Holiday crashes claim 27
Crime Reporter TWENTY-SEVEN people died while 47 were injured in road traffic accidents between Christmas eve and Boxing Day, making this year’s Yuletide one of the bloodiest in years. The total number...
View ArticleBus driver to give back stolen $2 500
Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent A bus driver at Munhenzva Buses escaped a 16-month prison term last week for stealing $2 500 from a church mate. Joseph Mudziviri (31) of Meyrick Park in Harare denied...
View ArticleMan stones Zimoco cars
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent A 33-year-old man appeared in court last week for stoning three brand new Mercedes benz vehicles that were parked at Zimoco showroom at the Exhibition Park in...
View ArticleDesist from abusing courts — magistrate
Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent A Chitungwiza magistrate, Ms Tafadzwa Miti has warned people to desist from abusing courts by bringing in trivial matters to court in a bid to solve personal...
View ArticleBid to run over traffic cop backfires
Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent A 28-year-old commuter omnibus driver allegedly attempted to run over a police officer as he tried to evade arrest for picking passengers at an undesignated point in...
View ArticleMan up for burglary
Fungai Jachi Court Correspondent A 20-year-old Waterfalls man in Harare who broke into houses in his neighbourhood stealing valuables worth $2 614 last week pleaded guilty to six counts of unlawful...
View ArticlePangolin lands four in jail
Midlands Correspondent Two police officers from Gokwe, who together with two other accomplices were found in possession of a live pangolin they intended to sell to a local businessman, have each been...
View Article‘Missing’ miner alive, well
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau In a surprising twist of events, one of the artisanal miners said to be trapped at Peerless Mine, Pickstone in Chegutu is alive and well in his home area of Zvimba....
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It never rains but pours for cop
Fungai Jachi Court Correspondent A police officer who threw a tantrum in court after she was declared guilty of assault by a Mbare magistrate owes the court a good explanation, prosecutor Mr Lawrence...
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Businessman loses $10k property to former driver
Ivan Zhakata Court Reporter Businessman and director of Wetrok Private Limited, Mr Emmanuel Fundira, has lost property worth $10 000 to his former driver who attached the property to recover his...
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Six Chitungwiza municipal police up for assault
Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent Six Chitungwiza Municipality police officers allegedly teamed up and took turns to assault a commuter omnibus driver for demanding identification after they attempted...
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WHEN CHRISTMAS TURNS SOUR . . .Boy (16) kills self over Xmas clothes
Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent A 16-year-old Chinamhora boy last week committed suicide by drinking rat poison after his mother declined to buy him new clothes to wear on Christmas Day citing...
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Xmas crash death toll tops 30
Crime Reporter THREE more people died on Sunday in road traffic accidents, bringing to 30 the number of road traffic fatalities since Christmas eve. Police said 31 others were injured in 48 road...
View ArticleMotorist assaults cop at roadblock
Bulawayo Bureau A BULAWAYO motorist allegedly beat up a police officer who blocked him as he attempted to flee after failing to produce a driver’s licence at a roadblock. Collen Maponga (26), who was...
View ArticleProperty row turns bloody
Court Correspondent A Harare man yesterday appeared in court for injuring his brother-in-law in his left palm and stomach with a knife following a dispute over property on Christmas Eve.Edmore Gunda...
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Bogus job agents target trainee nurses
Herald Reporter Chitungwiza Central Hospital chief executive Dr Obadiah Moyo yesterday warned the public against bogus agents who claim to work for its nurse training school and charging large amounts...
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Teen in sex romp with minor
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent A Harare teenager yesterday appeared in court accused of having sexual intercourse with his 14-year-old girlfriend on Christmas Day. He was charged for being...
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2015: Tension-filled judicial year
Chief Justice Godfrey ChidyausikuFidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter Most judges of the High Court must have endured the most difficult and tension-filled year after Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku...
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Man murders wife, stepdaughter and commits suicide
Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent A Kwekwe man who could not stomach his wife’s infidelity ran amok and butchered her and his stepdaughter with an axe after he caught the wife with another man...
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Gumbura lawyer makes U-turn
Robert GumburaFungai Jachi Court Correspondent THE lawyer representing jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura yesterday said he no longer intends to make an application...
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