NOTORIOUS robber, Musa Taj Abdul, will languish in prison for close to four decades for a slew of violent robberies that he participated in. This comes after Abdul and his accomplices — Charles Lundu and Sean Andile Dhlamini — were jailed by Harare magistrate, Ignatio Mhene, yesterday to an effective 38 years each in jail…
HIGH Court judge Never Katiyo has ordered the Liquor Licensing Board to revoke an operating licence of Harare central business district bar, Madhadha, as its operations were a “nuisance”. The order comes after a neighbour of the liquor store, Innomatz Medical, which operates under the name, CBD Specialist Hospital and Maternity, approached the court seeking…
A FATHER, who was allegedly raping his 13-year-old daughter for over a year, reportedly assaulted her after he found out that she had a boyfriend. The man, 41, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing two counts of indecent assault and three counts of rape. He was remanded in custody and will appear back in…
SEVEN pensioners reportedly lost over $41 million after a suspected fraudster and his accomplices forged their identity documents (IDs). The alleged fraudster, Tawanda Matau, 27, appeared before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei charged with seven counts of fraud. He was remanded in custody and will appear back in court today for his bail application. The State,…
TWO drug dealers, arrested in 2021 after murdering one of their employees, have been sentenced to life in prison by the High Court. Wallen Mupunga and Masimba Makoto were arrested after killing Tinotenda Mandiyanike, whom they accused of stealing their drugs, US$300 and seven pairs of jean trousers before dumping his body along the Harare-Bulawayo…
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an application filed by Zesa in which it was seeking to avoid reinstating a former employee fired a few years ago. The ruling comes after Zesa approached the court seeking recourse for the late filing of an application for leave to appeal. Zesa and its former employee, Saudi Sangula, have…
ZANU PF’s Harare youth league chairperson Emmanuel Mahachi yesterday escaped armed robbery charges after a Harare magistrate denied the State’s application to place him on remand. Mahachi, 36, was arrested over the weekend on armed robbery charges after allegedly stealing a welding machine and generator at gunpoint. The State was alleging that Mahachi went to…
FORMER legislator Job Sikhala and Chitungwiza North MP Godfrey Sithole will know their fate today as Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti is expected to hand down their sentence this afternoon. Sikhala and Sithole were convicted of incitement of public violence last week after the magistrate found them guilty of encouraging the uproar in Nyatsime in 2022…
A HUSBAND and wife reportedly lost US$13 000 after they purchased a car which was later seized by Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) for being under declared. Nyasha Ndhuni, is said to have purchased a Mazda CX-5 from Tawanda and Same Mukungunugwa in April last year. The court heard that on April 9 last year, Ndhuni…
A HARARE man, 23, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl he lured to his home. Tafadzwa Muchechemera of Hopely on Friday appeared before Harare magistrate Clever Tsikwa where he pleaded not guilty to two rape charges.During the trial, State prosecutor Tendai Tapi, had…
