BULAWAYO High Court judge, Justice Evangelista Kabasa, yesterday granted former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s son, Siqokoqela, $200 000 bail pending appeal for his rape conviction. Mphoko is challenging his conviction and 20-year sentence after he was in May this year found guilty of raping his niece by Bulawayo regional magistrate Elijah Singano. The accused made…
THE Supreme Court has upheld a High Court ruling in which a judge declared that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) did not have to release an electronic voters roll to the public. Last year, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Harare North MP, Allan Markham, took Zec to the High Court demanding the release of…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it will decommission one of its major water supply dams, Umzingwane, in August in a development set to further worsen the city’s water woes. Bulawayo, which is currently grappling with perennial water shortages, is on a tight 72-hour watershedding programme. Speaking during a full council meeting…
TWO Harare bouncers, who were arrested last December after they allegedly attacked patrons at the upmarket Pabloz Night Club in Borrowdale in the capital the same month, have been removed from remand. The pair, Blessing Kumunda and Gideon Sanyangore, was arrested on December 29 after the police launched a manhunt for them after a video…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has resorted to taking legal action against a South African civil engineering firm, Terracotta Trading, the contractor of Egodini Mall, as work on completing the multi-million dollar project remains stalled. The last deadline for the completion of the mall was last February, but construction of the first phase, which includes 1…
A FORMER convict, who recently benefited from the presidential amnesty programme, appeared in court yesterday facing fresh charges of robbing cash and property worth over US$10 000. Privilege Mapfumo, 32, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing two counts of robbery and two counts of unlawful entry and was remanded in custody before being instructed…
THE United Nations (UN) in Zimbabwe has implored the country’s youth to partner with it, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the government in the preservation of the environment and help in reducing plastic pollution. Speaking at this year’s World Environment Day commemorations held in Harare this week, the UN country resident coordinator, Edward Kallon, said young…
A HARARE magistrate has ordered a man who was arrested earlier this week, after parking his car at a busy road intersection before shouting at passing motorists, to undergo a mental health examination before he is sentenced. Itai Makombe, 51, appeared before magistrate Simon Kandiyero yesterday where he was charged with disorderly conduct. He is…
A RUSAPE man, who is accused of moving around central Harare pretending to be a police offi cer and demanding money from illegal vendors, was yesterday arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing impersonation and extortion charges. Wiseman Makombe, 30, was arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi and was remanded in custody and will be back…
A HARARE man, who allegedly acted as a proxy for an illegal foreign currency dealer before duping a company director of nearly US$29 000, was yesterday arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Charles Nyadongo, 29, was arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing a charge of theft of trust property and was released on $200 000…
