Columnist / Mashudu netsianda
Tackling young sex workers menace
THE blow of a horn disrupts the quietness of the small township of Ngundu in Masvingo Province, rumbling across the fast gathering dusk.Dressed in tight-fitting body revealing clothes, women, ...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Nera confirm Western sponsorship
OPPOSITION parties under the banner, National Electoral Reform Agenda (NERA) yesterday confirmed their western sponsorship, which the Government has said is aimed at illegal regime change.This...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 11:20hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili/Mashudu Netsianda
Zimbabwean graduates to get permanent SA visas
THE South African government has announced that foreign students graduating from its universities in critical skills areas now qualify for permanent and long term work permits so that their talents ca...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 11:19hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
ZimPF rally postponed
THE Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) party which is challenging police refusal to sanction their Ntabazinduna rally was forced to cancel the rally which was scheduled for yesterday after a High Court jud...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 08:23hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda and Nduduzo Tshuma
Drumgold Mine takes minister to court
VANSBURG Drumgold Enterprises has taken the Minister of Mines and Mining Development Walter Chidhakwa to court challenging the suspension of mining operations at Dundrum Mine in Zhombe, in the Midland...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 08:22hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
High Court gives greenlight to Nera demo, organisers cancel event
THE High Court yesterday gave opposition parties under the banner of the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) the green-light to stage another demonstration in Bulawayo, but the organisers of the p...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 09:30hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Highlanders board member seeks divorce
HIGHLANDERS Football Club board member and retired Hillside Teacher's College principal, Mr Elkanah Dube (67), has approached the High Court in Bulawayo seeking to divorce his 30-year-old wife whom he...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 09:27hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Bosso fan fined $20 for pitch invasion
A HIGHLANDERS Football Club fan who sparked skirmishes at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo when he invaded the pitch recently, has been fined $20.The violence started at the end of a premiers...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Court orders Chihuri to reinstate 13 fired cops
THE High Court in Bulawayo has ordered Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri to reinstate 13 Zvishavane cops fired for unspecified various acts of misconduct.The ruling by Justice Maxw...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 06:42hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Pirate taxi cop evades roadblocks, tollgate
A POLICE officer operating an unregistered public transport vehicle allegedly shot past three roadblocks and evaded a tollgate along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road.Constable Felix Matare is now ...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
BCC takes Victory Fellowship church to court over $45 000 debt
BULAWAYO City Council has taken Victory Fellowship church to court for failing to settle a debt of more than $45 000 in unpaid water bills and service charges.The municipality this week filed ...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 09:08hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
High Court suspends criminal case against Nigerian businessman
THE High Court has suspended criminal proceedings against a Nigerian businessman Alphonsus Obioma Achinulo (49) who allegedly swindled his Zimbabwean business partner of more than $70 000 in a botched...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Mphoko taunts 'spineless' protest leaders
Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday blasted "spineless" opposition party leaders for covertly abusing youths to commit criminal acts under the cover of street protests.His remarks foll...Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 07:00hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Massive magistrates transfers
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has embarked on a massive re-deployment of magistrates across the country with eight regional magistrates having been transferred so far.A substantial...Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 06:53hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
High Court orders woman to settle late mum's $34,000 bills
THE High Court yesterday ordered a Bulawayo woman pay to Mater Dei Hospital more than $34 000 for medical expenses incurred by her late mother.The debt emanates from medical services...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
High Court judge dresses down 'ignorant' ex-magistrate
A BULAWAYO High Court judge yesterday dressed down former regional magistrate Mr Sikhumbuzo Nyathi for wrongfully addressing him as "Your Worship" during a motion hearing. Justice Francis Bere took of...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Lawyer sues Spar supermarket for $25 000 over contaminated juice
