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Fidelis Munyoro-Chief Court Reporter A FORMER police officer serving 30 years in jail for his role in a 2013 murder during the course of an armed robbery in Eastlea, Harare had his appeal against both conviction and sentence rejected. Herbert Learnmore Chikiwa and co-accused Given Mushore were serving three years each for housebreaking and theft, […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka–Court Correspondent A WOMAN from Domboshava appeared in court yesterday for allegedly attacking a woman she suspected to be dating her husband. Delia Mukonyora (38) appeared before regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje charged with attempted murder and was remanded in custody to Thursday for bail application. State prosecutor Mr Lancelot Mutsokoti alleged that on […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka-Court Correspondent The trial of gospel musician Ivy Kombo and her husband Admire Andy Kasi who are accused of acquiring conversion certificates fraudulently in order to practice law in Zimbabwe continued yesterday with the State leading another witness who disowned the documentation the couple tried to use. The pair is being jointly charged with […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent A man from Eastview, who lied that he was a private investigator and got paid US$800 to carry out an assignment which he never delivered appeared in court on Saturday. Blessward Rufaro Zvikaramba (27), appeared before Harare magistrate Ayanda Dhlamini charged with fraud. He was remanded out of custody until […]
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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter A POLICY holder’s bid to bring a claim for a special insurance annuity policy of more than US$30 000 against Old Mutual has been thrown out after the Supreme Court agreed with the High Court that he could not even bring the case to court because the deadline imposed by […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent An N Richards Group employee appeared in court last Friday accused of stealing over US$17 000 from the cash office and counterfeiting a payment voucher for US$18 800 supposedly made by a customer. Simba Shelton Piroro, a customer help desk consultant at the wholesaler, appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi […]
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Crime Reporter Police have rescued 251 children used as forced labour from the clutches of a self-styled prophet and leader of Johanne Masowe WeChishanu apostolic sect Ishmael Chokurongerwa, better known as Madzibaba Ishmael. At least 16 illegal graves, seven of them for infants, have been found, while seven accomplices were arrested together with the prophet. […]
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Peter Matika Bulawayo Bureau A collaborative effort between Bulawayo residents and the police resulted in the successful dismantlement of a notorious syndicate believed to be responsible for extensive copper cable thefts in the city. The operation culminated in the recovery of over five tonnes of stolen cables in Mahatshula suburb. The four-member syndicate was apprehended […]
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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter Two Zimbabwean sisters in the Diaspora are embroiled in a nasty legal fight over fees the elder sibling paid for the son of her younger sister, in a case that has legal and moral complications. The boy disappeared from the elder sister’s home in Canada soon after graduation and secretly […]
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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter Businessman and founder of Chitaitai Chemicals Terence Kare is embroiled in a legal battle with his former business partners over who owns the trademark and who has the right to use the company to market products they used to make and market together. Both agree that the trademark is registered […]
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Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent Two Borrowdale men who erected an illegal billboard denouncing a property developing company have told the court that they intend to make an application for quashing of the charges. Grant Russel a Director of Fairclot Investments and Mark Strathen of Paragon Printing appeared before Magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure. Their defence told the […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent Betting company Bezbets, which defrauded a client of US$5 200 he had won after playing a game has been sentenced to pay a fine of US$500. Presiding magistrate Mr Simon Kandiyero ordered the company to pay the amount by March 30. He noted that Bezbets was not faithful in its business […]
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Crime Reporter Police have rescued 251 children at Lily Farm in Nyabira following the arrest of a self-styled prophet and leader of Johanne Masowe eChishanu apostolic sect, Ishmael Chokurongerwa, better known as Madzibaba Ishmael and his seven other accomplices. The eight were arrested for various criminal activities including abusing minors. Chokurongerwa (56) was arrested together […]
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Crime Reporter A 25-year-old Bulawayo woman was killed by unknown assailants on Wednesday before her body was stashed under a bridge in the Parkview area along the Harare Road. The woman’s body was found bleeding from the mouth and bruises on the left leg. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident and […]
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Herald Reporter The High Court has granted a provisional order directing social media activist Rutendo Benson Matinyarare to pull down from X (formerly Twitter ) defamatory material against members of the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) which he posted on the online platform. Justice Samuel Deme yesterday also prohibited Matinyarare from publishing any more […]