LOCAL government minister July Moyo has been stripped of the powers to make decisions on behalf of local authorities in the country, after the High Court last week declared that Section 314 of the Urban Councils Act was invalid. According to the clause, a minister has the authority to overturn, postpone, or revoke council…
TWO Bulawayo brothers have been sentenced to four years in prison each by a local magistrate’s court for assaulting a Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) bus conductor and robbing him of $2 000, which is just equivalent to US$3. Nhlanhla Gangeni, 25, and Siphosenkosi Gangeni, 21, appeared at the Tredgold Magistrate’s Court in Bulawayo,…
POLICE in Harare are hunting for a serial rapist who has violated five young girls at Churu Farm in Glen View 1, Harare, since last November. Harare provincial spokesperson Julius Chakanza told the Daily News yesterday that the rapist is targeting girls aged eight to fifteen. “We have received five cases since November from Churu…
A LAWYER based in Gokwe Town has been sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment after a magistrate’s court found him guilty of raping a four-year-old girl. Mike Mudara, 34, who is employed as a lawyer by the Justice ministry, was arrested last year after he molested his friend’s four-year-old daughter. He was arraigned before the Gokwe…
HIGH Court judge, Justice David Mangota, has scolded 10 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs who sought to be allowed to wear yellow neckties in Parliament. This comes after the 10 approached the court accusing Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda of violating their constitutional rights. According to court documents, on April 5 last year, Mudenda…
A ZIMPOST clerk has been brought before the magistrate’s court after he allegedly converted the post office’s funds amounting to $12 million for his personal use. Givemore Dzuda, 35, was arrested earlier this week and is facing charges of theft of trust property. It is alleged that sometime last year, Dzuda and his accomplice, Tatenda…
A HARARE woman was fined $20 000 at the magistrate’s court yesterday after she locked her tenant and her family out of their rented rooms for failing to pay rent. Sithokozile Ndlovu, 57, was arraigned before the magistrate’s court yesterday, facing charges of contravening Section 116 of the Criminal Law codification and Reform Act (Unauthorised…
A UNLICENSED Harare driver, who was dragged before the magistrate’s court for reckless driving after he allegedly hit two people, has been granted $10 000 bail. Kudakwashe Godzi, 32, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mushavakure yesterday after he allegedly side-swiped two pedestrians, resulting in their hospitalisation. He is facing two charges: one of negligent…
THE High Court has ruled that the procurement contract signed between Intratrek Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) in 2015 for the construction of a 100 megawatts (MGW) solar photovoltaic in Gwanda is still valid. Intratrek is owned by businessman Wicknell Chivayo, pictured, who is the managing director. In his ruling yesterday, High Court…
TWO HARARE men have been handed down 10-year prison sentences each after being caught stealing electricity cables from a Zesa power line in Westgate. The two, Richard Dzinzi, 35, and Reward Sibanda, 53, were arrested earlier this week together with two of their accomplices, Tafadzwa Phiri, 27, and Amos Dzinzi, 16. The four appeared before…
