Crackdown on environmental damage nets 11 sand poachers

Fungai Lupande-Mashonaland Central Bureau AT LEAST 11 people have been arrested in Mashonaland Central Province for illegal sand abstraction and transportation as authorities intensify a crackdown on environmental crimes that…

Magaya’s ConCourt bid dismissed

Yeukai Karengezeka-Chisepo-Court Correspondent PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder Prophet Walter Magaya, who is facing multiple rape allegations, has had his application to refer one of his cases to the…

Magaya’s Constitutional Court referral bid dismissed

Yeukai Karengezeka-Chisepo Court Correspondent Harare regional magistrate, Mrs Estere Chivasa, has dismissed an application by Prophet Walter Magaya, founder of the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries, to have his…

Man jailed 15 years for indecent assault of Grade One Pupil

Alicia Kadzviti Herald Reporter A 35-year-old man from Molife Village under Chief Chinamhora has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for indecently assaulting a seven-year-old Grade One pupil. According…

Siblings in trouble for parcelling out land

Ray Bande Senior Reporter TWO Rusape siblings, Lycias and Hudson Muchatiza, were yesterday remanded in custody by a Rusape magistrate following their arrest by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for…

Security guard jailed 15 years for rape

Alicia Kadzviti Herald Reporter A 44 – year-old security guard has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being found guilty of raping his 14-year-old neighbour’s daughter. He was…

Police bust mbanje smuggling gang

Arron Nyamayaro Herald Reporter IN a major bust on Tuesday, 11 individuals, five men and six women were arrested for possessing 200 kilogrammes of mbanje.

Socialite Phiri escapes jail for insulting Zodwa

Zvikomborero Parafini Court Reporter PRINCESS Phiri, known on social media as “Kissmore Soko”, has been ordered to perform 210 hours of community service in the matter in which she is…

2 cops up for abuse of office

Court Correspondent TWO police officers stationed at Highlands Police Station in Harare appeared in court yesterday on charges of criminal abuse of office after allegedly engaging in unlawful conduct during…

Miners in row over gold claim

Court Reporter BOTHA Gold Mine and Freda Rebecca Gold Mine remain locked in a dispute over Mining Lease 21, with each side presenting opposing narratives regarding the lease’s status and…