A HABITUAL armed robber, who was illegally based in neighbouring South Africa (SA), but suspected of sneaking into Zimbabwe and committing a spate of robberies since 2019, appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday charged with 12 separate counts. Roy Mutemagazi, 43, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje, where he was charged with 12 counts of…
ANOTHER police officer, who is believed to have been part of a gang, including two other cops, that assaulted and extorted money from a married woman who they caught with her lover, has appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court. Lovemore Makwara, who had been on the run since his accomplices were arrested last week, was…
A CHINESE national, 61, has been arraigned before the Harare Magistrates Court after he allegedly stole US$200 000 from his employer. Gui Liangqing was accused of theft of trust property at his arraignment before magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday. During his appearance, Mambanje granted him $500 000 bail and ordered him to surrender his passport to…
A SUSPECTED cocaine dealer took the police on a high-speed car chase in Harare’s central business district over the weekend before he was arrested and found in possession of drugs worth nearly $2 million, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday. Taurai Musindo, 38, was charged with resisting arrest and another charge of unlawful possession of dangerous…
THE Supreme Court is set to hear an application by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), a Zesa subsidiary, in which it is challenging a High Court ruling that was granted in favour of businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s company Intratrek. In January this year, High Court judge, Justice Paul Musithu, ruled that Intratrek’s procurement contract it signed…
TWO female Harare City Council employees have been taken to court accused of stealing over US$6 000 and using the cash to buy furniture and clothes. Miriam John, 32, and Mercy January, 41, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda over the weekend facing a charge of theft. The pair is also facing a charge…
TWO suspected bogus State intelligence officers, who were arrested for allegedly trying to extort money from a local bank, appeared at the Harare Magistrates court on Friday, facing charges of impersonating a public official and extortion. Blessward Rufaro Zvikaramba, 26, and Mathias Mzezewa, 42, were arraigned before magistrate Munashe Chibanda before being released on $200…
A SCRAP metal dealer has been dragged to court after he was allegedly found in possession of a firearm that he picked up over nine months ago while collecting scrap. Darlington Rutendo Manyarara, 20, of Overspill, Epworth, appeared before Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda on Friday, where he was charged with the unlawful possession of a…
TWO armed robbers will spend the next eight years in prison each after a Harare magistrate on Friday found them guilty of robbery in aggravating circumstances. Joseph Phiri and Clever Mununudzi Nengomasha appeared before Harare magistrate Clever Tsikwa. They received a 10-year jail term with a two-year suspension for good behaviour. The two were initially…
A BEER drinker was heavily assaulted by three bouncers at a Harare nightclub after he drank alcohol there and failed to pay, a magistrate heard last week. The matter was brought to court after the employees of Holies Nightclub were arraigned before Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda on an assault charge. The three, Benjamin Chaperuka, 43,…
