MDC youth leaders — Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri — accused of faking their abduction, want the matter referred to the Constitutional Court following the dismissal of their application for exception. Represented by Jeremiah Bamu and Alec Muchadeham, the two were charged for allegedly communicating falsehoods prejudicial to the State and had applied for exception…
Andile Tshuma BULAWAYO city fathers have challenged the city management to ensure the municipality laboratories are capacitated to enable them to test the quality of water to curb the spread of water borne diseases. The councillors also called for the city to invest in state-of-the-art laboratories to enable the local authority to conduct all needed…
Andile Tshuma A BULAWAYO man has been arrested after he allegedly sodomised a 13-year-old co-tenant’s son. The accused person’s name has been withheld to protect the identity of the minor victim, however, he is a 25-year-old man from Bulawayo’s Pumula East suburb. Bulawayo police spokesperson inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident in a statement. “I…
JUDGES from the Supreme and Constitutional courts have completed a four-day training in information communication technology hosted by the Judiciary Services Commission. The judges of the Constitutional Court, Justices Rita Makarau, Anne-Mary Gowora, Ben Hlatshwayo and Bharat Patel, as well as High Court judge, Justice Amy Tsanga, received certificates of merit yesterday after going through…
A COURT has ordered the State to amend charges against Harare City town planner Priscilla Charumbira accused of supervising the planning and subdivision of three hectares of land from recreational to commercial stands without government approval. Charumbira represented by Lovemore Madhuku is facing criminal abuse of office allegations, alternatively fraud, and applied for exception before…
Hazel Marimbiza A NKULUMANE woman had to be admitted at a local hospital after being assaulted by her ‘‘drunk’’ granddaughter over salad cream. The issue came out when Memory Sibanda was arraigned before Western Commonage magistrate, Shepherd Njanja, for allegedly beating up her grandmother with fists and also hitting her with a wooden bench for…
THE High Court has dismissed an application by a suspected bogus lawyer, Michael Kawanzaruwa, seeking acquittal on allegations he swindled US$120 000 in a scandalous land deal. According to court papers, Kawanzaruwa, in connivance with three other people, allegedly misrepresented to a client that he was a legitimate owner of a stand that was being…
VILLAGERS in Mberengwa, Midlands Province, were left counting their losses after hailstorms destroyed 15 homes and four schools in different villages on Wednesday. The heavy storm left a trail of destruction at government-owned Neta Secondary, Chomukonde, Mahindi and Mabika primary schools. The 15 homes destroyed are in Vimbanai, Runyararo A, Hlalesekani and Batanai villages under…
HEALTH experts have celebrated a medical milestone where a pig’s heart has been successfully transplanted to a human being, describing the development…
ZIMBABWE got a shot in the arm yesterday in its Covid-19 fight after receiving 10 million vaccination doses from China as the…
