Man kills granny for selling cockerel at ‘give away’ price
A 42-year-old man from Mberengwa reportedly fatally axed his 93-year-old grandmother over a cockerel that she sold at a “give away” price.
View Article5 tobacco robbers nabbed
FIVE suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a gang that robbed farmers of their tobacco bales in the dead of the night at gunpoint, have been arrested following a shoot-out with the police.
View ArticleJUST IN: Sikhala appears in court, remanded in custody
MDC Alliance vice chairman Job Sikhala has appeared before a Bikita Magistrates Court facing subversion charges after he allegedly said his party was going to overthrow the Government before 2023.
View ArticleMan steals car in fuel queue, strips it
A Harare man appeared in court on Tuesday on allegations of stealing a motor vehicle from a fuel queue in Harare’s central business district (CBD).
View ArticlePrison farms lying idle
Daniel Nemukuyu Investigations and Special Reports Editor MISUSE of farming inputs by some criminal elements, insufficient seed and lack of proper machinery have rendered most prison farms idle with...
View Article26 convicts still free
Herald Reporters POLICE are still to arrest scores of convicts who are freely walking the streets of Harare while on warrants of arrest, a development that has been widely condemned as lack of...
View ArticleSelection process riles aspiring judge
Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter SOUTH AFRICA-based Advocate Sheillah Kanyangarara has criticised the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for burdening aspiring High Court judges with a written...
View ArticleMDC MP Hwende to have his day in court
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent Harare magistrate Mrs Barbra Mateko yesterday dismissed an application for refusal of further remand by MDC-Alliance legislator for Kuwadzana East Chalton Hwende....
View ArticleHarare to probe illegal land sales
Yeukai Karengezeka and Bothwell Petro Harare City Council has appointed a committee to investigate illegal land sales, amid reports of chaotic allocation of infill stands that has seen houses being...
View Article‘High Court erred in Chivayo case’
Daniel Nemukuyu Investigations and Special Reports Editor THE High Court erred in various respects when it cleared businessman Wicknell Chivayo of fraud in a case he allegedly swindled Government of...
View ArticleGovt warns MDC leadership
Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter Government has warned the MDC leadership against making inflammatory threats of violence against Government, as the law will descend on them. The call comes after MDC...
View ArticleHarare lawyer in soup over forgery claims
Victor Maphosa Herald Reporter A HARARE lawyer allegedly forged a colleague’s signature and produced a joint pre-trial conference minute that was used to obtain a court judgment in a civil matter....
View ArticleWitness nails Mangoma, former Zesa bosses
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent Former Minister of Energy and Power Development Elton Mangoma and Zesa Holdings officials were wrong when they approved deals worth above $500 000 without going to...
View ArticleJUST IN: Son kills drunk mother over noise
POLICE today arrested a Buhera man who allegedly murdered his drunken mother using a log, accusing her of making noise.
View ArticleSupa’s case postponed
Harare provincial magistrate Mr Elijah Makomo on Tuesday deferred the matter of former Cabinet minister Supa Mandiwanzira to August 5 following indications that the State’s application for rescission...
View ArticleDad rapes daughter (4)
A 47-year-old Harare man yesterday appeared in court on allegations of raping his four-year-old daughter while his wife had gone to attend a funeral.
View ArticleZACC applauds Govt
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has applauded Government for establishing specialised Anti-Corruption Courts countrywide and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU), for effective...
View ArticleMDC-A activist Japajapa jailed two years
MDC-Alliance activist Paddington Japajapa was yesterday jailed for an effective two years after he was found guilty of contravening Section 66A of the Electoral Act Chapter 2:13 (unofficial or false...
View ArticleParents storm school over sexual abuse case
VIOLENCE broke out at Barwick Primary School in Concession on Monday after angry parents stormed the premises to inquire on the sexual abuse case in which a teacher is being accused of indecently...
View ArticleSupa seeks case dismissal
Nyanga South Member of the House of Assembly, Supa Mandiwanzira on Monday filed a chamber application for dismissal of the case for want of prosecution at the High Court.
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