A MAN from Rainham, Harare, appeared before a magistrate’s court last week after he allegedly raped a Grade 4 pupil for five days. William Mutizwa, 55, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Taurai Manuwere, where he was charged with rape before being remanded in custody. He was also advised to approach the High Court for bail….
A HARARE maid, 19, is facing infanticide charges after she was allegedly caught trying to dump her newly born baby girl. Tilda Kamhaka, who is employed by a Mufakose family, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi last week before being released on US$50 bail. She will return to court on September 5. The State…
A HARARE man has been hospitalised after allegedly being hit with a hoe at a bar at the Blue Lagoon Shops in Avondale during a violent disagreement with another drinker. Hampson Masunda, 48, of Ushewokunze was arraigned before magistrate Taurai Manuwere on attempted murder charges for allegedly severely assaulting Richard Kabasa before he was remanded…
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, has vowed to continue fighting to take part in next month’s elections as an independent presidential candidate. This comes despite the devastating blow that he received yesterday after the Supreme Court confirmed an earlier High Court ruling barring him from participating in the poll. In dismissing Kasukuwere’s appeal against…
A HARARE family tried to kill their son-in law for abusing their daughter before forcing him to file a fake police report, a Harare magistrate heard on Thursday. Castain Gusha, 49, his wife Fungai Chivige, 44, and their daughter Define, 25, were arraigned before magistrate Taurai Manuwere on an attempted murder charge. Gusha and Chivige…
A BOTSWANA-BASED driver, who allegedly stole over 700 litres of diesel from a truck he was driving before selling it, has appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing theft charges. Dimpho Mthombeni, 36, of Francistown, was arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi before he was remanded in custody. The accused is also facing a second charge…
PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Saviour Kasukuwere will get to know whether he will contest in next month’s polls or not as the Supreme Court is expected to deliver its judgment on his appeal today. The former Cabinet minister and Zanu PF national commissar, who is in exile in South Africa, is seeking the Supreme Court to nullify…
THE High Court has dismissed an application filed by the Labour, Economists and African Democrats (Lead) president, Linda Masarira, in which she was suing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for rejecting her nomination papers last month. When the Nomination Court sat on June 21, Masarira tried to pay the US$20 000 presidential candidate fee using…
A SUSPECTED Kwekwe fraudster, who evaded arrest for nearly four years after allegedly duping a man out of US$36 000 in a botched car deal, appeared before a Harare court yesterday. Ricard Ernest Joseph, 34, was arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing a charge of theft of trust property before being granted US$100 bail and…
A MAN from Marlborough, Harare, has taken his mechanic to court after he allegedly stole US$2 600 that was meant to buy a car engine from South Africa. Jealous Bonomali, 39, was arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday where he was charged with fraud before being granted US$100 bail and he will be back in…
