A DRINKING binge turned sour, resulting in a 54-year-old man from Aspindale, Harare, shooting a fellow imbiber twice after a misunderstanding in a bar. Leonard Dahwa has since been charged with attempted murder after the alleged attack on the imbiber. He was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before regional magistrate…
THE State believes they have a case against Gokwe Nembudziya parliamentarian and businessman Justice Mayor Wadyajena, pictured, and want him to stand trial. The Zanu PF legislator is accused of fraud and money laundering involving US$5 million allegedly siphoned from the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe.Wadyajena has since approached the court for challenging his placement on…
THREE men accused of duping dealers of over US$750 000 on the guise that they would send them an amount equivalent in local currency want to be prosecuted separately as one of them is implicating others. Munir Kanrudin Kazi is jointly charged with Shingirai Levison Muringi and Andre Hoffman on fraud charges.Lawyers representing Kazi and…
ZANU PF parliamentarian and businessman Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who was implicated in a US$5 million fraud scandal at the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe, is seeking to have the allegations dropped saying charges are contrived and designed to falsely implicate him and his company Mayor Logistics. Wadyajena is alleged to have acquired 25 trucks from alleged…
A HARARE magistrate has deferred its ruling on an application for discharge that was filed by assault accused Marry Mubaiwa following the amputation of part of her right hand on Friday. She is accused of assaulting her maid Delight Munyoro after a clash over children at a private school in the capital. Marry, who is…
TWO Harare detectives from CID Drugs appeared in court over the weekend, accused of demanding US$1 000 bribe from suspected drug dealers for favourable testimony in court. Shinnon Mihloro and Fortune Simbarashe Matoma were nabbed at Harare Magistrates’ Court for receiving US$70 trap money after one of the drug dealing suspects reported the matter. The…
VICE president Constantino Chiwenga’s ailing ex-wife, Marry Mubaiwa, was on Friday amputated part of her right hand at a private health institution in Harare. She was amputated just above the elbow after medical experts’ recommendation. This is after a series of failed attempts to get treatment outside the country with the courts denying her applications…
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) students have approached the High Court in a bid to get an order to reverse the recent steep fees hikes by the institution. This comes after the university raised its fees by an average of more than 600 percent. The hikes resulted in students embarking on demonstrations last week, which saw…
A UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe student spent the weekend in prison after she allegedly shared a message in a WhatsApp group inciting other students to burn the library as part of the protest against the recent fees hike by the institution. Tsitsi Mutamba, 20, was not asked to plead to allegations of incitement to commit public…
BUSINESSMAN and politician Philip Chiyangwa has won the bid to reclaim his land at Old Citrus Farm in Chinhoyi after the High Court said over 59 settlers should vacate the place as they do not have papers authorising their stay. The invaders had approached the High Court seeking to stop their eviction from the farm…
