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Zhuwao takes Shiri to court over farm

January 16, 2020, 2:03 pm
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Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent Nephew to late former president Robert Mugabe Mr Robert Zhuwao has approached the High Court challenging the reversal of his offer letter for a 232-hectare farm in Zvimba by the Government. In the matter, Mr Zhuwao cited Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri in his personal capacity as […]
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Zimbabwe braces for paperless courts

January 16, 2020, 2:03 pm
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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter While piles of paper still rule in all Zimbabwean courthouses, the new Commercial Court Division of the High Court, which is getting ready to move at the end of the year into Bristol House now under renovation, will be the first paperless court. All documents will be in electronic format, […]
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CHIWENGA-MUBAIWA DIVORCE: Case deferred for parties to negotiate a settlement

January 17, 2020, 4:06 am
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Fidelis Munyoro – Chief Court Reporter The dispute over custody of children and access to matrimonial home pitting Marry Mubaiwa and her ex-husband Acting President Constantino Chiwenga was on Friday deferred to next week for parties’ to negotiate a settlement. Justice Christopher Dube-Banda deferred to Tuesday next week the matter in which Mubaiwa is seeking an […]
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Former defence ministry accountant denied bail in US$20m fraud case

January 17, 2020, 5:32 am
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Nyore Madzianike Senior Court Reporter A FORMER accountant in the Ministry of Defence, who is facing charges of stealing US$20 million from the ministry, has been denied bail. He is alleged to have used the money to buy four houses in Harare, 25 taxis, four cars and channelled part of the money to the parallel […]
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Zim, Zambia police hunt parks rangers’ murderers

January 17, 2020, 2:01 pm
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Munashe Muchero Herald Reporter Zimbabwean and Zambian police have launched a joint investigation into the recent murder of two Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers. The primary suspects are four Zambian poachers who had been arrested and probably overpowered the rangers while in the rangers’ patrol boat. Two rangers – Timothy Tembo and […]
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Mubaiwa, Chiwenga court hearing deferred

January 17, 2020, 2:03 pm
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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter The dispute over custody of children and access to a matrimonial home pitting Marry Mubaiwa and her ex-husband Acting President Constantino Chiwenga was yesterday deferred to next week to allow the parties to negotiate a settlement. Justice Christopher Dube-Banda deferred to Tuesday the matter in which Mubaiwa is seeking an […]
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190 illegal miners jailed as arrests top 1 500

January 17, 2020, 2:08 pm
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THE number of illegal miners arrested countrywide in a police operation to restore law and order in mining communities has risen to 1 536, with 191 of them having been jailed for various offences including prospecting for gold without a licence, trespassing and possessing dagga.
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ZACC closes in on fuel smugglers

January 17, 2020, 2:15 pm
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Daniel Nemukuyu Investigations and Special Reports Editor FORTY-TWO local fuel companies have been asked to explain their dealings as the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), in conjunction with foreign law enforcement agencies, investigate the smuggling of fuel from Zimbabwe to South Africa, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The companies were given up to […]
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JSC issues warning to fraudster

January 19, 2020, 2:01 pm
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Crime Reporter The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has warned Percy Mcijo to stop masquerading as an employee of the commission or as the secretary-general of a non-existent union of employees of the commission. The commission said it was going to report Mcijo, who claims to be the secretary-general of an employees group called the Judicial […]
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Blitz nets 31 pirate taxis, kombis

January 19, 2020, 2:01 pm
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Munashe Muchero Herald Reporter POLICE in Harare have arrested at least 31 pirate taxi and kombi drivers, while their vehicles were impounded for picking and dropping passengers at undesignated points in the central business district (CBD). The arrests were made during an ongoing operation to restore sanity in the city centre. Police also arrested 10 […]
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Boarding master convicted of indecent assault

January 19, 2020, 2:02 pm
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Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent A boarding master at Washington Hills High School will perform 350 hours of community service at Waterfalls Clinic after he was last week convicted of fondling the breasts of a 15-year-old pupil. Harare magistrate Mrs Sharon Rakafa convicted Alouis Mhondiwa of indecent assault on a young person, sentencing him to 18 […]
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Ex-Defence accountant denied bail and labelled a flight risk

January 19, 2020, 2:02 pm
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Nyore Madzianike Senior Court Reporter A former accountant in the Ministry of Defence, who is facing charges of stealing US$20 million from the ministry, was last week denied bail. Simbarashe Zvineyi (36) lost his bail application after Harare magistrate Mr Francis Mapfumo ruled him a flight risk. The court found that the evidence available might […]
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Smuggler shot dead, 6 arrested

January 19, 2020, 2:06 pm
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Crime Reporter ONE person was shot dead, while six others were arrested after police intercepted truckloads of smuggled bales of second-hand clothes in Vumba on Saturday night. The gang, which had a fleet of vehicles, resisted arrest and attempted to run over a police officer, prompting other alert officers to open fire. Police intercepted a […]
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Kombi driver jailed for killing pedestrian

January 20, 2020, 4:59 am
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A commuter omnibus driver was on Friday jailed for three years for culpable homicide after the vehicle he was driving knocked down a woman who was standing at an accident scene along Harare-Mutare Road.
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State withdraws case against Guvamombe

January 20, 2020, 5:22 am
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THE State has withdrawn the case against suspended Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe in which he was facing criminal abuse of office charges after he allegedly recommended that former ministers Supa Mandiwanzira and Saviour Kasukuwere be admitted for attachment at Harare magistrates court where they had pending criminal cases.
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Ginimbi ordered to pay $58k extra duty for new Bentley

January 20, 2020, 6:26 am
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High Court judge Webster Chinamora has ordered businessman Genius Kadungure to pay an additional US$58 000 duty for one of his recently imported top of range vehicles, a Bentley Continental GT that he had undervalued.
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Council starts attending to sewer challenges

January 20, 2020, 2:01 pm
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Sallomy Matare Herald Reporter Harare City Council has started attending to sewer challenges affecting parts of Highfield around the Gazaland home industry area by laying 7,5 kilometres of new sewer pipes from the suburb to Firle Sewerage Works in Glen View. The sewer line that is being replaced is prone to clogging, resulting in sewer […]
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Killer kombi driver jailed three years

January 20, 2020, 2:01 pm
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Herald Reporter A commuter omnibus driver was last Friday jailed for three years for culpable homicide after the vehicle he was driving knocked down a woman who was standing at an accident scene along Harare-Mutare Road. Bruce Mutizingwa was initially jailed for four years when he appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda charged with culpable […]
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Chivayo gets title deeds back

January 20, 2020, 2:02 pm
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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter Wicknell Chivayo has been given back title deeds to his upmarket Colne Valley property, while his reporting conditions have been removed, but his bail has been raised to $10 000 to ensure he stands trial on bribery charges at the magistrates’ courts. The businessman is accused of bribery after his […]
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Court orders Ginimbi to pay US$58k more duty

January 20, 2020, 2:02 pm
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Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent Genius Kadungure must pay an additional US$58 000 excise duty for one of his recently imported top-of-the-range vehicles, a Bentley Continental GT, that he had undervalued on its arrival. The vehicle is under an embargo, although being kept at Kadungure’s house. He is expected to pay up by Friday under the […]
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