A Bulawayo lawyer Mr Ndabezinhle Mazibuko is suing a city supermarket for $25 000 after he bought fruit juice which was allegedly contaminated with a "nauseating and poisonous" foreign body.Mr...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:33hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Bosso violence ringleader appears in court
A POLICE officer who apprehended a Highlanders Football Club fan in recent skirmishes that erupted at Barbourfields Stadium yesterday claimed that the accused was the chief architect of the violence....Published: 23 Aug 2016 at 10:29hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Soccer 'hooligan' remanded out of custody
A HIGHLANDERS Football Club fan suspected to be the ring leader in skirmishes that erupted at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo on Sunday, appeared in court yesterday. A police officer was brutalised ...Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 08:31hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Ex-political prisoner takes minister to court
A man who allegedly failed to meet the criteria to be declared an ex-political detainee has taken the Government to court challenging his exclusion. Jimitias Chigurugudu, through his lawyers G...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:54hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
'Unrepentant sexual pervert' appeal dismissed in High Court
THE High Court has dismissed an appeal against conviction and sentence by a Bulawayo man serving a 12-year jail term for torturing an 18-year-old church mate and raping her before taking pictures of h...Published: 13 Aug 2016 at 07:49hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
High Court reserves council salaries judgment
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Maxwell Takuva has reserved judgment in the case of 12 Bulawayo City Council bosses challenging the slashing of their salaries and allowances by the Government....Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 08:20hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Ex-top policeman gets life in jail for fatal shooting
AN ex-top police detective who fatally shot a mine worker in a fight over the ownership of a gold mine in Fort Rixon was yesterday sentenced to life in jail.Refias Masuna (50) of Mahatshula No...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 08:09hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Former top cop guilty of murder
A FORMER top police detective who shot a mine worker in a fight over the ownership of a mine in Fort Rixon has been convicted of murder with actual intent. Refias Masuna (48) of Mahatshula Nor...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 11:28hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Luveve MP in divorce court
LUVEVE Member of Parliament Ntandoyenkosi Mlilo (Zanu-PF) is seeking the dissolution of his marriage to his wife of 11 years for allegedly denying him conjugal rights for more than 12 months.T...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Bail for another Air Zimbabwe boss 'killer'
ANOTHER suspect allegedly linked to the brutal murder of Air Zimbabwe public relations executive, Shingai Dhliwayo in Botswana three months ago, has been granted $150 bail pending trial by the High Co...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 06:46hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Ingutsheni staff beat up mental patient
THE High Court has quashed a two-year jail term for three Ingutsheni Central Hospital workers who were convicted of assaulting a mental patient for refusing to eat isitshwala resulting in him losing t...Published: 02 Aug 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Businessman arrested over gang violence
PROMINENT Esigodini businessman, Baron Dube has been arrested for allegedly inciting a group of illegal gold panners to attack his rivals in a fight to control goldfields.Dube (41) and Mthulis...Published: 30 Jul 2016 at 09:42hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili and Mashudu Netsianda
Crash-copter pilot challenges immigration boss
SOUTH African businessman, Frederick Lutzkie, who was last year declared a prohibited person in the country, has taken the principal director of immigration Mr Clemence Masango to court challengin...Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 08:02hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
12 council bosses fight Govt over pay cuts
TWELVE Bulawayo City Council bosses have taken their employer and the Government to court challenging the slashing of their salaries and allowances.The reduction of the salaries and perks foll...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Second Beitbridge 'violent protests' group granted bail
THE High Court has granted $50 bail pending trial to six more people who allegedly participated in violent protests in Beitbridge. The group is alleged to be part of a mob which was arrested on public...Published: 25 Jul 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Ambassador in $116,000 fight
FORMER Zimbabwe Ambassador to Egypt Aaron Maboyi-Ncube has dragged his business partner to court for allegedly refusing to share a debt of $116 100 emanating from council rates and expenses at their f...Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Soldier bashing pastor in court
A BULAWAYO pastor who was part of a mob that attacked a soldier for allegedly proposing love to his neighbour escaped jail after he was sentenced to perform 210 hours of community service while his ac...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 06:53hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Man kills 'cheating spouse', burns body
AN ENRAGED Bulawayo man fatally stabbed his "cheating" wife 30 times using a sharp object before burning her body using an unknown flammable substance, a High Court judge heard yesterday.Bulaw...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Mphoko's chick donations clock 18,000
