POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man and his wife after they allegedly murdered their employer before making off with his property. Baron Chiguru, 28, and his wife, Sheila Ndlovu, 29, were reportedly working as domestic workers for Geneva Sibanda, 62, at his plot in Inyathi. It is reported that Chiguru and Ndlovu struck Sibanda…
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has called on the government to fulfill its promise and adequately fund scholarship programmes that help disadvantaged students across the country. This comes after the organisation noticed that many public schools have ignored the warnings by the ministry of Primary and Secondary and continued turning away students who…
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has urged the government to take action so that schools do not turn away learners for failing to pay tuition because doing so would violate their right to an education. This is in view of the government’s recent approval for schools to fix tuition fees in Zimbabwe or…
THREE Wedza men have been arrested after they were caught cultivating marijuana in their garden. The three, Edmore Gonese, 36, Blessing Chisango, 27, and Tellmore Toro, 32, were allegedly growing the plant at Idufu Farm in Wedza. They were caught with 27 plants with an average height of two meters. In a statement yesterday, police…
THERE is no joy for incarcerated Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala, as he will remain in prison after the Harare magistrate’s court yesterday dismissed his latest application for bail. This marks the 12th bail attempt Sikhala has made since he was arrested in July for allegedly inciting the violence that erupted in…
A HARARE woman has dragged two of her churchmates to court, accusing them of making defamatory statements that ruined her reputation and standing in church. In summons filed at the High Court, Florence Kadake demanded the sum of US$65 000 in damages after Pamela Makonza and Darlington Nyabinde allegedly made statements that insinuated she had…
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti, who was arrested back in December after he allegedly verbally assaulted a Russian national, has approached the High Court seeking a review of magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro’s decision to dismiss his application seeking to quash the charges. Biti is currently appearing before Muchuchuti-Guwuriro after he allegedly launched a verbal tirade…
POPULAR Zimdancehall entertainers, Arnold Kamudyariwa aka DJ Fantan and Tafadzwa Kadzimwe, also known as Levels, have escaped a jail term after the High Court ordered them to pay a $2 000 fine each for violating Covid-19 regulations. The two, who were jointly charged with Dammer, had initially been sentenced to six months in prison, before…
BUSINESSMAN Philip Chiyangwa has been granted a relief after the High Court ruled that police have the legal right to arrest nearly 30 residents who invaded his Chinhoyi Old Citrus Farm. High Court judge, Justice Pisirayi Kwenda yesterday dismissed an application filed by the 30 residents to stop their eviction and ruled that the order…
A HARARE man has sued his uncle for $1 million after alleging that he called him a “son of a whore” during a recent family gathering. Rozva Dereck Mushinyi has dragged his late father Alex George’s brother, Ben, to the High Court accusing him of making defamatory statements that ruined his reputation and standing in…
