FORMER Vice President Joice Mujuru has been granted a brief relief after the Sheriff of the High Court recently stayed the execution of an auction that would have resulted in the sale of her farming equipment in Beatrice over a US$226 000 debt. The auction comes after the Supreme Court, in March, ordered Mujuru and…
A PREVIOUSLY convicted robber, facing a charge of housebreaking, surprised court officials and the public yesterday after he demanded the postponement of his bail application as he needed time to rest. Gift Machokoto Gandiwa, 34, appeared before Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda, where he was supposed to file his bail application. However, before the State, represented…
CONVICTED popular comedian Felistus Murata, known as Mai TT, will spend the next nine months in prison after Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda sentenced her yesterday for theft of trust property while an additional charge was added for defaulting community service. On Tuesday, Chibanda found her guilty of illegally using a hired car as collateral to…
TWO police officers have been hauled before the courts after they allegedly extorted US$1 000 from a married woman by threatening to expose her extramarital affair. Gift Pfirwe, 36, Jonathan Taurai Dhokwani, 33, and their accomplice, Takesure Magunje, 50, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda yesterday facing extortion charges. They were granted $200 000…
POPULAR comedian Felistus Murata, known as Mai TT, who was convicted of theft of trust property on Tuesday, spent another night in prison after the State said yesterday it needed time to verify her eligibility for community service. Magistrate Munashe Chibanda convicted her of illegally using a vehicle from a local rental company as collateral…
A HARARE magistrate yesterday issued a warrant of arrest for former president Robert Mugabe’s son, Robert junior, after he failed to appear in court for the start of his trial. He is facing charges of malicious damage to property and two counts of assaulting or resisting arrest by a police officer. However, Mugabe failed to…
POPULAR local comedian Felistas Murata, commonly known as Mai TT, has been found guilty of theft of trust property and was remanded in custody yesterday pending sentencing today. She was on trial for using a vehicle from a local car rental company as collateral in a US$10 000 loan agreement. Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda found…
AN OFFICER with the Presidential Guard of the Zimbabwe National Army yesterday appeared before a Harare court for possessing three live rounds. Kudakwashe Zvobgwo, 32, was arraigned before magistrate Munashe Chibanda facing a charge of contravening a provision of the Firearms Act. He was released on $100 000 bail before being ordered to return to…
A CRYPTOCURRENCY dealer who was arrested last week for allegedly stealing over US$400 000 from a local specialist doctor, has been denied bail by a Harare magistrate. Lloyd Chiyangwa initially appeared before the court on June 6, facing a charge of fraud and has been in custody pending the determination of his bail application. However,…
THIRTY-NINE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters appeared yesterday before a Chitungwiza magistrate court facing charges of destroying Zanu PF offices and houses in Nyatsime. They were charged with public violence and remanded in custody. The State was represented by Michael Reza, Malvern Mwendera, Faith Simango and Munyaradzi Karimazondo, while the accused were represented by…