ACTING President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday distributed an additional 3,000 day-old chicks to residents in Nkulumane constituency, bringing to 18,000 the number of birds he has donated. The chicks a...Published: 18 Jul 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Killer vendor escapes jail life
A VEGETABLE vendor who fatally attacked his friend and business partner with a stone following an argument over the language used by characters in a South African drama series they were watching, ...Published: 18 Jul 2016 at 06:43hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Top lawyer sucked in estate scam
A TOP Bulawayo lawyer has been sucked into a suspected scam involving the illegal transfer of a local businessman's estate. Stanley Bruce Alfred Longhurst, a former partner a renowned Bulawayo law fir...Published: 18 Jul 2016 at 06:42hrs | 21 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Neighbour jailed for raping mental patient
A MAN from Tsholotsho who raped and impregnated his 23-year-old mentally ill neighbour has been sentenced to 14 years in jail. Nicholas Ngwenya (47) of Sipepa area pleaded not guilty to rape b...Published: 16 Jul 2016 at 08:13hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
MDC-T takes police to court over demo
MDC-T has taken Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo and Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri to court challenging a decision by the police in Bulawayo to bar the opposition party from stagi...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 07:19hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Adulterous man slapped with $20,000 lawsuit
A GWERU man is suing a Kariba man for $20,000 for allegedly engaging in an adulterous relationship with his wife of 12 years.Brian Nheweyembwa has through his lawyers Tavenhave and Machingauta...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 06:52hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Bail for Air Zimbabwe boss 'killer'
ONE of the four suspects who allegedly brutally murdered Air Zimbabwe public relations executive, Shingai Dhliwayo in Botswana, has been granted $100 bail pending trial by the High Court. Mgcini Xaba ...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 07:07hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Madlala Tours sued over bad loan
MADLALA Tours and Travel has been sued by the National Merchant Bank (NMB) Limited for more than $88,000 after the company allegedly failed to repay a loan. According to the summons issued at ...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 07:07hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Grandma 'killer' walks
A MAN from Plumtree who was accused of storming his 65-year-old grandmother's hut and axing her to death before torching the woman's grass thatched hut, has been acquitted. Cabangani Moyo (30)...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 07:02hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Mphoko defends Peter Cunningham
VICE-President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday reiterated that white commercial farmer Mr Peter Cunningham will stay put at disputed Maleme Farm in Matobo district despite dissenting voices from some pol...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Man kills, burns father with petrol
A MAN from Tsholotsho who allegedly teamed up with his sister-in-law to beat up his 67-year-old father before dousing him with petrol and burning him to ashes, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail....Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 12:12hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
School bully kicks pupil to death
A 15-YEAR-OLD school bully who fatally kicked a peer (13) for jumping into a field of play and disrupting a football match, escaped the agony of jail life after he was sentenced to a wholly suspended ...Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 12:09hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Protestors go wild in Beitbridge
PROPERTY worth thousands of dollars went up in smoke in Beitbridge yesterday when a mob burnt down a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) warehouse in protest against the implementation of Statutory Ins...Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 12:05hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya and Mashudu Netsianda
Healer's herbal concoction 'kills' five-month pregnant woman
A SELF-PROCLAIMED prophet-cum-traditional healer allegedly killed his five-month pregnant patient when he made her drink a poisonous herbal concoction during a cleansing ceremony, a High Court judge h...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 09:00hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
New Year's Day cop killer gets 25 years in the cage
A MAN who stabbed a police officer to death as he tried to evade arrest on New Year's Day, was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in jail. Proud Dlamini (26), of Mzola 6 Village in Jotsholo, tendered a l...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 07:04hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Lawyer on the run, law firm put under curatorship
A BULAWAYO lawyer, Mr James Mutsauki, is on the run and the High Court has ordered his law firm to be placed under curatorship after the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) detected alleged trust fund fraud...Published: 25 Jun 2016 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
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