A VAGRANT is facing charges of obstruction of justice, inciting violence and resisting a peace officer after he allegedly assaulted police officers in Harare’s central business district (CBD). Knowledge Mamombe, 22, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi who remanded him in custody until November 13. State prosecutor, Zebediah Bofu told the court that Mamombe…
A HARARE woman is facing charges of sexually abusing her 12- year –old nephew sometime in September. The woman, 33, from Highfield, Harare, was brought before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa last Friday and was granted free bail. The State, represented by Lancelot Mutsokoti, is alleging that the woman called the complainant into her bedroom and…
A SUSPECTED habitual offender allegedly convinced his ex-wife to legally change their son’s name so that he would share Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s surname. Lloyd Matotote, 36, who was previously arrested for masquerading as the vice-president’s close aide, is now facing another charge of falsifying a birth certificate. He was brought before Harare magistrate Dennis…
FORMER Bikita West MP and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe senior official Munyaradzi Kereke and suspended Harare Municipality Medical Aid Society (HMMAS) chief executive, Everisto Rukasha will spend the weekend in custody awaiting their bail application ruling on Monday. Appearing before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday, Kereke insisted that he had not been involved in the…
THERE was drama in the court yesterday as lawyers representing Mighty Warriors coach, Shadreck Mlauzi tried all kinds of tricks to try and have his trial postponed. Mlauzi is facing charges of indecent assault after allegedly trying to sexually assault the team’s fitness trainer, Brenda Chiora, on two separate occasions. When his trial kicked off…
CONVICTED Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya will spend a second weekend in remand custody after High Court judge, Justice Pisirayi Kwenda, postponed her mitigation hearing to next Tuesday. Rushwaya, 56, was arrested in 2020 by detectives from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) after she was found with over 6 kilogrammes of gold in her…
FORMER Bikita West MP and senior Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) official Munyaradzi Kereke was yesterday remanded in custody after he was arrested for allegedly defrauding Harare Municipal Medical Aid Society (HMMAS) of US$137 000. He is jointly charged with suspended HMMAS chief executive Everisto Rukasha who was also remanded in custody. The two were…
THE sentencing of former Finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe, who was on Wednesday convicted at the High Court of smuggling fuel into the country worth over US$55 000, has been set for next Thursday. Prosecutors have asked the High Court to jail Mukupe and his accomplices, Same Kapisoriso, Ngonidzashe Mutsvene and Joseph Taderera, who were…
HARARE magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday dismissed an application by 35 Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) and Election Resource Centre (ERC) employees who were seeking to be removed from remand. They were arrested in August this year at a hotel in Harare after allegedly attempting to consolidate and announce the results of the 2023 harmonised elections…
AFRICAN Business Woman Association (ABWA) chief executive Shamiso Fred yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Court facing 16 counts of fraud after she allegedly duped potential investors in a botched egg and dairy production project worth nearly US$200 000. Fred and her company, ABWA, allegedly convinced 16 individuals to join a Ponzi scheme before defrauding…
