HARARE magistrate Apolonia Marutya is today expected to deliver a ruling in which 12 Zanu PF members who were arrested last week for allegedly participating in public violence are seeking to be released on bail. The 12 are being accused of going to Zanu PF headquarters in Harare before staging a protest demanding the removal…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A MAN from Emakhandeni suburb, Bulawayo, has been slapped with an effective one-year prison sentence after he was found guilty of shoplifting teaspoons worth over $710 000 on several occasions from a leading supermarket. Blessed Makumbe, 32, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa, where he pleaded not guilty to the…
A MAN from Budiriro, Harare, is facing rape charges after he allegedly dragged a six-year-old girl to his home before raping her twice. David Chizera, 20, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa on Friday before being remanded in custody to October 12, pending the finalisation of police investigations. The magistrate also advised him to apply…
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a man who is suspected to have stabbed both his parents, leading to their deaths in Lupane, Matabeleland North Province. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said Clever Ngwenya, 35, allegedly killed his mother and father at a family gathering. “Police in Lupane are appealing for…
THE 12 Zanu PF members, who were arrested last week for protesting at the ruling party’s Harare provincial headquarters, spent the weekend in custody after the investigating officer (IO) failed to turn up in court on Friday to testify in their bail application. The 12 are being charged with public violence and appeared before Harare…
TWO Health ministry employees have appeared before a Harare court after they allegedly abused the civil servants’ vehicle rebate scheme. Samuel Gerald Doma, 36, and Ruzvidzo Dudzai Bote, 29, were granted US$150 bail each when they appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa last week. They will return to court on November 28 for routine remand….
SEVEN Mutare residents who were accused of kidnapping a Zanu PF party supporter a few days before last month’s general elections have been acquitted. The seven include Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentary candidate for Mutare South constituency, Moses Mukombiwa, 52, Tadiwanashe Chimbare, 19, Succeed Ruvinga, 19, Martin Nyamapfeni, 33, Martha Gwizo, 39, Cynthia Tombo,…
TWO brothers from Chihota in Marondera rural, Mashonaland East Province, allegedly sold four of their late father’s business stands to an unsuspecting couple for US$5 000 each. Tawanda Goodway Mvududu, 28, and his brother, Tinofara MacArthur, 23, appeared before Harare magistrate Apolonia Marutya last Friday, charged with fraud. The duo was remanded out of custody…
ZIMBABWE and China have maintained solid relations in many sectors, by keeping the values of respect for one another and finding solutions that benefit both countries. Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding highlighted China’s contributions to Zimbabwe’s healthcare, educational system, agricultural sector and industrial expansion, at a ceremony held in Harare on Friday to commemorate…
DESPITE numerous efforts by different stakeholders to ensure an increase in women’s representation in positions of leadership, the number of women elected to Parliament continues to deteriorate.The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) says it is going to hold an annual national gender forum on women’s participation in politics on October 31 in Bindura, Mashonaland Central Province.The…
