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A former acting headmistress at Kirkman Primary School in Harare yesterday appeared in court for allegedly stealing school funds amounting to $5 241. Elizabeth Mavhiza (47), who was the school’s senior teacher, was the acting head at the time she allegedly committed the offence. She allegedly ordered parents to pay their children’s school fees into […]
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A Chitungwiza man, who hit a minor who was walking on the side of the road, was on Monday ordered to pay a $200 fine, failure of which he will spend two months in jail for negligent driving. Walter Musakasa was convicted of breaching the Road Traffic Act chapter 13; 11 for negligent driving by […]
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Two Harare men were yesterday slapped with a combined 20-year prison term after they were convicted of contravening the Telecommunications Act that criminalises receiving or taking possession of any telecommunication infrastructure material. In Zimbabwe, crimes of this nature attract a mandatory sentence of not less than 10 years, unless there are special circumstances, but in […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka Herald Correspondent A 79-year old Wedza man was yesterday sentenced to nine years in prison for raping his niece. He pleaded not guilty to rape but was convicted by Chitungwiza regional magistrate Ms Estere Chivasa after a full trial. Ms Chivasa initially sentenced him to 11 years in prison before setting aside two […]
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Victor Maphosa Mashonaland East Correspondent Two Marondera men were last week arrested on separate occasions for allegedly stealing vehicles from unsuspecting motorists. Mashonaland East acting police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Tendai Mwanza confirmed the arrest of Allen Muswere (35) and Gift Muchororingo (20) both from Cherutombo suburb, Marondera. “We have in custody Allen and Gift, who […]
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Former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya and seven other senior Government officials, including Mashonaland West provincial administrator Cecilia Chitiyo, were last Friday further remanded out of custody to May 31 as the State is still compiling their charges.
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A 30-year-old Gweru man has been sentenced to an effective 18 months in prison for breaking into a house and stealing property worth $545.
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A 69-year-old Chitungwiza man, who was being accused of raping his six-year-old neighbour, has been acquitted due to lack of evidence.
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A 17-year-old girl from Mberengwa has been arrested after she smashed her three-week-old baby against a dwala and crushing her to death with stones.
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POLICE in Gweru have arrested four armed robbers from Kadoma who allegedly raped a woman who was on her way to church before hijacking a vehicle, which they used as a getaway car.
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FORMER Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Samuel Undenge’s two children studying at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, have been ejected from campus over failure to pay fees.
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Four suspected youthful robbers from Epworth, Harare, allegedly waylaid two men who were on their way home before stabbing them several times and robbing them of $60 cash.
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A BINDURA Rural District Council engineer was slapped with a 24-month jail term after being convicted of 16 counts of fraud involving $9 840.
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COURT proceedings came to a halt last week when a Chipinge man who was about to be sentenced for stocktheft tried to intimidate the magistrate by producing juju in court.
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Former Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere’s gross incompetence and abuse of office has been exposed by the Bulawayo High Court which nullified his suspension and subsequent dismissal of Gweru Town Clerk Mr Daniel Matawu.