By Court Reporter A HARARE court recently granted an application by fraud accused former permanent secretary for the release of his passport in order to travel abroad. Former permanent secretary for the ministry of mines Francis Gudyanga, 69, told court that he needed to travel to Benin for a conference. He is facing two counts
By Mary Taruvinga HARARE: An Epworth man reportedly took his friend on a pub crawl doing all the buying and, after managing to get his mate drunk, went to the latter’s house and tried to rape his pregnant wife. The plot however, backfired after the heavily pregnant Margret Zhira, 29, fought the assailant off and
By AFP A BULAWAYO court freed on bail a man detained for insulting the president while testifying before a commission probing the fatal shooting of six civilians during post-election protests in August, lawyers said on Monday. Prosecutors said Wisdom Mkwananzi, 32, pointed at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s official portrait hung on the wall of a hall
By Staff Reporter A Masvingo man sustained a fractured rib when two Chinese nationals who are his employers attacked him after he refused an order to use his personal money in topping up airtime meant for work related calls. However, the trial the accused duo – Xiang Bo (26) and Xu Qinghong (43) – failed
By Weekend Argus CAPE TOWN: A manhunt is under way for a Zimbabwean wanted for the murder of a British resident in his Cape Town flat last weekend. Police have since issued an arrest warrant and put out an identikit for Iryvine Dzvitiro, 24. The Zimbabwean is wanted in connection with the murder of Upendra Galegedera
By Mary Taruvinga FORMER ZBC presenter Oscar Pambuka and ex-Zanu PF legislator, Psychology Maziwisa must defend themselves against fraud allegations after a Harare court ruled that they have a case to answer. Magistrate Lazini Ncube ruled that the two should be put to their defence as evidence against them was overwhelming. Pambuka and Maziwisa are
By Staff Reporter AS the clampdown on corruption continues, police have arrested power utility Zesa Holdings chief executive officer Josh Chifamba in a raid that also netted two senior executives at subsidiary entity the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC). A police statement said Chifamba, ZETDC managing director Julian Chinembiri and finance director Thoko
By Staff Reporter A BLIND Bulawayo man appeared before a city magistrate Thursday charged with raping a roommate who resultantly fell pregnant. Makove Zakaria was charged with unlawfully and intentionally having sexual intercourse with the complainant without her consent. Court heard that Zakaria resides at room number 18 Burombo Flats in Bulawayo together with the
By Court Reporter The trial of MDC vice president Morgen Komichi’s on charges of violating the country’s electoral laws is set to commence early next month. Komichi was hauled before the courts after he allegedly interrupted the 2018 election results announcement by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). The opposition politician is being represented by Jeremiah Bamu
By Mary Taruvinga HARARE: A primary school headmaster has been jailed 18 years for raping a 13-year-old orphan who lives at Makumbe Children’s Home. Silas Chitate was convicted after a full trial during which prosecutor Venencia Mutake proved that the school head committed the offence at his house on June 22 this year. Chitate will
By Mary Taruvinga THE trial of former mines minister Walter Chidhakwa got off to a false start Tuesday after prosecutors failed to avail documents demanded by defence lawyers. Chidhakwa is charging with appointing his then permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga sole board member to a ministry parastatal in contravention of the law. The ex-minister who is
By Mary Taruvinga A HARARE magistrate is due to inspect the state-owned broadcaster ZBC in the ongoing fraud trial of an ex-employee Oscar Pambuka and former Zanu PF legislator Psychology Maziwisa. The inspection is scheduled for September 18. Maziwisa and Pambuka jointly own a company called Fruitful Communications through which they are charged with defrauding
By Court Reporter A SELF-STYLED Budiriro prophet, who was earlier this year convicted for rape and bailed pending appeal, has been arrested for the attempted murder. Herbet Thabo Senda, 35, was hauled before Mbare magistrate Stanford Mambanje after he tried to kill one Blessing Chimbadzo, 27, by bundling him into to a fishing net and
By Court Reporter THE fraud trial of former broadcaster Oscar Pambuka and ex-Zanu PF legislator Psychology Maziwisa was Thursday deferred to a later day with State’s consent. The two are accused of swindling Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of $12,000 through their company Fruitful communications firm after they claimed payments for public relations programmes supposedly carried
By Staff Reporter TWO MDC-T activists serving 20-year jail terms each for killing a police officer have accused the opposition party of neglecting them. Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere were, together with Yvonne Musaraurwa, convicted in September 2016 for the murder of ZRP Inspector Petros Mutedzi in Harare’s Glen View area back in 2012. Musarurwa
By Mary Taruvinga FORMER energy Minister Samuel Undenge has appeared on court on new fraud charges related to controversial Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo. Undenge was recently convicted and sentenced to four years imprisonment by Harare magistrate Hosea Mujaya for a similar offence. This was after he handpicked a public relations firm owned by broadcaster Oscar
By Court Reporter FORMER Mines minister Walter Chidhakwa and his then secretary Francis Gudyaga are set to go on trial next month at the anti-corruption court in Harare over a murky mining deal. Chidhakwa and Gudyanga were recently advised of the September 11 trial date by Harare magistrate Milton Serima. The two are also on
By Court Reporter A HARARE man and woman are in trouble after they allegedly fleeced a local company of US$85,927 and 95,000 Rands in a botched commodity broking deal. Euginia Mushanyu, 54, and Charles Kalasawo, 43, recently appeared before Harare magistrate Milton Serima facing fraud charges. They were remanded out of custody on $200 bail
By Staff Reporter ROBBERS stole gold worth nearly US$1mln from Plumtree Police Station in a daring raid said to have been discovered Wednesday. Police have not yet confirmed the heist, but state media reported Friday that the gold was a court exhibit and had been kept at the police station since 2015. An officer discovered
By Staff Reporter A Masvingo man who had just been employed as a housekeeper received shock of his life when a male workmate made sexual advances on him as they slept, a Masvingo court heard Thursday. Clever Zengeya, 33, pleaded not guilty to indecent assault when he appeared before magistrate Langton Ndokera. He allegedly caressed 25-year-old
