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Landmark birth certificate ruling

Fidelis Munyoro, Chief Court Reporter THE High Court has nullified the re-registration of a birth certificate for a child born out of wedlock, ordering the Registrar-General to strike it from the...

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JSC extends retirement age

Farirai Machivenyika, Senior Reporter THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has extended the retirement age of judicial officers from 65 to 70 years as contained in Statutory Instrument 42 of 2025...

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Mwonzora in court for fraud

Herald Correspondent MOVEMENT for Democratic Change president Douglas Mwonzora yesterday appeared in court over a fraud deal involving US$22 000 emanating from rentals. Mwonzora and Tapiwa Mashakada...

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Death row reflections: Matanga’s time with Chidhumo, Masendeke

Trust Freddy, Features Correspondent THE words, “Hear, hear, hear! May the court keep quiet while the death penalty judgment is being handed,” are the words that keep echoing in Godden Matanga’s head,...

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MDC top officials in court over US$22k fraud

Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora and party official Tapiwa Mashakada have appeared before Harare Magistrate Ms Lisa Mutendereki facing fraud charges involving US$22 000...

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unrepentant rapist jailed

A 41-YEAR-OLD unrepentant jailbird from Zezani in Beitbridge has been sent to prison for 18 years by a local regional magistrate's court for sodomising his girlfriend's 13-year-old son.

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Mufakose murder suspect on the run Senior Reporter

POLICE are still looking for information which might lead to the arrest of Prince Ncube (27) on allegations of stabbing and killing his brother Pardon Ncube (30) in Mufakose, Harare, last week.

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Top eye surgeon duped

A 31-YEAR-OLD Harare man, Lloyd Chiyangwa, appeared before Harare regional magistrate Mr Donald Ndirowei facing fresh charges of money laundering after allegedly defrauding renowned eye surgeon Dr...

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Director testifies in US$38 000 fraud trial

Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent THE fraud trial of Michael Smith, a former director of MA Auto Suppliers (Pvt) Ltd, trading as Mr Cruiser, resumed last week. Smith stands accused of defrauding...

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Woman hauls hubby to court

A HARARE woman, Charity Mukombe, hauled her husband, Amos Chikuyi, to court, accusing him of destroying their household property and harassing her due to his drug addiction.

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Kombi driver jailed for culpable homicide

A KOMBI driver, Blessmore Nyamasoka (29) was on Friday jailed for three years following an accident that resulted in serious injuries and one death.

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Man in court for defrauding prominent eye surgeon of over US$500k in...

A 31-year-old man from Harare, Lloyd Chiyangwa, appeared before Harare regional magistrate Mr Donald Ndirowei on Friday, facing fresh money laundering charges after allegedly defrauding eye surgeon Dr...

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Zim moves beyond the noose, embraces a second chance for justice

Fidelis Munyoro-Chief Court Reporter IN the stillness of a Harare courtroom on March 20, 2019, Bernard Mazhandu Mucheka stood to hear his chilling fate, death by hanging. The judgment was as severe as...

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Court overturns ZCTU’s bid to retire official

Ivan Zhakata-Herald Correspondent THE Labour Court has overturned the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions’ (ZCTU) bid to retire its secretary-general Mr Japhet Moyo at the age of 60, ruling that the move...

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School head implicated in corruption scandal

Tanyaradzwa Rusike-Check Point Desk KUDAKWASHE Primary School in Glen Norah, Harare, has been rocked by a corruption scandal implicating its headmaster Mr Levyson Phiri, an internal audit report done...

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Woman accuses ex-lover of abuse

Spiwe Sarakunze-Herald Reporter A HARARE woman last Friday applied for a protection order against her former boyfriend whom she is accusing of physically abusing her alleging that she stole his US$500....

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Two men take turns to rape 94-year-old granny

Victor Maphosa, Mashonaland East Bureau POLICE in Nyamapanda, Mashonaland East Province, have launched a manhunt for two unknown men who brutally raped a 94-year-old woman on April 20, 2025. The...

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Son accused of mom’s murder

Tendai Gukutikwa, Mutare Bureau A 61-YEAR-OLD woman from Regayivadero Village in Tanda, Mayo, under Chief Makoni was gruesomely murdered in a suspected domestic-related incident on Tuesday morning,...

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Blitz on smuggling nets 6

SOUTH AFRICAN police have arrested six men in Limpopo province in a blitz on cigarette smuggling between South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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Rapist father jailed 30yrs

THE Harare Magistrates' Court has sentenced a father to 30 years in prison for the repeated sexual assault of his 15-year-old daughter.

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