A HARARE-based vehicle dealer reportedly recruited a Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) employee to hack into its database in order to conceal his illicit behaviour. Oneraipo Matiyenga, 38, who stands accused of obstructing the course of justice, was arraigned before Harare Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa. He was released on free bail and remanded to October 25…
A HARARE based car dealer faces fraud charges after he allegedly resold a motor vehicle multiple times to cover up the fact that he had imported it using the civil servants rebate scheme. Taona Murombedzi, 31, from Eastlea, Harare, was released on US$100 bail when he appeared before Harare Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa on Thursday. He…
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has slapped notorious armed robbers Musa Taj Abdul and Charles Lundu with another charge of robbery. Abdul, 50, and Lundu, 50, are in the second year of a three-year prison sentence after being found guilty of unlawful possession of a fi rearm and ammunition. They appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo…
TWO Harare men, who are believed to be part of a gang of armed robbers involved in a number of break-ins in the capital, have appeared in court facing six counts of armed robbery. Tongai Magoto, 28, and Maxwell Museruka, 32, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday, where they were remanded in custody and…
JAILED socialite Felistas Murata, commonly known as Mai TT, will be back before the courts on September 29, when her new fraud trial is expected to commence. Murata, who was recently convicted on theft of trust property charges, now stands accused of defrauding her friend, Rachael Mhuka, out of US$10 000.The matter was meant to…
A MARONDERA man has appeared in court facing charges of storming the Supreme Court building in Harare armed with an axe before threatening to kill his former wife over the custody of the estranged couple’s child. Tendai Gambiza, 33, of Nyameni suburb, is accused of violating the Domestic Violence Act and another separate charge of…
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo is now a free man after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) yesterday withdrew at the Harare Magistrates Court two fraud charges against him. The former top government official was facing graft charges after he allegedly fraudulently acquired a piece of land in the upmarket Glen Lorne suburb, Harare before…
A MAN from Mabvuku in Harare, who was detained in connection with an alleged stabbing incident in the same suburb on Sunday, appeared before a court heavily covered in bruises from injuries sustained during a street brawl. Norbert Chiyangwa, 47, of New Mabvuku did not plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa charged…
MARRY Mubaiwa constantly attempted to kill Vice President Constantino Chiwenga during the time he was admitted at a South African hospital in 2019, outgoing deputy Health minister, John Mangwiro, has alleged. Mangwiro said this while testifying as a witness before Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka, in the matter in which Mubaiwa is being charged with the…
A MAN from Hatcliffe, Harare, has appeared in court facing charges of allegedly breaking into his mother-in-law’s bedroom and raping her. Harry Lyton Chidhakwa, 33, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday, before he was released on a US$50 bail. He was remanded to October 13. Prosecuting, Pardon Dziva told the court that the accused…
