A SUSPECTED armed robber, who is believed to be one of the suspects who allegedly robbed a Chinese company of nearly $1.8 million in local currency in Aspindale, Harare, in 2018 has appeared in court. Christopher Asoni, 43, was arrested last Thursday after being on the run for nearly five years and appeared before Harare…
A MAN from Mvurwi will spend the next three years in prison after he was found guilty of assaulting his friend to death after the now-deceased joked about having an affair with his wife. Mike Foya, who was initially arraigned before the High Court facing a charge of murder, denied the charge, but pleaded guilty…
A 73-YEAR-OLD self-styled traditional healer from Glen View, Harare, stands accused of sodomising a 12-year-old boy multiple times for nearly five years and giving him cash to remain silent. Paradzai Kausiyo Wambe was arraigned before magistrate Ethel Chichera over the weekend, facing a charge of aggravated indecent assault. He was released on a $20 000…
A MAN from Epworth appeared before the courts last week after he allegedly raped his 20-year-old cousin multiple times for five years. The man, 26, whose name is withheld for the sake of the victim, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje. He was remanded in custody and ordered to return to court tomorrow. The…
TWO men from Mabvuku, Harare, have landed themselves in court after they allegedly beat up and killed a man they suspected to be a robber. Fredrick Nhata, 41, and Forget Zhakata, 26, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda on Friday where they were charged with murder before being remanded in custody. Chibanda then instructed…
HIGH Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has dismissed an application by a Chivhu-based clergyman who sought to have Statutory Instrument (SI) 221 of 2020 declared unconstitutional. The Statutory Instrument deals with the High Court (Fees) (Civil Cases) Regulations and advises litigants, who have fi led summons to pay the registrar of the High Court one…
ANOTHER University of Zimbabwe student, who allegedly participated in “Free Job Sikhala” protest, has been brought before the Harare Magistrate’s Court for malicious damage of property. Gamuchirai Chadarumunda, 22, was arraigned before Harare Magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday, before she was remanded in custody. She will be back in court on Monday to file her bail…
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has ordered Parliament to review a law which introduced stiff fees for candidates who will take part in this year’s national elections. Sitting as a full bench, the ConCourt ruled yesterday that the law which gave effect to the country’s new nomination fees for aspiring presidential, parliamentary and council contestants contravened…
THE Supreme Court has upheld a High Court ruling in which a judge declared that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) did not have to release an electronic voters roll to the public. Last year, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Harare North MP, Allan Markham, took Zec to the High Court demanding the release of…
TWO Harare bouncers, who were arrested last December after they allegedly attacked patrons at the upmarket Pabloz Night Club in Borrowdale in the capital the same month, have been removed from remand. The pair, Blessing Kumunda and Gideon Sanyangore, was arrested on December 29 after the police launched a manhunt for them after a video…
