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Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau Gweru provincial magistrate, Ms Beaulity Dube has this afternoon charged Peter Dube with two murder counts and two attempted murder counts following a frenzied gun attack on four people including his second wife in 2021. He has been remanded in custody to 17 April 2024. Dube has been on the run […]
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Freeman Razemba–Crime Reporter At 2.05pm yesterday, a Malaysian passenger plane screeched to a halt at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare, under partly cloudy weather. For scores of people who had come to welcome their relatives, friends and business partners, it was difficult to sense that something was amiss. But for airport staff, […]
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Crime Reporter At least 27 people were killed while 159 were injured in the 286 road traffic accidents recorded during this year’s Easter holiday. The death toll dropped marginally from the 29 killed last year, with the injury toll rising from the 145 last year. The number of road accidents remained almost constant, falling slightly […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka–Court Correspondent TWO lodge attendants at Kyle Recreational Park in Masvingo have each been fined US$100 for possession of five lion skulls which they intended to sell. Shelton Chibaya (36) and Benedict Mutinhima (31) appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Ruth Moyo charged with contravening the Parks and Wildlife Act. They pleaded guilty. The complainant […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent THE trial of CCC Member of Parliament for Sunningdale Constituency Maureen Kademaunga, Councillor Clayd Mashozhera and two other accomplices on three attempted murder charges, opened in Harare yesterday. Kademaunga, Mashozhera, Noel Munhuwei and Daudi Jessub are facing three counts of attempted murder and one count of malicious damage to property. Represented […]
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Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent THE High Court has dismissed an application by Harare lawyer Tendai Biti who is seeking condonation for late filing of heads of argument in a matter in which he is being sued for US$1 million for defamation by Augur Investments’ top executives, Mr Kenneth Raydon Sharpe and Mrs Tatiana Aleshina. This […]
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Crime Reporter The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested the former Director of Investment for the National Security Authority (NSSA), Brian Murewa, on allegations of fraud. Murewa, who has been on the run for over a year, was arrested during a raid at his Borrowdale home in Harare. The former director is alleged to have misrepresented […]
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Crime Reporter FUGITIVE Gweru murder suspect Peter Dube, wanted by police for allegedly shooting three people dead and injuring his second wife in 2021, following a misunderstanding on allegations of adultery is expected to be extradited to the country today. Dube who has been on the run was arrested in Mozambique after being deported from […]
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Crime Reporter EIGHT suspected cattle rustlers, including three women, have been arrested in Kadoma area and police recovered 41 cattle during a crackdown against stock theft. Of the four arrested, two of them were a man and his son who were targeting farmers in and around Kadoma. In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka-Court Correspondent Two men who allegedly kidnapped a 24-year-old man and sexually assaulted him, have appeared in court. Lionel Chipunza (40), who is employed at New Start HIV Testing Centre, and Edwin Geni (35), who is self-employed, appeared before Harare regional magistrate Mr Donald Ndirowei charged with kidnapping and aggravated indecent assault. Only the […]
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Court Correspondent Pastor Peter Rego, a chaplin at Philadelphia Academy has appeared in court for allegedly selling a car he had hired. Rego was remanded out of custody to April 11 when he appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi charged with theft of trust property. The State alleged that between November 2022 and January […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka–Court Correspondent THE State yesterday objected to the release on bail of five suspected hitmen hired from South Africa to kill a Zimbabwean businessman. The five were allegedly hired by an associate of the businessman after he failed to refund US$800 000 that had been advanced to him to pay for liquid gas tankers […]
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Crime Reporter Police in Harare are investigating the drowning of an 18-month-old child in a well in Tafara while the mother was attending a church service. The body was taken to hospital for post mortem. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi urged parents to put their children’s safety first. Meanwhile police in Bulawayo are […]
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Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent Harare magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje has deferred to April 10 the matter for two men from Karoi and a Chinese national who allegedly made arrangements for marrying off three underage girls to China by fraudulently acquiring travelling documents for them. Chen Dehu (39), Joseph Rabson (44) and Shame Mafido (47) are […]
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Crime Reporter An 18-month-old toddler drowned in an unprotected well in Tafara, while the mother was attending a church service. Police have since launched investigations into the case. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident. “The ZRP is investigating a sad incident which occurred at a church on March 30, 2024, in […]