LAWYERS representing Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior member Job Sikhala and Chitungwiza North MP Godfrey Sithole yesterday grilled the State’s witness over statements contained in State papers. The two lawmakers are currently on trial on charges of inciting public violence after Sikhala allegedly posted a video which led to disturbances that broke out in…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO TWO security guards deployed at a gold mine in Hope Fountain, on the outskirts of Bulawayo, appeared in court yesterday for allegedly fatally shooting an illegal miner who had sneaked into the premises. Musabvunza Mabumure, 40, and Jabulani Nyathi, 53, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza, facing a murder charge. They…
POPULAR musician Progress Chipfumo yesterday appeared in court facing charges of negligent driving and causing a road accident while driving along Samora Machel Avenue, Harare, in March this year. Chipfumo appeared before a Harare magistrate where he was charged with contravening a section of the Road Traffic Act. He was released on free bail and…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora says his party, the MDC, is a genuine political movement fighting for a level playing field ahead of this year’s general elections. This comes after Mwonzora has received widespread criticism from different quarters and accused of being a puppet of the ruling party, Zanu PF, as he filed court applications seeking…
A HIGH Court judge acquitted a woman who killed her estranged husband in Waterfalls, Harare, while suffering a mental illness in 2021. Leoba Muzondo fatally struck Farai Tsatsa, with a metal hoe during an argument over the now deceased’s shoes that the accused was holding as security for payment for her plastic dish and a…
THE Zimbabwe Association of Neurological Surgeons says it is intensifying the training of neurosurgeons in the country to ensure their services are decentralised. This comes at a time when Harare and Bulawayo are the only two cities with neurosurgeons with the second capital having only two specialists, one based at the United Bulawayo Hospitals and…
A MAN from Highfield, Harare, who allegedly stabbed his wife in the back and threatened to set their house on fire because he suspected she was having affairs, appeared before a Harare magistrate yesterday. Achievement Mandishara, 35, appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa, where he was charged with attempted murder and was remanded in custody after…
DESPITE the government’s efforts to avail vehicles and other necessities ahead of this year’s general elections, police remain under-equipped to effectively deliver on their mandate. Speaking in the Senate last Thursday, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said while police have received some vehicles to use during and after the general elections, they remain in dire…
A 27-YEAR-OLD man has been hauled before a Harare magistrate court after he was allegedly caught trying to rape his tenant’s three- year-old daughter. Ignitious Dzemwa, 27, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje last Friday and was charged with attempted rape. He was remanded in custody and ordered to file his application for bail at the…
A HARARE man, 23, was sentenced on Thursday to an effective six months in prison after he was found guilty of illegal drug possession. Onward Vulengoma had appeared before magistrate Ruth Moyo and he was found with a sachet of crystal methamphetamine worth $10 000. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) told the court that on…
