AN employee of TN Bakery, who had been on the run for more than a month after allegedly embezzling company funds, has been charged with stealing over 6 300 loaves of bread worth US$4 850 before the Harare Magistrate’s Court. Lazarus Mudzamiri, 44, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi last week facing theft of property…
A TWENTY year-old man, who killed a fellow drinker in a bar brawl; will spend the next two years in prison after he was found guilty of culpable homicide. Christopher Chidzere initially appeared before High Court judge, Justice Munamato Mutevedzi facing a murder charge, but the offence was later downgraded to culpable homicide. It was…
A MAN, suspected of assaulting another male appeared before the Harare Magistrate’s Court on Thursday facing charges of attacking the complainant at Mugutu Farm in Mazowe, for wearing a Zanu PF T-shirt. Gilmond David, 44, was arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi after he allegedly assaulted Dosman Piko for refusing to take off a Zanu PF…
A FULL bench of the Constitutional Court(ConCourt) will now hear MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora’s challenge against the recently gazetted delimitation report by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). This comes after a three-judge ConCourt panel chaired by Justice Paddington Garwe ruled yesterday that the opposition leader — who also wants to have this year’s crunch national…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson, Fadzayi Mahere, was yesterday convicted of publishing falsehoods after she broadcast a tweet claiming that a police officer had fatally struck a baby with a baton. This comes after Harare magistrate Taurai Manuwere, ruled that Mahere had lied and undermined the authority of the police in her 2021 tweet,…
A FORMER Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) acting chief executive, Satson Muzenda has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for abuse of office, after he illegally violated tender procedures by extending a security company’s contract. In her ruling yesterday, Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka said there was no justification for Muzenda to extend Ex-Combatants Security…
TWO Harare City Council draftsmen have been arraigned before the court on charges of being in possession of articles of criminal use and forgery. Brian Ticky, 30, and Procedure Marange, 38, who are stationed at the Council’s department of Physical Planning and specialise in architecture, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanley Mambanje on Monday facing charges…
A ZEBRA Kiss bus driver, who caused a fatal accident while racing another bus resulting in the death of one person and injuring 21 others in January this year along the Harare-Nyamapanda highway, has been sentenced to two years in prison. Mika Makwara, 49, was arraigned before a Mutoko magistrates court on charges of reckless…
A VIDEO and television editing expert has testified that the video clip that was submitted as evidence by the State in opposition legislator Job Sikhala’s obstruction of justice trial was edited. The Zengeza West MP appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday for the continuation of his defence case. Sikhala, who has been in remand…
A MABVUKU man was yesterday remanded in custody by Harare magistrate at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (Parirenyatwa) where he is seeking treatment after he was involved in a heated argument with his wife and allegedly stabbed her to death using two knives. Ernest Musanza, 32, appeared before a Harare magistrate over the weekend facing charges…
