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Harare woman acquitted in COS fraud allegations
A Harare magistrate has acquitted Nyasha Mandeya, a woman who had been accused of duping a client out of US$22,000 under the pretext of helping her siblings secure employment in the United Kingdom's c...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:41hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Timothy Omotoso, co-accused found not guilty on all charges
Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho have been found not guilty on all charges.The trio faced over 30 charges, inluding rape, human traffi...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 11:30hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Tinashe Mugabe's DNA Show 'banned'
In a landmark ruling, the High Court has ordered the immediate suspension of Tinashe Mugabe's widely followed Closure DNA Show, citing serious violations of personal privacy rights. The verdict, deliv...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 20:41hrs | 4790 | by Staff reporter
UN judge from Uganda is convicted in the UK of forcing a woman into slavery
A British jury on Thursday convicted a United Nations judge of forcing a young woman to work as a slave after tricking her into coming to the U.K.Prosecutors said Lydia Mugambe made the Uganda...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:44hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Businesswoman wins trademark dispute against ONA Brands
Harare businesswoman Leticia Kuda Mupawose has won a trademark dispute against ONA Brands (Pvt) Ltd after the High Court Commercial Division ruled in her favour, affirming her exclusive rights to the ...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:10hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga back in court
Heart & Soul TV head of news Blessed Mhlanga will return to the Harare Magistrates Court today to face charges of incitement to violence.Harare magistrate Farai Gwitima previously remanded...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:52hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Withheld evidence delays bail application of journalist Blessed Mhlanga
Journalist Blessed Mhlanga was returned to jail on Wednesday after a Harare High Court judge requested more time to deliver a verdict on a defence application seeking critical evidence used by police ...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 07:43hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP acquitted of indecent assault charges amid political controversy
In a highly publicized trial at the Marondera Magistrates Court, Mudzi West Member of Parliament, Knowledge Kaitano of ZANU-PF, was acquitted on two counts of indecent assault. The trial, which conclu...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:46hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Fuel fraudster jailed for 20 years
The High Court of Zimbabwe, sitting in Harare, has sentenced Tinashe Sibanda to 20 years in prison after convicting him of fraud. In a related ruling, the court ordered the confiscation of assets belo...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:45hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora says Zanu-PF punishing him for resisting 2030 agenda
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) president, Douglas Mwonzora, is seething with anger after the High Court ruled to nullify his party's 2022 ordinary congress, declaring it invalid due to irregul...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 08:26hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man fined $120 for insulting police officers
A Bulawayo man has been fined US$120 after verbally abusing police officers at Pumula Police Station in frustration over the handling of his missing child's case.Simbarashe Gurajena (54), a re...Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 12:33hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
High Court to hear Tshabangu's appeal against CCC expulsion
The High Court in Harare is set to hear an appeal on Thursday afternoon by expelled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general, Senator Sengezo Tshabangu, challenging his removal fr...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 09:14hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu expelled from CCC
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has expelled self-imposed secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu, deepening the party's internal turmoil.Tshabangu's ouster was announced by the...Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 05:08hrs | 2817 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe, Mpofu trial resumes
The High Court will today resume the trial of business partners Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe, who face allegations of misappropriating millions from the Presidential Goat Pass-On Scheme, a rural empo...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 06:32hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
Harare lawyer acquitted
Harare lawyer Stanslaus Munyaradzi Bwanya has been acquitted of perjury, extortion, and forgery charges linked to a prolonged land dispute over stand 91 in Carrick Creagh Estate, Borrowdale. Magistrat...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:33hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Attempted murder accused CCC MP, councillor set free
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Member of Parliament Maureen Kademaunga and Harare ward 10 councillor Clayd Mashozhera have been acquitted of attempted murder charges after being on remand since 2...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:09hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
SA in record-high grain exports to Zimbabwe
