A MAN from Mvurwi will spend the next three years in prison after he was found guilty of assaulting his friend to death after the now-deceased joked about having an affair with his wife. Mike Foya, who was initially arraigned before the High Court facing a charge of murder, denied the charge, but pleaded guilty…
By Rutendo Ngara ZIMBABWE and Mozambique have established a tri-basin commission that will manage the Buzi, Pungwe and Save (Bupusa) river basins in an environmentally friendly manner. Exclusively shared by the two nations, the Bupusa river basins drain into the Indian Ocean. The three basins are situated in the Beira Corridor, a crucial commercial route…
A 73-YEAR-OLD self-styled traditional healer from Glen View, Harare, stands accused of sodomising a 12-year-old boy multiple times for nearly five years and giving him cash to remain silent. Paradzai Kausiyo Wambe was arraigned before magistrate Ethel Chichera over the weekend, facing a charge of aggravated indecent assault. He was released on a $20 000…
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) is set to embark on national awareness campaigns to educate people on the Cyber and Data Protection Act. This comes as the institution recently said they were investigating how mobile phone users ended up receiving unsolicited campaign messages ahead of this year’s elections. In a statement…
THE country was plunged into mourning yesterday after 10 people perished while 15 others were seriously injured in two separate road traffic accidents over the weekend. This comes barely two months after 12 people have died after the bus they were travelling in crashed along the Chivhu-Murambinda Highway yesterday. In a statement yesterday national police…
A MAN from Epworth appeared before the courts last week after he allegedly raped his 20-year-old cousin multiple times for five years. The man, 26, whose name is withheld for the sake of the victim, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje. He was remanded in custody and ordered to return to court tomorrow. The…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to grace the Zimbabwe Miners Federation’s (ZMF) annual general conference & exhibition to be held in Gweru…
TWO men from Mabvuku, Harare, have landed themselves in court after they allegedly beat up and killed a man they suspected to be a robber. Fredrick Nhata, 41, and Forget Zhakata, 26, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda on Friday where they were charged with murder before being remanded in custody. Chibanda then instructed…
HIGH Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has dismissed an application by a Chivhu-based clergyman who sought to have Statutory Instrument (SI) 221 of 2020 declared unconstitutional. The Statutory Instrument deals with the High Court (Fees) (Civil Cases) Regulations and advises litigants, who have fi led summons to pay the registrar of the High Court one…
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) says its ongoing decentralisation of courts programmes countrywide will ensure every citizen gets access to justice without hindrances. Speaking during the JSC 13th anniversary celebrations in Harare yesterday JSC head of corporate services Daniel Nemukuyu said the commission was committed to continue promoting and facilitating accountability of the judiciary in…
