A DOMESTIC dispute involving a Harare couple turned violent after a 23-year-old woman scalded her husband with cooking oil. Charity Phiri of Globe Trotter, Old Mazowe, was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Taurai Manuwere where she was charged with attempted murder and remanded in custody and would appear back in court today to file her…
THE High Court has ordered Harare businessman and cleric Shingi Munyeza and his wife Wilma to pay a US$100 000 debt that they owe a senior communications and public relations expert Marjorie Mutemererwa. The matter spilled into the courts in March after Mutemererwa filed summons against the Munyeza’s, accusing them of refusing to pay back…
A STUDENT at Belvedere Teachers’ College in Harare allegedly placed her newborn baby in a plastic bag and dumped it behind a hostel, a magistrate heard at the weekend. Bridget Tafirieyi, 18, appeared before the court facing charges of infanticide before being granted US$100 bail and ordered to return to court on September 6 for…
THE High Court on Monday heard a matter in which Labour, Economists and African Democrats (Lead) aspiring presidential hopeful Linda Masarira is suing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for rejecting her nomination papers. Masarira’s attorney, Andrew Makoni, said after the hearing that the court would let them know when the judgment would be delivered. Masarira…
INDEPENDENT presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere has been granted temporary respite after the High Court yesterday struck off the roll an application for execution of judgment filed by lawyer Lovedale Mangwana. In his application filed earlier this month, Mangwana wanted the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to go ahead and print presidential ballot papers without Kasukuwere’s name….
THE sixth University of Zimbabwe (UZ) student, who has been in remand prison since his arrest in May for allegedly spray painting government buildings in Harare’s Central Business District (CBD) during a “Free Job Sikhala” protest, has been freed on $500 000 bail. Darlington Upenyu Chigwena, 21, was arrested and charged with seven counts of…
A TOUT who allegedly took police on a high speed chase after he fled from them in handcuffs appeared before the court last Friday. Clinton Gatakata, 23, who is facing resisting arrest charges, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi who remanded him in custody. He will return to court today to file his bail application….
TWO suspended Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers are facing theft charges after they allegedly broke into a liquor store in Mufakose, Harare, and robbed the owner of US$650. The duo, Masimba Kunyongana, 31, from Southerton Police Station and Abigail Muchero, 37, from the Police Mbare District Headquarters, as well as their co-accused, Kelvin Machengo, 27,…
A BUDIRIRO man allegedly raped his then 18-year-old niece for nearly eight months in 2018 after threatening to stop paying for her mother’s hospital bills if she exposed him, a Harare magistrate heard last week. The alleged rapist, Kudakwashe Muzadzi, 38, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa where he was charged with rape before he…
TWO more civil servants, who allegedly abused the government’s rebate scheme designed to help public workers import vehicles without paying duty, have appeared before a Harare magistrate court.Tarn Custon Jojo, 34, and Appronia Benda, 29, who are employed by the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), were arraigned before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa on Thursday, facing a charge…
