A SUSPECTED fraudster appeared before a Harare magistrate court on Monday for allegedly duping his friend into paying US$58 450 for a nonexistent housing stand. Takawira Norman Munyavi, 34, appeared before Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti and was remanded in custody. He is set to appear back in court tomorrow for bail application ruling. It is…
A TRUCK driver has been arraigned before a Harare magistrate court facing fraud charges after he allegedly stole bags of rice worth $352 250 that he was transporting from Harare to Bindura. Charles Makohliso, 51, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday and was remanded in custody to April 20. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA),…
By Brandon Jospaht PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended by six months the tenure of the tribunal set up last year to inquire into corruption allegations against suspended Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner John Makamure. A Statutory Instrument (SI) issued by Mnangagwa on Monday stated that the inquiry has been extended by another six months after…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala yesterday chose to remain silent as his trial kicked off at the Harare Magistrate’s Court after his lawyers failed to turn up due to other commitments at the High Court. The accused, Sikhala, who is jointly charged with fellow CCC legislator Godfrey Sithole, appeared before…
A HARARE magistrate has acquitted businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his company, Intratrek Zimbabwe, of US$5.6 million fraud charges involving Zesa’s Gwanda Solar project. Chivayo had filed an application for refusal of further remand, which was granted yesterday by Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube. The magistrate also noted that the State had delayed starting the trial and…
A WITNESS in the case in which Marry Mubaiwa is being accused of attempting to murder her former husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, told the court yesterday that he had not seen the former model removing an intravenous (IV) injection from the ex-army general. Warren Sibanda, a Presidential Guard member and nurse, who accompanied Chiwenga…
A HARARE lawyer Stephen Gahadzikwa has been arraigned before a Harare magistrate court facing charges of fraud after he allegedly helped two clients illegally attain land that was placed in an inheritance trust. Gahadzikwa, 59, is jointly charged with Eunice Makumbe, 62, and Tariro Rita Monalisa Kufandarehwa, 31. The trio appeared before Harare Magistrate Dennis…
A SUSPECTED illegal money trader Isaac Mafa, who was arrested after allegedly defrauding an unsuspecting customer US$14 750, has been arraigned before the courts facing fraud charges. Mafa, 42, appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure on Friday, who remanded him in custody until May 5. Allegations are that sometime in March 2021, Cladious Mutavirwa wanted…
HIGH Court judge Justice Amy Tsanga has dismissed an application by a Harare woman, Reggie Mutsindiri, who sought to have Section 68 (3) of the Administration of Estates Act declared unconstitutional and set aside. Section 68 (3) says that a customary marriage shall not be regarded as valid if when it was contracted, either of…
A ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) officer has been sentenced to eight years in prison after a Harare magistrate found him guilty on charges of robbery. Kudakwashe Kamhizha, 21, was convicted of stealing property valued at US$29 000 from a house in Tynwald, Harare. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) claimed that on October 6, 2021, Kamhizha…
