Zimbabwe: Chitungwiza Town Council Director in Court
March 1, 2021
By Nyore Madzianike
CHITUNGWIZA Town Council’s housing director Alex Mukwewa appeared in court today on allegations of illegally allocating stands to people in the dormitory town.
Mukwewa was not asked to plead to the charges when he appeared before regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje charged with criminal abuse of office charges.
Mukwewa is expected to make a bail application this afternoon.
Mr Ephraim Zinyandu and Mrs Nancy Chandakaona appeared for the State. Share
‘Chin’ono faces 20-year jail term’
BY MIRIAM MANGWAYA
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin’ono is likely to be jailed for 20 years if convicted for communicating falsehoods, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday.
This was revealed by an investigating officer from the CID Harare Law and Order section, Lovemore Marwisa, while giving evidence before magistrate Lazini Ncube, where he argued that the accused was not eligible for bail because he was likely to abscond considering the possible penalty for the offence he was facing.
“We have overwhelming evidence against the accused as we managed to retrieve the chats that he posted on his Facebook and Twitter accounts while committing the offence. We also have an affidavit prepared by the woman whose child was falsely reported to be dead,” Marwisa said.
By Mary Taruvinga
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin’ono will know his fate Thursday when Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube will hand down his ruling on the reporter’s bail application.
Chin’ono Wednesday suffered another blow after his application challenging placement on remand was turned down by the magistrate.
He is facing a charge of publishing falsehoods after purportedly posting on Twitter last week that a police officer had killed a baby in Harare.
However, in his fresh bail application, and through his lawyer Harrison Nkomo, Chin’ono said he has no reason to flee the country.
Nkomo said Chin’ono was recently in South Africa while on bail for other two criminal cases, but still returned home.
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