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Sheillah Mapani Herald Reporter A Harare man appeared in court on Wednesday for raping a desperate Mhangura woman he had booked into a hotel, and promised to marry her to conceal the crime.
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter Two more people – the deputy director of valuations and estate management in the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Rejoice Pazvakavambwa (43) and the registrar of valuers Lazarus Chimba (70) – have been arrested on allegations of facilitating the transfer of council property worth $900 000 into […]
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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter Former Harare City town planner Psychology Chiwanga has been arrested in connection with ex-Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo’s alleged underhand dealings at council over a decade ago.
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Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter MISS Tourism Zimbabwe Trust and its patron Mrs Barbara Mzembi have approached the High Court claiming defamation damages amounting to $100 000 from Big Time Strategic Group (Private) Limited. Mrs Mzembi, wife to former Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi, argues that Big Time Strategic Group — a former Miss Tourism Zimbabwe pageant […]
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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter A $3 million loan dispute pitting businessman Mr Temba Mliswa and CBZ Bank has taken a new twist, with both parties now pursuing an out-of-court settlement.
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Herald Reporters A Harare man appeared in court on Monday for attempted murder after stabbing someone several times with a knife at Jongwe Corner in Hatfield, Harare. Michael Chigari appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Gideon Ruvetsa, facing charges of attempted murder. He was remanded in custody to December 11 and was advised to apply for bail […]
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter The five police officers, who gouged a civilian’s right eye after assaulting him with batons at the intersection of Kenneth Kaunda Avenue and Julius Nyerere Way in March this year, were yesterday jailed for an effective one year and three months each in prison.
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter Former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo and ex-Zanu-PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga were yesterday sent to remand prison after the court threw out their application for bail and remanded them to December 8.
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Fungai Lupande Senior Court Reporter The State last week persuaded the court to impose a custodial sentence on five police officers who gouged a civilian’s right eye after assaulting him with baton at the intersection of Kenneth Kaunda Avenue and Julius Nyerere Way in March this year.
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Sheillah Mapani Herald Reporter A Harare man was last week sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping his three-year-old niece. Harare magistrate Ms Bianca Makwande sentenced the 28-year-old man to 15 years in prison, but suspended three years on condition that he does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.
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Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter A Murehwa man, who attempted to forcibly bed his mother before strangling her to death will now spend 20 years behind bars. Titus Mafuka (36) of Chidhakwa Village under Chief Chitsungo in Pfungwe, is understood to have demanded to be intimate with his mother as a way of breaking a spell she […]
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Fungai Lupande Senior Court Reporter Former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo and ex-Zanu-PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga (pictured above) will appear in court today for their bail application after the duo unsuccessfully challenged their placement on remand on Saturday. Chombo, the former Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration, and Chipanga, the former secretary for the party’s Youth League, argued […]
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Fungai Lupande Senior Court Reporter Fidelity Printers and Refiners head of gold operations Mehluleli Dube is appearing at Harare Magistrates’ Court on allegations of approving a $183 000 gold purchase after police advised him to stop the transaction due to ongoing criminal investigations.
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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter The intervention by the military to pacify a deteriorating social, political and economic environment, which subsequently led to the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe, was lawful, the High Court ruled on Saturday.
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Razemba Crime Reporter China Aid State Construction Company has been ordered to pay more than $37 000 as terminal benefits to 33 former employees. The 33 workers were previously employed as artisans during the construction of Hatcliffe High School in Harare, a project that was sponsored and constructed by the Chinese firm.