HARARE – A 45-year-old man who reportedly raped a 14-year-old juvenile twice at her cousin’s home of residence was yesterday denied bail. Milton Kabanda of Waterfalls appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court because he faces a third schedule offence. The court heard that in…
HARARE – The City of Harare has petitioned the High Court seeking an order for the dismissal of an application filed by suspended acting town clerk Josephine Ncube in which she was challenging her suspension. The council is accusing her of failing to prosecute her case. Ncube filed her application in May this year, challenging…
HARARE – Veteran journalist, Violet Gonda, has approached the High Court seeking to overturn government’s decision banning her from acquiring a passport. Yesterday, Gonda filed an urgent chamber application after the Registrar-General (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede knocked back her application for the passport as her name appeared on the blacklist. Through her lawyer, Denford Halimani of…
HARARE – Two school girls who were found in possession of pornographic materials were cautioned and discharged by a magistrate here. Zvikomborero Mbendani and her 15-year-old neighbour in Gombakomba village under Chief Zimunya were convicted on their own guilty pleas but pardoned by magistrate Sekai Chiundura. They were being charged with unlawful possession of publication,…
MUTARE – Chikanga woman who attacked her husband with a hedge cutter has been spared jail after she was sentenced to perform 245 hours of community service at a police station. Elizabeth Mahungara, 34, of Chikanga was convicted after a full trial by magistrate Perseverance Makala. She was initially sentenced to five months in prison…
HARARE – Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube yesterday upheld the existence of a Special Anti-Corruption Unit set by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to prosecute suspended University of Zimbabwe vice chancellor Levi Nyagura after dismissing his application for referral of his corruption case to the Constitutional Court. Nyagura who is being charged for corruptly awarding a PhD to…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo’s western suburbs are set to go for up to 24 hours without water, following power failures that have affected one of the city’s main reservoirs, Nyamandlovu Aquifer. In a statement, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) said the water shedding exercise will only be scrapped after the levels of the Magwegwe Reservoir have…
HARARE – Gender-based violence (GBV) against women remains rife in the country, with one in two women without education experiencing spousal violence, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Zimbabwe 2017 report. In the recently released report, overall, 14 percent women reported having experienced sexual violence, while 39 percent of women who have experienced…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s education sector is in deep crisis, hence the need for President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to fund the sector, former Primary and Secondary Education minister David Coltart has said. His comments come as education funding in the country has remained critical with the sector relying mostly on donors. Coltart believes one of the…
HARARE – As the country’s economy continues to tank under the weight of myriad challenges, millers are now also warning of imminent bread shortages — unless the government urgently releases foreign currency for wheat imports which are currently being held up in Beira, Mozambique awaiting payment. The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) confirmed this…
