A CHINESE-OWNED mining company has been fined US$700 for contravening the Postal and Telecommunication Act and illegally operating a Star-Link equipment without a licence. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), San He based in Guruve, Mashonaland Central Province, was found guilty by a Bindura magistrate for “wilfully possessing and or operating a radio station…

THREE suspected robbers, who are already in remand prison, have been charged with a fresh armed robbery after they allegedly stole alcohol worth US$1 264. Nigel Regis Rongai, 22, Owen Phani, 36 and Praise Mundoringisa, together with their alleged accomplice, Tatenda Memory Chigodora, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday.The four were remanded in…

THE Supreme Court has, for a second time, dismissed an appeal filed by the first batch of recalled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs in October last year. The former opposition lawmakers, who include Prince Sibanda Dubeko, Fibion Kufahakutizwi and Bright Vanya Moyo, among others, filed an appeal against High Court judge Munamato Mutevedzi’s November…

AN AMERICAN who was awaiting deportation after illegally entering Zimbabwe broke out of the temporary holding cell at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport and fled, a Harare magistrate heard. Austin Lenard Ray, 50, appeared in court yesterday before magistrate Ruth Moyo where he was charged with contravening the Immigration Act.State prosecutor Nomsa Kangara told…

A CHIPINGE man, 78, who was arrested for raping his 14-year-old daughter in December last year, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The man, from Jekacheka Village, was brought before the Chipinge Magistrate’s Court where he was found guilty of rape.According to a statement by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the man raped…

A MBARE, 22, who was found in illegal possession of general anaesthesia and antibiotic medication, has been fined US$300 by a Harare Magistrate. Chipo Neruwana, of Matapi Flats, appeared before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo where she pleaded not guilty to contravening section 38 (3) of the Medicines and Allied Substances Control Act.However, during her trial,…

By Nyasha DubeSENIOR STAFF WRITERduben@dailynews.co.zw A MAN from Lupane in Matabeleland North Province, who was facing assault charges after attacking his neighbour with an axe handle for talking to his wife, has been found guilty. Ronnie Sibanda, 36, of Shabula Village was arraigned before the Lupane Magistrates Court where he was charged with assault.The complainant,…