A HARARE woman has been arraigned before a Harare magistrate’s court after she allegedly forged documents in a bid to get a piece of her late male companion’s estate. Tokozani Mazvimbakupa Dhliwayo, 58, appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure last week facing fraud charges. However, she was released on free bail and is set to…
A CHIVHU woman, Emelda Marizani — who killed her four daughters in cold blood in 2020 — has been sentenced to four life terms in prison. Marizani was convicted of the gruesome murder of her children last Friday, after she poisoned them, slit their throats and then set the house that they were in on…
LAWYERS who are representing Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala in a matter in which he is accused of obstructing the course of justice told the court yesterday that they would be presenting an expert witness next week. The opposition legislator appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa for the continuation of his trial case which began…
FORMER Zanu PF Kambuzuma MP Tinashe Maduza, who has been on the run since August last year after he allegedly sodomised his employee, has been hauled before a Harare magistrate’s court. Maduza, 34, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday facing charges of aggravated indecent assault and another count of failure to renew a firearm…
A SUSPECTED land baron has been arraigned before a Harare magistrate’s court facing six counts of fraud after he allegedly defrauded US$44 400 from unsuspecting home seekers. Nelson Mandizvidza, 49, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday and was remanded him in custody before being ordered to return to court today for his bail application….
CITIZENS Coalition for Change Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala has accused the police and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of doctoring a video they tendered in court as evidence against the accused. The opposition politician is on trial after he allegedly posted a video on social media in 2022 and made claims that CCC activist…
A POLICE officer was yesterday hauled before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts on allegations of duping an unsuspecting woman of US$1 220 by pretending that he could source chrome ore on her behalf. Ethaton Munyukwi, 38, who is part of the Police Protection Unit (PPU) and is stationed in Southerton, Harare, appeared before the court facing…
HIGH Court judge, Justice Rodgers Manyangadze, has dismissed an application filed by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Harare East MP Tendai Biti, who was seeking a review of a magistrate’s ruling barring him from approaching the Constitutional Court. While delivering the ruling yesterday, Justice Manyangadze only read the operative part, noting that the reasons for…
ANOTHER suspected Zanu PF supporter has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts after he was part of a trio that allegedly assaulted Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) officials who were conducting voter education campaigns in Epworth last week. Dennis Dausi, 34, is suspected to be an accomplice of the ruling party’s Harare provincial political commissar, Kudakwashe…
ZIMBABWE Youth Action Platform (ZYAP) leader Tonderai Chidawa’s court challenge against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec) delimitation report suffered a stillbirth yesterday after the Constitutional Court threw out the application seeking to nullify Parliament’s acceptance of the report. Chidawa wanted the ConCourt to nullify the February acceptance of the report by Parliament, arguing that the…
