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Journalist acquitted of extortion charges
Freelance Journalist Simbarashe Sithole was on Thursday afternoon acquitted of extortion charges at the Harare Magistrate Court.After a full trial, Magistrate Rufaro Panavanhu ruled that the s...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 18:03hrs | 343 | by Paul Ndou
What value systems, dignity and integrity does Mnangagwa know? Stuff and nonsense!
In Shona, I would have said: Ndiko kunonzi kujairira Vahnu uku! This man can just open his mouth wotanga kubukura, ogo bukura ogo bukura! A Portuguese adage says: even a small ass can do it if a stoma...Published: 29 May 2025 at 21:32hrs | 776 | by Nomazulu Thata
Lawyer breathes fire over delayed bail ruling
The lawyer representing a man accused of defrauding an ex-girlfriend of US$28 000 in a botched residential stand deal breathed fire yesterday after his cl...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 22:00hrs | 1236 | by Paul Ndou
Zanu-PF health services director arrested for fraud
ZANU-PF's Director for Health Services, Retired Colonel Stanford Chigumira, has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on charges of fraud.Chigumira, a trained medical...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:43hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Former TIMB boss cleared
Charges of criminal abuse of office involving over US$2 million against former Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) chief executive Meanwell Gudu and two accomplices have been withdrawn before ...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 11:41hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Mukuru employees in US$100,000 fraud
Two Mukuru employees, Bessie Mbiro (35) and Tinotenda Ranganwa (31), faced charges of money laundering and fraud in Harare magistrate court after allegedly stealing US$100,000 from their employer. Rep...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 07:43hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
ZEC ready for Harare by-elections
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is ready to hold by-elections in Mt Pleasant and Harare East constituencies, with 106 polling stations having been identified."It is hereby notified in ...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Legal woes mount for Italian Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati as CID and Home Affairs are roped in
In the sinister saga unfolding within Zimbabwe's gold mining industry, Francesco Marconati emerges as a dark specter, casting a menacing shadow over the operations of DGL Investments Number Five (Pvt)...Published: 28 Mar 2024 at 13:29hrs | 56 | by George Tshuma
Chamisa activist tastes freedom after 9 months
THE High Court yesterday granted bail to MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruziviishe who was jailed early this year for staging an illegal demonstration last year. Justice Webster Chinamhora grante...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Man regrets sending wife to school
A Harare man says he is regretting sending his ex-wife to school as he accused her of being too greedy and not grateful.This emerged at the Harare magistrate court last week where Brian Ngwana...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti's assault trial deferred to 2024
Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro has deferred the trial of Tendai Biti to January 11 and 12 next year for continuation. Biti is facing charges of assaulting businesswoman and investor Mrs...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 15:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jailed Harare Council Finance Director finds self back in dock
Former Harare City Council Finance Director Stanley Ndemera has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for a second charge of criminal abuse of office. The allegations involve...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:32hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests JSC official for extortion
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested a Judicial Services Commission official on allegations of extortion.Aaron Chikuni, an interpreter based at the Harare Magistrate Court i...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Tajamuka's Mkwananzi now a political refugee in an undisclosed country
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson, Promise Mkwananzi has skipped the border and is now a political refugee in an undisclosed country after police issued a US$1 000 cash reward for info...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa party spokesperson on the run, police issue US$1 000 cash reward
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson, Mr Promise Mkwananzi, and two others are on the run, and police have issued a US$1 000 cash reward for information that will lead to their location....Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 18:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wanted Mkwananzi still to report to police
Police yesterday said they were still looking for former Tajamuka leader and newly appointed CCC spokesperson Promise Mkwananzi for defaulting court proceedings over a case of public violence he was f...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Biti fails to file application
Harare Magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti was today supposed to deliver the ruling in an application for discharge at the close of the State's case in Tendai Biti's assault case but failed following ind...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 18:34hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mistress storms married lover's home
A Harare woman stormed her married boyfriends' home to grab household property whenever she is not given money for upkeep.This emerged at the Harare magistrate court where Charmaine Bepa was s...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:23hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Court grants man peace order against girlfriend
A HARARE woman has claimed that her live-in boyfriend wants to evict her after infecting her with HIV.This emerged at the Harare Magistrate court where the man was seeking a protection order a...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:46hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa scores own goals
CONFUSION and chaos characterised opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party's nomination process at the Harare Magistrate Court.The party's nomination finalization was still on goin...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prisoner dies at Zimbabwe court
A serving prison inmate has died this morning at the Harare Magistrate Courts' canteen area where he was working. It is believed that he might have been electrocuted while others suspect that ...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 16:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's harmonised elections: Die is cast
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday proclaimed August 23, 2023, as the day on which harmonised elections will be held, opening the door for political parties' to start their campaigns in earnest and ending ...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF denies accusations of judicial capture
RULING party Zanu-PF says the judicial system in the country is independent of political interference despite widespread accusations of capture by the opposition and civil society organisations after ...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Siblings fight over family house
A Rugare man has been insulting his sister accusing her of sleeping with goblins during the night.This emerged at the Harare magistrate court on Friday where Priscillah Mudanyanga was seeking ...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele man harassed for tribal origin
