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Gushungo dairy bomber freed
HIGH Court judge, Tawanda Chitapi Tuesday granted $5 000 bail to Owen Kuchata, leader of Zimbabwe People's Front Party (ZPFP) who was jailed for attempt to bomb former President Robert Mugabe and fami...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe property bombing case collapses
A HARARE magistrate yesterday granted an application of exception of charges filed by two military intelligence officers, Solomon Makumbe and Silas Pfupa, who were accused of trying to petrol-bomb the...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 05:58hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
New twist to Mugabe dairy 'bombers' case
The case of two suspects accused of attempting to bomb President Robert Mugabe's Alpha Omega Dairies has taken a new twist after the duo told the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) that they are members...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 18:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Journalists refuse to testify in Mugabe treason case
High Court Judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi on 18 September 2017 excused from treason trial proceedings journalists Mlondolozi Ndlovu, Malvern Mkudu and Media Centre Director Earnest Mudzengi who h...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 10:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gushungo Dairy bombing suspects indicted
The four alleged plotters of the Gushungo Dairy bombing have been formally indicted by the National Prosecuting Authority to appear at the High Court on the 18th of September answering to charges of t...Published: 31 May 2017 at 15:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gushungo Dairies 'bombers' case drags on
A bid for freedom by four suspects reportedly caught attempting to bomb Alpha Omega Dairies - popularly known as Gushungo Dairies - has been dismissed after the State indicated that indicts for th...Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 12:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gushungo bombing suspects will not be removed from remand
The court yesterday turned down a request by four men, including jailed Zimbabwe People's Front president Owen Kuchata, suspected of plotting to bomb the First Family's dairy farm in Mazowe, to be...Published: 02 Nov 2016 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gushungo bombing suspects refuse further remand
Four men, including jailed Zimbabwe People's Front president Owen Kuchata, suspected of plotting to bomb the First Family's dairy farm in Mazowe yesterday refused further remand following the Stat...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tomana arrested after being suspended by Mugabe
SUSPENDED Prosecutor General Johannes Tomana was yesterday arrested as he was leaving Harare Magistrates Court following a successful application to have the magistrate presiding over his trial recuse...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 07:22hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Magistrate questions bombing suspect’s sanity
Jailed Zimbabwe People's Front president Owen Kuchata could have lost his mind after he mumbled incoherent statements about President Mugabe in court, Harare magistrate, Mr Tendai Mahwe said yesterday...Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 06:43hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
NPA contests suspected Gushungo bomber's acquittal
The National Prosecuting Authority has filed an appeal to the High Court contesting the recent acquittal of a soldier Borman Ngwenya on allegations of attempting to throw petrol bombs at the First Fam...Published: 07 Jun 2016 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Tomana trial in false start
lawyers representing Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana yesterday notified the court that there were preliminary issues they intend to raise before the trial commences.The matter was due for t...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Tendai Rupapa
Gushungo bombing case now in open court
The matter of four suspects accused of attempting to overthrow the Government through unconstitutional means which was previously held in camera is now being heard in an open court.The matter ...Published: 24 May 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Suspected Gushungo dairy bomber freed
ONE of the four men accused of attempting to petrol-bomb the First Family's Alpha Omega Dairy Farm was yesterday freed after the State failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.Regional...Published: 11 May 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Court Reporter
Army disowning me, claims Gushungo bombing suspect
police knew that the attempted petrol-bombing of the First Family's Alpha Omega Dairy Farm was a military-sanctioned operation and that the accused soldiers had been planted, one of the suspects told ...Published: 23 Apr 2016 at 12:51hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Gushungo treason trial: Proceedings to be held in camera
LAWYERS representing two of the suspects accused of attempting to overthrow the government through unconstitutional means, yesterday successfully applied to have the treason proceedings held in camera...Published: 12 Apr 2016 at 11:20hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Tomana's trial date set
The trial date of Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana, accused of releasing two suspects linked to an alleged attempt to petrol-bomb the First Family's Alpha Omega Dairy, has been set for April 27....Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 05:30hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Mugabe farm bombers go to ConCourt
HARARE magistrate Sandra Mupindu yesterday referred to the Constitutional Court a case in which two soldiers are accused of trying to bomb the President Robert Mugabe's Alpha Omega Dairy Farm for dete...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 23:20hrs | 1 | by Tendai Rupapa
NPA nullifies Tomana decision
The National Prosecuting Authority has nullified a decision by Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana to drop charges of possession of weaponry for sabotage against two soldiers accused of trying to petro...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 07:53hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
'Tomana has case to answer'
Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana should remain on remand because there is reasonable suspicion that he committed an offence, Harare provincial magistrate Mr Vakayi Chikwekwe said yesterday.T...Published: 23 Feb 2016 at 05:08hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Gushungo bombing suspect alleges army accomplices
One of the suspects accused of attempting to petrol-bomb the First Family's Alpha Omega Dairy Farm in Mazowe last Friday claimed some unnamed officials in the Zimbabwe National Army were aware of the ...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 05:40hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
'Tomana has case to answer'
Powers to prosecute are not vested in an individual, but in the National Prosecuting Authority, contrary to claims by arrested Prosecutor General Johannes Tomana, in a case in which he is challenging ...Published: 19 Feb 2016 at 06:09hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Tomana fights against 'unconstitutional' arrest
The State yesterday requested more time to prepare its response to Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana's application in which he is challenging his placement on remand arguing his arrest was unconstitu...Published: 18 Feb 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Plot to kill Mugabe's son - Grace breathes fire
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday said her son, Bellarmine Chatunga, had been marked for death by a Zanu-PF faction trying to stampede President Robert Mugabe out of power before he finishes his t...Published: 13 Feb 2016 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's Zvimba home targeted by bomb plotters
OWEN Kuchata, leader of a fringe political party, the Zimbabwe People's Front, faces a lengthy jail term after admitting a plot to bomb a plant of Alpha Omega Dairy - a business owned by President Rob...Published: 09 Feb 2016 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe property bombing saga: Suspect confesses
Zimbabwe People's Front political party leader Owen Kuchata, who was arrested while trying to petrol-bomb the First Family's Alpha Omega Dairy farm in Mazowe, yesterday admitted that he indeed wanted ...Published: 06 Feb 2016 at 09:09hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Mugabe farm 'bomb plotters' reanded in custody
Four men suspected of trying to petrol-bomb the First Family's Alpha Omega Dairy farm in Mazowe were yesterday back in court facing a more serious charge of treason after investigations revealed that ...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 05:18hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Tomana granted US$1000 bail
Prosecutor General Johannes Tomana, who was arrested yesterday, appeared before a Harare magistrate today facing charges of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer.Magistrate Vakayi Chikwek...Published: 02 Feb 2016 at 19:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Two to testify in Mugabe property bombing saga
The State yesterday withdrew charges against two of the four people accused of attempting to petrol bomb the First Family's Alpha Omega Dairy Farm in Mazowe, and turned them into its witnesses....Published: 30 Jan 2016 at 08:08hrs | | by Prosper Dembedza
Political party leader tries to bomb Mugabe's property
President Robert Mugabe's Alpha Omega Dairy farm in Mazowe was nearly bombed by members of a little known political party.The bombing was planned for last week Friday.Zimbabwe People's...Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
4 Zimbabweans arrested in Mozambique for armed robbery
FOUR Zimbabwean suspected notorious armed robbers were arrested in Mozambique after they had attempted to rob a gold dealer in September using two pistols. The four are also wanted in the cou...Published: 13 Dec 2013 at 06:26hrs | 5 | by Crime Reporter
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