VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged and ailing wife Marry will stand trial in a matter she is accused of providing false information to a marriage officer after two prison doctors ruled that she is fit to follow proceedings. This is despite spirited efforts by Marry’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa asking the court for a postponement to…
A HARARE magistrate yesterday heard that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry, had undergone psychiatric evaluation during her committal to prison…
MDC legislator Yvonne Musarurwa was yesterday slapped with assault charges following an alleged attack on the party’s chief of protocol Kudzanai Mashumba…
THE Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday granted an application by former Cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira, pictured, for the temporary release of her passport so that she travels to Warwick, England, to see her ailing brother. Mupfumira, who was then Public Service minister, together with National Social Security Authority (Nssa) director Barnabas Matongera, are currently standing trial…
POLICE commissioner Erasmus Makodza, who is being prosecuted for allegedly facilitating the leasing of a police farm to his girlfriend, has claimed his arrest was malicious and was done without the knowledge of commissioner-general Godwin Matanga. Makodza is being charge with corruptly concealing from a principal personal interest in a transaction or alternatively criminal abuse…
A gynaecologist — Tinovimba Mhlanga — from a Harare fertility clinic — Ivitro Fertilisation — who was accused of sexually assaulting a…
A 20-YEAR-OLD woman from Chitungwiza, who was allegedly used in a money-laundering scam that saw US$140 000 being spirited to France, was yesterday granted $20 000 bail. Shanice Tom was made to open two VISA accounts at a local bank on the guise that she would be given US$200 for each card before surrendering them…
ACTING chief magistrate Faith Mushure is now presiding over the case in which MDC-Alliance youth leaders Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri are accused of faking their abduction. This follows the recusal of regional magistrate Vongai Muhuchuti–Guwuriro after they mounted an application to remove her from the case. The two represented by Alec Muchadehama and Jeremiah…
TWO learners from Seke 1 High School in Chitungwiza died on Friday after they were struck by lightning on their way from school. According to the police, the students fell onto the tarmac and one of them was then hit by a vehicle before they were rushed to hospital where they were pronounced dead. “The…
IN A new development, popular preacher and leader of Goodness and Mercy Ministries, Tapiwa Freddy, was yesterday arrested for allegedly raping his former broadcaster mistress. The unexpected turn of events comes a few days after Freddy had caused the arrest of ZBC radio presenter Rutendo Makuti on extortion charges. The prominent preacher appeared at the…
