A WOMAN travelling in a commuter omnibus from Epworth to the capital’s city centre suffered a swollen eye after the conductor head-butted her during an argument over US$0,50 cents. Tafadzwa Zivavo, who was charged with assault, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi before being granted US$200 bail and will return to court on April 4….
THREE police officers have appeared in court, adding to the growing list of suspects who allegedly took cash stolen during last month’s Quest Financial Services robbery in Harare. Since Asima, Weston Muzoriwa and Perseverance Chisango are facing criminal abuse of office charges after they allegedly took some of the US$53 000 cash stolen by two…
A DRIVER, who was allegedly driving the bus that was used to smuggle over 30 toy pistols and magazines from South Africa to Zimbabwe, appeared in court yesterday as the drama in the saga continues to unfold. Mthandazo Moyo, 45, of Tynwald South, Harare, appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi where he was charged with smuggling…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A MAN, 35, from Wanani Mine in the outskirts of Bulawayo has been dragged to court for allegedly axing his tenant for turning off his radio before 8 pm. Maqhawe Mahlangu yesterday appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Matthew Mahlangu facing attempted murder charges and was remanded out of custody to…
Ketty Nyoni HARARE city on Tuesday conducted public interviews in search for a new chamber secretary. This comes as the local authority has for years been operating without a substantive chamber secretary since the departure of Josephine Ncube in 2018. Ncube was succeeded by Charles Kandemiri who took over in an acting capacity before he…
A MAN from Budiriro in Harare, facing murder charges, managed to escape after an angry mob went to his house demanding that he surrender himself to the police. Last Takundwa, 31, an artisanal miner, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing murder charges. He stands accused of killing Geodricks Mushonga following an argument at Big…
POLICE have confirmed that three students were killed and one injured when a Toyota Fortuner vehicle veered off the road and hit them in Mutare, Manicaland Province. In a statement yesterday, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the accident occurred at the two-kilometre peg along Christmas Pass-Shamhu Road. ‘’The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms a fatal…
A SERIAL armed robber who was recently found guilty of raping two girls during break-ins into two family homes in Churu Farm, Glen View, Harare, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Blessing Mutota was on trial before Harare magistrate Fadzai Mutombeni facing three counts of rape and two counts of unlawful entry. Mutota,…
THE establishment of unit shops to let in the Bulawayo Central Business District (CBD) has been met with mixed feelings with some councillors expressing health fears while management felt that the operators only needed to regularise their operations. This emerged during a full council meeting debate yesterday after it was revealed that council had received…
A MAN in the Midlands province allegedly stoned his brother to death over the Liverpool-Manchester City football match at the weekend, which…
