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Sister sexually assaults sibling, records videos
A WOMAN from Zengeza 2, Chitungwiza, who allegedly sexually assaulted her younger sister aged 14 since 2022 and would record videos whilst committing the offence, has appeared before the courts....Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:02hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Self-styled prophet jailed for rape
A self-styled prophet from Chitungwiza has been jailed five years for taking a young girl as payment for cleansing the family home in addition to two beasts.In what appeared more like a movie ...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Court conviction haunts Tendai Biti
DAGGERS have been drawn in Harare East constituency where some voters are plotting to block attempts by incumbent Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Tendai Luxon Biti, from competing to ...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Harare woman up for slavery
A Harare woman Daisy Machiha (34) is facing human trafficking charges for allegedly "enslaving" a juvenile from Chitungwiza.Machiha appeared before Chitungwiza Magistrate Court charged with vi...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
State appeals against armed robbers' acquittal
The State have filed a notice of appeal at the High Court against the acquittal of suspected armed robbers who were allegedly behind the US$187 000 and robbery of two cars in Harare earlier this year....Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pastor Freddy acquitted
GOODNESS and Mercy Ministries founder, Prophet Tapiwa Freddy, has been cleared of rape and physical abuse charges he was facing.Freddy, as he is popularly known, was cleared of the charges by ...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 16:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tapiwa Freddy ruling today
HARARE regional magistrate Gloria Takundwa has postponed to today her ruling on televangelist preacher Tapiwa Freddy's application for discharge in a case where is accused of raping radio presen...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Freddy ruling on Friday
HARARE Regional Magistrate Gloria Takundwa has postponed to Friday her ruling in an application for discharge filed by preacher Tapiwa Freddy who is accused of a raping radio presenter.Freddy,...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prophet T Freddy screamed 'thank you God' while raping victim
A Harare woman who lives with disability yesterday chronicled how Goodness and Mercy Ministries prophet Tapiwa Freddy (T Freddy) allegedly took advantage of the illness and subsequent deat...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Biti appeal against conviction thrown out
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti's appeal against a 2019 conviction for illegally announcing election results has been thrown out by the High Court.High Court judges Justice Pisirayi Kw...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 20:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man accused of raping daughter acquitted
A businessman who was accused of raping his daughter on several occasions since 2017, was today acquitted of the rape charges by a Harare regional magistrate.Itai Wafawarova, who was accused o...Published: 12 May 2021 at 14:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
DNA results fail to link businessman to rape
THE chief executive officer of African Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (AiBST) Professor Collen Masimirembwa yesterday told the court that the DNA results from the tests done on toilet ...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti blasts false poll results conviction
Former Finance minister and senior opposition politician Tendai Biti has said his conviction on charges of unlawfully and falsely announcing the results of last year's presidential election was a flag...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 19:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti appeals against sentence
MDC Deputy National Chairperson Tendai Biti has appealed against his conviction by Harare magistrate where he was accused of violating the Electoral Act."Human rights lawyer and MDC-Alliance V...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti pays fine in 5 cent bond coins, retains Parliament seat
HARARE East MP Tendai Biti (MDC Alliance) on Tuesday survived losing his parliamentary seat after he was convicted by Harare magistrate, Gloria Takundwa and ordered to pay a $200 fine, which he paid i...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Biti escapes jail
MDC-Alliance principal Tendai Biti yesterday escaped jail by a whisker after he was slapped with a suspended six-month prison term for illegally announcing purported results for the 2018 Presidential ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 22:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti escapes with just a fine over false election result declaration
MDC deputy chairman Tendai Biti was fined $200 by a court in Harare on Monday after he was convicted of falsely declaring an election victory for his party leader Nelson Chamisa in July last year....Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:29hrs | | by ZimLive
BREAKING: Tendai Biti found guilty
MDC National Deputy Chairperson Tendai Biti has been found guilty by Harare magistrate Gloria Takundwa of announcing results yet he is not a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission official. Magistrate ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:52hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa won 2018 presidential poll, insists Biti
MDC national vice-chairperson Tendai Biti, who is on trial for allegedly violating the Electoral Act after he announced that his party leader Nelson Chamisa had won the July 30 presidential election, ...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti has a case to answer, says Court
MDC-Alliance principal Tendai Biti, who is facing charges of inciting the violent post-election demonstration in Harare on August 1 last year, yesterday had his application for discharge thrown out. ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti to hear his fate on 18 February
Harare Magistrate Gloria Takundwa on Monday announced that she will hand down her ruling on 18 February 2019 in a matter where MDC National Deputy Chairperson Tendai Biti is accused of contravening th...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:08hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZEC admits poll results altered
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) acting chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana yesterday revealed that polling station results in the July 30 elections were altered to benefit some candidates....Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC admits to violating electoral laws
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s acting chief elections officer, Utoile Silaigwana, yesterday admitted that the electoral body did not invite chief election agents of political parties to verify ...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
New twist in Tendai Biti case
MDC Alliance Harare East MP Tendai Biti's case of inciting public violence took a new twist after he applied for recusal of the magistrate, who gave him a warrant of arrest on Monday.Biti, thr...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 16:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti court challenge thrown out
MDC Alliance member, Tendai Biti has unsuccessfully applied for recusal of Magistrate Gloria Takundwa from presiding over his case in which he is facing charges of contravening the Electoral Act after...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 19:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judiciary independence questioned
When MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti was arrested on August 10 as he fled into neighbouring Zambia for announcing false presidential results, he was brought to the Harare Magistrates' Cour...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti case brings Zimbabwe judiciary under spotlight
The on-going trial of MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti has exposed the politicised and cavalier attitude of a prosecution service that has long been captured by elements that protect and pr...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Judicial independence non-negotiable
Judicial independence, which is critical for the sustenance of democracy, is under assault if developments at the on-going trial of MDC national chairperson Tendai Biti are anything to go by.L...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 12:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-graft prosecutor in bribery storm
ONE of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corruption special unit prosecutors, Zivanai Macharaga, has allegedly been accused of demanding a $20 000 bribe from a former Cabinet minister, who is facing...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti's Magistrate in trouble
HARARE regional magistrate Gloria Takundwa, who is presiding over the trial of MDC deputy chairperson Tendai Biti, has landed herself in a messy situation after she unsuccessfully tried to recant her ...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zambia deputy commissioner implicated in Biti abduction
MDC deputy chairperson Tendai Biti yesterday accused a Zambian Deputy Police Commissioner of masterminding his abduction in Lusaka, although he was in possession of a High Court order granting his sta...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti still banned from addressing gatherings
MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti whose bail conditions were relaxed Wednesday is however, still barred from addressing journalists and political gatherings.The court on Wednesday 12...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 08:10hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Biti bail conditions relaxed, passport returned
A ZIMBABWEAN court on Wednesday 12 December 2018 ordered authorities to return the passport for human rights lawyer Tendai Biti and title deeds to his residential property, which were being held as pa...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 15:56hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe judiciary's autonomy questioned
The trial of MDC national chairperson Tendai Biti, pictured, who is facing two counts of violating the Electoral Act, opened a can of worms yesterday with the defence team revealing scintillating deta...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 13:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti case opens can of worms
THE trial of MDC deputy chairperson, Tendai Biti has exposed the rot within the judiciary after a text message from a senior prosecutor that was produced at the Harare Magistrates' Courts yesterday sh...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Drama as Reza is implicated in interfering with Biti's trial proceedings
HARARE Magistrate Gloria Takundwa on Tuesday 11 December 2018 said she will approach the High Court to seek guidance on how to handle trial proceedings for human rights lawyer Tendai Biti after it eme...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 14:16hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Biti demands Zec server
MDC vice-chairperson Tendai Biti, who is being charged for announcing false presidential election results, has demanded that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) produce a server in court to prove ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mzembi fighting for life in SA hospital'
THE trial of former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi, who is accused of fraud, criminal abuse of office and theft of trust property involving $1,8 million, was yesterday moved to December 4 afte...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Prosecutor Reza unfit for Biti trial'
A HARARE court yesterday declared State prosecutor Michael Reza unfit to preside over MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Tendai Biti's trial saying he overstepped his mandate as an impartial judicial offic...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti gets top prosecutor removed
MDC-Alliance principal Tendai Biti, who is facing charges of inciting violence in Harare following violent demonstrations on August 1, successfully applied for the removal of one of the best criminal ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti demands prosecutor's recusal
MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti has demanded that chief law officer Michael Reza be recused from prosecuting him saying his judicial independence was in question.Reza was appointed...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 10:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti, prosecutor nearly trade blows in court
MDC vice-chairperson Tendai Biti and State prosecutor Michael Reza nearly exchanged blows in court yesterday after Reza accused the former of playing a role in the post-election violence that saw seve...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fatal end to estate row
A WRANGLE over the estate of a deceased person turned tragic when two Nyanga family members ran amok and fatally assaulted a relative over a residential stand.Golden Sandi (35) and Nicholas Ny...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 14:58hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
'Hubby demands sex in child's presence'
A NYANGA man who turned violent and heavily assaulted his wife after she refused to be intimate with him in the presence of their six year-old child has been slapped with a three-month jail term....Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 14:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean girl (4) paid as compensation for an avenging spirit
A 79-year-old Mutasa grandpa has been hauled before the criminal courts on allegations of pledging his four-year-old daughter to another family as compensation for an avenging spirit of a murdered rel...Published: 02 May 2017 at 18:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge man in court for bribing Police officer
Jonathan Madhuku (24) from Dulibadzimu appeared before Beitbridge magistrate Gloria Takundwa last week facing bribery charges after he offered Fibion Sayi a member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police R100...Published: 18 Dec 2016 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Beitbridge to have regional magistrate - Guvamombe
The criminal court in Beitbridge will soon have a regional magistrate because there is enough space to accommodate more staff at the newly completed complex.This was confirmed by Chief Magistr...Published: 17 Dec 2016 at 19:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimra man steals $27 000 worth of cigarettes
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) official has been arrested for allegedly conniving with a suspected smuggler to steal 84 boxes of cigarettes worth $25 620 from a State warehouse in Beitbridge....Published: 23 Aug 2016 at 07:18hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Tsvangirai jailed two years for kidnapping young girls
Beitbridge casanova, Rayson Tsvangirai Rushwaya, who is infamous for seducing numerous schoolgirls, yesterday broke down and cried in court when he was jailed for an effective two years for kidnap...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Another Beitbridge protestor granted bail
Former Beitbridge councillor, Morgan Ncube who handed himself over to the police on Wednesday has been granted $100 bail.Ncube had been on the police wanted list since Beitbridge border post p...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 17:56hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
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