Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw ACCESS Forex employee Brian Ch- itanda, who was stationed in Kariba, was given a suspended 24 months’ imprisonment at the Chinhoyi High Court for theft of US$9 000. The sentence came after he appealed against the magistrate’s ruling where he was sentenced to 60 months’ imprisonment. Another 12 months of the sen-…
Rutendo Ngara HIGH Court judge David Man- gota has acquitted a Plumtree man Fainos Mlalazi of murder charges. Mlalazi was arrested in 2020 for allegedly fatally assaulting Nkululeko Makaba with a plank on his head in Madlambuzi. Justice Mangota ruled that Mlalazi was apprehended by a mob on his way from a beer hall andhe…
POLITICAL EDITOR FOREIGN Affairs minister Frederick Shava yesterday took over the Sadc Council of Ministers chairmanship from Angola’s minister of External Relations Téte António. Speaking during the official opening of the ordinary Sadc Council of Ministers meeting at the new Parliament Building in Mt Hampden yesterday, the regional bloc executive secretary Elias Magosi said they…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HARARE magistrate Fadzai Mutombeni sentenced three rapists to 35 years imprisonment each last week following their conviction on three counts. The three, Mischeck Musarurwa, 24, Kundai Zvenyika, 24 and Tinashe Bonda, 24, raped three minors in Budiriro suburb between 2022 and 2024. In her ruling, Mutombeni said despite the fact they were…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A BEITBRIDGE man was sentenced to 25 year imprisonment by the Bulawayo High Court for murdering a fellow party attendee, accusing him of coming from a village with arrogant people. Fanuel Mbedzi killed the now deceased by crushing his head with stones during the night of March 28 2020. In…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 37-YEAR-OLD woman from Thorngrove suburb, Bulawayo, has been sentenced to an effective three years in prison after she was convicted for defrauding a home seeker of US$450 after she misrepresented herself as a house agent. Enisia Tshuma appeared before Bulawayo provincial magistrate Maxwell Ncube facing a charge of fraud. She…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO COUNCILLORS have called for a change in the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)’s billing system which is currently based on estimates, saying it is unfair for residents who are enduring irregular water supplies. During a recent full council meeting, Ward 13 Councillor Susan Sithole said the seizure of residents’ properties by the…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw ANOTHER suspect in a US$4 million fraud case appeared in court on Friday, joining his five accomplices who were denied bail at the magistrates court recently. Tsomba Wengai, 41, joined Zanu PF Mashonaland East secretary for finance Timothy Gowo, 37, Gerald Saidi, 39, Lovemore Majati, 35, Nigel Chimbwanda, 39, and Nathan Gowoko,…
AN 18-YEAR-OLD mother Junior Mafura from Waterfalls, Harare, appeared in court on Saturday for allegedly throwing her live baby into a dam in the area. Magistrate Ethel Chivasa remanded Mafura, who is facing an attempted murder charge, in custody to August 16 for bail application. The court heard that the baby which was dumped is…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A CHINESE national who was tasked to transport chrome ore to South Africa appeared in court for allegedly diverting six loaded trucks to an unknown destination. Xu Jinxi appeared before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo facing theft of trust property charges and he was released on US$300 bail. According to the State,…
