Gokomere High head demoted, transferred
From George Maponga in Masvingo Gokomere High School headmaster Mr Stanley Mtsambiwa, accused of allegedly routinely diverting examination fees paid for academically-challenged students to bright ones...
View ArticleDeported man up for forgery
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter A Nigerian man who was deported in 2006 for staying in Zimbabwe illegally yesterday appeared in court accused of sneaking back into the country using a different name....
View ArticleSA police probe mass murders
Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter South African police have set up a team of detectives to investigate the killing of 14 illegal miners, some suspected to be Zimbabwean, who were recently shot dead in...
View ArticleViolent protesters seek discharge
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter Seventy-four protesters who allegedly torched vending stalls at Copacabana Bus Terminus in Harare before looting shops and attacking the police in August last year,...
View Article16yrs jail for raping friend’s sister
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A Harare man who raped his friend’s sister in his car after offering her a lift home on Christmas Day, will spend the next 11 years in jail. Davison Mutizwa (44)...
View ArticleZEC sued over $700k debt
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has been slapped with a $700 000 lawsuit over unpaid fees for vehicles hired for use during elections. CMED (Private) Limited, a...
View ArticleCop ordered to pay accident victim $13K
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A road accident victim was yesterday granted $13 300 by the High Court as compensation for damages he suffered in an accident that occurred in 2011. Witness Dziva...
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Tich Mataz has a case to answer: Court
Former StarFM programmes manager Tichafa Matambanadzo smiles at the camera after appearing at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterdayFungai Lupande Court Reporter Veteran radio personality Tichafa...
View Article‘Police demand bribes for kombis’ safe passage’
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter Commuter omnibus operators have to pay bribes to the police for safe passage even if they have proper documents, failure to do so results in them being arrested and...
View ArticleGuard rapes student over ID
George Maponga Masvingo Bureau A security guard at a tertiary college here (name withheld) allegedly raped a female student in return for her Identity Card he had confiscated after finding her with a...
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Parirenyatwa slams Solanki
Dr ParirenyatwaPaidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter Indian doctors who were arrested last week for operating without licences after being brought into the country by Trauma Centre Borrowdale owner...
View ArticleS. Africa mass murder: 4 nabbed
Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter South African police have arrested four suspects, all Lesotho nationals, in connection with the recent killing of 14 illegal miners, some suspected to be Zimbabweans.The...
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Government assets now liable to seizure
Minister ChinamasaFidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter Government is likely to lose property to the Sheriff of the court after the High Court invalidated the law that prevented companies and...
View Article60 trafficking victims stuck in Middle East
Auxilia Katongomara Bulawayo Bureau About 60 Zimbabwean women, who are victims of human trafficking, are stuck in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.Government has...
View ArticleNew Highway Code to be launched next month
Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter Government has upgraded the Highway Code as part of a new road traffic system in line with a Sadc protocol to harmonise regional road infrastructure and signage.The new...
View ArticleMawarire freedom bid hits snag
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A Harare magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for refusal of further remand by self-proclaimed pastor Evan Mawarire of the shadowy #ThisFlag...
View ArticleCop in the dock for stock theft
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A 34-year-old police officer stationed at Tuli in Beitbridge District has been placed on trial for allegedly conniving with two civilians to steal 27 head of cattle...
View ArticleJail time for armed robbery
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter A man who lured a foreign currency dealer into Pearl House in Harare and tried to steal about $2 100 at gun point has been sentenced to an effective six years in...
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Call for magistrate’s recusal
Court Correspondent The Prosecutor in the case of a Harare woman who allegedly stole $9 400 from her ex-husband’s company, Mr Daniel Muchimbiri, last Friday tendered an application for the recusal of...
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Guvamombe decries magistrates’ shortage
Perseverance NkalaFungai Lupande Court Reporter Chief magistrate Mr Mishrod Guvamombe last Friday bemoaned the critical shortage of magistrates in the country and urged Treasury to lift the job...
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