A FORMER prosecutor, Henry Muringani, who assisted dangerous criminals get bail, was yesterday sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Harare magistrate court. He was arrested last year and has been on trial facing six counts of criminal abuse of office. Yesterday, Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa sentenced him to 20 years in prison, of…
THE High Court has commended the Primary and Secondary Education ministry for introducing radio lessons during the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuring that students had access to education. This comes after an NGO, Care at the Core of Humanity (Catch), fi led an application at the court seeking an order declaring that the ministry had violated…
THE trial of opposition legislator Job Sikhala, who is accused of obstructing the course of justice, resumes today after it was postponed last Friday by Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa. Sikhala, who has been in custody since his arrest last year last, appeared before the court on March 28 for the continuation of his defence case….
AN Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ) legal manager has been arraigned before the Harare Magistrate’s Court after he allegedly helped his boss cover up a criminal offence. Ropafadzo Kunze, 35, was charged with defeating or obstructing the course of justice when he appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro last Thursday. Alternatively he is being…
A FORMER prosecutor, who was being charged with helping dangerous prison inmates get bail, has been found guilty and convicted at the Harare Magistrates Court. Henry Muringani, 40, was arrested last year and charged with six counts of criminal abuse of office. He is set to appear in court tomorrow for sentencing. The National Prosecuting…
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has allocated new top-of-the-range Ford Ranger double cab vehicles and sedans to some of the country’s magistrates. This emerged this week as about 200 magistrates met in the resort town of Victoria Falls for the inaugural national magistrates’ conference. Addressing the magistrates on Thursday, chief magistrate Faith Mushure expressed her…
CLERK of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing charges of allegedly inflating a Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) tender for the purchase of laptops and desktops. Chokuda and Parliament’s procurement director Stanley Bhebhe were arrested by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officials yesterday morning and were later brought to court…
HARARE City Council acting town clerk Phakamile Mabhena Moyo has appeared before a local magistrate’s court after he allegedly illegally allocated himself and other senior council officials’ residential and commercial stands. Moyo, 54, and Mount Pleasant ward 17 councillor Happymore Gotora, 47 appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai MuchuchutiGuwuriro facing three counts of criminal abuse of…
TWO Criminal Investigations Department (CID) police officers were yesterday arraigned before a Harare magistrate’s court after they allegedly extorted U$700 from a suspect they had arrested. Petros Kambalazaza, 35, and Elvis Magaya, 38, who are based in Bindura, appeared before magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro yesterday facing charges of extortion. It is the State’s case that on…
HIGH Court judge, Justice Siyabona Musithu, has dismissed an application by a Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison inmate who sought an order instructing Parliament to facilitate consultations for inmates interested in making submissions to the Prisons and Correctional Services Bill. Given Mushore, who is serving a lengthy prison sentence, filed for a constitutional mandamus, arguing that…
