THE State led by prosecutor Whisper Mabhaudi on Friday opposed the application filed by fraud accused businessmen, Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe, for referral to the Constitutional Court. This comes after the two who are facing US$7 million fraud charges from the presidential goat pass on scheme filed their application before Justice Pisirayi Kwenda alleging…
CIMAS Health Group has embarked on a programme to raise awareness on men’s health and wellness, particularly on mental health and prostate cancer. Addressing the media after the Cimas iGo marathon held in Harare yesterday, Cimas chief executive officer Vuli Ndlovu said men constituted the highest suicide cases in the country due to mental health….
BY RUTENDO NGARA CITIZENS Legal Funeral and Finance executive Barnabas Musiyachivi Kavai appeared in court on Friday on allegations of defrauding one of his clients US$7 000. Kavai appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa who remanded him in custody to January 11 for bail application. According to the State, sometime in 2023, the complainant, Lydia Dambaza’s…
TWO siblings have been imprisoned for 10 years each for slaughtering a brother’s ox for a funeral at the latter’s homestead without…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THREE police officers who are all attached to the police anti-corruption unit appeared in court on Friday facing extortion charges. The trio of Kildon Gomba, Tichaona Munyonga and Nicholas Tsanyawo appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje for trial commencement, but their matter was postponed to tomorrow. According to the State, sometime in…
BY RUTENDO NGARA HIGH Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi convicted a man who killed his drinking partner after he caressed his girlfriend’s buttocks during a night chill out. Passwel Chiwaura killed Godwin Kavhuru in 2023 in Hopley, Harare, by ripping his tummy with a broken bottle before he was rushed to Sally Mugabe Hospital where…
HARARE magistrate Dennis Mangosi has deferred to tomorrow bail ruling in the matter of a woman who is facing allegations of threatening…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for the broadening of mechanisms for regional collaboration on transboundary matters affecting children. This comes as Zimbabwe is grappling with meeting the needs of children with more than 4 000 dropping out of school in 2023 out which the majority of the cases being a result of pregnancies. Speaking during…
TWO Bulawayo City Council (BCC) officials appeared before a magistrate’s court yesterday facing allegations of soliciting a US$20 000 bribe from a Chinese company in exchange for approving a land allocation for a cement mixing plant. Mpumelelo Moyo, finance committee chairperson and ward 26 councillor and Edwin Ndlovu, deputy mayor and ward 8 councillor, are…
POLICE have arrested three additional suspects who are linked to a spate of armed robbery cases that happened around Harare recently. This comes as a five-member crew of Spencer Mapfumo, Patrick Chibaba alias Mupositori , Tarwirei Madzudzu alias Mukanya, Paddington Meki and Washington Marunze was arrested in connection with three armed robberies. Police spokesperson Paul…
