© A DOMBOSHAWA man appeared before Harare Magistrate Richard Ramaboa yesterday facing charges of culpable homicide. Sydney Matope was charged with contravening section 49(a) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act Chapter 9:23. [GoogleAd] It is alleged that on May 24, 2017 at around 1800hrs, the accused was riding a black mountain bicycle along Harare-Makumbe…
© Mutare-BASED garment manufacturer Job Torindo is on trial for allegedly illegally selling two houses belonging to his UK-based nephew. [GoogleAd] Job denied any wrongdoing when he appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe. He claimed he had power of attorney over his nephew Shame Torindo’s three houses. He was left in charge of the houses when…
© TWO Norton Town Council officials yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrate’s Courts facing charges of culpable homicide. [GoogleAd] Appearing before magistrate Hosiah Mujaya, two council officials were charged with contravening section 49(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23. According to State papers, it is alleged that on an unknown date…
© A Marange man who fatally stabbed his cousin for trying to prevent him from assaulting his wife on Good Friday has appeared before a magistrate on murder charges. [GoogleAd] Kuziva Mukunguma of village 26 in Mt Zonwe under Chief Marange, was not asked to plead when he appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe. He is being…
© TAFARA — a small compound on the fringes of Ngangu high density suburb in Chimanimani, was completely razed by Cyclone Idai. [GoogleAd] Nothing but two patchy slabs remain, where more than 22 houses once stood. The rest of the place is now a rocky riverbed. It had been sitting atop an underground river that suddenly…
© PARLIAMENT says it is inviting public comments on the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (MPOB) which was gazetted last week, with critics saying it slavishly copies its predecessor Public Order and Security Act (Posa). [GoogleAd] Section 141 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe provides that Parliament must facilitate public involvement in its legislative and other…
© A MOOTED grand national union concept document compiled just before last year’s harmonised elections has exposed a bid to return former president Robert Mugabe into active politics by his allies. [GoogleAd] Mugabe resigned from power in November 2017, following an army intervention, which saw his former deputy who had been fired from government, Emmerson…
© ZIMBABWE’S national cattle inventory has not recorded significant growth for almost two decades, the 2019 Agriculture Sector Survey Report has revealed. [GoogleAd] The recently released report revealed that the national herd, which stood at 6,4 million in 2002, dwindled to around 5 million and has failed to surge for the past 16 years. Cattle are…
© A HARARE man is facing murder charges after he allegedly strangled his estranged girlfriend for refusing to rekindle their love affair. [GoogleAd] Appearing before Harare magistrate Barbara Mateko yesterday, the accused Casper Nyakatsara pleaded guilty and was remanded in custody until May 7 when he will appear for trial. According to the State, the accused…
© A HARARE student hopes to stampede to fundraising success this weekend as he runs the London Marathon dressed as a rhino. [GoogleAd] James Fleming, a third-year Biomedical Engineering student at the University of Dundee in Scotland, will run the 26 mile-course in an eight-kilogramme outfit to fundraise for the charity Save the Rhino on Sunday….
