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Martha Leboho A Masvingo lawyer was allegedly swindled of $13 000 early this year by a man who had promised to import a Range Rover vehicle for him from the United Kingdom.
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Blessings Chidakwa Mash West Correspondent A 23-year-old Karoi taxi driver allegedly stole goods from a Good Samaritan who had offered him overnight accommodation. Rabson Ngoma of 223/17 Messengers’ Camp in Chikangwe pleaded guilty to theft charges when he appeared before Chinhoyi magistrate Mr Felix Mawadze.
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Fungai Lupande Senior Court Reporter A 25-year-old woman was on Tuesday sentenced to 210 hours of community service for trying to get a job as a police officer using a forged Ordinary Level result slip. Victoria Magunje of Arcadia pleaded guilty to fraud charges when she appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Rumbidzai Dzumbira.
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Nyore Madzianike Manicaland Bureau A HWEDZA man has been sentenced to 13 years in jail for raping his brother’s 16- year-old daughter. Taurai Gorwa (40) of Zviyambe Village was initially sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for the offence when he appeared before Rusape magistrate Mr Livingstone Chipadza.
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter The maintenance case involving Orchestra Dendera Kings leader Sulumani Chimbetu and ex-wife Marygold Mutemasango was yesterday postponed to Monday next week after the latter informed the court that her lawyer was sick. Chimbetu (35), who is paying $800 maintenance towards the upkeep of two minors he sired with Mutemasango, recently applied for […]
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Victor Maphosa Herald Correspondent POLICE have been urged to spread messages of peace and to maintain high standards of discipline by ensuring that symbiotic and cordial relations that exist between the police and the public are maintained ahead of the 2018 harmonised elections. Speaking at the official closing ceremony of this year’s provincial community relations liaison officers […]
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Crime Reporter Police have expressed concern over armed robbery and murder cases that have been recorded in various parts of the country since last month. In a statement, chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba urged people to respect the sanctity of human life and also avoid boarding unregistered vehicles as they could end up […]
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Primrose Nyanzero Herald Reporter A 32-year-old woman will perform 210 hours of unpaid work after she was found guilty of striking her husband on the head with an empty bottle. Yolanda Chitimbe of Marondera pleaded not guilty to physical abuse as defined in the Domestic Violence Act when she first appeared before Chitungwiza magistrate Mrs Yeukai Chigodora […]
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Crime Reporter A Zimbabwean man who was recently arrested in South Africa in connection with the murder of a doctor and the attempted murder of his wife in the neighbouring country escaped from police custody after cutting his way out of the police cells on Monday night. According to reports, South African Police Services spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel […]
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter Three Harare men will spend the next three years in prison for stealing goods worth $30 from a house in Mt Pleasant at knifepoint. Tatenda Chiura, Brighton Chokwenda (both aged 27) and Rashford Banda (29) pleaded guilty to armed robbery charges when they appeared before magistrate Ms Josephine Sande.
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Runesu Gwidi Masvingo Correspondent A Chiredzi man has been sentenced to life in prison by a Masvingo High Court judge after he fatally struck his father with an axe in June last year and buried his corpse in a sorghum field. Last week, Justice Garainesu Mawadze jailed Khetani Kasha (27) of Chirove village in Sengwe communal lands […]
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Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent Former Chitungwiza Municipality acting housing director Kennedy Dube yesterday turned on his co-accused, suspended mayor Phillip Mutoti, saying he processed an offer letter for a residential stand for the latter’s three-year-old son on the basis of an “instruction” from the town clerk. Dube said this during their defence case before Chitungwiza resident magistrate […]
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Victor Maphosa Herald Reporter Advertising products with a forged DStv trademark has backfired for a 21-year-old Harare woman who was yesterday fined $100. Rumbidzai Evelyn Sibanda was convicted by Harare magistrate Ms Tildah Mazhandu after the State successfully proved its case. Sibanda was given up to November 17 this year to pay the fine or face 30 days […]
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Crime Reporter GOVERNMENT will deploy labour inspectors and social workers across the country to examine suspected exploitative working conditions that are linked to human trafficking. Speaking at a data collection training and roll out of Trafficking in Persons Task Forces workshop in Harare yesterday, the Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Melusi Matshiya, challenged
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter Two more people have been arrested on allegations of fleecing Harare Central Hospital of more than $68 000 bringing the number of people nabbed in connection with the case to four. Gift Ziyambe (36) and Albert Chisema (41) appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Gideon Kuvetsa facing 13 counts of fraud. Their alleged accomplices […]