THE HIGH Court has overturned a magistrate’s ruling, which was in favour of a Harare man, who had sued his father-in-law demanding back bridal price (lobola) he paid. He sued the father-in-law after his wife cheated on him two months after paying the lobola. Maxmillan Tapiwa Kondowe had initially won a default judgment at the…
AN Epworth man, who is serving an 18-year jail sentence after raping his nine-year-old step daughter, has lost his bid to freedom after the High Court threw out his appeal against both conviction and sentence. The man, who is HIV positive, was convicted in 2017 by a Harare magistrate after being found guilty of two…
THE trial of fraud accused popular gospel singer Ivy Kombo and her husband, Pastor Admire Kasi, has been set for November 28. Kombo and Kasi were arrested on November 2 after they were accused of fraudulently acquiring fake certificates that allowed them to practice as lawyers in Zimbabwe. The couple were registered as lawyers at…
A HARARE woman allegedly defrauded her employer US$9 900 that she claimed was for rent. Nomatter Mutenje, 40, of Tynwald, Harare, is said to have defrauded her employer, Moses Matsveru, who owns a fuel supply and distribution company, Bogrov Trading, by pocketing US$1 000 each time she received money to pay rentals. Mutenje was brought…
NOTORIOUS convicted robber Musa Taj Abdul, who reportedly went on a 20-year armed robbery spree across Zimbabwe before getting arrested in 2020, yesterday told a Harare magistrate that his rights were violated on his arrest. He added that he was mauled by a dog and police officers declined to have him seek medical treatment. Abdul,…
A HARARE man, 28, who forged a Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Advanced Level certificate and used it to get a university degree in Poland, was yesterday found guilty of fraud. Tafadzwa Nyatondo, 28, pleaded guilty and was convicted when he appeared before Harare Magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka. The accused was arrested early this month after…
A MARRIED couple running a real estate company, Ark Properties (Private) Limited, is in trouble for allegedly illegally transferring into their own names a property they were managing belonging to former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono. This comes amid claims that the ex-RBZ chief was mulling pressing more charges relating to mismanagement…
A HABITUAL thief, who committed eight break-ins into homes in Hatcliffe Consortium, Harare, will spend the next five years in prison after he was found guilty of unlawful entry in aggravating circumstances. Edward Makore, 33, of Hatcliff e was arrested after having broken into eight of his neighbour’s homes between October 24 and November 12…
A MAN, 20, from Chief Chinamhora Village in Domboshava, who allegedly paid his 10-year-old victim US$1 in exchange for sex, has been brought before a Harare court. Tinotenda Gatsi, who is being charged with four counts of rape, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei yesterday. He was remanded in custody and advised to approach…
FORMER Finance deputy minister Terrence Mukupe, and his accomplices, Same Kapisoriso, Ngonidzishe Mutsvene and Joseph Taderera, were yesterday sentenced to three years in prison each. They were also ordered to pay a fine of US$12 780 per individual. The four were convicted on November 8 after they were found guilty of smuggling a tanker containing…
