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Bulawayo High Court, Clears Manwele Beer Hall, Friend ‘killer’ As State Has Failed To Prove Its Case

Posted on June 13, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

A MAN from Bulawayo who allegedly fatally stabbed his friend in a fit of rage for admonishing him after he insulted his aunt has been acquitted after a High Court Judge ruled that he was not guilty of murder. Simon Ncube, 27, allegedly flew into a rage after being chastised by his friend Nkululeko Vuma for insulting his aunt, Rita Nxumalo. The incident happened at Manwele Beer garden in Mzilikazi suburb at around 9PM on April…

Bulawayo Man, Fatally Stabbed By Friend, At Manwele Beer Garden For Admonishing Him Over Insulting And Threatening His Own Aunt

Posted on June 10, 2016June 10, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

A MAN from Bulawayo allegedly fatally stabbed his friend in a fit of rage for admonishing him after he insulted his aunt. Simon Ncube, 27, allegedly flew into a rage after being chastised by his friend Nkululeko Vuma for insulting his aunt, Rita Nxumalo. Ncube had allegedly threatened his aunt after she refused to sing a song for him in a bar. He allegedly plunged a knife into Vuma’s neck and stomach before calling him a puppy…

High Court Quashes , The Fraud Conviction And Five Year Jail Sentence For Former Mpilo Central Hospital Staffer,

Posted on May 26, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

THE High Court has quashed both the conviction and sentence of former Mpilo Central Hospital staffer, Edgar Mdongo, who was jailed for five years for defrauding the hospital of R200,000. Mdongo, who was the hospital’s chief medical equipment technician, was in December 2012, convicted of fraud after he, together with a former buyer, Dumisani Sibanda, inflated a quotation of R48,000 to read R248,000, prejudicing the medical institution of R200,000. It was also alleged that he…

‘No More Payment At Roadblocks To Curb Corruption-320 Cops Fired Last Year’- Home Affairs Minister Chombo

Posted on May 21, 2016May 21, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Traffic police officers will soon stop collecting fines in cash at roadblocks to curb corruption, Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo has said. He said Government was working on mechanisms to ensure fines were paid through an electronic system. Minister Chombo revealed that about 320 police officers were fired last year for various offences bordering on abuse of office through corrupt activities. He said this in the Senate yesterday during a Questions without Notice Session as…

White Farmer Loses Farm To Deputy Chief Secretary To President And Cabinet, ‘Ray Ndhlukula’

Posted on April 29, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

White farmer David Connolly, who has been involved in a protracted legal battle with a top aide of President Robert Mugabe, faces eviction from his Centenary Farm in Figtree after a High Court judge yesterday ruled that his occupation of the disputed property was illegal. Connolly, through his company, JC Connolly and Sons (Pvt) Ltd, has since 2014 been locked in a bitter land wrangle with the deputy chief secretary to the President and Cabinet,…

Local Gvt Minister Saviour Kasukuwere Has No Legal Right To Suspend Elected Mayors Or Councillors

Posted on April 21, 2016April 21, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Harare West MP Jessie Fungayi Majome has said Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has no legal right to suspend elected councillors and mayors. Majome’s remarks come after Kasukuwere announced that he had suspended Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni over misconduct after he recommended the appointment of the new town clerk. “Where is the Attorney General of Zimbabwe when his client the government and its minister continually ride roughshod over not only the law but the Constitution…

Tapiwa Chikanga, (32) who ripped 83 yr old’s stomach open, is sentenced to death

Posted on June 20, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

MASVINGO: A High Court judge has sent a man to the gallows for ripping open an 83 year old man’s stomach and stealing his $5,000 which the elderly villager had just received as compensation for relocation from Tokwe Mukosi. Justice Francis Bere sentenced Tapiwa Chikanga, 32, from Chivi to death with an additional 20 years in jail for two other robbery crimes he committed to other flood victims. The judge said Chikanga deserved the death…