The Port of Durban is currently receiving a shipment of imported white maize, marking the first import of the grain since March 2017 when South Africa was grappling with a severe drought.The A...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 06:44hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA candidates await eligibility verdict
The much-anticipated list of candidates eligible to contest the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) board elections will be unveiled today by the Normalisation Committee. This announcement is expecte...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:43hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda magistrate bribery case to be decided in January
Harare regional magistrate Mr. Farai Gwitima will deliver his ruling on the bribery case involving Gwanda magistrate Talent Phiri on January 6, after the defence closed its case on Friday. Phiri, 35, ...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:17hrs | 1408 | by Staff reporter
Chikore acquitted by the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court in Harare has overturned the conviction of Denzel Chikore on charges of rape, bringing an end to the legal battle.Chikore, represented by his lawyers Liveours Mundieta and Ad...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 15:43hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter in office abuse move
Outgoing US President Joe Biden has gone back on his word and pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who was convicted earlier this year of breaking federal gun and tax laws.In June, the younger Biden...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 08:06hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Wedding Night Drama Groom, in-laws sentenced for assaulting secret lover
A man whose wife eloped with her secret lover on their wedding night has been convicted along with his in-laws for assaulting the bride's secret lover. The groom, Mbongeni Moyo, and his in-laws - Alle...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:05hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo duo in court over robbery charges
Two men from Bulawayo's Tshabalala suburb, Spencer Bongani Dzitiro (33) and Malvin Mpofu (23), appeared before the Bulawayo Regional Magistrate's Court facing robbery charges.The pair allegedl...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:57hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Donald J Trump's political Houdini act dazzles Kamala Harris
Donald J. Trump completed the greatest political comeback in modern U.S. history in the early hours of Wednesday, claiming enough electoral votes to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris and return to t...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 11:49hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
South Africa apex court reverses GMO approval
After an arduous nine-year legal battle, a full bench of the supreme court of appeal (SCA) has set aside the commercial approval of a drought-tolerant genetically modified (GM) variety of maize....Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 10:44hrs | 1913 | by Staff reporter
Plot to catapult Scottland into PSL uncovered
The much-anticipated judgment regarding the abandoned match between Karoi United and Scottland FC was postponed yesterday after Karoi United requested additional time to submit a mitigation report fol...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 06:49hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Scottland to be promoted into PSL via the backdoor?
The long-awaited judgment regarding the abandoned Northern Region Division One Soccer League match between Karoi United and Scottland will be released today, following delays primarily caused by the u...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 08:00hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
South African men can adopt wives' surname
THE Constitutional Court will have its work cut out for it when it finally makes its final determination that husbands have the right to take the surnames of their wives.A groundbreaking decis...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 12:30hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's dumbest criminals arrested
In a crime that could easily top the list of Zimbabwe's "Dumbest Criminals," three Bulawayo men have been convicted for stealing 2,900 litres of diesel from Econet Wireless base stations and then sett...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 14:20hrs | 2993 | by Staff reporter
Man kills of ex-lover's husband
A 22-year-old man from Zvishavane, Edwin Muchekayawa, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison following his conviction for the murder of his ex-girlfriend's husband, Passmore Shumba. The verdict was ...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 11:21hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
5-year ban on Dynamos referee for match-fixing
Assistant referee Kudzanai Hiya has been handed a five-year ban and fined 100,000 Swiss francs (approximately US$116,650) after being found guilty of match manipulation and corruption in the Castle La...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 11:19hrs | 2911 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema alarmed by prospects of defeat and prosecution for corruption
When Zambia experienced democratic backsliding between 2011 and 2021, the deliberate use of legal mechanisms to weaken opposition parties played a central role. Lawfare has been a constant theme of Za...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 17:08hrs | 2651 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Zimbabwean based in New Zealand guilty 17 counts of rape
John Hope Muchirahondo has been found guilty of 17 counts of rape and sexual assault.The 38-year-old Christchurch man has been convicted of raping eight women and sexually assaulting a ninth....Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 10:44hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Rapist teacher jailed 15 years
