Peter Matika FORMER Zifa vice-president and interim president, Gift Banda (54) has arrived at Western Commonage Court, where he is set to answer allegations of forging an Ordinary Level certificate. Banda, also a former Bulawayo councillor and deputy mayor, spent last night at Western Commonage Police Station assisting police with investigations. He has expressed an […]
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Zifa interim president Gift Banda appears in court for ‘forging O’Level Certificate’
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Car thief in court
Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent A suspected car thief has appeared in court on allegations of stealing two vehicles. Sean Manakira (45) was facing theft of trust property when he appeared before a Harare magistrate. He was released on US$300 bail. Allegations are that sometime in October 2023, Manakira was given US$14 000 by Faison Samambwa […]
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Kadoma businessman removed from remand
Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent Harare regional magistrate Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa has removed from remand a Kadoma businessman accused of stealing land and property through numerous fake companies he created. The development comes after Believe Guta (36) of Coal Estate Company had made an application refusing further remand citing that the State had taken over a […]
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State wraps up suspected SA hitmen’s case
Yeukai Karengezeka, Court Correspondent The trial of suspected South Africa-based hitmen, who were allegedly hired to kidnap and assault a local businessman who had been defrauded of US$800 000 in a botched fuel tanks deal, concluded last week with the State leading evidence from its last witness. The case involves Moses Monde of Johannesburg, Malvin […]
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Law firm disqualified over conflict of interest
Fidelis Munyoro, Chief Court Reporter The High Court has disqualified Mudimu Law Chambers from representing Huzodi Investments Private Limited in a mining dispute, citing a conflict of interest. The ruling came after one of the respondents, Mr Giveus Mutombo, objected to the firm’s senior partner, a Mr Mudimu, acting in the matter, as he had […]
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AK 47 rifles used in Byo robbery
Crime Reporter A GANG of 10 suspected robbers who were armed with three AK 47 assault rifles and a pistol raided a Bulawayo company before stealing US$7 000 and R18 000. The suspects first attacked six security guards who were manning the premises. They then broke into the offices where they stole the cash which […]
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Woman raped as she chases debt
A 26-year-old Harare man has appeared in court on allegations of raping a vendor who had visited his office to collect a debt.
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Manyuchi ordered to pay US$18 000 for adultery
George Maponga in MASVINGO FORMER boxing champion Charles Manyuchi has been ordered by the Masvingo High Court to pay US$18 000 in damages for adultery after he impregnated a married woman who was one of his fitness students. Justice Sunsley Zisengwe issued the ruling against Manyuchi (35), who operates a fitness centre at a prominent […]
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Corruption fight tops 2nd Republic agenda
Ivan Zhakata, Herald Correspondent FIGHTING corruption is top on the agenda of the Second Republic, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson, Mr Michael Reza, has said. In a speech read on his behalf by Dr Onesmus Nyaude, the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) co-ordinator for ZACC at the International Anti-Corruption Day celebrations in Harare yesterday, Mr Reza […]
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New twist to graves scam
Yeukai Karengezeka-Court Correspondent Restland Memorial Park director Edwin Munyaradzi Muronzi, who was arrested over the weekend for unlawfully exhuming 78 graves at his cemetery without the authority of Zvimba Rural District Council, has been granted US$200 bail. The number of unlawfully exhumed graves contrasts with earlier reports that claimed 380 graves had been destroyed but […]
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Chipanga arrested over Presidential inputs
Samuel Kadungure in RUSAPE KUDZI Chipanga, a Zanu PF official, yesterday appeared before Rusape Magistrates Court facing charges of stealing Presidential Pfumvudza inputs worth US$11 200 from the Department of Agriculture Research and Extension (Arex) in Makoni District. He appeared before Rusape regional magistrate Mrs Barbra Mateko who remanded him on US$400 bail to January […]
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Zvishavane man loses US$15k to “chadonha” scammers
Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent A 43-year-old Zvishavane man lost US$15 000 to scammers who lured him into believing that they had found a large sum of money on the roadside and wanted to share it with him. One of the suspects, Wellington Nhiwatiwa (46), appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Isheanesu Matova yesterday facing fraud charges. […]
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Dhuterere’s wife in US$16k vehicle scam
Herald Reporter DORCAS Vambe, wife of gospel musician and preacher Darlington “Mambo Dhuterere” Mutseta, appeared before a Harare magistrate yesterday facing charges of allegedly defrauding aspiring Glen Norah MP Chrispen Magaya of US$16 000 in a vehicle import duty scam. Allegations are that Vambe and her brother Kudakwashe Vambe, who is still at large, misrepresented […]
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Man jailed 15 years for indecent assault
Conrad Mupesa-Mashonaland West Bureau A Mhangura shopkeeper, Paurosi Foya, was jailed for 15 years after being found guilty of aggravated indecent assault against a 13-year-old boy. A regional magistrate in Chinhoyi convicted Foya following a full trial and then imposed the standard sentence laid down for rape and aggravated indecent assault against a minor. The […]
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Chirimanzu man rapes 11-year-old niece
Midlands Bureau A 21-year-old man from Chirumhanzu has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping his 11-year-old niece. The complainant is in Grade Four. Talkmore Nago appeared before Gweru regional magistrate Mr Christopher Maturure yesterday. He was facing one count of rape. Nago was convicted on his own plea of guilty and received […]
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Man jailed 15 years for kidnapping and raping minor
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A 20-year-old man from Ndambe Village in Beitbridge has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old Form Three pupil who had rejected his love proposal. Dominic Chirenje denied the charges when the trial opened before Beitbridge regional magistrate Ms Charity Maphosa. However, Ms Maphosa convicted […]
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12 errant bottle stores fined
Trust Freddy, Herald Correspondent Harare City Council has fined 12 errant bottle store operators in the central business district (CBD) a total of US$3 600 for violating operating hours. Each of the 12 liquor stores was slapped with a US$300 fine after municipal officers caught them operating beyond the stipulated 8 pm closing time. The […]
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Robbers arrested in shootout
Crime Reporter FIVE suspected robbers who were targeting families and business premises in and around Bulawayo have been arrested following a shoot-out with the police. They are Nkosiyazi Nyathi (20), Vusumuzi Ncube (22), Mgcini Sibanda (24), Mlungisi Ndlovu (41) and Nkosiyazi Moyo (27). Police have since launched a manhunt for the sixth suspect, Alex Nyathi […]
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Medical doctor Lennon Gwaunza convicted of cyberbullying
Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent A 40-year-old specialist neurologist has been convicted after he was found guilty of wrongfully claiming that another neurologist was not qualified to do the job. Lennon Tonderai Gwaunza was facing charges of contravening the Data Protection Act and is on US$100 bail. In convicting Gwaunza, Harare magistrate Mr Tawedzerwa Zishiri said […]
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Doctor convicted of blackmailing colleague
Prosper Dembedza, Herald Correspondent A 40-year-old specialist neurologist Lennon Tonderai Gwaunza has been found guilty of blackmailing another senior specialist neurologist, accusing him of not being qualified, with the prosecution seeking a heavy fine rather than a jail term for the sentence. Gwaunza, who is on US$100 bail, was convicted of contravening the Data Protection […]
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