AN AGREEMENT between two men to purchase two fuel tankers from Turkey ended badly after one of them was later accused of hiring assassins to eliminate the other. The alleged assassins — Moses Monde, Malvin Manzinde, Malvin Tatenda Nyamuranga, Norbert Muponda, and Joshua Mapuranga — appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday facing charges of…
AN ATTEMPT by lawyer Pettina Gappah, who is currently battling a US$1 million defamation suit at the High Court, to have Justice Jacob Mafusire recuse himself from the case, flopped after the judge dismissed the application. Gappah is being sued by Fadzayi Mahere after she posted a series of tweets claiming that the former Mount…
POPULAR comedienne, Chipo the Trouble Causer, yesterday appeared in court facing charges of assaulting another woman over some reportedly uncouth social media comments. The comedienne, real name Donna Chasaya, 31, was jointly charged with Candice Chiseya, 18, and Evelyn Chandengenda, 30, when they were arraigned before Harare magistrate Lynne Chizhou. The trio was granted US$50…
A HARARE woman, who allegedly worked with her husband to run a fraud scheme, by lying that she was an army colonel with connections in the Defence and Lands ministries, is now facing charges of theft of trust property and fraud. Anymore Munyaradzi Mauru, 41, was arraigned before magistrate Apolonia Marutya before she was remanded…
A SUSPECTED robber allegedly broke into a house at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison Camp in Harare and stole three mobile phones. Tavani Zhou, 47, who is facing unlawful entry charges, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday before he was remanded in custody. He will return to court today to file his bail application. The…
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya was yesterday granted US$500 bail after allegedly defrauding an Indian businessman of US$1 million. She appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing fraud charges, and will return on April 10 for routine remand. State prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti told the court that Rushwaya managed to convince Ashok Jain to…
ISHMAEL Chokurongerwa — the alleged cult leader who is also known as Madzibaba Ishmael — will spend two weeks in remand prison after he was denied bail yesterday. This comes after Chokurongerwa was arrested last week on charges of running a cult in Nyabira, in Mashonaland West. He was nabbed together with seven other officials…
A MAN from Chivhu in Mashonaland East Province has been convicted of murder after he was found guilty of tying his 82-yearold uncle before dumping him in a water well, where he eventually passed away. Taison Chaira was arrested in 2022 after the body of Gibson Mawire was fished out of his household well with…
A WOMAN travelling in a commuter omnibus from Epworth to the capital’s city centre suffered a swollen eye after the conductor head-butted her during an argument over US$0,50 cents. Tafadzwa Zivavo, who was charged with assault, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi before being granted US$200 bail and will return to court on April 4….
A HARARE motorist, who was on the verge of getting a parking ticket, reportedly tried to escape paying the fine by pretending to be a Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) official. Lanky Chikoti, 44, who is now facing charges of impersonating a public official, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday and was remanded out of…
