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Senior magistrate blames crippling economy, supports corruption
Inyathi Senior Magistrate Samukeliswe Gumbo's leaked audio on corruption is circulating on social media.The magistrate who is reported to have offered passengers a lift was recorded blasting t...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 11:42hrs | 994 | by Paul Ndou
Man bashes young brother to death
MATOBO - Blinded by love and unable to stand the sight of his younger brother's right to life over suspicious involvement towards a previous divorce with his former wife, lands Xolani Dube (36) in cus...Published: 14 Jun 2025 at 20:34hrs | 1855 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Kezi
BREAKING: Senior Magistrate overturns with government vehicle
Plumtree regional magistrate Lungile Ncube yesterday had an accident with the government vehicle at the 7 kilometer peg along Plumtree - Bulawayo highway....Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 06:57hrs | 2316 | by Paul Ndou
Robbers appear in court
Two suspected robbers, Leon Hunda (32) and Joe Kunaka (27), have been arraigned before Harare senior magistrate Mrs. Marehwanazvo Gofa, charged with two counts of robbery. They are remanded in custody...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 06:56hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
US$720,000 robbers face fresh charges
Two suspected robbers involved in a US$720,000 heist at a financial institution earlier this year are back in court facing new charges of robbing an iPhone dealer.Tafadzwa Richard Marondera (2...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 07:54hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Workers gagged from complaining about poor working conditions
Disgruntled employees under the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) claim they are unable to voice complaints about poor working conditions while witnessing their superiors enjoying privileges.S...Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senior magistrate in dock over grocery bribe
A SENIOR magistrate stationed at Murehwa Magistrates Court, Terrence Mashaire, who is accused of receiving bribes in the form of groceries and stationary, was yesterday remanded out of custody on US$1...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:58hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
7 illegal miners locked up in Botswana
SEVEN Zimbabweans have been locked up in remand prison in Botswana pending trial for illegal mining.According to media reports, the Zimbabweans were caught prospecting and mining gold illegall...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Human rights lawyers rescues disgruntled villagers as court stop Chinese illegal operations
A ZIMBABWEAN court has stopped Labenmon Investments, a Chinese mining company, from conducting illegal mining operations on ancestral land belonging to some Mutoko villagers in Mashonaland East provin...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 20:14hrs | 19 | by Stephen Jakes
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
Biti in another Stalingrad move
CCC vice president Tendai Biti yesterday continued with his application for referral of his assault case to the Constitutional Court insisting that the presiding magistrate, Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti, and...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti criticises magistrate
The assault trial of Tendai Biti resumed today with him claiming that Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti was making biased rulings and decisions, which were breaching his rights.Biti, who...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti trial to continue next week
The assault trial for Tendai Biti will continue on September 8 after it was yesterday deferred by Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti.Biti for the past two months has been repeating what h...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti's trial continues
The assault trial for Tendai Biti continued today with him carrying on with his application for the matter to be referred to the Apex Court.Biti is facing charges of manhandling a Zimbabwean i...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 20:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Habitual robber, journalist arrested
One of the country's notorious armed robbers, Clever Mununudzi Nengomasha, was shot and seriously injured following a skirmish with police in Harare, leading to the recovery five guns and ammunition h...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru probes secret sale of bus rank
Gweru City Council has put in place a forensic probe team to look into the secret sale of the Kudzanayi long-distance bus rank.Last year The Standard, working in conjunction with Information f...Published: 26 May 2019 at 14:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Protests cases flood Bulawayo courts
THE Judiciary Services Commission (JSC) has deployed 10 senior magistrates to Bulawayo to help their counterparts deal with the high number of public violence cases in the province emanating from last...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Guvamombe trial set for February 28
The trial of suspended chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe on charges of allegedly influencing a subordinate to recuse himself in a matter he had interest in, will commence on February 28. Guva...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staffg reporter
Magistrate fired
The Judicial Services Commission (JSC) has fired a senior Masvingo magistrate,Mr Peter Madhibha, for gross incompetence, among other charges. JSC secretary, Mr Walter Chikwanha confirmed the s...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Malaba vows to tackle corruption in Judiciary
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has declared that he will leave no stone unturned in his endeavour to fight corruption within the country's Judiciary. Speaking during the commissioning of three new ...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'O' Level exam cheats in court
TWO Chibuwe High School 'O' Level students in Chipinge district were on Monday dragged to court for allegedly leaking two Zimbabwe School Examination Council papers.The duo, who cannot be named be...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senior magistrate threatened to fix Zanu-PF youths?
