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Chibaya denied bail in violence incitement case
Ex-legislator Amos Chibaya shall remain under prison detection, a Harare magistrate ruled on Monday, adding he was not convinced the prominent opposition politician would not break his bail conditions...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 09:05hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Social welfare officer throws his boss, ZACC, under the bus
There was drama at the Bindura Magistrates' Court yesterday as two social welfare workers and one Grain Marketing Board (GMB) employee appeared before the provincial magistrate facing charges of theft...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 13:15hrs | 1711 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Warrant issued for Chatunga Mugabe after court absence
A magistrate in Beitbridge has issued a warrant of arrest for Chatunga Bellarmine Mugabe (27), son of the late former President Robert Mugabe, after he failed to appear in court on Monday.Muga...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 06:38hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe, Mpofu pay hefty price for talking while eating
Businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu are facing increasing scrutiny and legal challenges, with allegations that their former business partner, Wicknel Chivayo, has orchestrated a scheme to shield...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 11:55hrs | 3465 | by Staff reporter
Zacc claims Chimombe, Mpofu are economic saboteurs
Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, both accused in a fraud case involving over US$7 million intended for the Presidential Goat Pass-on Scheme, faced a bail hearing where the investigating officer, Henry C...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:56hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Drawing parallels between Kenya and Zimbabwe's social, economic, and political disturbances
We want to believe that the demonstrations in Kenya just happened overnight. The Gene Zs went on a rampage assisted by criminals. To framing them so thin, is to trivialize a genuine revolution that wa...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 23:08hrs | 33 | by Nomazulu Thata
Congolese magician up for fraud
Jean-Piere Kingombe, a Congolese man aged 49, was denied bail by Harare provincial magistrate Dennis Mangosi on fraud charges. Kingombe stands accused of defrauding Nyasha Masoka of US$100,000...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Congolese magician up for fraud
Jean-Piere Kingombe, a Congolese man aged 49, was denied bail by Harare provincial magistrate Dennis Mangosi on fraud charges. Kingombe stands accused of defrauding Nyasha Masoka of US$100,000...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's son to spend second weekend in custody
Christopher Mutsvangwa's son Neville will remain in remand prison for another weekend as the High Court has reserved judgment on his bail appeal. Mutsvangwa faces three charges of illegal foreign curr...Published: 18 May 2024 at 10:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
UK Certificate of Sponsorship agent up for fraud
A SUSPECTED bogus United Kingdom Certificate of Sponsorship agent was yesterday dragged to the Harare Magistrates' Courts for allegedly defrauding a client of US$5 100 after promising to facilitate th...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Police, lawyers clash over calling of suspects
IN a world where police enforcement is strict and unwavering, one phenomenon that stands out as peculiar and debatable is whether or not it is right for police officers to phone suspects.This was ...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe says man who sent out airport bomb warning on e-mail arrested
Zimbabwe's presidency on Monday confirmed the arrest of a 26-year-old South African man alleged to be the sender of an email which caused travel chaos last Friday, including forcing President Emmerson...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe declares 'heightened alert'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa aborted landing at Victoria Falls International Airport on Friday and his private jet returned to Harare after authorities were warned of a "credible bomb or firearm threa...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
State opposes bail for Mbudzi fraud accused transport director
THE deputy director in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Enerst Shenje, who allegedly made a US$1 million fraudulent claim for compensation of a property affected by the const...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh blow for CCC
RECALLED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates have lost a High Court challenge to remain on the ballot paper for the February 3 by-elections after the court ruled in favour of the self-impos...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC activists' trial deferred, again
THE trial of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Chirumanzu South candidate Patrick Cheza and four party activists facing charges of assaulting Zanu-PF Member of Parliament and Tourism minister Barbar...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs press Mthuli Ncube to raise their salaries
Zanu-PF MPs pressed finance minister Mthuli Ncube to raise their salaries and commit to give them houses and Toyota Land Cruisers before passing his budget on Thursday.Comparing themselves to ...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 17:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Inmates wallow in jail without trial
NEARLY a quarter of the country's prison population is awaiting trial, with revelations that some have been in remand for more than three years.Latest data from the Zimbabwe National Statistic...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pius Jamba convicted of CCC activist's murder
Pius Jamba, who was arrested in June of the previous year on charges of murdering CCC activist Moreblessing Ali, has been pronounced guilty by the High Court after a comprehensive trial. Throughout th...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 14:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa called to order
A local Harare law firm Mbidzo, Muchadehama & Makoni has written a letter of demand to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on behalf of a client Kudzai Kadzere, a human rights lawyer, giving h...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 21:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree man robbed at knifepoint
Last week, an incident occurred in Mphoengs, Plumtree, where a knife-wielding robber allegedly stole cash from a patron who was drinking.The case was presented before the Plumtree Magistrates'...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 16:20hrs | 6 | by Peter Matuka
Gweru's stranger-than-fiction robbery
In the quiet cemetery-like ambiance of the Northlea Suburb in Gweru, during the night, a group of audacious robbers forcefully entered a residence. They corralled the occupants into a corner, rummaged...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber jailed 29 years
The HeraldIn a ruling at Bindura Magistrate Court, a 32-year-old man from Rushinga, who had instilled fear in his community through a series of armed robberies, was sentenced to an effective p...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Car-smuggling syndicate arrested
A syndicate of suspected fraudsters who allegedly smuggled high end vehicles into the country and evade paying toll gates has been nabbed, with five of the suspects appearing in court this Tuesday....Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 09:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police redflags rampant armed robberies at schools
