EIGHT Pakistanis were yesterday arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Court after they were arrested earlier this week for allegedly forging immigration documents to enter the country. The eight are Farukh Dilawar, 20, Tahir Azeem, 37, Sikandar Zulquarnain, 31, Muhammad Tahir, 26, Muhammad Fayaz , 39, Muhammad Asif, 26, , Muhammad Ali, 28, and a 15-year-old…
HARARE bouncers Gideon Sanyangore and Blessing Kumunda, facing attempted murder charges, will continue languishing in pretrial detention after their second attempt for bail was struck off the roll at the High Court after their lawyer failed to turn up. The two appeared before High Court Judge Munamato Mutevedzi, but the judge was yesterday forced to…
A FORMER police officer, Jaison Muvevi, who allegedly shot and killed three people in Wedza, last Friday, is set to appear back in court tomorrow after the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) obtained a warrant for further detention. The suspect was arrested in Mozambique on Monday while trying to jump the border before his extradition to…
A MUREHWA magistrate was arrested and charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer after he allegedly accepted a US$80 bribe. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is alleging that in September last year, Edwin Marecha, 42, received a US$80 bribe from Artwell Paraffin on the condition that he passes a non-custodial sentence for…
THE trial for Marry Mubaiwa in which she is facing allegations of attempting to kill her former husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga while he was hospitalised in South Africa, has been set for this Friday at the Harare magistrate’s court. The matter failed to kick off yesterday after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) asked for a…
TWENTY five Citizen’s Coalition for Change (CCC) activists, including two MPs, who were arrested last Saturday in Budiriro, Harare, are expected back in court today for the continuation of their bail application. They appeared in court yesterday for their second day of their bail hearing before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda, but the matter was postponed…
TWENTY five members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), who were arrested at the weekend in Budiriro, Harare, are scheduled to appear back in court today for continuation of their bail application after they were yesterday remanded in custody. The 25 were arrested over the weekend after they allegedly “participated in a gathering with…
TWO HARARE women are set to appear in court today facing charges of culpable homicide after they allegedly caused the death of a four-year-old boy. Agatha Muzidzwa, 28, who is the mother of the child, and Patience Temera, an unlicenced traditional healer, were initially arraigned before the Harare magistrate’s court on January 4. It is…
AN Italian national has been arraigned before the Harare magistrate’s court after he allegedly defrauded a local man of nearly US$185 000. Maurizio Arezio, 49, appeared before magistrate Clever Tsikwa over the weekend, facing two counts, one of fraud and another of money laundering. It is the State’s case that Arezio and his brother, Gabrielle,…
HIGH Court judges Justices Neville Wamambo and Emilia Muchawa have dismissed an application filed by 12 Buhera villagers who sought to challenge the construction of a boarding school on a piece of land in Madzivanyika village. This comes after the Murambinda magistrate’s court granted an order to the Munda Family Trust, which barred the…
