A WOMAN who is being accused of stealing a large sum of money in South Africa and making her way back to Zimbabwe was reportedly blackmailed by three people who demanded US$100 000 to buy their silence. Following their alleged discovery that Otillia Chikandira, 35, had committed a crime in South Africa and had fled…
PIUS ‘Jamba’ Mukandi, who allegedly murdered Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali and dumped her mutilated body in an abandoned well in Beatrice, will know his fate on December 4. High Court judge Justice Esther Muremba was set to deliver his judgment yesterday, but postponed the matter to next week. “The court has…
STATE prosecutors are set to call Vice President Constatino Chiwenga as their next witness in the case in which his ex-wife, former model Marry Mubaiwa, is accused of attempting to kill him. Mubaiwa allegedly tried to murder the former army general in 2019 while he was receiving treatment at NetCare Hospital in Pretoria, in South…
A HARARE man was arrested over the weekend in Chitungwiza after he allegedly incited people to rise and topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa from power. Blessed Mhembere, 22, stands accused of committing incitement to subvert a constitutional government after he allegedly moved around Makoni Shopping Centre, asking people to join his ’revolution’. Mhembere was brought before…
A MAN and a woman have appeared in court facing fraud charges after allegedly trying to use a fake High Court order to get custody of two children. Gift Phiri and Lois Rodo Madyavanhu were arraigned last week before Harare magistrate Apolonia Marutya who remanded the former in custody until today. Madyavanhu, who was coming…
A HARARE man has been taken to court for allegedly forging documents of agreement of sale and claiming ownership of a house that reportedly belongs to ‘Vapostori for ED’ leader Lloyd Gwasira. Nigel Mutambikwa was brought before a Chitungwiza magistrate over the weekend, facing a charge of fraud. Mutambikwa was remanded in custody until Thursday…
A VEHICLE Inspection Department (VID) driving inspector is being accused of fraudulently issuing a Certificate of Competency (CoC) to a woman who had not taken a driving test. Christopher Makweza, 53, who is stationed at the VID Eastlea Depot, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Friday before being remanded out of custody on…
A MAN, who was recently convicted of forging his Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) Advanced Level certificate and used it to get a degree at a university in Poland, has been fined US$300. Tafadzwa Nyatondo, 28, who pleaded guilty before Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka, will face a four month prison sentence if he defaults payment…
HIGH Court judge Justice Fatima Maxwell postponed the hearing of incarcerated Transform Zimbabwe (TZ) leader Jacob Ngarivhume’s appeal yesterday to December 5. He was convicted early this year and sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of inciting public violence after he used his Twitter account to call citizens to join July…
TWO serial robbers, who were facing numerous charges after terrorising residents in Greater Harare last year, have each been sentenced to 95 years in prison. Trymore Nkomazana and McDonald Matarangani Hukuimwe were facing nine counts of robbery, one count of rape, one count of impersonating a police offi cer and another count of malicious damage…
