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Accountant steals $400k, builds school

Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter An accountant at a State-owned enterprise, which falls under the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, reportedly stole about $400 000 from his employer and...

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Pusher gets 15-year term

Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter Cases of drug traffickers using Zimbabwe as a transit point are on the increase and there is need for courts to send a clear message to would-be offenders, a Harare...

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Chipanga wants bail conditions relaxed

Kudzanai ChipangaTendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter Fired Zanu-PF youth leader Kudzanayi Chipanga, who is facing charges of making statements undermining public confidence in the military, yesterday...

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Old people’s home faces $13k lawsuit

Gilbert Munetsi Herald Correspondent Chitungwiza Municipality has threatened to sue Bumhudzo Home for the Aged over non-payment of a $13 419,59 rates bill that accumulated over the years.A final letter...

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Concourt reserves ruling in judge’s case

Jessie MajomeDaniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter The Constitutional Court has reserved judgment in a matter in which MDC-T MPs are challenging the legality of Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment...

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Chihuri opens up on $3m suit

Retired Commissioner-General ChihuriFungai Lupande Mash Central Bureau Former ZRP Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has broken his silence over the $3 million lawsuit he is facing from businessman...

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Ex-NetOne boss Kangai further remanded

Reward KangaiMargaret Matibiri Herald Correspondent Former NetOne managing director Reward Kangai, who is facing 21 counts of criminal abuse of office, was yesterday further remanded to February...

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UPDATED: Sulu convicted, given deadline to settle child support arrears

Suluman ChimbetuMargaret Matibiri Herald Correspondent Orchestra Dendera Kings frontman Suluman Chimbetu, who has been in and out of court over a maintenance dispute with his ex-wife Marygold...

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Rapist gets HIV, jailed

Martha Leboho Masvingo Correspondent A Bikita man who allegedly contracted HIV after raping a mentally-challenged woman was jailed for 15 years by a Masvingo court. However, Frank Mukwesha (30) of...

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Girl (16) drags lover (33) to maintenance court

Takudzwa Chiwereweshe Mutare Correspondent A 16-year-old mother has dragged her 33-year-old lover to the civil court over the maintenance of their child. The courts were baffled when the girl, who was...

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Rapists on the prowl

Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent Police have launched a manhunt for a gang of suspected rapists who are on the prowl in Chief Charumbira’s area in Masvingo. Some female pupils have since abandoned...

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Bank wins $6m lawsuit

Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe has been awarded $6 million after successfully suing a construction company for failure to honour an overdraft facility arrangement.The bank...

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6-man armed robbery suspects in the dock

Margaret Matibiri Herald Correspondent A gang of six armed robbers that was targeting service stations, butcheries and wholesales and got away with close to $50 000 has appeared in court. Tinashe...

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Man runs amok, guns down 3

Herald Reporter The Zimbabwe National Army yesterday confirmed that one of its members shot and killed his wife and her two sisters on Wednesday night in New Magwegwe, Bulawayo.Private Chapeyama...

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Grandpa rapes 5 granddaughters

Herald Reporters Police have expressed concern over the increase in rape cases involving children after they recently arrested a 76-year-old Chivhu man on allegations of raping his five granddaughters...

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Gweru man to hang for murdering wife over lobola

Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief A GWERU man was yesterday sentenced to death for stabbing his wife 27 times all over her body after she refused to move in with him because he had failed to pay...

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Chihuri saga: Businessman’s wife lays kidnapping charges

Retired Commissioner-General ChihuriFungai Lupande Herald Reporter Wife of Harare businessman Bigboy Pachirera, Marygold, yesterday laid criminal charges of kidnapping and robbery against former police...

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Chipanga’s application dismissed

Kudzanai ChipangaMargaret Matibiri Herald Correspondent Former Zanu-PF youth leader Kudzanayi Chipanga’s application for relaxation of bail conditions was yesterday dismissed by a Harare magistrate.Mrs...

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Man rapes mentally-challenged niece

Nyemudzai Kakore Herald Correspondent A Seke man appeared at Chitungwiza Magistrates’ Courts on Thursday for allegedly raping his mentally-challenged niece. The man aged 52 was not asked to plead when...

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Zupco tainted lease agreement

Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter GIFT Investments has continued occupying the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco)’s property in Southerton despite the termination of its lease agreement with...

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