Tag: Court
Legal Perspectives: The Secret Behind Sentencing
…as Govt hikes fines
Fidelicy Nyamukondiwa
When one man is
slapped with an effective imprisonment sentence and another is sentenced to pay
a fine or perform community service...
Feeding scheme maize vanish at Shakashe Pri
Shakashe Primary School
Ruvarashe
Chichera
At least 145 bags of
maize which came through the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social
Welfare for the school feeding programme
at Shakashe...
Chivhu man demands back US$400 extorted from him by police
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Elliot
Jinjika
CHIVHU - Four members of the police’s
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) here have found themselves in trouble
after a man from whom they extorted US$400...
MB Transport bus passengers robbed at gunpoint
Mark
Chavunduka
Three
armed robbers last week pounced on a Beitbridge bound MB Transport bus from
Harare robbing 13 passengers of their cash and smartphones just after the
Lutumba...
Legal Perspectives: Child Maintenance Law
With Fidelicy Nyamukondiwa
Child
Maintenance Law in Zimbabwe
Maintenance
is the financial support given to a dependent for the provision of food,
clothing and other basic needs. Under
common law,...
Legal Perspectives with Fidelicy Nyamukondiwa
What
is Statutory Rape?
‘Statutory Rape’ is a
misnomer. The correct legal term is ‘having
sexual intercourse with a young person’. There is a bold line between
‘having sexual...