Farm row spills into Supreme Court
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter The row over control and ownership of Faraway Farm in Goromonzi along Harare-Mutare Road has spilled into the Supreme Court, with BAMPH (Pvt) Ltd — a company owned...
View Article‘Gumbura used cigarettes to buy inmates’ allegiance’
Robert GumburaProsper Dembedza Court Correspondent The 960 bricks of cigarettes that were smuggled into Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison by jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin...
View ArticleBuilder to pay $85 for child upkeep
Ivan Zhakata Court Reporter A woman has taken her former husband to the Harare Civil Court demanding $600 a month for the upkeep of their two children. Mary Chisveto accused her husband, Gilbert Kavhu,...
View ArticlePolice set to boost force to 75 000
Deputy Minister Obedingwa MguniFreeman Razemba Crime Reporter THE Zimbabwe Republic Police wants to recruit 25 000 more police officers to enable effective policing. The ZRP currently has a staff...
View ArticleMagaya in row over Waterfalls stand
Prophet MagayaDaniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries led by Prophet Walter Magaya has admitted to unlawfully encroaching onto a neighbour’s property,...
View ArticleKereke rape trial opens
Fungai Jachi Court Correspondent Zanu-PF Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke (pictured left) appeared in court yesterday facing charges of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2010 and indecently...
View ArticleZSE boss denies abuse charges
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent Zimbabwe Stock Exchange chief executive Alban Dhladhla Chirume once set dogs on his wife Susan Mutangadura, a magistrate heard on Monday in a domestic dispute that...
View ArticleMan secretly aborts girlfriend’s pregnancy
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent A 27-year-old Harare man allegedly terminated his girlfriend’s pregnancy by inserting a pill into her genitals during sexual intercourse in a bid to evade...
View ArticleEx-convict runs bogus law firm
Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent Police in Gweru have arrested a Harare ex-convict for allegedly running an illegal law firm and misleading school authorities that he had Government authority...
View ArticleMDC-T MP up for assault
Fungai Jachi Court Correspondent Zengeza East Member of Parliament Alex Leon Musundire (MDC-T) allegedly ganged up with 20 people to assault a 61-year-old man, the court heard yesterday.The reasons for...
View ArticleMaodza removed from remand
Fungai Jachi Court Correspondent Herald assistant news editor Takunda Maodza (pictured right), who is accused of attempted extortion, was yesterday removed from remand by Harare magistrate Ms Vongai...
View ArticleRoadblocks to stay: Govt
Deputy Minister MguniFreeman Razemba Crime Reporter Home Affairs Deputy Minister Obedingwa Mguni has said police will continue mounting roadblocks throughout the country to ensure that the country...
View ArticleDavid Livingstone pupil drowns in school pool
Ellah Mukwati Herald Reporter An eight-year-old pupil at David Livingstone Primary School in Harare was yesterday found dead in the school’s swimming pool. Mufaro Matemba, who was in a special class,...
View ArticleChitown in talks with kombi operators
Lovemore Meya Herald Correspondent Commuter omnibus operators in Chitungwiza met with council bosses on Monday seeking a reduction of the newly introduced $100 annual operating licence fee as they feel...
View ArticleJilted man attacks ex with machete
Midlands Correspondent A 25-YEAR-OLD Gweru woman is battling for life in hospital after she was attacked with a machete, allegedly by her former boyfriend after ditching him. The boyfriend is an...
View ArticleMaridadi’s trial deferred again
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent The trial Mabvuku-Tafara legislator James Maridadi (MDC-T), who is accused of grabbing a National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) parking ticket book, was yesterday...
View ArticleIvory poaching kingpin nabbed
Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter A Harare businessman believed to be the ringleader of a poaching syndicate has been arrested on allegations of smuggling six ivory tusks suspected to have been stolen...
View Article34 prisoners escaped in 2015
Nyemudzai Kakore Herald Correspondent More than 30 prisoners escaped from the country’s prisons last year, with 14 of them being recaptured, while the others still remain unaccounted for, Zimbabwe...
View ArticleEx-Gushungo worker in trouble
Fungai Jachi Court Correspondent A 48-year-old former Alpha Omega Dairy employee who allegedly stole $398, the two months salary mistakenly deposited into his account after he was dismissed, has been...
View ArticleDeath row inmates cry foul over jail conditions
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter A Government lawyer yesterday told the court that prisons in Zimbabwe are in a bad state and that condemned inmates who have spent years awaiting execution are...
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