YVONNE NCUBE TWO men have appeared in court facing stock theft charges after allegedly stealing three cattle from a farm in Inyathi and selling them for US$1 070.Ngonidzashe Chiweshe, 49 and Bhekimpilo Mlilo, 39 appeared before Bulawayo provincial magistrate Themba Chimiso on Tuesday.They were not asked to plead and were remanded in custody to October…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITER SACRED rituals are expected to temporarily halt all waterside life on Lake Kariba as traditional leaders prepare to cleanse the dam following the fatal Mbuya Nehanda ferry disaster.The disaster killed nearly 100 people on August 11 when the overloaded ferry capsized.In a letter dated September 28 addressed to the Department of Inland…
TAPIWA CHIRUME THE net has finally closed on the owner of Harare’s Scorpion Empire Car Sale, Gilbert Rumbwere, following a manhunt over a horrific dog mauling that left a 39-year-old man dead in Southerton.Police yesterday confirmed the arrest of the 44-year-old businessman on Tuesday after he had gone into hiding following the tragedy.Rumbwere’s arrest stems…
Yvonne Ncubein Bulawayo A POLICE officer convicted of assaulting a man who later died has had her conviction and sentence overturned after the Bulawayo High Court found that she could not have been positively identified in the darkness.Nosizi Sinyolo recently appeared before Justice Mpokiseng Dube for an appeal hearing, where her lawyer, Tinashe Dzipe, challenged…
YVONNE NCUBE TWO men from Inyathi, Matabeleland North, have each been sentenced to 12 months in prison for stealing nine donkeys belonging to three villagers in separate incidents.Tafadzwa Musawenkosi Ncube, 36, and Musawenkensi Ncube, 25, both of Mahlabathini Village 5, were convicted on three counts of stock theft by magistrate Meggie Ruzive.The court sentenced each…
