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Death sentence commuted to 18 years in jail for granny killer
A STUDENT teacher from Nkayi who was sentenced to death three years ago for killing his 83-year-old grandmother with an iron bar after setting her hut on fire, had his sentence commuted to 18 year...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Late High Court judge declared national hero
The late Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Andrew Mutema has been declared a national hero.The late Justice Mutema whose Chimurenga name was Kingsley Dube Watema died at Mater Dei Hospital las...Published: 26 Aug 2015 at 12:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo judge dies
A Bulawayo judge, Justice Andrew Mutema, has died.Justice Mutema died today at Mater dei Hospital in Bulawayo where he had been admitted.Judicial Service Commission deputy secretar...Published: 21 Aug 2015 at 20:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso to get $16,000 windfall?
A PG Industries marketing director who recently won a 16-year legal battle against his employer has filed another chamber application for the court to confirm his contract with a $21 000 net salary wh...Published: 12 Jul 2015 at 09:14hrs | | by Richard Muponde
Sex cheat athlete killer jailed
KELVIN Sibanda, who killed his sex cheat athlete half-brother, Samukeliso Sithole during a fight over a wardrobe last year, was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison.Sibanda, 23, of Siz...Published: 24 Jun 2015 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Courts 'set' age of consent to sex at 12
LAWYERS and MPs say they are increasingly worried by what appears to be the trivialisation of child sex abuse by the courts, with the age of consent in Zimbabwe now effectively 12 years, although it ...Published: 09 Jun 2015 at 11:39hrs | 1 | by Auxilia Katongomara
Resurrected man wins 16-year legal battle
A BULAWAYO company director, who was twice certified dead by doctors before he "resurrected" to find that his employer had already paid for his funeral expenses, has finally won a bruising 16-year leg...Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 14:12hrs | 1 | by Richard Muponde
Zanu-PF activist fined for defying court order
A 46 year old Zanu-PF activist Clifford Hokonya last week appeared at the Mbare Magistrates' Court where he was slapped with a $100 fine after defying a court order. Hokonya was accused of sco...Published: 05 May 2015 at 07:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate blasts police over spot fines
A BULAWAYO magistrate has criticised the police for insisting on spot fines and burdening the courts with "trivial" matters, saying their powers were limited by law.Magistrate Tinashe Tashaya ...Published: 10 Apr 2015 at 07:12hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
EX MDC-T MP wins spot fine case against police
Police have been ordered to immediately release a car which they impounded from former Lupane West MDC-T MP Njabuliso Mguni on Monday after he failed to pay a $50 spot fine.BULAWAYO Hi...Published: 20 Mar 2015 at 21:01hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Man murders brother in inheritance dispute
A man involved in a dispute with his brother over control of the late parents' house in Entumbane shouted "minus one" after fatally striking his elder sibling with a hoe. Tongoona Muchairi, 3...Published: 24 Jan 2015 at 20:48hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Insanity saves man from death sentence
A Beitbridge man who shot dead his wife and mother-in-law during a domestic dispute, on Wednesday escaped the hangman's noose by a whisker because "he was presumed insane at the time the offence was c...Published: 22 Jan 2015 at 12:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree man kills drinking mate over a chair
MATABELELAND SOUTH - A PLUMTREE man dragged his drinking mate into a bar toilet, violently pushed him against the wall and floored him with a slap to the cheek resulting in him sustaining injurie...Published: 14 Nov 2014 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man axes granddad, 100, to death
A PLUMTREE man stormed into his 100-year-old grandfather's bedroom while he was asleep, axed him to death and burnt the body to ashes as he accused the old man of witchcraft, a judge heard yesterday....Published: 12 Nov 2014 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Ruthless man kills grand dad (100), burns body
PLUMTREE- A man from Bulilima stormed into his 100-year-old grandfather's bedroom while he was asleep, axed him to death and burnt the body to ashes as he accused the old man of witchcraft, a judg...Published: 12 Nov 2014 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Thokozani Khupe's driver ordered to return stolen car
MDC-T vice-president Thokozani Khupe's driver, Witness Dube, and his accomplice Kudakwashe Muchemwa (32), have been ordered to return the vehicle they violently seized from the party's former Matabele...Published: 23 Sep 2014 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Rapist' infects neighbour's teen with STI, conviction nullified
THE Bulawayo High Court on Monday set aside the conviction and subsequent 18-year jail term for a man who was alleged to have raped and infected his neighbour's 15-year-old daughter with a sexuall...Published: 09 Sep 2014 at 06:04hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Murder accused throws himself in front of moving car
A BULAWAYO man fatally crushed his drinking mate's head onto a concrete slab before attempting to commit suicide by throwing himself in front of an oncoming car.Themba Masuku, 38, of Njube, pl...Published: 26 Jul 2014 at 12:13hrs | 4 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Man killed over $5 debt
A NKAYI man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for fatally striking his drinking mate with a log following a dispute over three chains and $5.Thokozani Moyo, 23, of Majoyi area appeare...Published: 16 Jul 2014 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Lindani Dube
Man gets 21 years for killing brother
A GOKWE man has been sentenced to 21 years in jail for killing his brother. Enrod Mzira,43, had initially denied having killed his brother, William, 29, before Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Andre...Published: 10 Jul 2014 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Lindani Dube
