Self-styled king jailed 8 months
Yeukai Karengezeka-Court Correspondent SELF-PROCLAIMED King Munhumutapa, real name Timothy Chiminya, who was illegally dethroning and appointing chiefs across the country, will spend eight months in jail for undermining the authority…
Gossip sparks fatal violence
Tendai Gukutikwa Weekender Reporter A MAN from Honde Valley was allegedly murdered by his neighbour after he confronted the neighbour’s wife over rumours he claimed she was spreading about his…
Court settles debt, rejects property claim in lovers’ feud
Solomon Bhumu Weekender Reporter A TENSE legal battle unfolded at the Mutare Civil Court last week where magistrate, Ms Thandiwe Sibanda, presided over a case involving financial claims, and property…
Stepmom from hell jailed six months
Tendai Gukutikwa Weekender Reporter A YEOVIL woman who burnt her nine-year-old stepdaughter’s palms with melting plastic, and assaulted her with electrical cables, has been slapped with a six-month jail term…
Namesake mix-up lands man in hot soup
Lovemore Kadzura Weekender Reporter A RUSAPE man who withdrew substantial amounts mistakenly deposited into his bank account was recently convicted, and sentenced for theft. Garikai Mtangandebvu (30) who is employed…
Court intervenes as hubby locks family out
Fidelis Chavarike Weekender Reporter THE Mutare Civil Court has officially granted Memory Dube a long-term protection order against her husband, Tafara Ngandini, whom she accused of repeated acts of violence,…
Court orders man to clear US$100 maintenance debt in instalments
A MAN from Harare who accumulated child maintenance arrears amounting to US$100 over four months has been ordered by the Civil Court to settle the debt in instalments.
Robert Mugabe Jnr fined, slapped with suspended jail sentence for drug possession
Robert Mugabe Jnr has been fined US$300 after being convicted of illegal possession of drugs.
Father ordered to share six-year-old son’s upkeep with the mother
A MAN from Harare has won a reprieve after the Civil Court ruled that he should share the costs for the upkeep of his child with the child’s mother.
BREAKING: Sikhala and his uncle granted bail over explosives possession in South Africa
Troubled former lawmaker and opposition figure Job Sikhala (53) and his uncle Alexander Thema (78) who were last week arrested for illegal possession of explosives in South Africa have been granted R10, 000 bail each pending trial e











