Abusive messages land losing candidate in trouble
Cde MupfumiFrom Ray Bande in MUTARE LOSING candidate in the Zanu-PF primary elections held just before the June 10 by-elections, Cde Binali Yard, was arrested on Monday, after he allegedly sent abusive...
View ArticleJudgment reserved in adultery case
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter Scrapping of adultery damages from the country’s laws is likely to increase promiscuity and spread HIV and Aids to unprecedented levels, the High Court heard...
View ArticleHeadmaster, bursar blow $800k
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter EAGLESVALE Senior School headmaster, salaries officer and bursar appeared in court yesterday charged with embezzling over $800 000 after they encashed their leave days and...
View ArticleGodwin Gomwe’s sentence set aside
Godwin GomweDaniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter Former ZANU-PF Harare youth league chairperson Godwin Gomwe will not perform community service imposed on him by a magistrate court pending...
View ArticleChild abusers to face full wrath of the law
Comm-Gen ChihuriFreeman Razemba Crime Reporter Police Commissioner-General Dr Augustine Chihuri yesterday warned people who sexually abuse children that they will be dealt with decisively. Speaking at...
View ArticleDad gives daughter tablets, rapes her
Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent A 47-year-old Chitungwiza man allegedly gave his 19-year-old daughter some tablets to prevent her from contracting sexually transmitted diseases every time he raped...
View ArticleGovt evicts mining firm
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent Government has evicted a mining firm which has been operating at Rushinga Dolomite Mine for the past 20 years after ruling that it has been extracting minerals on a...
View ArticleNdanga sues ex-deputies
Bishop NdangaHerald Reporter Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) executive moderator Bishop Johannes Ndanga has sued former top members of the organisation for $82 000 for tarnishing his...
View ArticleMabamba arrested for selling State land
Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter Businessman and former Chitungwiza Ward 25 councillor Fredrick Mabamba has been arrested for allegedly selling State and council land to home-seekers. More than 50 land...
View ArticleJunior doctors threaten strike action
Diana Nherera Herald Reporter Junior doctors from the country’s Government hospitals have threatened to go on strike in a month’s time after their employer – the Health Services Board (HSB)- failed to...
View ArticleMan crushed to death
Snr Asst Comm CharambaCrime Reporter A Harare man was crushed to death after his colleague accidentally switched on a machine that was under repair at a brick moulding company last Sunday afternoon.So...
View ArticlePolice decry upsurge in crimes of passion
Crime Reporter Police have bemoaned the rise in crimes of passion in the country, after two women were murdered by their husbands in separate incidents in Harare last week following misunderstandings....
View ArticleCall for smart interrogation techniques
Lloyd Gumbo Senior Reporter THE outlawing of torturing suspects in the new Constitution means that law enforcement agents should use smart techniques when carrying out their investigations,...
View ArticleHome-seekers lose $8m to Mabamba, court told
Fredrick Mabamba prepares to leave the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday after he was granted $2 000 bailFungai Lupande Court reporter Businessman and former Zanu-PF Chitungwiza Ward 25 councillor...
View ArticleLawyers slammed for malpractice
Daniel Kachere Herald Correspondent Legal practitioners must stop commercialising the practice of law and stick to the profession’s code of ethics to preserve the fair delivery of justice, Deputy Chief...
View ArticleMusician fined for insulting cop
Tererai MugwadiCourt Reporter Award-winning musician Tererai Mugwadi (30) was on Friday fined $50 by a Harare magistrate for disorderly conduct after she tore a docket and insulted a police officer....
View ArticleAirzim crisis mounts
Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter The crisis at Air Zimbabwe Holdings (Private) Limited continues to mount, with more assets being attached to raise money in settlement of over $247 000 severance...
View Article‘Jumpsuit got in my bag miraculously’
Mercy KamanuraCourt Reporter— Black Opal Face of Zimbabwe second princess Mercy Kamanura has told the court that the jumpsuit worth $40 she is accused of stealing from an Edgars store in Harare entered...
View Article‘DeMbare’ man in trouble
Daniel Kachere Court Correspondent A 20-year-old man who claimed to be a gate master at Dynamos FC appeared in court yesterday accused of three counts of drug possession. Magistrate Mr Elijah Makomo...
View ArticlePangolin lands trio in court
Daniel Kachere Court correspondent Three people appeared before a Harare magistrate yesterday charged with unlawful possession of a pangolin. The magistrate, Mr Elijah Makomo, granted the trio $100...
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