A FORMER convict, who recently benefited from the presidential amnesty programme, appeared in court yesterday facing fresh charges of robbing cash and property worth over US$10 000. Privilege Mapfumo, 32, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing two counts of robbery and two counts of unlawful entry and was remanded in custody before being instructed…
A HARARE magistrate has ordered a man who was arrested earlier this week, after parking his car at a busy road intersection before shouting at passing motorists, to undergo a mental health examination before he is sentenced. Itai Makombe, 51, appeared before magistrate Simon Kandiyero yesterday where he was charged with disorderly conduct. He is…
A RUSAPE man, who is accused of moving around central Harare pretending to be a police offi cer and demanding money from illegal vendors, was yesterday arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing impersonation and extortion charges. Wiseman Makombe, 30, was arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi and was remanded in custody and will be back…
A HARARE man, who allegedly acted as a proxy for an illegal foreign currency dealer before duping a company director of nearly US$29 000, was yesterday arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Charles Nyadongo, 29, was arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing a charge of theft of trust property and was released on $200 000…
HARARE magistrate Learnmore Mapiye has dismissed an application for bail that was filed by four University of Zimbabwe students nearly three weeks ago. The students, Emmanuel Sitima, 24, Comfort Mpofu, 22, Tawanda Watadza, 24 and Lionel Wadamombe, 24, have been in custody for over two weeks. They were arrested on May 17 and each charged…
THE High Court has reserved judgment in a bail application filed by incarcerated Transform Zimbabwe (TZ) leader Jacob Ngarivhume pending the determination of his appeal against his sentence and conviction. Ngarivhume was sentenced to three years in prison last April after Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka found him guilty of inciting public violence where he urged…
THE Supreme Court has overturned a ruling in which a High Court judge ordered the Justice ministry and Attorney General (AG) to submit to Parliament a draft bill stipulating the code of conduct for vice presidents and ministers. In 2021, Harare lawyer Nyasha Chiramba took Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and the AG, Prince Machaya, to…
A 27-YEAR-OLD man has been arraigned before a Harare court after he allegedly rammed into a police motorbike that was a part of a State motorcade. Anold Muzanenhamo appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday. He was charged with contravening a provision of the Road Traffic Act – negligent or dangerous driving. He is also being…
A MAN, who was arrested over the weekend for allegedly breaking into a house in Mount Pleasant, Harare, told the court that he was being framed by a commercial sex worker he met at a bar. Panashe Guni, 28, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday, facing a charge of unlawful entry in aggravating…
A SUSPECTED notorious armed robber, who was on the police’s wanted list after allegedly robbing ZX Fuels filling station in New Ardbennie and other Harare companies of over US$500 000, has been arraigned before a magistrate’s court facing eight charges. David Majagada, 49, appeared before Harare Magistrate Stanford Mambanje last Friday facing armed robbery charges….
