This case makes sad reading. In one way or another, many people and institutions appear culpable for the death of Talitakumi Mangena, an infant aged only seven months and the subsequent charges of murder against Felistas Mpofu (the offender) who was its mother. The offender grew up as an orphan. Both her parents died when she knew nothing. She said she was then raised by her mother’s brother. She dropped out of school at form two presumably because the uncle could not afford her tuition. She sought employment and became a shopkeeper at a business centre called Mberengwa Turn Off.... More
The accused, Mr. Kholwane Nkiwane, is appearing before this court charged with the crime of murder as defined in section 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) [Act Chapter 9:23] (Criminal Code). It being alleged that on 13 November 2021 he stabbed Bambeni Ndlovu (deceased) intending to kill her or realising that there is a real risk or possibility that his conduct may cause the death of the deceased and continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility. More
The accused persons are charged with the crime of murder. The allegations against them are that at 7.30 pm of 30 March, 2023 and at the homestead of one Robert Maphosa, Tjewondo Village in Maphisa, Kezi, they assaulted Robert Maphosa and, in the process, killed or caused the death of, Robert Maphosa (“the deceased”). They allegedly struck the deceased once on the left side of his chin, once on the left ear, once on the back of his head and once on the right side of his head. More
The accused is appearing before this court charged with the crime of murder as defined in s 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. It being alleged that 23 September 2023 he unlawfully caused the death of Happy Ncube referred to as the deceased by stabbing him with an okapi knife once on the chest intending to kill him or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that his conduct may cause the death of the deceased and continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility. More
If it is true that on some day God will destroy the world, then that time is nigh. Some of the crimes that we preside over suggest that Armageddon is imminent. Tapiwa Mereka (the offender) has a head but it is doubtful that he has a brain inside it. If he does, then his mind is so perverted and depraved that he should not be living amongst human beings. The crime that he committed is unconscionable and would possibly win an Oscar award for horror movies. Every one of us who took part in the trial would be thinking about... More