Nkomo farm murderer sentenced to death
A HIGH Court judge has described as cold, calculated and callous, the senseless killing of two workers at the late Vice President Landa John Nkomo's ranch as he sentenced the murderer to death....Published: 10 Jul 2014 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Granny killing, man gets death sentence
MURDERER Bhekinkosi Masilela, 30, from Nkayi has been sentenced to death for killing his 83-year-old grandmother with an iron bar after setting her hut on fire.Bulawayo High Court judge Justic...Published: 05 Jul 2014 at 15:50hrs | 4 | by Lindani Dube
Fatal testicle kick man jailed
A HIGH Court judge has convicted a 27-year-old Binga man of culpable homicide after he fatally kicked a mate on the testicles during a soccer match.Enock Dube of Mdinda village in Siabuwa plea...Published: 03 Jul 2014 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Lindani Dube
John Nkomo farm murders trial starts
A LUPANE man, who allegedly murdered two workmates at the late Vice-President John Nkomo's Winterblock Farm in Insuza last year, will appear before Bulawayo judge Justice Andrew Mutema at the Hwange H...Published: 02 Jul 2014 at 21:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man pushes father, 75, to death
AN attempt to intervene in a parents' dispute turned tragic for a 38-year-old Lupane man after he pushed his 75-year-old father to death.Samuel Dube of Menyezwa area in Lupane pleaded not gui...Published: 02 Jul 2014 at 06:33hrs | | by Lindani Dube
Tsvangirai (0) - Biti (1)
THE Bulawayo High Court yesterday ordered MDC-T youths who hijacked a vehicle used by ousted Matabeleland North chairperson Sengezo Tshabangu's driver Lameck Ndlovu to return it forthwith, saying thei...Published: 11 Jun 2014 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect feigns madness
A MURDER suspect feigned madness at the Bulawayo High Court yesterday, halting his trial. Prosecutors Nokuthaba Ngwenya and Gugulethu Ndlovu and defence lawyer, Byron Sengweni, were convinced that Phi...Published: 14 Feb 2014 at 15:55hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Moyo election petition today
THE Electoral Court is sitting in Bulawayo today to hear the election petition in which former Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo is challenging his defeat by Zanu-PF's Never Khanye in the Matobo No...Published: 11 Dec 2013 at 03:37hrs | 3 | by Court Reporter
Kwekwe Central legislator stays
A BULAWAYO High Court judge has granted an application for stay of execution filed by Kwekwe Central legislator Masango Matambanadzo, setting aside an order granted by Justice Andrew Mutema which had ...Published: 07 Dec 2013 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T wins as court declares Kwekwe seat vacant
THE High Court has declared Kwekwe Central House of Assembly Constituency seat vacant and ordered the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to hold fresh elections within 10 days.High Court judg...Published: 03 Dec 2013 at 01:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Geozing directors' property to be sold to pay clients
Geozing Pawnbrokers Private Limited that allegedly duped thousands of its clients of millions of dollars is facing a new court battle after the company's liquidators filed for an order to fo...Published: 27 Nov 2013 at 15:32hrs | 4 | by Mafu Sithabile
Former MP faces eviction
THE former Member of Parliament for Mpopoma-Pelandaba, Mr Samuel Sandla Khumalo, is facing eviction from a family house he inherited from his mother as a Zimbabwean based in the United Kingdom is clai...Published: 21 Nov 2013 at 18:42hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Hubby fatally stabs suspected wife's lover
A Tsholotsho man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for fatally stabbing a neighbour, accusing him of having an affair with his wife.Mthandazo Ngwenya, age not given, but of Manxebana L...Published: 12 Aug 2013 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Court Reporter
Teacher in trouble for fondling pupils
A TEACHER at a school in Entumbane is facing possible re-arrest after Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Andrew Mutema declined to certify a $200 fine and 12 months suspended sentence he was handed by...Published: 28 Jun 2013 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aeneas Chigwedere becomes a headman
Mashonaland East Provincial Governor and Resident Minister Aeneas Chigwedere has been confirmed headman for the Mubaiwa clan following a High Court ruling yesterday.Chigwedere had been embroil...Published: 12 Jul 2012 at 07:40hrs | | by Court Reporter
Minister Chombo the loser
High Court judge Justice Andrew Mutema has upheld an urgent chamber application filed by suspended Mutare mayor Brian James to stop disciplinary proceedings brought against him by Local Government mi...Published: 31 May 2012 at 13:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF senior official trying to wrestle the Mubaiwa headmanship
MASHONALAND East Governor Cde Aeneas Chigwedere is trying to wrestle the Mubaiwa headmanship from Hwedza villager Mr Raines Chadoka, the High Court heard yesterday. The court heard that Chigwedere did...Published: 14 Mar 2012 at 04:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rape victim sues State for US$51 000 in damages and maintenance
JUDGMENT in the case in which a woman is suing the State for US$51 000 in damages and maintenance after she fell pregnant after being raped by armed robber in 2006 has been postponed indefinitely....Published: 23 Feb 2012 at 04:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mangoma's bail conditions relaxed: Court
The Energy and Power Development minister Elton Mangoma earlier last week applied for alteration of his bail conditions to allow him to travel outside the country as one of the negotiators to the Glo...Published: 01 May 2011 at 19:39hrs | 1 | by Matthews Estell
Air Zimbabwe property attached, can be auctioned anytime
AIR Zimbabwe employees who are owed nearly US$400 000 in unpaid salaries and bonuses yesterday attached property that includes management vehicles. Efforts to stop...Published: 05 Apr 2011 at 04:42hrs | | by Byo24News
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