A HARARE woman Thokozani Tshuma, who is the alleged hostess of the Tynwald sex party, changed her guilty plea to not guilty when she appeared in court yesterday. When Tshuma first appeared before Harare magistrate Simon Kandiero in the morning, she pleaded guilty to the charge of soliciting before proceedings were adjourned to 2.15pm. When…
A 53-YEAR-OLD man from Harare’s Stoneridge suburb, who was recently jailed 32 years for sexually abusing seven boys, has been slapped with a further 25 years for rape and indecent assault on a minor. Handson Chinamhora pleaded guilty to seven counts of aggravated indecent assault, but denied two similar offences. However, regional magistrate Kudakwashe Mhere…
A HARARE magistrate has ordered that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry be examined again by a government-appointed medical expert to ascertain whether she is in a mental state to stand trial. Magistrate Lazini Ncube delivered the order after Marry’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa said her client cannot follow proceedings as she is currently taking…
A HARARE customs clearing agent has been arrested on allegations of defrauding a local car dealer of US$38 000 in unpaid duty…
MUGODHI Apostolic Faith Church founder Tadewu Mugodhi’s son, Washington, has approached the High Court seeking an order barring 36 expelled members from…
APOSTOLIC Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) president Amon Madawo has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to evict a breakaway faction, led by the church’s former deputy president Cossam Chiangwa, from the institution’s property in Westgate, Harare. Madawo recently won the church’s presidency through a Supreme Court ruling following a prolonged…
THE local tobacco auction system is on the brink of collapse as most farmers are choosing to go the contract farming route, which gives them access to inputs. Statistics released by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) from the 2020/21 tobacco selling season show that a fraction of the golden leaf harvested during the…
Shamaine Chirimujiri A HARARE school teacher, Talent Chingwaru, who was caught on camera assaulting a 19-year-old student, is set to perform 630 hours of community service at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after pleading guilty to an assault offence. Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga initially sentenced the 39-year-old mathematics teacher to 36 months in prison before suspending…
AUTHORITIES in Zvishavane, Midlands Province, say the Mimosa-funded Mtshingwe Nursery, which seeks to provide hybrid vegetable and fruit tree seedlings to local farmers, is set to economically transform communities. The nursery, which has one of the largest greenhouses in the country, is one of the company’s corporate social responsibility initiatives aimed at boosting rural and…
MUGODHI Apostolic Faith Church founder Tadewu Mugodhi’s son, Washington, has approached the High Court seeking an order barring 36 expelled members from meddling with the affairs of the church at its headquarters in Hwedza. Washington, who is the second applicant in the application, told the court that he was appointed by his late father two…
