000 legal-costs hammer just dropped on Zimbabwean opposition figure Fadzayi Mahere over a procedural misstep in her defamation fight.

Mahere hit with hefty cost order

  • Fadzayi Mahere owes US$33,000 in legal fees.
  • Her special plea got tossed for missing the deadline.
  • Tinomudaishe Chinyoka originally billed around US$43,000.
  • A taxing master trimmed that figure down significantly.

Property seizure looms over Mahere

  • A writ of execution was secured on 7 March.
  • Sheriff can attach Mahere’s assets to recover funds.
  • Her lawyers filed an urgent stay application.
  • They slammed Chinyoka’s claimed fees as absurd.

Origins of the Machakaire defamation saga

  • Tino Machakaire sued over Mahere’s posts on X.
  • Mahere questioned his alleged US$8 million tax-evasion link.
  • Machakaire insists those social-media claims trashed his reputation.
  • Mahere argues public-interest accountability justified her comments.

Counterclaims get wild between both sides

  • Mahere fired back with her own defamation counterclaim.
  • Machakaire allegedly questioned her law-school qualifications publicly.
  • Deeply personal insults about her appearance surfaced in filings.
  • Both lawsuits remain unresolved and pending in court.

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