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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...

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‘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...

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Builder 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,...

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Police 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...

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Magaya 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,...

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Kereke 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...

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ZSE 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...

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Man 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...

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Ex-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...

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MDC-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...

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Maodza 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...

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Roadblocks 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...

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David 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,...

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Chitown 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...

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Jilted 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...

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Maridadi’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...

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Ivory 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...

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34 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...

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Ex-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...

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Death 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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