16 May 2006
Alert
"Daily Mirror" legal battle intensifies
Incident details
Ibbo Mandaza media worker(s) firedMandaza was suspended as CEO in October 2005 following the direct intervention in his company by the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO). The High Court, however, ruled that he be reinstated.
ZMNG is the publisher of the "Daily Mirror" and the "Sunday Mirror".
In his request that charges be laid against directors Jonathan Kadzura, John Marangwanda, Charm Makuwane, Alexander Kanengoni and Thomas Meke, he said the respondents should be imprisoned "until such a time that they comply with the order of this honourable court."
"There can be no question that all the respondents disobeyed a lawful order of this court. I understand that in law, this proves their wilful disobedience and inherent mala fides [bad faith]," he added.
"The underlying evil and manifest contrivance in all this is too strong to miss. It is consistent with the dominant and obsessive purpose of all the respondents and their not very undisclosed. . . wishes to [muscle me out of] an organisation that I founded, at zero cost to them," argued Mandaza.
Source
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