POPULAR gospel musician Ivy Kombo and her husband, Pastor Admire Kasi, appeared before a Harare Magistrates’ Court yesterday facing fraud and perjury charges after allegedly acquiring fake certificates that allowed them to practice law in Zimbabwe. Kombo, 48, and Kasi, 61, who were registered as lawyers in February this year, are now being accused of…
HIGH Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi yesterday reserved judgment to next Tuesday in a matter in which 23 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators are appealing against their recent recall from Parliament. The 23, who are represented by Amanda Ndlovu and Alec Muchadehama, filed an application seeking the invalidation of their recalls, arguing that the…
A SEXUAL predator, who was arrested early this year after going on a spree of rapping and robbing women sleeping in tuckshops in Domboshava, just outside Harare, has been sentenced to 34 years in prison. Goodwill Mhandu, 21, was found guilty of several counts of rape and robbery by Harare magistrate Letwin Rwodzi who convicted…
Rutendo Ngara INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) minister Tatenda Mavetera has called for intensified education and awareness campaigns aimed at curbing cybercrimes. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa assented to and signed the Cyber and Data Protection Bill into an Act last year in a bid to curb cyber bullying and other crimes. The Act also…
A SOLDIER and a police officer, who were guards at two separate houses in the upmarket Glen Lorne suburb, Harare, have been charged with murder after they allegedly killed a thief who broke into a home in the same neighbourhood on Monday. Stanley Muchimba, 32, who is stationed at the Police Protection Unit (PPU) at the…
A SUSPECTED fraudster is on trial for extortion and impersonating a public officer after he allegedly paraded himself as a ‘junior judge’ before defrauding a Harare woman US$500. Beaven Chipunza, who is facing impersonation of a public officer charges, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda yesterday for continuation of his trial during which he…
A POLICE officer allegedly took advantage of the law enforcement’s ongoing “Tame the Traffic Jungle” operation and abused the process to start a fake commuter omnibus operators’ association. Shepherd Jaricha, 34, who is stationed at the Harare Central Police Station is now being charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer and contravening…
AUTHORITIES say they are working on improving Harare’s water challenges, which will see production of the precious liquid increase from the current 300 megalitres to 520 megalitres per day. In a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said the government was working on rehabilitating the Morton Jaffray and Prince Edward water…
A NOTORIOUS armed robber, who was part of a gang that terrorised residents in Harare by committing a spate of robberies while wearing military uniforms, has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Calvin Gasura was charged with robbery after he broke into a house in Dema, Seke, belonging to Hazvinei Mutasa, before stealing US$30…
A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl who was trying to find bus fare to return home was reportedly raped by her employer’s cousin, who lured her into his car with the promise of money. The suspected rapist, Tafadzwa Mapeka, 28, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa, who granted him US$150 bail and remanded him to November 29….
