A MEMBER of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has appeared in court on allegations of raping his two-year-old daughter whom he shared the bed with several times in the absence of the mother. The soldier, 41, denied the allegations when he appeared before a Harare magistrate yesterday and will be back in court for his…
A HARARE City Council projects superintendent has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Court over a US$2 million road rehabilitation scam. Asiyo Mkombeze, 59, appeared before Harare regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje last Friday on criminal abuse of duty charges and will be back in court today for bail ruling. According to court papers, in 2017, the city…
THE trial of businessman Wicknell Chivayo accused of paying a US$10 000 bribe to former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) boss Stanley Kazhanje to win a Gwanda solar project has been deferred to next Thursday. This was after his lawyer Lewis Uriri could not attend the hearing as he was engaged in another matter. Chivayo, who…
HARARE regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje has thrown out an application by the State to have Harare West Member of Parliament Joana Mamombe, pictured, imprisoned for failing to report to the police last Friday. Mamombe told the court that she had gone to collect her sister for school from their rural home, but reported to the…
FORMER Zanu PF kingpin and now interim leader of the newly-formed Front for Economic Emancipation in Zimbabwe (FEEZ), Godfrey Tsenengamu, pictured, says he is working with disgruntled former allies of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to topple the ruling party leader from power in the 2023 elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday — a week after he savaged…
THE Harare Magistrates’ Court yesterday ordered the ailing estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Marry, to be examined by State doctors to ascertain if she was fit to stand trial. This comes after Marry was diagnosed with lymphoedema — a condition which her doctors describe as a build-up of fluids in body tissues that…
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has accused the police of pursuing a political agenda in the matter the State is seeking to bar him from accessing Town House. Mafume’s defence team told the court yesterday that the fact that two of the three key witnesses in the matter are police officers is a clear indication that…
THE Harare regional magistrate will today rule on an objection raised by Harare mayor Jacob Mafume in a matter in which the State is seeking to bar him from visiting Town House. This comes after prosecutor Michael Reza last week summoned Mafume to court seeking an order barring him from visiting the Town House to…
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume, who is facing gross incompetence and misconduct charges, insists the latest attempt by prosecutors to bar him from accessing Town House is a politically-motivated move which is a gross abuse of the criminal justice system. This comes after prosecutor Michael Reza on Wednesday summoned Mafume to court seeking an order barring…
ZANU PF Mashonaland East youth league chairperson Kelvin Mutsvairo and Lincoln Matare have appeared before a Goromonzi magistrate for allegedly duping Melfort home seekers by selling them residential stands on an illegally-acquired piece of land. The two were charged with fraud after the buyers reported them to the police when they were served with eviction…
