THE High Court has freed on $5 000 bail a motorist accused of negligently colliding with a State motorcade biker along the Harare-Bulawayo highway recently. Tatenda Mupariwa, 26, who is facing negligent driving and driving without a valid driver’s licence, approached the High Court after he was initially denied bail by a Mbare magistrate almost…
HARARE regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje is this Friday expected to decide on former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo’s application in which he is challenging accusations of grabbing land, creating residential stands and fleecing home-seekers in the process. Chombo, pictured, challenged his placement on remand last month, arguing that there was no nexus between him and the…
LAWYERS representing former Social Welfare minister Priscah Mupfumira have approached the High Court challenging a warrant of arrest issued against her last Friday. Mupfumira is on trial in a matter she is jointly charged with former Social Welfare ministry permanent secretary Ngoni Masoka for allegedly flouting tender processes and prejudicing the National Social Security Authority…
THE State is today expected to respond to an application by former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo who is challenging allegations that he grabbed land, created residential stands and fleeced home seekers in the process. Chombo last month made an application challenging his placement on remand arguing there is no nexus between him and the alleged…
WHILE jail is an unpleasant place to be, it could be a blessing in disguise for 29-year-old, Matthew Hopkins, who is currently incarcerated and waiting for sentencing over an offence of possessing a dangerous drug — crystal meth (mutoriro). The addictive drug has left the country at crossroads on how to decisively deal with the…
PARLIAMENT has summoned Presidential Affairs minister Joram Gumbo, pictured, to appear before the august House to explain to legislators how the government’s economic policies are being implemented. At the start of this year, Treasury began implementing the five-year National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) economic blueprint. This was after the government’s Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) ran…
TWO managers employed by a money transfer institution — Mukuru — have been arrested on allegations of stealing US$100 000 secured in a vault on behalf of a client. Mukuru’s Harare Sam Nujoma branch manager Alexander Zengeni and his assistant Raphael Ruduvo have since been charged with theft of trust property. It is the State’s…
HARARE regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje has slapped a hawker based at Makombe Building with a 20-month prison term after convicting him of soliciting for bribes from desperate passport seekers. Nicholas Chogugudza pleaded guilty to bribery charges in a case in which he was jointly charged with an official from the registrar general’s office, Prisca Moyo,…
TWO Harare men have been arrested on attempted murder charges after they struck another man in the head with an iron bar following an argument over the FA Cup final between English clubs Leicester City and Chelsea. Leicester won the match 1-0 and lifted their first FA Cup trophy in the club’s history following Youri…
THE State wants Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent Chamakandiwona Nyahunda incarcerated as a way of sending a strong message against corruption after he allegedly connived with suspected gold smuggler Tashinga Masinire. Nyahunda, who also goes by the alias Vincent Moyo, is accused of orchestrating Masinire’s smooth passage at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport before he…