Three Zanu-PF youths accused of violence during primary elections in Mvuma have applied to have their case transferred to the Constitutional Court after accusing the presiding magistrate of threatenin...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Justice Nare sworn in as Zimbabwe genocide commission chair
The President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has sworn in the Chairperson of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) Retired Justice Selo Masole Nare at State House in Harare this morning...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 15:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints Gukurahundi Commission chair
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed Retired Justice Selo Masole Nare as the chairman of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission.Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck S...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 01:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Challenges that have faced dialogue around Gukurahundi genocide
"The creation, arming and dispatching of Gukurahundi to this part of the country was not my role. It was the role of the security committee chaired by Mugabe whose members were Emmarson Munangwagwa, S...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 13:35hrs | 3 | by Dumisani Mpofu
Mangoma will whittle down presidential powers
Daily News editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with the presidential candidate for the Coalition of Democrats (CODE) — an alliance of six opposition political parties about the ...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grandpa drags baby mama to court
LOVE is blind and unpredictable!The statement was proven true last Friday when a granddad in his 70s dragged his baby mama in her 20s to court over a maintenance dispute.Stephanie Muri...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 17:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man raises another man's child for 16 years
IN a case of paternity fraud akin to bereavement, a Bulawayo man now based in the United Kingdom had been living a lie after he was tricked by his estranged wife into supporting another man's child fo...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Reality check for Zimbabweans in the UK
BEING far away from home has made many people creative and self-sufficient. The cruel atmosphere of a foreign land has brought out hitherto unknown capabilities. Finding themselves far from the suppor...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 08:59hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF MP acquitted in pangolin case
Nyanga North legislator, Hubert Nyanhongo and three other accomplices, who were facing charges of dealing in specially protected animals after they were allegedly found in possession of a live pangoli...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 15:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man steals 5 donkeys to buy groceries
A CHIPINGE man stole five donkeys from a neighbour and took them to the market where he intended to sell them to raise money for groceries.Matthias Matyei (36) of Mariga Village under Chief Mu...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bogus CIO officer nabbed at Mugabe's briefings
A 29-YEAR-OLD man from Mutare's Yeovil medium-density suburb masqueraded as a Central Intelligence Organisation operative and gate-crashed into meetings held by the security services prior to the host...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndlovu family connives with court to steal children's inheritance
A corruption case have emerged involving Jacky Dube 22 years old, his twin sisters 14 years of age and their late mother’s family. According to the reports made to us by Mr Jachin and his father Dum...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by MRP
Zimbabwean granny jailed in Botswana for selling weed
A Zimbabwean granny has been sent to prison for two years in Botswana after being caught selling weed.She has also been ordered to pay a fine P3000 as well. Reginah Sibanda, 57, was convicted ...Published: 15 Nov 2016 at 11:59hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
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
Magistrate orders police to stop torture
POLICE in Gweru are allegedly unproceduraly getting suspects from remand prison for further investigations.A suspect in a robbery case raised the issue after alleging police shot him on both l...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Man stuns court with traditional dress
THERE was drama at the Mutare Magistrates’ Court after a Musharu man last Friday appeared in court dressed in traditional loincloths (nhembe neshashiko) after he had breached a section of the Wildli...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Student on attachment steals because seniors steal
A STUDENT with a local college who is currently on a work-related learning attachment with a local company was last week arraigned before the courts for stealing from his employer.Manica Post ...Published: 14 Jun 2016 at 07:05hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Footprints give away thieves
TWO ZIMUNYA burglars who broke into three houses in the location were arrested after police traced their footprints from the crime scenes straight to their hideout.The pair has since appeared ...Published: 14 Jun 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Tendai Gukutikwa
Kombi owner assaults cop over spot fine
A LOCAL commuter omnibus owner allegedly assaulted a police officer after his driver was asked to pay a spot fine.Johannes Nyamuda (52) was remanded to June 17 when he appeared before Mutare senior ma...Published: 11 Jun 2016 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man beds boss’ minor daughter
A MARANGE man was hauled before the courts on allegations of bedding his employer’s 14-year-old daughter on countless occasions.Manica Post reported that Tinashe Simango (26) of Mushunje Vil...Published: 28 May 2016 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Tendai Gukutikwa
US$800 000 mbanje bootleg...
A 37-YEAR old Malawian truck driver who was arrested with mbanje worth about $800 000 was remanded in custody to May 13.Manica Post reported that the driver, Alfred Masonyenzo Manjakawawa, was...Published: 07 May 2016 at 10:56hrs | | by Liberty Dube
Unpaid work for bedding a minor
A ZIMUNYA man escaped an eight-month jail term and was ordered to perform 140 hours of unpaid work after he was found guilty of bedding a minor. Aleck Mundonde (24) of Manzununu Village under ...Published: 06 May 2016 at 14:23hrs | | by Letwin Mubonesi
Community service for assaulting suspected thief
FOR pushing a suspected thief into a drainage canal which was full of water and instructing him to remain in the water, a Hob-house man will do 235 hours of unpaid work.Manica Post reported th...Published: 01 May 2016 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Soldiers bash cops at club
THREE soldiers were this week arraigned before the courts facing charges of assaulting two police officers who wanted to arrest a suspect. Manmica Post reported that Claytos Bindiko (30) who r...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 08:56hrs | | by Collette Mukome
Council employees steal from employer
TWO Mutare City Council employees were recently hauled before the courts on allegations of stealing tyres worth $400.Manica Post reported that the duo, Leslie Mushati (31), Cosmas Makore (37) ...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 07:17hrs | | by Tendai Gukutikwa
Man arrested for stealing ZESA copper conductors
A MUTARE man was arraigned before the courts last week for stealing Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority overhead copper conductors.Manica Post reported that Farai Mandaza denied the theft ch...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 07:16hrs | | by Letwin Mubonesi
Council employees steal from employer
TWO Mutare City Council employees were recently hauled before the courts on allegations of stealing tyres worth $400.Manica Post reported that the duo, Leslie Mushati (31), Cosmas Makore...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Tendai Gukutikwa
Man nabbed for stealing ZESA copper conductors
A MUTARE man was arraigned before the courts last week for stealing Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority overhead copper conductors.Manica Post reported that Farai Mandaza denied the theft ch...Published: 23 Apr 2016 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Letwin Mubonesi
Council employees steal from employer
TWO Mutare City Council employees were recently hauled before the courts on allegations of stealing tyres worth $400.Manica Post reported that the duo, Leslie Mushati (31), Cosmas Makore (37) ...Published: 23 Apr 2016 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Tendai Gukutikwa
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