The 2019 legal year begins on Monday, with the High Court
expected to hear 44 murder cases during the first quarter. Only one case of
fraud, involving Chitungwiza land baron, Frederick Mabamba, is on the case list
released ahead of the opening of the legal year.
Chief Justice Luke Malaba will officiate at the main
ceremony at Mashonganyika Building in Harare, while other ceremonies will run
concurrently in Bulawayo, Masvingo and Mutare.
Members of the legal fraternity, judicial officers,
high-ranking Government officials and diplomats accredited to Zimbabwe are
expected to grace the occasion.
Mabamba’s fraud trial has been slotted for Monday next week and it is
expected to run for five days.
He is accused of taking Chitungwiza Municipality’s land
measuring 56 519 square metres valued at $4 843 920 which he sold to desperate
home seekers, thereby depriving the municipality of ownership and control of
the land.
Four witnesses, including Chitungwiza Town Clerk Dr George
Makunde, are expected to testify in the case.
The trial of 52-year-old Chakanetsa Nyakabau, who is being
accused of murdering an intruder he caught raping his 15-year-old daughter, has
been set for January 21.
Nyakabau of Karidza Village under Chief Chimoyo, is accused
of murdering Tawanda Nyamukacha of Kanyenze Village after catching him raping
his daughter.
According to the indictment, on January 18 last year around
1am, Nyamukacha went to Nyakabau’s homestead and forcibly entered a bedroom, where
Nyakabau’s daughter was sleeping.
It is alleged that Nyamukacha then attempted to rape the
juvenile who screamed for help, thereby, alerting her father, who woke up to
investigate.
Nyamukacha was allegedly caught in the act by Nyakabau who
went on to tie his legs and hands with a rope.
Nyakabau allegedly assaulted Nyamukacha with an ox harness
several times all over the body before taking him to Makosa Police Station,
where he intended to file a report.
The State alleges that while on the way to the police
station, Nyamukacha complained of dizziness, collapsed and died.
Nyakabau proceeded to the station and reported the matter
to the police, who attended the scene and arrested him.
Charles Kavhumbura of Susman Farm in Juru, who allegedly
strangled his seven-year-old daughter before dumping the juvenile’s body in a
farm pond to evade paying maintenance, will stand trial on March 25.
He allegedly confessed to killing his daughter, Rufaro. Charges against Kavhumbura arose on October 14 last year,
when his ex-wife Pedzisai Kachepa (32), left her daughter in the company of her
10-year-old brother, as she proceeded to the nearby Umristur Primary School.
It is alleged that upon returning home, Pedzisai failed to
locate her daughter despite a massive search for her. She filed a missing person’s report at Chabwino Police
Post.
The deceased’s body was found floating in a pond two days
later by two pupils, who had gone to fetch water from the pond.
The pupils alerted Never Chako, who proceeded to report the
matter at Juru Police Station.
It is alleged that when police came to retrieve the body,
Kavhumbura was among the crowd and positively identified the body as that of
his daughter.
A post-mortem held at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals by Dr
Roberto Betancout showed that the girl died of head and neck trauma. Herald
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