By Yvonne Ncube A MAKOKOBA, Bulawayo, man, 36, has appeared in court facing assault charges after he allegedly assaulted his wife for failing to wash his clothes, resulting in her losing a tooth. Johnson Dube yesterday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Collet Ncube, facing physical abuse charges and was remanded out of custody to October 14…
A GWERU man, who is believed to have been involved in a spate of robberies in Harare between last December and February this year, has been charged with eight counts of armed robbery. Tendai Ruchiyo, 34, stands accused of breaking into retail shops in the capital and making off with cash and other valuables worth…
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HIGH Court judge, Justice Siyabona Musithu, has blocked Lands minister Anxious Masuka from cancelling a lease agreement belonging to former Grain Marketing Board (GMB) chief executive Samuel Muvuti and his wife Joylene for their farm in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central Province. The couple, owners of HolmeHead Farm, had filed a court application after Masuka wrote a…
WITH concerted efforts from all stakeholders Zimbabwe can achieve its vision of becoming an upper-middle income economy by 2030, despite the challenges…
POLICE have identified five of the six victims who died in a plane crash last Friday in Zvamahande, Mashava, Midlands Province. However, police are still working on identifying the sixth victim who is believed to have been a visitor to Zimbabwe. “Five victims were positively identified by their next of kin as listed: Harpla Singh…
FOUR men allegedly followed a Criminal Investigations Department (CID) police officer from Highfield in Harare to his home in Chitungwiza before stabbing and robbing him of US$140 and his service firearm. Munyaradzi Chatonzwa, 43, Sydney Rande, 32, Mark Tatenda Chingombe, 32, and Simbarashe Steven Ota, 34, stand accused of attempted murder, theft of a fi…
THREE former police officers, who were sentenced to death in 2014 by then High Court judge Hlekani Mwayera, have escaped death sentences after Supreme Court judges ruled that their cases should be brought back to the High Court for fresh sentencing. Kudzai Madziro, Leeroy Muteyera and Ronald Sambo, who were attached to the Police Support…
A CHIREDZI man faces theft charges after he allegedly stole US$10 000, which was part of some cash that he had been given by his employer to deliver to Harare. Peter Dhliwayo, 34, of Maverick, Chiredzi, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday before he was granted US$100 bail. Dhliwayo stands accused of stealing US$10…
ZIMBABWE National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) director general Taguma Mahonde, who was arrested last week on fraud charges, was yesterday granted a US$200 bail. Mahonde, who is facing fraud and contravening the Prevention of Corruption Act charges and an alternative obstruction of justice offence, was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc).He made his initial appearance…
