In a rather heartbreaking development, a 33-year-old woman from Mutorashanga was arrested and charged with infanticide after she buried her new-born baby alive. According to New Zimbabwe, Margaret Musarapasi of Plot 12 Chihamba, Mutorashanga is reported to have given birth to a bouncing baby boy before she allegedly dug a shallow pit in which she buried him alive. Musarapasi appeared before Chinhoyi magistrate Tendai Banda facing one count of infanticide. It is in the States case that on the 5th February this year at around 11 pm, a heavily pregnant Musarapasi, who was alone at her homestead, gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. The following day at around 5 AM Musarapasi took her new-born baby to a nearby bush where she dug a shallow pit and buried him alive. The incident cam
A 13-year-old boy from Mupata suburb in Chinhoyi is battling for life at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after a quarrel with his parents’ neighbour over trespassing turned bloody today. Provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Margaret Chitove confirmed the incident which occurred at around 10am. She said the woman identified as Monalisa Choguya (33) of 188 Single Quarters in Mutapa will be charged with attempted murder. She is accused of attacking the teenager Tonderai Kamhuka of 1644 B Single Quarters after the two had a misunderstanding when her child trespassed into Kamhuka’s yard. The teenager attacked the seven-year-old boy who was playing with other children and the younger boy alerted his mother about the assault. The accused then asked the teenager wh
A police officer from Ndali Police Station in Chiredzi was allegedly arrested on Monday while transporting a truckload of mbanje. Sergeant Luckson Munhukwaye (43) along with his alleged accomplice Phyllis Mufandaedza were busted at Jack Quinton Bridge at Save whilst transporting 146kgs of mbanje, the reports. It is in the State case that on the 1st of February, 2021 at around 3 pm Police at Ndali received a tip-off that there was a contraband of dagga at a certain house at Masekesa Business Centre. At around 1045pm, cops teamed up and proceeded to Mufandaedza’s residence where they conducted a search. After a thorough search, they retrieved a packet of dagga which was hidden on top of the wardrobe at Mufandaedza’s place of residence. The police decided to look for h
A man has been jailed after a second-hand ambulance carrying a family was stopped by police near a supermarket. Blessing Mukaukirwa, 32, of no fixed address, was stopped near Asda in Harpurhey, Manchester, on Wednesday. The Zimbabwean national appeared at Manchester Magistrates' Court where he admitted offences of driving while disqualified and with no insurance. He was jailed for 32 weeks after his convictions activated a suspended sentence for other driving offences. Traffic officers had earlier tweeted that the vehicle arrived at the supermarket with blue flights flashing and was reportedly carrying a family.
A Beitbridge couple has been arrested for allegedly broadcasting via a WhatsApp group that President Mnangagwa had succumbed to Covid19. The suspects become the latest to be caught up in the web as Government cracks hard on those publishing falsehoods. Devine Panashe Maregere (20) and his wife Vongai Nomatter Chiminya (20) are accused of having falsely claimed that the Head of State had died on the morning of January 25 due to Covid-19 related complications. The two have since appeared before Beitbridge resident magistrate Mr Toyindepi Zhou charged with contravening section 31 (a)(i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23 (publishing or communicating false statement prejudicial to the State). They were remanded in custody to March 5. Prosecuting, Miss
In a rather heartbreaking development, a woman from Harare was drugged and raped by a self-styled prophet during a prayer session at the shrine. iHarare has established from The Herald, that Samuel Guta (45) of Apostle of Power of Unity in Christ Church allegedly raped a woman (name withheld) who had visited his shrine seeking prayers for her sick child, after prescribing a concoction mixed with lemons that resulted in her passing out in the midst of the healing session. It is in the state’s case that on the 1st of January, Guta called the woman to his shrine located at Churu Farm in Glen View, Harare, for prayers. Guta is alleged to have instructed the woman to bring lemons, which he said were needed to heal the child. Upon arrival at the shrine, Guta is a
Chief Mahenye (34), heading one of the largest chieftainships in Chipinge has disrupted the academic career of a girl whom he has married while she was writing her O Level Exams. Chipinge Times cannot disclose the name of the girl who attended Mahenye school for ethical reasons but Chief Mahenye whose real name is Thomas Jojo confirmed the story. The marriage took place last Saturday. The girl’s studies were being sponsored by FACT, a child rights organisation because of school fees constraints. She was supposed to be sitting for six subjects and had by the time she got married written five. The girl has since left home in Mahenye where she was staying with her grandmother and is now living at the Chief’s homestead in the same village. Chief Mahenye said that he
POLICE in Bulawayo are looking for Tinashe Chafachaipa, a 27-year-old man who allegedly drugged a friend and sodomised him after celebrating New Year. Chafachaipa disappeared after his victim made a report to the police on Thursday last week. Confirming the incident, Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube said Chafachaipa was on the run. He said the complainant suspected that Chafachaipa had sexually abused him when he woke up naked on his bed the following day. The aggravated indecent assault occurred on the 1 January 2021 at around 9pm. Chafachaipa invited the complainant to his house to drink beer. At around 10pm the complainant proceeded to the accused person’s place of residence and they started drinking White Hall Whisky together. &ld
A 30-year-old man who hails from Victoria Falls allegedly assaulted two police officers at a filling station appeared in court yesterday. iHarare established from The Chronicle that, Constables Prosper Zingi and Nollen Mhanga of Victoria Falls Police Station were assaulted by 30-year-old Tinashe Macharaga at Marange Fuel Sevice Station. The two policemen were deployed at the filling station to control queues and enforce social distancing. Macharaga is alleged to have skipped the queue and when Constables Zingi and Mhlanga told him to go back and join the queue he became violent. Macharaga allegedly grabbed a pair of handcuffs from the officers as they tried to arrest him before he assaulted them. The officers later managed to subdue and arrest Macharaga. Appearing before
MALAWI’s homelands security minister, Richard Chimwendo-Banda, has signed the extradition papers for self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and wife Mary. According to that country’s Information Minister Gospel Kazako, the attorney-general took the signed extradition papers to court on Monday, 14 December so the court could rule or issue warrants of arrests. Five warrants of arrest were issued after the couple fled South Africa while out on bail. They’re facing fraud, theft and money laundering charges amounting to R102 million and three rape charges. Senior chiefs in Malawi have asked their government not to extradite the Bushiris. In an interview with Malawi’s Nyasa Times, a Chief Kyungu Mwakabanga III said it was the responsibility of the Malawi gov
