Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO ward 1 councillor Josiah Mutangi and his co-accused, Janet Zhou, will proceed to trial after Bulawayo magistrate Richard Ramaboea dismissed their attempt to have some fraud charges thrown out. The pair, represented by Con­stance Mathaba of Makiye and Partners, faces 14 counts of fraud. They allegedly swindled vendors of US$200…

RUTENDO NGARA A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean was allegedly duped of US$8 000 in a botched Crowhill residential stand deal by Yauma Property Management company. Simon Maguraushe, a representative of the company accused of fraud, appeared before Harare magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai, who granted him US$100 bail. It is the State’s case that in August 2025, an…

RUTENDO NGARA THE Bulawayo High Court has jailed a man for 23 years for fatally stabbing a colleague with an Okapi knife following a misunderstanding. Thembelenkosi Mlothswa was convicted of murder with actual intent by Justice Ngoni Nduna. Justice Nduna noted the severe degree of force and depth of the wound, and the fact that…

THE High Court has dismissed an application by a medical doctor who was suspended for not administering blood transfusions because he believes ‘blood is sacred’. Seleman Saidi sought the High Court’s intervention to overturn the Health Professional Authority of Zimbabwe (HPAZ)’s decision to restrict him from practising medicine in areas such as public health, forensic…