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Victor Maphosa Herald Reporter A HARARE man yesterday appeared in court for allegedly swindling $8 000 from a client in a botched car deal. Munyaradzi Chauraya (38) appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Josephine Sande facing charges of theft of trust property. He was remanded to November 23 on $100 bail. Prosecutor Linda Gadzikwa alleged that on an unknown date, […]
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Mashudu Netsianda Senior Reporter SOUTH African Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has claimed that undocumented Zimbabwean farm workers are behind a spate of robberies, among other crimes committed in the neighbouring country, drawing rebuke and sharp criticism from the Zimbabwean community. Mr Mbalula, who was responding to questions from an opposition Democratic Alliance
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Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent SUSPENDED Chitungwiza mayor Phillip Mutoti’s application for discharge on allegations of fraud or alternatively criminal abuse of duty was yesterday dismissed, while fired town clerk, George Makunde, who was also facing the same charges, was acquitted. Mutoti and the town’s former housing director Kennedy Dube, whose application for discharge was also
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A HARARE man allegedly forged a Zanu-PF donation document and used it to swindle individuals and companies of an undisclosed amount of money under the guise that it was a donation to the ruling party. Edwin Shorai Musa (24) from Greendale, Harare, whose business address is mentioned in the State papers as […]
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Primrose Nyanzero Herald Reporter A 25-year-old Chitungwiza man is facing three counts of assault after he allegedly went berserk at a night club at Murisa Business Centre after he failed to get sexual favours from his estranged wife. Zaccheus Matute attacked Edgar Sambani (32), Previous Ganyiwa (20), Crispen Marembo and dogs belonging to the club owner’s brother.
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Sheillah Mapani Herald Reporter TWO senior police officers who stole over $8 000 from the force’s income-generating project, Kuyedza Women’s Club, were on Monday each sentenced to an effective nine months in prison. Senior staff officer Fortunate Chirara (39) and Inspector John Madhuku (41) were convicted of theft after a fully contested trial by magistrate Ms Josephine […]
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Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent A CHITUNGWIZA teenager has been fined $150 after being convicted of cheating during this year’s Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) end of year English examination paper. Louisa Mataya (18) of Unit B, Seke, denied contravening Section 35 (1) (b) of the Zimbabwe Examinations Council Act when she appeared before Chitungwiza magistrate Mrs Yeukai […]
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A prisoner, who was allegedly assisted by a senior prison officer to escape from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare in a bid to hide potentially incriminating information known by the prisoner, has been sent back to jail for an effective three years. Tawanda Chikonyora (35), who was jailed for theft, only […]
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Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent Three MDC-T activists who allegedly stormed a Zanu-PF councillor’s house in Chitungwiza and smashed her car’s windscreen after a heated argument over voter registration appeared in court yesterday. Clara Panganayi (62) of Unit H, Lucia Ruya (37) and Amos Kaliati (43) are facing charges of public violence.
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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter CONCESSIONARY school fees charges offered to elite private schools’ workers is income and liable to taxation in terms of the law, the Supreme Court has ruled. Justice Tendai Uchena made the ruling in the tax row pitting Arundel School, Chisipite Senior School, St Johns Educational College, Gateway School, St Georges College and […]
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter Orchestra Dendera Kings leader Sulumani Chimbetu has applied for the reduction of his contribution towards the upkeep of two minor children he sired with ex-wife Marygold Mutemasango from $800 to $200 per month citing economic hardships and changed circumstances. Chimbetu (35), who is paying $800 maintenance, was in June this year convicted […]
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Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has been labelled a pathological liar, who professes ignorance of the fact that he is being sued by his home boy over the failed 2013 “grand coalition” against President Mugabe, when newspapers were awash with the court case since mid this year. Mr Moreprecision Muzadzi, who was […]
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter Senior prison officers at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare allegedly assisted a convict to escape from prison in a bid to hide potentially incriminating information known by the prisoner, the court heard yesterday. Tawanda Chikonyora (35) said he escaped in January this year with the assistance of a senior prison officer […]
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Primrose Nyanzero Herald Reporter A police officer has been hauled to court on allegations of abuse of office after he reportedly demanded sexual favours from a complainant who had visited the station to file a report. Tonderai Mugumi (21), stationed at ZRP Zengeza, allegedly wanted to be intimate with Synodia Memory Moyo in exchange for arresting the […]
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Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter Former Chitungwiza town clerk Mr George Makunde, whose contract of employment expired in August this year, is clinging to the local authority’s Land Cruiser V8. Efforts by the municipality to recover the vehicle have hit a brick wall, resulting in the dispute spilling into the High Court.