CITIZENS Coalition for Change members Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri who are facing allegations of faking their abduction before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts, believe the State has no case against them and want the charges dropped. The two represented by Alec Muchadehama and Jeremiah Bamu are set to apply for discharge on August 29 and…
A REGIONAL magistrate has declined to let ailing Marry Mubaiwa, in sun hat, who is vice-president Constantino Chiwenga’s ex-wife, off the hook, ruling she will not suffer any prejudice if she is kept on remand. Marry, who is facing money laundering allegations, had challenged further remand, claiming it was prejudicial to her as she is…
POLITICIAN Job Sikhala accused of obstruction of justice, is not giving up the fight for his freedom despite the courts throwing out his applications. Sikhala is alleged to have recorded a video and uploaded it online while addressing mourners at one Moreblessing Ali’s funeral in Seke, Nyatsime, claiming that she had been murdered by Zanu…
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Football Association executives continue to put pressure on the State to put them on trial or let them go. Felton Kamambo, Philemon Machana, Stanley Chapeta, Joseph Mamutse and Bryton Malandule are alleged to have written letters on Zifa letterhead purporting to be executive committee members yet they were on suspension.The five have described…
KEEPING Marry Mubaiwa on remand without trial for 32 months is just vengeance, not justice and a case of weaponising the bail system for personal reasons, her lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has said. She added that her prayer was for Marry’s removal from remand on a charge of money laundering saying the State would not suffer…
A CHITUNGWIZA man appeared in court on Thursday facing allegations of murdering his girlfriend for refusing to leave the club from where they were drinking. Archford Nyikadzino, 38, is accused of committing the offence following a dispute with his live-in girlfriend Jesca Gwati after she refused to go with him saying she still wanted to…
BRIBERY- ACCUSED Zimbabwe Miners Federation boss Henrietta Rushwaya has been acquitted of the allegations. She was accused of offering a US$5 000 bribe to a Civil Aviation Authority (CAAZ) official to allow her to pass through the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport with gold illegally. Rushwaya denied the allegations saying she had no reason to…
AILING Marry Mubaiwa, who is Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s ex-wife, was yesterday brought into court on a wheelchair for the cancellation of an arrest warrant that was issued against her by a regional magistrate on Friday. Marry is facing allegations of attempting to kill Chiwenga in South Africa when he was ill.On Friday, Marry failed…
Blessing MasakadzaSENIOR STAFF WRITERAmasakadzab@dailynews.co.zwTRUCK driver has been nabbed on allegations of conning a local business- man of over 500 000 rand in a botched groceries supplies deal. Admire Mubaiwa allegedly misrepresented that he was in the business of importing groceries from South Africa for a fee before supplying his bank account on the guise that…
AN Albanian national working at a casino in the country has found himself in court, accused of raping a potential employee. Aldo Tuci is alleged to have invited the complainant to his workplace in Greystone Park, Harare, where he allegedly told her that she should sleep with him for her to secure a job.It is…
