A NYAU dancer from Ruwa has been jailed for an effective 13 years for luring two girls into his house, ostensibly to give them mangoes before raping one of them and only to be interrupted while trying to rape the second girl. Isaac Bhaudhi, 36, went on to threaten the girls with his nyau antics…
THE High Court has stopped proceedings in the matter involving Citizens Coalition for Change activists Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri who are accused of faking their abduction. The two are seeking a review of the chief magistrate Faith Mushure’s decision to dismiss their application for discharge. It is their argument that the court’s decision to…
A SALES lady narrowly escaped jail after she was convicted of stealing cellphones worth over US$30 000 from her employer. Tsungai Chinodakufa was slapped with 15 months imprisonment before six months were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour. The remaining nine months were set aside on condition that she pays back her…
AN EX-ARMY captain who was nabbed on allegations of trying to influence illegal entry of 31 AK 47 rifles into the country from South Africa has launched a fresh bid for freedom, applying for bail on changed circumstances. Leonard Matambo is alleged to have written a letter to a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority manager at the…
CIMMYT, the international maize and wheat improvement centre, has teamed up with the government’s National Agriculture Research and Extension Systems (NARES) Breeding Programme to optimise and modernise crop breeding programmes in the country. The partnership is part of efforts to ensure that local farmers grow climate-smart crops, particularly maize, that can withstand the long dry…
A DRINKING binge turned sour, resulting in a 54-year-old man from Aspindale, Harare, shooting a fellow imbiber twice after a misunderstanding in a bar. Leonard Dahwa has since been charged with attempted murder after the alleged attack on the imbiber. He was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before regional magistrate…
A BINDURA man will spend the next eight years behind bars for beating up his neighbour to death on Christmas eve last year after he had tried to burn down his hut in a drunken state. Forward Kichini, who was arrested for murdering Garikai Petro, was last week sentenced to eight years in jail by…
MEMBERS of the Beitbridge Task Team, who guard the border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe, arrested two suspects with explosives during…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) says there is a need to review the environmental impact of the construction of the Batoka hydropower project. The agency called on the public to contribute what they think should be implemented to validate why the agency should give a certification for the commencement of the project.In…
By Dionne Kanyowa TWO ROBBERS who posed as hitch–hikers in a bid to rob an unsuspecting driver were convicted by a Harare magistrate who sentenced them to eight years behind bars. Sign Shadreck Chibvongodze, 26, and Charlington Timba, 37, were found guilty of robbery by regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje last week. The duo was initially…
