A WOMAN from Mutare allegedly hired the services of a suspected forger to create fake documents that could get her daughter enrolled at a nursing school in Cyprus. Lilian Mafuso, 51, of Datvest in Mutare appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa last week facing fraud charges before she was granted a US$100 bail and remanded…
THE spread of Covid-19, the worldwide pandemic that made the world close its doors for near[1]ly two years, necessitated the creation of a system which could allow people, in particular litigants, to access justice and the legal system online. And from that need was born the idea of the much anticipated electronic court system, which…
HARARE magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday granted US$200 bail to fraud-accused Bindura Town mayor Jacob Gwature. The accused and his accomplice, Jonathan Kapasi, were arrested last weekend after they were allegedly connected to a case of fraud involving US$6 970. However, magistrate Gofa granted Gwature bail but denied Kapasi’s release as he was previously convicted on…
HIGH Court judge Justice David Mangota has authorised the confiscation of 81 540 smuggled mobile phones worth over US$350 000 belonging to a Zambian telecommunications company that were recently seized by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra). The company, Rock Telecom Limited, had appealed to the High Court for the release of the mobile phones after…
A HARARE man allegedly stole nearly US$3 000 from his girlfriend before raping her on two separate occasions. Blessing Silas Moyo, 30, of Ushewekunze, was charged with two counts of theft of trust property, three counts of theft and two counts of rape when he appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday. Moyo was remanded…
POLICE have cleared Drax Consult Sagl chief executive Delish Nguwaya of any wrongdoing after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) declined to prosecute him over a contract between National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpharm) and his company as the deal was proved to be valid by the courts. Nguwaya is also the Pomona Waste Management Company’s chief executive….
A STATE witness in the bail application for the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) director general, Taguma Mahonde, told the court that the accused used coercion, deception and threats to cover up his fraudulent acts. Mahonde will, however, spend the weekend in remand prison after his bail ruling was pushed to October 2. Mahonde was…
A LEADER in the Faith in God Ministries Church in Harare allegedly showed his 10-year-old grand niece pornographic material before indecently assaulting her twice then raping her. Dennis Mpondo, 54, of Westlea in Harare appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday before being remanded in custody to October 23 and was advised to apply for bail…
CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative is facing 17 counts of fraud after he allegedly duped a man of US$18 000. Walter Makwalo, 34, who is employed by the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) as a senior State security aide based in Gweru, is being charged with fraud and an alternative charge of criminal…
A GIRL, 15, who was allegedly being continuously raped by her 27-year-old nephew, exposed the abuse in a note that she wrote to her teacher. The alleged rapist, who cannot be named to protect the victim, appeared before the Harare Magistrate’s Court yesterday facing four counts of rape. Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa released the accused…