A Mathematics teacher from Kwekwe has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the rape of a 16-year-old student during an extra lesson.Magistrate Musaiona Shortgame delivered the verdict agai...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:47hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Violent Zanu PF Legislator Warned
Controversial Zanu PF legislator for Buhera South Constituency who was dragged to the Manicaland provincial disciplinary committee last week on allegations of instigating violence which saw the disrup...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 19:35hrs | 476 | by Gracious Mpala in Buhera
Man jailed for using spy camera to catch cheating wife
A Taiwan court of law sentenced a man to three months in prison for invading his adulterous wife's privacy by installing hidden cameras around their home.Chinese media recently reported the un...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:57hrs | 1833 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Judge orders retraining for magistrate
The High Court reviewed and found that a Harare magistrate improperly convicted a reckless kombi driver, Munyaradzi Ronde, of a lesser offense of negligent driving, resulting in an inappropriate sente...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:32hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Businessman loses 15-year murder sentence appeal
The Supreme Court has upheld the 15-year prison sentence for Bulawayo businessman Simon Tapera and his accomplices, Collen Mukombwe and Norman Tapera, who were convicted of murdering Tonderai Doka. ...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:15hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
SA Home Affairs to clamp down on visa corruption
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said measures were in place in his department to clamp down on fraudulent activities in the issuing of visas to foreign nationals.He was responding to parl...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 08:07hrs | 988 | by Sgtaff reporter
US$200 'bribe' prosecutor granted bail
Bhekimpilo Moyo, a public prosecutor from the Bulawayo Magistrates' Court at the Tredgold Building, has been arrested for allegedly demanding a US$200 bribe.Moyo, 35, solicited the bribe from the ...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 07:53hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Association with Chivayo warrants impeachment from Presidency
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, as I see it, the scriptural rhetorical question, "Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?" (Amos 3:3) underscores the impea...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 15:18hrs | 11 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
US$3 million fraud suspect shoots himself dead at home of accuser
A tragic incident unfolded on Tuesday at the Borrowdale residence of businessman Felix Munyaradzi, where Amos Kagona, a car dealer, took his own life just hours before a court was set to deliver its v...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 11:09hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accuser applies for discharge
Sybeth Musengezi, a ZANU-PF member who contested President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rise to power following the 2017 coup, has filed for discharge at the conclusion of the State's case against him. ...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:23hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
CCC losing parliamentary candidate vindicated
Patrick Cheza, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate for Chirumanzu South in the August 2023 elections, has been acquitted of charges related to political violence, along with four other o...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 09:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Dexter Nduna, two others acquitted of illegally prospecting for gold
Former Zanu-PF Chegutu Member of Parliament, Dexter Nduna, along with two co-accused individuals, has been acquitted of charges related to illegal prospecting for minerals without a license. The verdi...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 11:06hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Neville Mutsvangwa's bail ruling now set for Friday
Neville Mutsvangwa, the son of prominent Zanu-PF figures Christopher and Monica Mutsvangwa, will await his verdict on Friday as he appeals for bail at the High Court. Mutsvangwa stands accused of fore...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Woman sets hubby alight over infidelity
A 42-year-old woman from Maphisa, Matabeleland South province, accused of murdering her husband by dousing him with petrol and setting him ablaze during a dispute over infidelity, awaits her verdict t...Published: 25 May 2024 at 12:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's son will learn his fate today
Today, the High Court is set to deliver a verdict on the bail application of Neville Mutsvangwa, son of Zanu PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa, who faces charges of illegal foreign currency deali...Published: 22 May 2024 at 10:07hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has not stopped Madzibaba Ishmael prosecution
CLAIM: President Emmerson Mnangagwa allegedly issued a directive to drop a court case against Ishmael Chokurongerwa (Madzibaba Ishmael), who is facing charges of running a Christian Apostolic faith se...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Self-styled Italian Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati sentenced to community service
In a verdict handed down by the Harare Magistrates Court, Francesco Marconati, aged 65, and his son Alessandro Marconati, aged 25, have been sentenced to 105 hours of community service each. The sente...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 18:16hrs | 19 | by George Tshuma
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