Inmates save Treasury $500k
VP MnangagwaLloyd Gumbo Senior Reporter— Prisoners saved Treasury more than $500 000 when they loaded and offloaded grain that the country imported under the drought relief programme aimed at assisting...
View ArticleFake traffic receipt books land cop in the dock
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter A junior member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police stationed at Dzivarasekwa Police Station appeared in court last Friday accused of forging two counterfeit police traffic...
View ArticleVendor sues city council
Anesu Chakabva Herald Reporter A HARARE vendor has sued Harare City Council for $8 000 as compensation for assaulting him and confiscating his wares. John Gumini is being represented by the Zimbabwe...
View ArticleZSE boss acquitted
Mr ChirumeFungai Lupande Court Reporter Zimbabwe Stock Exchange chief executive Mr Alban Dhladhla Chirume was last Friday acquitted on charges of assaulting his estranged wife, Susan Mutangadura. The...
View ArticleTomana wants trial put on ice
Johannes TomanaDaniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter SUSPENDED Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana (pictured), who is facing six counts of criminal abuse of office, is now challenging the constitutional...
View Article‘Husband snatcher’ loses inheritance case
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter A “husband snatcher’’, who engaged in a customary marriage with another woman’s man in the face of a monogamous civil marriage, yesterday lost a bid to grab the...
View ArticleMan hauled to court for disrupting Zanu-PF meeting
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter A 32-year-old man yesterday appeared in court accused of disrupting a Zanu-PF meeting for the development of Ward 4 in Epworth on Sunday.Kudakwashe Damson allegedly called...
View ArticleMan up for vandalism
Sheillah Mapani Herald Reporter A Harare man who allegedly vandalised a police vehicle appeared in court last Friday facing charges of malicious damage to property.Gaylord Mlambo (32) appeared before...
View Article$17 000 fraud lands trio in the dock
Takudzwa Matambura Court Reporter Three men employed by Boka Tobacco Auction Floors have appeared in court facing charges of fraud after cheating the company of $17 000.Roderick Enock Kohli (36),...
View ArticleZACC compiles report on city’s illegal land sales
Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (zacc) is compiling a report on its findings following investigations into irregular land sales involving serving Harare City...
View ArticleConcourt ruling on bond notes today
Joice MujuruFidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter The Constitutional Court is today expected to decide the case in which Zimbabwe People First leader Joice Mujuru is challenging the validity of a...
View ArticleZimpapers to take on Moyo in defamation suit
Prof MoyoZvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited will not be silenced and will defend a $9 million defamatory lawsuit filed against the media house at the High Court by...
View ArticleHubby kills wife over used condom
Crime Reporter A 24-year-old Chitungwiza woman was on Saturday allegedly beaten to death by her husband following an altercation over a used condom she had found in his pockets while doing...
View ArticleBots fugitive arrested in Zim
Crime Reporter A Botswana national who was among the 18 criminals who escaped from prison early last month in the neighbouring country was arrested last week by the police, bringing the number of those...
View ArticleJudge raps acting Prosecutor General
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter High Court judge Justice Herbert Chitapi has blasted Acting Prosecutor General Advocate Ray Goba for exhibiting a hostile attitude to court business and fuelling...
View ArticleTomana tribunal completes probe
Johannes TomanaLloyd Gumbo Senior Reporter The tribunal set up by President Mugabe to probe the suitability of suspended Prosecutor-General, Mr Johannes Tomana, has completed gathering submissions from...
View ArticleBond notes: Mujuru hits brick wall again
Joice MujuruFidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter Embattled Zimbabwe People First leader Dr Joice Mujuru hit another snag yesterday after her application challenging the validity of a Presidential...
View ArticleMutasa’s assets attached
Former zanu-pf secretary for Administration Didymus Mutasa’s attached household property at LM Auctions yesterday. — (Picture by Shelton Muchena)Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter The Sheriff of the...
View ArticleSenior Prisons officer cleared in ivory case
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter A TOP Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services officer, who was arrested five years ago for allegedly possessing ivory, was this week found not guilty and...
View ArticleZimdef boss Mandizvidza off the hook
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) chief executive officer Fredrick Mandizvidza, who is accused of defrauding the parastatal of about $96 000, was removed from...
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