A Ndebele-speaking man from Domboshava says he faces constant harassment from some locals who are demanding that he goes back to Matebeleland. This emerged at the Harare magistrate court ...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare doctor forges medical papers to help suspect skip bail
A medical doctor at Sally Mugabe hospital in Harare is in trouble after he allegedly forged medical affidavits claiming that a Chinese suspect arrested for illegal possession of rhino horns was sick....Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 08:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Michael Reza has vested interests in Ken Sharpe cases - lawyer
Advocate Tinomudaishe Chinyoka, the lawyer representing property developer Georgios Katsimberis in his legal battle with controversial businessmen Ken Sharpe has queried why Deputy Prosecutor general ...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 08:36hrs | 3 | by Ndou Paul
Sikhala trial deferred to next year
The trial of Coalition for Citizens Change (CCC) deputy chairman Job Sikhala has been deferred to January 3.Sikhala appeared at the Harare Magistrate court yesterday, on charges of obstr...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 09:47hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Court still withholding transcript in Ken Sharpe witness case
The Harare Magistrate Court still has not released the transcript of its ruling on 18 November denying bail to the former City of Harare chief building in...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:02hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Ken Sharpe is Zimbabwe's greatest land heist, says Tendai Biti
Politician-cum-lawyer, Tendai Biti has implicated controversial businessman Ken Sharpe in what he said was the greatest land heist in the history of post- independent Zimbabwe.Sharpe owns Augu...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Biti says 'Magistrate being unfair'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim vice-president Tendai Biti, who is accused of verbally assaulting a Russian investor, has filed another application at the High Court challenging the way pr...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda's Dembare mediation hits a snag
THE mediation efforts by Dynamos' principal sponsors Sakunda Holdings are likely to yield no result as the warring parties in the long-standing ownership and shareholder wrangles remain poles apart....Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Negligent ZRP pays the price for tear-gassing woman
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) has paid more than ZWL140 000 as compensation to a Harare woman who was tear-gassed by some law enforcement agents three years ago.Fifty eight-year-old Mavis Muz...Published: 23 May 2022 at 14:21hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Bouncers threaten to kill Acie Lumumba
THREE bouncers appeared in court today on allegations of threatening to kidnap and kill businessman and socialite William Lumumba Mutumanje also known as Acie Lumumba and his family claiming that they...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 17:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Mamombe, Chimbiri never said they were abducted
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) activists, Joana Mamombe and Cecellia Chimbiri have made an about turn, sensationally claiming in their defence outline that they never communicated with anyone tha...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dogs is a compliment, says lawyer
"MAN's best friend" is a common phrase used to describe domestic dogs, particularly referring to their millennia-long history of close relations, loyalty, friendship and companionship with their human...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 16:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa scuttling Gukurahundi resolution'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa undermined the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) by setting a parallel structure with traditional chiefs from the Matabeleland region in trying to resolv...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Biti in eighth attempt to stop assault trial
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has approached the High Court to stop his trial at the Magistrates Court where he is accused of verbally assaulting a Russian national, Tatiana Aleshina....Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 18:43hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
ZBC presenter arrested for extorting popular Harare 'preacher' T Freddy
ZBC presenter, Rutendo Makuti has been arrested on charges of extorting popular Harare preacher Tapiwa Freddy with whom she had a relationship.She appeared at the Harare Magistrate Court on Fr...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Special courts for black market forex dealers
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Evidence piles against forex saboteurs
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will lea...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti assault case postponed to next week
THE State has challenged Tendai Biti's seventh application for postponement of trial in a case the MDC Alliance vice-president is accused of assaulting a Russian national, Tatiana Aleshina at the Hara...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti in trouble
A Harare magistrate has issued a warrant of arrest to MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti for failing to appear in court where he is accused of verbally assaulting and physically threatening a Rus...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scammers steal $500 000 from ZB Bank accountholder
TWO Harare scammers appeared at the Harare Magistrate Court facing fraud charges after they stole $573 525 from an unsuspecting ZB Bank accountholder.Graduate Kanengoni (21) of 5450 Glen Norah...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 08:04hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Shameless ZANU PF silent on activist sexual assault
The shameless ZANU PF led government have since turned deaf and dump after MDC Alliance activist, Vongai Tome was sexually assaulted by a police official during the Makomborero Haruziviishe solidarity...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 18:47hrs | 3 | by Prince Njagu
The brutality of March 11, 2007 and its impact
Back in Zimbabwe, the struggle continues.The Save Zimbabwe campaign (SZc) is a broad coalition of organisations spearheaded by the Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (CA).Its members include ...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 6 | by Arthur G.O. Mutambara
Nyagura back in court
Former University of Zimbabwe Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura is expected to return to court next month when his trial on allegations of awarding former First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe a doctorate in 2014 is...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 15:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cornered suspect surrenders to police
A CORNERED suspect surrendered to police on Tuesday in connection with a robbery which occurred in Harare sometime in September last year when he teamed up with his accomplices, manned a fake roadbloc...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
ZACC revive probe into Zifa's US$740k transfer
ZIFA board members have one again come under the radar of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission over the long-running saga in which US$740 000 was transferred from the association's account into a p...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe female magistrates sexually harassed at work, says former boss
CORRUPTION accused former chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe has made startling claims Zimbabwean female magistrates were being sexually harassed at work.The one-time topmost magistrate said t...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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