Nyagura has case to answer: Magistrate
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A HARARE magistrate yesterday ruled that University of Zimbabwe vice chancellor Levi Nyagura has a case to answer and must remain on remand pending trial. Nyagura is...
View ArticleTomana, Chihuri civil trial back in court
The Supreme Court has referred back to trial the case in which former Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana and former Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri are facing a...
View ArticleHigh Court suspends Gweru Commission
Former Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere’s gross incompetence and abuse of office has been exposed by the Bulawayo High Court which nullified his...
View ArticleStockthief produces ‘juju’ in court
COURT proceedings came to a halt last week when a Chipinge man who was about to be sentenced for stocktheft tried to intimidate the magistrate by producing juju in court.
View ArticleBindura RDC engineer jailed for $10 000 fraud
A BINDURA Rural District Council engineer was slapped with a 24-month jail term after being convicted of 16 counts of fraud involving $9 840.
View ArticleFour youthful robbers arrested
Four suspected youthful robbers from Epworth, Harare, allegedly waylaid two men who were on their way home before stabbing them several times and robbing them of $60 cash.
View ArticleUndenge’s children ejected from varsity over fees
FORMER Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Samuel Undenge’s two children studying at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, have been ejected from campus over failure to pay fees.
View Article4 arrested for rape, robbery
POLICE in Gweru have arrested four armed robbers from Kadoma who allegedly raped a woman who was on her way to church before hijacking a vehicle, which they used as a getaway car.
View ArticleTeenager crushes child to death
A 17-year-old girl from Mberengwa has been arrested after she smashed her three-week-old baby against a dwala and crushing her to death with stones.
View ArticleGrandpa cleared of rape
A 69-year-old Chitungwiza man, who was being accused of raping his six-year-old neighbour, has been acquitted due to lack of evidence.
View ArticleBurglar locked up 18 months
A 30-year-old Gweru man has been sentenced to an effective 18 months in prison for breaking into a house and stealing property worth $545.
View ArticleMachaya, 7 others back in the dock
Former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya and seven other senior Government officials, including Mashonaland West provincial administrator Cecilia Chitiyo, were last Friday further...
View ArticleEnd of the road for daring car thieves
Victor Maphosa Mashonaland East Correspondent Two Marondera men were last week arrested on separate occasions for allegedly stealing vehicles from unsuspecting motorists. Mashonaland East acting police...
View ArticleRapist uncle jailed 11years
Yeukai Karengezeka Herald Correspondent A 79-year old Wedza man was yesterday sentenced to nine years in prison for raping his niece. He pleaded not guilty to rape but was convicted by Chitungwiza...
View ArticlePair locked up 20yrs for cable theft
Two Harare men were yesterday slapped with a combined 20-year prison term after they were convicted of contravening the Telecommunications Act that criminalises receiving or taking possession of any...
View ArticleNegligent driver fined
A Chitungwiza man, who hit a minor who was walking on the side of the road, was on Monday ordered to pay a $200 fine, failure of which he will spend two months in jail for negligent driving. Walter...
View ArticleEx-school head hauled to court
A former acting headmistress at Kirkman Primary School in Harare yesterday appeared in court for allegedly stealing school funds amounting to $5 241. Elizabeth Mavhiza (47), who was the school’s senior...
View ArticleFour ‘prophets’ face kidnapping, rape charges
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter Four self-styled prophets who operate from different shrines in Harare last week appeared in court on allegations of raping women who had visited their shrines for...
View ArticleChiwenga, Moyo $5m suit on hold
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter THE High Court has reserved its ruling on whether or not the $5 million defamation lawsuit pitting Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and fugitive former Cabinet...
View ArticleEx-convict kills aunt over high TV volume
Sukoluhle Ndlovu Midlands Correspondent An ex-convict from South Downs suburb in Gweru allegedly fatally struck his aunt several times with an axe on the head and body while on her way to the police to...
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