THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday threw out an application by opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora challenging the validity of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec) recently gazetted delimitation report. The ruling clears the way for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to go ahead and proclaim the dates for this year’s crunch national elections. Had Mwonzora’s case been successful, it…
TWO women from Eastlea, Harare, who are suspected to be drug dealers selling methamphetamine and marijuana, have been arraigned before a Harare court. Norah Makwavarara, 39, and Vimbainashe Magurei, 40, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday, facing two charges of unlawful possession of dangerous drugs and contravening section 38(1) of the Medicines and Allied…
A BRITISH national, who allegedly duped a mining company of over US$120 000 in a bogus copper ore purchasing deal, has been arraigned before a Harare magistrate. James Daniel Mckey, 46, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing a charge of theft of trust property, before he was released on a $300 000 bail and ordered…
A MAN from Domboshava, Goromonzi, has appeared before the court after he allegedly murdered his father. Casper Tigere, 20, who is being charged with murder, appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Friday, where he was remanded in custody and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court. He will be back in court…
A “GOOD Samaritan”, who helped a woman, 39, who was being assaulted before turning around and raping her, is now in trouble. Ibrahim Mohammed, 29, from Belapezi, Epworth, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje last Thursday facing a charge of rape and was remanded in custody and will appear back in court on May 24 pending…
THREE police officers based in Beitbridge stand accused of stealing, at gunpoint, a top-of-the-range vehicle worth US$60 000 at a fuel station in the border town. Andrew Magwenzi, 35, Edmore Nyamaropa, 30, and Prince Mugove Kuchekenya, 39, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje accused of stealing a Toyota Prado worth US$60 000. Magwenzi and Nyamaropa appeared…
FORMER Warriors and Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Tinashe Nengomasha has won custody of their two children in his divorce from the daughter of the late music icon Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, Samantha. Mtukudzi filed for separation for a second time in 2021, claiming that there was no hope of a successful reconciliation between her and Nengomasha. C…
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) students have been granted a huge relief after the High Court issued an order declaring that the institution’s fee hike last year was irregular and should be set aside. This comes as last year the UZ astronomically increased fees by over 700 percent, a figure that saw some students having to…
ZENGEZA West MP Job Sikhala was yesterday found guilty of obstruction of justice by a Harare magistrate and sentenced to an optional US$600 or six months in jail. Sikhala, who has been in remand prison since his arrest in June last year, was on trial after he posted a video on social media claiming that…
TWO senior Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ) officials, who have been in custody since Saturday, when they were arrested for allegedly manipulating a vehicle tender procurement process, were yesterday released on $200 000 bail each. IDCZ public relations manager Derek Nkululeko Sibanda, 45, and accounting officer Edward Tome, 50, were arraigned before Harare magistrate…