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has expressed alarm regarding a series of robberies that transpired at three schools in Harare and Goromonzi. Armed gangs targeted security personnel and absconded with su...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 20:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border vehicle smuggling mastermind arrested
SOUTH Africa's specialised police investigations unit, the Hawks, have re-arrested a 28-year-old man who is believed to be the mastermind of a series of cross-border motor vehicle and smuggling racket...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police issue arrest order for top cop threatened by Zanu-PF MP
A senior police officer who was at the receiving end of chilling threats by deputy tourism minister Barbra Rwodzi for arresting a Zanu-PF thug has allegedly gone missing.Police appear not too ...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 18:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere out of the race'
Zanu-PF yesterday vowed that exiled former party commissar Saviour Kasukuwere will not be part of this year's presidential race unless he has been cleared by the police and Judiciary.Kasukuwer...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'CCC candidate absconded community service'
THE Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s shambolic candidate selection process could come back to haunt the party after it emerged that one of the aspiring candidates allegedly abs...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Opposition howlers presents Zanu-PF with an early election advantage
Lawfare and slip-ups by the opposition in Zimbabwe are presenting Zanu-PF with an early advantage ahead of the 23 August general elections.Already, Zanu-PF is uncontested in 53 local council a...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere unmoved by threats
EXILED independent presidential aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere, has vowed to defy arrest threats and fly back to Harare to launch his election campaign.Police said Kasukuwere had two pending warr...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF 'bogus' photographer needs a lawyer
A suspected ZANU PF supporter who allegedly took pictures during the party's primary elections appeared before Concession magistrate Mr Joshua Nembaware yesterday cancelling his warrant of arrest....Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 18:49hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mukanya absconds Jah Prayzah, Winky D gig
Chimurenga music giant Thomas Mapfumo's last dance on stage before retiring from music performance will not be alongside next generation superstars Winky D and Jah Prayzah, it has emerged.Muka...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Elected reps failed Zimbabwe - report
Parliamentarians and councillors from the 2018 harmonised elections failed to adequately represent Zimbabweans, with the politicians scoring below 30% in a survey conducted by independent research thi...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corporal punishment ends tragically
AN uncle allegedly killed his three-year-old niece by banging her head against the wall after she soiled herself, the High Court heard yesterday.Ronald Moda, whose bail appeal was dismis...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe's passport request dismissed
OPPOSITION legislator, Joana Mamombe currently facing a slew of criminal charges had her request for temporary release of her passport dismissed because her co-accused skipped the country after applyi...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa legitimacy challenger escapes arrest
FORMER Zanu-PF youth member Sybeth Musengezi escaped arrest after a Harare magistrate yesterday cancelled a warrant issued against him for absconding court.Musengezi, who was accompanied by hi...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers resort to gold panning
Some teachers in rural schools in Gwanda district are absconding lessons to go and conduct mining activities, councillors say.Councillors also bemoaned the continued hiring of teachers that&nb...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 20:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Land scam sucks in Harare town clerk
Harare City Council's acting town clerk Phakhamile Mabhena Moyo and Citizens Coalition for Change councillor Happymore Gotora appeared in court yesterday facing criminal abuse of office charges....Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC municipal police granted bail
NINE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) municipal police officers who allegedly fired at vendors with rubber bullets during an operation to clear 5th Avenue of illegal activities have been released on $50 00...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Absconding teachers contributing to poor pass rate in Lupane
Local government and public works Minister, July Moyo, has said that absconding teachers are a major source of poor examination results and has urged the Lupane community to report those who do not re...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 09:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wife flogs rival for dating husband
TAMBUDZAI Kana (37) from Karuwa village in Gokwe met her fellow villager Rudzai Madzura (27) and accused her of having an affair with her husband before flogging her several times on the body with a s...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF elites perfect the catch-and-release strategy
THE release of Zanu-PF's Gokwe Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena on grounds that the state was not ready for trial four months after arrest is proof of double standards and that the govern...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ferret team granted bail
MEMBERS of the combined security officers known as Ferret arrested this week on allegations of abuse of office at Beitbridge Border Post were yesterday granted $50 000 bail each and warned not t...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 21:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'CCC slogan same as Zanu-PF's'
DEFENCE lawyers for Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Mkoba legislator Amos Chibaya and 24 other opposition activists who were arrested in Budiriro last weekend for allegedly disturbing public peace...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala pens another letter from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim vice-chairperson Job Sikhala has penned another letter from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison where he says he is being crucified by the regime of President...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala continues to sing the blues
A HARARE magistrate has dismissed Job Sikhala's application for exception in a case he is being accused of obstructing the course of justice.Sikhala, who is being represented by Jeremiah Bhamu...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect denied bail
A-HARARE man faces murder charges after he engaged in a fight at Bluffhill shops in the capital, which resulted in the death of his victim.The suspect, Edward Vandeventer (27) from Marlborough...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No joy for Sikhala
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala was yesterday denied bail again, with a Harare magistrate claiming the politician has shown wanton disregard of previous court orders....Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama marks bail ruling for witness against Ken Sharpe
Bail ruling for former chief Harare City Council housing inspector Roy Nyabvure was abandoned for 30 minutes after a court official whispered something to...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 18:59hrs | | by Paul Ndou
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