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Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent SIXTY FIVE suspected money changers who were arrested last week around Harare appeared in court yesterday and were further remanded in custody, while the court considers their oral and written applications for bail. The suspects appeared before Harare magistrates Mr Dennis Mangosi and Mrs Ethel Chichera charged with contravening the Exchange […]
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Mutsawashe Mashandure Herald Correspondent The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) last week arrested and fined more than 70 litterbugs as it seeks to make Harare litter-free. Recently, EMA launched a prosecution awareness campaign aimed at achieving a zero-litter environment. The campaign seeks to raise public consciousness about the consequences of littering. So far EMA, has opened […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent Transport tycoon Mr Leonard Mukumba allegedly lost US$147 000 after investing in a close friend’s business. Mr Mukumba who runs a fleet of buses later found that after his friend won a pair of tenders, he diverted the payments. The trial of Peter Gondo (33) is being heard before Harare regional […]
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Crime Reporter A 35-year-old suspected armed robber was shot and injured in Bulawayo on Saturday after he tried to disarm a police officer who was armed with a CZ pistol loaded with six rounds. James Moyo was shot in the stomach by the police and was taken to United Bulawayo Hospitals for treatment. National police […]
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Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent Harare magistrate, Mr Dennis Mangosi has granted US$200 bail to each of the 11 people who last week appeared in court on allegations of misrepresenting as police officers and kidnapping someone before demanding a ransom of US$120 000 from his relatives. As part of their bail conditions, the 11 were ordered […]
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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter MUTOKO Rural District Council’s former Chief Executive, Peter Sigauke and town planner Enock Mukwekwe’s efforts to appeal against their two-year jail sentences for selling public land were recently quashed by the High Court. The duo pocketed US$12 000 after selling residential stands they carved out of Chinzanga Beer Hall’s yard […]
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Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent Bell Petroleum (Pvt) Ltd director Daniel Guzha has appeared in court for allegedly defrauding a client of US$95 502 in a fuel deal. Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi granted Guzha US$500 bail. Bell Petroleum and the complainant had a business relationship dating back to 2022 with the complainant getting bulk fuel […]
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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter The close contact hired by the late MDC-T leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, to facilitate coalition talks with prospective political allies before the 2013 election, has been awarded US$204 800 for breach of contract and damages for the assault he suffered at the opposition leader’s homestead. Mr Moreprecision Muzadzi, now of […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent A dispute on Friday over US$10, that a man lent his wife, escalated into a violent fight that left the wife battling for her life after being struck on the head with a hoe. Pastor Nyamudyariwa (34) was arrested and charged with attempted murder. He was remanded in custody by Harare […]
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Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent Bell Petroleum [Pvt] Ltd and its director on Wednesday appeared in court facing allegations of defrauding a client of US$95 502 in a botched fuel deal. The petroleum company and Daniel Guzha appeared before Harare magistrate, Mr Dennis Mangosi. Guzha was granted US$500 bail. The company and the complainant have a […]
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Prosper Dembedza-Herald Correspondent ELEVEN suspects appeared in court yesterday on allegations of posing as police officers and kidnapping a man before demanding US$120 000 ransom from his relatives. Guo Zairen (34), Wang Gao (40), Primrose Miga (34), Charles Matondo (46), Tonderai Naison Kaja (34), Charles Notice (34), Christopher Chirombe (34), O’brian Miti (31), Simbarashe Kumba […]
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Crime Reporter TWO Harare companies lost over US$66 000 and R71 000 in separate incidents to 12 armed robbers who raided their premises this week. The robbers attacked security guards before ransacking the offices and stealing the cash. One of the incidents occurred at company premises along Seke Road while the other one at a […]
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Fungai Lupande-Mashonaland Central Bureau A knife-wielding man from Village 4, Bruton Farm in Matepatepa, Bindura, stole a top-of-the-range Toyota Hilux, cellphones and US$750 cash at a prayer mountain in Guruve, asked the owner to teach him how to drive it, before taking the vehicle to his village. His brief stint with a good life came […]
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Freedom Mupanedemo-Midlands Bureau A 46-year-old Gweru man has been arrested after he allegedly set ablaze a house of a fellow patron following a fight during a beer binge. Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko said the incident occurred in Gweru’s Woodlands Park on April 18. “Allegations are that the suspect Joseph McCarthy of Woodlands […]