A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl from Bulawayo, who was believed to have been abducted by her father’s relatives and taken to South Africa, has been returned to her mother. In a statement yesterday, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), which was helping to facilitate the safe return of the child, confirmed that the minor was back…
TWO suspects have been arraigned before a Harare magistrate court after they allegedly duped a man, Kennedy Ndambakuwa, into paying them US$36 000 on claims they were able to facilitate United Kingdom certificates of sponsorship to migrate to the country. Alexander Dhliwayo and Bonface Jana were arrested on Tuesday and appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis…
TWO Harare men, Munashe Bauti, 21, and Tinashe Makaruse, 22, appeared yesterday at Harare magistrate’s court facing charges of fraud after they allegedly defrauded Feedmix, a animal feed producer, of US$8 073. Bauti and Makaruse were charged with four counts of fraud when they appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi. They were released on a…
TWO Harare models, who were arrested earlier this week after they were found in possession of cocaine at the five-star Crowne Plaza Hotel, were yesterday denied bail at the Harare Magistrate’s Court. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), on March 5, Tumelo Nare, 26, and Precious Bango, 18, were spotted by hotel security guards…
THREE Harare women, who were arrested this week for allegedly selling illicit drugs from their homes in Tynwald and Mbare, have accused Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officers of assault and robbing them of US$2 800 during their arrests. Memory Gavaza, 44, Norah Kandawasvika, 46, and Evelyn Ropafadzo Chikurwe, age unknown, were arraigned before Harare magistrate…
GOODNESS and Mercy Ministries founder, Prophet Tawanda Freddy, popularly known as T Freddy, has withdrawn extortion charges that he filed against ZBC radio presenter Rutendo Makuti. Makuti was jointly charged with fellow ZBC employee Maushe Mutetepi, Gibson Jaji and her uncle, Witness Bungu. Freddy had accused Makuti of threatening to leak details of their illicit…
INSIDERS say the divorce case involving the late former president Robert Mugabe’s daughter, Bona, and her husband Simbarashe MutsahuniChikore could get hectic over the estranged couple’s multi-million dollar estate. This comes as Bona has already fired the first salvo, demanding a stiff US$8 100 from Simba for the maintenance of their three children. The pair…
THE daughter of the late former president Robert Mugabe, Bona, has officially filed for divorce from her husband of nine years, Simba Chikore, ostensibly because their marriage has irretrievably broken. Bona filed the papers at the High Court yesterday, seeking a decree of divorce, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’. Bona’s lawyer, Fungai Chimwamurombe, could not shed more…
THE High Court has thrown out an application by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Harare North MP Allan Markham in which he sought to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to provide him with the national voters’ roll in an electronic format. The matter, which was heard in court yesterday, was finalised after High Court…
THE High Court dismissed a farmer’s bid to halt the Zimbabwe Defence Forces’ takeover of his farm, citing the farmer’s failure to justify his position. Wonder Mukwaira had sued Lands minister Anxious Masuka demanding that he withdraw the land offer given to the ZDF. According to court documents, on June 25 2013, Mukwaira was offered…
