HARARE magistrate Stanford Mambanje has dismissed a bail application by a woman who allegedly agreed to have her four-month-old baby trafficked from South Africa to Zimbabwe. Pauline Maganga, 23, is currently facing trafficking charges after allegedly working with Janet Marimo to have the baby illegally smuggled to Zimbabwe. In her bail application, Maganga argued that…
A HARARE woman allegedly hid US$15 700 which she had stolen from her employer, in a rubbish bin with the plan of retrieving it later, a magistrate’s court heard yesterday. Otilia Mushoriwa, 39, who is employed by a Chinese national, Chen Hong Zhong, as a housemaid, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure after she…
A HARARE man has appeared in court for allegedly trying to set his ex-wife’s house ablaze following the couple’s separation. After being charged before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera yesterday, 26-year-old Gray Nyamhuka of UZ Farm is now facing malicious damage to property charges. Nyamhuka was released on US$50 bail and told to appear for his…
A COUPLE from Hatcliffe Cooperative in Harare appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday after they filed police reports against each other. Qupatra Tafadzwa Kurarama, 30, and her husband, Justice Mbabvu, were separately arraigned before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera before being granted free bail. Kurarama is being charged with physical abuse and malicious damage to…
A HARARE man is currently admitted at Parirenyatwa Hospital after he was reportedly attacked with a knobberrie on Christmas Eve after being accused of stealing a cellphone. The alleged attacker, Wellington Machezera, 49, of Kuwadzana, was charged with attempted murder when he appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday.Machezera was instructed to approach the High…
THE High Court has dismissed an appeal by a fraudster who was challenging a 12-month prison sentence after he was found guilty of defrauding a woman of US$18 000. Samuel Michael Mutsvunguma, who was convicted of fraud in April by a Harare magistrate, filed the appeal, arguing that the magistrate’s decision was flawed.During the trial,…
AN Employee of Mohammed Mussa, who was involved in a robbery that took place at the wholesale company’s South Avenue store on December 21, used part of the stolen money to pay lobola. Chamunorwa Muvhuti, 40, who was a shop merchandiser, was brought before Harare magistrate Apolonia Marutya yesterday after he was accused of stealing…
A BULAWAYO man who stabbed his estranged wife to death with a kitchen knife following allegations of her infidelity has been sentenced to 19 years in prison. Mgcini Lunga, 31, was arrested last year after he killed his wife, Nicolla, after the couple had a misunderstanding over some text messages which were found on the…
HIGH Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has thrown out an application for bail pending trial by lawyer turned alleged robber, Elatone Bonongwe. Bonongwe was arrested in October after being accused of orchestrating a robbery at a house in Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central Province, resulting in the robbers making off with loot valued at US$30 049…
A MASVINGO man, 35, caused the death of his 65-year-old nephew after he wrestled him at a funeral wake in Bikita district. However, Vetengeni Kwaramba of Chief Makanganwi in Bikita, who was facing a charge of culpable homicide, was spared a jail term after Masvingo High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze handed him a three-year…
