A POLICE officer, Osmond Tatenda Manjoro, has been remanded in custody after appearing at the Harare magistrate’s court facing criminal abuse of duty charges after allegedly arresting a suspect without an arrest warrant. In the State’s case, Malvern Chimutashu and Abel Bocho asked Manjoro, a constable at the Harare Central, to arrest Lawrence Tamayi while…
INSURANCE firm, Hamilton Insurance, was recently defrauded of $317 813 by one of its employees, the Harare Magistrate’s Court heard. Insurance agent, Tendai Kumbulani Mudimbu, 33, was hauled before magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Monday, answering to the theft of trust property. Hamilton Insurance is being represented by Webster Sithole, who was responsible for selling insurance…
A BID by former Chitungwiza chamber secretary Priscilla Vengesai to be released on bail pending the determination of an appeal against her conviction and sentence hit a snag after the High Court on Monday threw out her application. Vengesai, who was arrested in 2014 after attempting to bribe a High Court judge, was sentenced to…
A HARARE man, who purported to be a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer, has been arraigned before the magistrate’s court facing two separate charges of kidnapping and extortion. Munyaradzi Mupazviripo, 51, who was arrested on Saturday, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday before he was remanded in custody and is set to appear back…
A SUSPECTED fraudster, Judith Gamuchirai Goredema, has appeared in court after she allegedly fleeced a company, Routhy International Recruitment Agents, of US$38 000 claiming she was able to recruit Zimbabweans to work as healthcare workers in the United Kingdom. She appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Wednesday, facing two charges, one of money laundering…
HIGH Court judge, Justice Emelia Muchawa, has dismissed an application by five Indian tourists who were challenging a warrant of further detention after they were arrested in January. The five, Tamas Vohora, Shabbirbhai Shaikh, Asif Shaik Ashab Daula and Mohmedriyaz Yakub Pir were arraigned before the magistrate’s court for allegedly violating the Immigration Act after…
A ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) officer will spend 10 days in detention at Chikurubi Detention Barracks in Harare after he reportedly sold two cows for $50. This comes after the High Court threw out an application in which he challenged his conviction and sentence. The officer, only identified as Sergeant Botoro, who is in charge…
A MUREHWA man, who is believed to be part of a three-man gang of robbers that stole US$17 500 from a suspected thief in Harare and used his share of the loot to pay lobola, appeared in court yesterday. Isaac Haruzive, 34, Panashe Tsuro, 22, and Tongai Chirimumimba, 27, were arrested on Monday after they…
NETONE Cellular has been ordered to reimburse $552 561 that the Communications and Allied Industries Pension Fund (CAIPF) paid to the mobile network provider’s former employee, Willie Walter Munakiri. This comes after CAIPF approached the High Court, arguing that the company should be responsible for paying its former employees’ pension benefits until they reach 65…
TENANTS renting commercial properties can no longer refuse to vacate premises after their leases expire following a landmark High Court ruling on Monday, declaring as unlawful some sections of the Commercial Premises (Rent) Regulations of 1983. In the past, the regulations declared that lessees with expired contracts became “statutory tenants” — persons who are legally…
