18 months for stabbing stepmom
An 18-year-old Harare man will serve 18 months in jail for stabbing his stepmother eight times with a kitchen knife in a dispute over dish washing.
View ArticleHwende remanded to March 20
MDC-Alliance legislator for Kuwadzana East Chalton Hwende appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with subverting a constitutionally elected Government.
View ArticleMakandiwa gold mine kidnappers in court
THE trial of five men accused of kidnapping villagers they accused of stealing gold ore at a mine believed to be owned by United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa in...
View ArticleMandiwanzira seeks stay of proceedings
Former Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security Minister Supa Mandiwanzira is seeking stay of proceedings in the case in which he is facing criminal abuse of office charges.
View ArticleMother fined for ill-treating baby
A CHEATING 28-year-old Mutare woman was fined $300 for ill-treating her newly-born baby she sired out of wedlock while her husband was in South Africa.
View ArticleArmed robber jailed four years
AN armed robber who was part of a gang targeting imbibers leaving the popular Bako Night Club in Sakubva has been jailed for four years.
View ArticleWarrant of arrest for violence ringleader
Harare magistrate Mrs Rumbidzai Mugwagwa yesterday issued a warrant of arrest on Obert Masaraure, who is suspected of being one of the ringleaders of the MDC-Alliance-instigated violence that rocked...
View Article50 cattle seized from Kunonga
Excommunicated Anglican bishop Nolbert Kunonga’s wife used fictitious invoices to lay claim to the family’s 50 head of cattle that were attached to pay off money owed to the Church of the Province of...
View Article2 magistrates sworn in
Panashe Machakiare Herald Reporter Acting Chief Magistrate Mr Munamato Mutevedzi yesterday swore in two new magistrates — Notebulgah Muchineripi and Michelle Dorcas Tinotenda Mutasa — at the Harare...
View ArticleWarrant of arrest for Youth Alliance president
Court Correspondent President of the Zimbabwe Youth Alliance Kumbirai Learnmore Magorimbo, who is believed to be one of the ring leaders of the of the MDC-T Alliance-instigated violence that rocked the...
View ArticleChikore case: Elusive witness worries investigator
The trial of former president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law Simba Chikore, who is accused of kidnapping his employee — Bertha Zakeyo — at Zimbabwe Airways offices, continued yesterday with the...
View ArticleGold panner gets 20 years for murder
Emmah Chinyamutangira Manicaland Correspondent A CHIMANIMANI gold panner was recently slapped with a 20-year jail term after he murdered his rival in cold blood following an altercation over the...
View ArticleMachaya trial postponed
Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief THE trial of former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya, Mashonaland West provincial administrator Cecilia Chitiyo and six other senior Government...
View ArticleConcourt throws out Nyagura challenge
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter FORMER University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice-Chancellor Levi Nyagura, accused of illegally awarding former First Lady Grace Mugabe a PhD, will now stand trial at the...
View ArticleFour Jailed over copper cables
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent Harare magistrate Mrs Barbra Mateko last week convicted four men for stealing copper conductors weighing more than 45kg and sentenced them to 10 years in jail each....
View ArticleIntratek tender aboveboard — ZPC
Tendai Rupapa Senior Reporter The trial of Intratrek Zimbabwe managing director Wicknell Chivayo continued on Friday with Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) financial director Mr Eubert Chiwara confirming...
View ArticleSmuggler fined $1 000
A Harare truck driver who was recently arrested at Beitbridge Border Post for smuggling 21 tonnes of salad cream worth R520 000 from South Africa was on Monday fined $1 000.
View ArticleUnpaid work for bashing wife over a light bulb
A Chitungwiza man will serve 350 hours of community service for assaulting his wife over a light bulb.
View ArticleCop demands bribe to free suspect
Tendai Rupapa Senior Reporter A police officer based at Milton Park Police Station allegedly demanded US$50 from a suspect who was in custody in exchange for his freedom despite the fact that the...
View ArticleState goes after Tyson’s leisure home
Tendai Rupapa Senior Reporter The prosecution is seeking to forfeit former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere’s upmarket leisure home in Nyanga after he failed to appear in court for trial. He was...
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