JUDGMENT in a matter in which former MP Job Sikhala and ex-Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko are facing disorderly conduct charges has been postponed to February 16, for a second time this month. The ruling was initially set down for January 12, but was pushed to last Friday after magistrate Yeukai Dzuda revealed that she was…
AN alleged paedophile is accused of raping his 15-year-old daughter on several occasions for over two years while claiming that he was doing it to heal himself and his son from some illnesses. The accused, 40, reportedly raped his daughter from January 2022 until she managed to escape from the home this month, leading to…
TWO suspected car thieves are facing kidnapping charges after they allegedly tried to abduct a man using a stolen car. Austin Makulanga and Tapiwa Chingara, both 29, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje on Friday who remanded them in custody before advising them to apply for bail at the High Court.They will return to court…
STATE prosecutors have asked the courts to sentence notorious armed robbers Musa Taj Abdul, Charles Lundu and Sean Andile Dhlamini to 130 years in prison. Abdul, Lundu and Dhlamini were found guilty of 13 counts of armed robbery in December following a full trial. The trio appeared before Harare Magistrate Ignacio Mhene on Friday for…
THE brutal fight over the inheritance of the late former Cabinet minister, Perrance Shiri’s multimillion dollar estate took a new twist after one of his daughters, Stephan Tanaka Musvamhiri, was on Friday acquitted of fraud at the Harare Magistrates Court. She had been dragged before the courts after her half-sister, Stephanie Rufaro Shiri, accused her…
TWO suspected carjackers, who were arrested by the public after stealing a commuter omnibus, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts where they were remanded in custody. John Nhira, 39, and Innocent Chigwaze, 27, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje who advised them to apply for bail at the High Court. They will be…
A CAMEROONIAN national and his employee are facing kidnapping charges after they allegedly abducted a truck driver who had reportedly diverted a shipment of fertiliser that was on its way from Zimbabwe to Zambia. Moussa Mounchikpou, 57, and Brian Chande, 50, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje before being granted US$200 bail each. The…
FORMER Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Job Sikhala and CCC’s Chitungwiza legislator Godfrey Sithole have been found guilty of inciting public violence that broke out in Nyatsime following the death of CCC activist Moreblessing Ali in 2022. The two denied the charges claiming that they had neither posted the video nor incited anyone to…
A SUSPECTED armed robber tried to stall his trial from commencing while allegedly working in cahoots with a prison officer by forging medical documents stating that his hearing was impaired. Witness Nyarupa, 44, from Kambuzuma and Takawira Taderera, 42, a Zimbabwe Prisons Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer stationed at Harare Remand Prison now stand accused of…
FIVE Harare men have been arrested after they allegedly illegally erected a precast wall on council land. Trevor Dowera, 48, David Belo, 48, Kennedy Kwaramba, 26, Kenias Paradza, 26, and Michael Chiyangwa, 18, appeared before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo where they were charged with contravening the Regional, Town and Country Planning Act. They were granted…
