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Yeukai Karengezeka–Court Correspondent A SUSPECTED fake doctor, who allegedly exposed himself after he was seen holding an X-ray upside down, analysing it in front of a patient at a Harare hospital, has been arrested and taken to court. The complainant is Whatmore Tarugarira (43), the loss control officer at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare. […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka-Court Correspondent ONE of the directors of e-Creator, a suspected Ponzi scheme that allegedly defrauded thousands of people of over US$1 million, has been granted US$1 000 bail by a Harare magistrate. Trymore Tapfumaneyi, who had been in remand prison for over seven months, was finally granted bail by Harare regional magistrate Mr Donald […]
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Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Zimbabwe and South Africa’s security officials have intensified their anti-smuggling drive in the last few weeks as the smuggling of cigarettes between the two nations continues. On Wednesday, South African police intercepted a contraband of cigarettes worth R150 000 in Musina town. Criminals moving Zimbabwean tobacco products to South Africa via […]
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Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent Harare magistrate, Mr Taurai Manuwere has deferred a case involving City of Harare’s former chief building inspector, Roy Nyabvure, to July 31. Nyabvure is facing charges of criminal abuse of duty. Investigations into the matter established that Nyabvure (65) unprocedurally signed a building plan for George Katsimberis. The plan was used […]
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Crime Reporter A 19-year-old man was stabbed to death after a 40-men machete-wielding gang raided a farm in Glendale. Dhalala Kakowe died after being stabbed with a sharp object on the chest and neck. The motive behind the attack is still unknown and police are conducting investigations. In a statement, national police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner […]
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Fidelis Munyoro-Chief Court Reporter A human trafficking syndicate involving local people and foreigners is suspected of bringing to Zimbabwe the Malawians recently rounded up by police in Mbare, with authorities now hunting down the traffickers. The first group of 30 Malawians that was arrested on Monday appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Caroline Matanga on Tuesday […]
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Zvamaida Murwira-Senior Reporter POLICE have been roped in to investigate allegations of corruption, money laundering and externalisation of funds levelled against CIMAS Medical Aid Society by a former executive. This comes as the Ministry of Health and Child Care has allowed the Cimas Extraordinary General Meeting to proceed after it was initially aborted at the […]
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Herald Correspondent A 40-YEAR-OLD man from Harare has walked free from court after rape charges against him were withdrawn before plea. This follows submissions by the prosecution that he had been mistakenly fingered by the complainant as the suspect. Tarauke Mpombwe was awaiting trial on allegations of raping his 17-year-old neighbour but just before the […]
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Fairness Moyana in HWANGE A woman from Jambezi in Hwange District who is married to a local village head has been jailed for 15 years for raping a 28-year-old mentally-challenged man. Sitheni Masina (35) of Hail Ndlovu homestead BH126 in Victoria Falls pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated indecent assault, but was convicted […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka–Court Correspondent SIXTY-FIVE suspected illegal money changers arrested last week after being found operating around Harare have been further remanded in custody to Monday. This is to allow the State to summon investigating officers to court to clarify the circumstances around the arrests. Bail hearings are expected from Monday up to May 3. The […]
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Thupeyo Muleya-Beitbridge Bureau TWO men from Beitbridge have been charged for attempting to kill Ward 3 councillor Mr Takavingei Mahachi by stabbing him with knives at his house in Tshidixwa suburb on Independence Day. Ashley Ndou (23) and Prospect Ziyengwa (27) are accused of stabbing the councillor intending to kill him, with the help of […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka–Court Correspondent A QUANTITY surveyor at Chitungwiza Municipality, Tendai Mandihlare, who duped his employer into paying a company $1,1 million in 2021 after falsely claiming that he had hired a vehicle for the Works Department, has been fined US$300. Mandihlare was found guilty of fraud and alternatively corruptly using a false document, when he […]
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Patrick Chitumba-Midlands Bureau Chief A 20-YEAR-OLD maid from Senga suburb in Gweru has been sentenced to an effective 15-years in jail for sexually abusing her employer’s eight-year-old son and infecting him with a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Sitholokuhle Nyathi was convicted of two counts of aggravated indecent assault by Gweru regional magistrate Mr Christopher Maturure. […]
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Remember Deketeke Herald Correspondent A shop at Chakohwa Business Centre in Chimanimani lost over US$30 000 to three robbers who raided their premises this week. In a statement, ZRP national spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident and said investigations are in progress. “Three unidentified male suspects who were armed with firearms broke into […]
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Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent A DIRECTOR at Southchoice Investments and her accomplice have appeared in court on allegations of defrauding a Chinese businessman of US$750 000 in a botched residential stand deal. The complainant, Dong Ye, is based in China. Elizabeth Simpson (53) and Cephas Masuka (41), who is a legal clerk at Matsika Legal […]