By Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw A BINDURA man will serve the next 30 years in jail after he was found guilty at the Bindura Magistrates’ Court for raping his 13-year-old daughter and forcing her to massage his manhood. The convict and the complainant’s mother separated after which the complainant went into the custody of…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO TWO Nkayi brothers, Japhet and Likhwa Mpofu have been sentenced to six years in prison each for culpable homicide after fatally assaulting their elder brother, Jabulani Mpofu during a family altercation. They appeared before Justice Christopher Dube-Banda at the High Court in Bulawayo. They were at first charged with murder…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HARARE magistrate Collet Ncube yesterday handed a wholly suspended sentence to Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) administrator Jameson Timba and his 34 accomplices who were last week convicted of participating in an unlawful gathering last June. They had been in remand prison since then. Passing his ruling, magistrate Ncube said…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THE High Court in Bulawayo has ordered double murder accused and prominent Gweru car dealer, Peter Dube, to undergo fresh psychiatric tests. This comes after Dube was spotted on multiple occasions drinking water from the prison toilet and conversing joyfully alone. This was also witnessed when he was in the dock…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A POPULAR Bulawayo car dealer and socialite, Brighton Chipunza, popularly known as Dash, has been remanded in custody over alleged theft of a South African-registered Toyota Fortuner from a car wash in the city’s central business district (CBD) last week. Chipunza appeared at the Bulawayo Magistrates’ Court facing car theft charges….
Stella Madzivanyika STAFF WRITER madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE Japanese Embassy to Zimbabwe has donated two ambulances worth US$50 000 to Adult Rape Clinic as a way of contributing to the fight against Gender-Based Violence (GBV). This comes as Zimbabwe has joined the rest of the world in commemorating 16 Days of Activism Against GBV. The commemorations, which…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO POLICE have arrested three suspected robbers implicated in a spate of criminal activities in and around Bulawayo and Gwanda following a shootout. This comes as cases of armed robberies in the country are worryingly on the rise with several individuals and businesses having lost millions of US dollars to the culprits…
THREE Harare robbers, who robbed and killed a motorist who had offered them transport before stealing his vehicle and using it as a getaway car, have been handed life sentences by a High Court judge. David Chimbambo offered a lift to Godfrey Marowa, Trymore Tirivatyi and David Mupandawana from Highfield in Harare into the central…
Rutendo Ngara HIGH COURT judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi last week sentenced Wellington Gweshure to 20 years imprisonment for killing his wife while heavily intoxicated. In his ruling, Justice Mutevedzi regretted that efforts to stem murders resulting from domestic violence were not successful as the cases continued to rise. He dismissed Gweshure’s defence that he killed…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A PROMINENT Bulawayo businesswoman and award-winning fashion designer Pamela Mwapaura has been spared trial after her husband, Kwame Mwemba, withdrew charges of domestic abuse against her. Mwapaura had been facing allegations of physical abuse and malicious damage to property following two incidents which took place last March and this month. She…
