A HIGH Court judge has sentenced an Epworth man, Takudzwa Timothy Hazvirambwi, to six years in prison after he was convicted of killing his friend, Tineyi Mamvura, following an altercation. Hazvirambwi, 41, was arrested last year, initially facing a charge of murder, but was later convicted of the offence of culpable homicide. During the trial,…
THE State witness in Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala’s obstruction of justice trial has admitted that the videos presented as evidence before the courts were not authenticated. This was after Sikhala’s lawyer, Harrison Nkomo, yesterday cross-examined the witness, Kudakwashe Mandiranga, and accused him of lying to the court when he stated that…
A FARMER from Gweru, Mary Frances Bowers, has approached the Supreme Court seeking to overturn a High Court judgment that confirms the government’s seizure of her farm in 2005. Last month, High Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi dismissed Bowers’ application, ruling that the High Court had no jurisdiction to deal with matters involving the expropriation…
THE trial for Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s former wife, Marry Mubaiwa, kicked-off at the magistrate’s court yesterday. Mubaiwa, who is accused of attempting to kill Chiwenga while he was admitted at a private hospital in South Africa in 2019, appeared before Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka. When the parties appeared before the magistrate in the morning,…
HIGH Court judge, Justice Neville Wamambo, has granted an order stalling the eviction of over 4 000 families from Spitzkop Farm in Zvimba, Mashonaland West province. The judgment comes after the Greater Spitzkop Residents Association (GSRA) filed an application seeking to stop the proposed re-pegging of residential stands and collection of US$30 per family by…
A HIGH Court judge has ordered the deportation of a Rwandan refugee who was convicted by a Harare Magistrate’s court in 2019 of contravening Section 29 of the Immigration Act. Placide Maseshengo unlawfully obtained a Zimbabwean identity document under the name Charles Chikati. He was sentenced on June 17 2019, and ordered to pay a…
HIGH Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi, has confirmed a 16-year jail sentence for a Mutoko man, Knowledge Mashopo, who was convicted and sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2019 at the Marondera Magistrate’s court for raping a four-year-old girl. Mashopo approached the court earlier this year seeking condonation to file an appeal against both…
A Parks and Wildlife Management Authority of Zimbabwe (Zimparks) ranger has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing an endangered black rhinoceros in the Chipinge safari area last October. Johane Guzha, 37, was charged with contravening the Parks and Wildlife Act when he appeared before the Chipinge magistrate’s court this week. The court found…
HIGH Court judge Justice Jacob Manzunzu has berated businessman Ofer Sivan for lying to the court in order to get a favourable ruling. Sivan is currently involved in a legal fight with his partners, Gilab Shabtal and Munyaradzi Gonyora, over their mining company, Adlecraft Investments. He approached the High Court last year,seeking to be declared…
FORMER MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri, who was expelled from the opposition party earlier this month, has failed to block his expulsion from Parliament at the High Court after Justice David Mangota on Tuesday dismissed his application. Mudzuri was seeking an interdict to prohibit the party from writing to the august House confirming his recall…
