The facts of the matter make sad reading. The accused hails from Makhala Line, Lubimbi Village, Chief Gampu, Tsholotsho. On 19th June 2021 the deceased and her siblings who are aged 10, 4 and 3 years old followed their mother who had visited her uncle Ndumiso Tshuma who stayed in the same village. The deceased was accused’s daughter. She was aged 8 years at the time of her demise. The deceased and her siblings left their grandmother’s homestead, where they had been left by their mother, without the accused’s permission. They went back the following day without their mother. Upon... More
This review is at the instance of the scrutinising Regional Magistrate. The accused was arraigned before the magistrate court sitting at Western Commonage, Bulawayo. He was charged with the crime of contravening section 52(2) of the Road Traffic Act [Chapter 13:11] “Negligent driving.” It being alleged that on the 18 June 2021, and at Luveve Road near Machipisini, adjacent number 214 Sotshangane Flats, Bulawayo, accused drove a motor vehicle negligently opposing one-way and hit a pedestrian, thereby causing minor injuries. He was convicted on his own plea of guilty and sentenced to $18 000 in default of payment 4 months... More
The accused is facing a charge of murder to which he pleaded not guilty. It is alleged that on 9th September 2021 at around 1800 hours the accused arrived home and started shouting at his two sons, accusing them of leaving the kitchen hut exposed to rain. He armed himself with a knobkerrie, ordered the two boys, aged 13 and 11, to lie down and proceeded to assault them with the knobkerrie. He thereafter ordered the younger boy to go and pen the goats whilst he remained assaulting the now deceased. After the assault the now deceased staggered out of... More
The accused, a female who was aged 19 at the time of the commission of the offence has been arraigned in this court on a charge of murder in contravention of s47 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act (Chapter 9:23). The deceased was a female aged 15 years at the relevant time. The accused pleads not guilty to the charge and tenders a plea of guilty with respect to the lessor charge of culpable homicide. The state accepts the limited plea. The background facts to the matter are summerised in a statement of agreed facts tendered into... More
Accused faces a charge of murder in that it is alleged that on the 21st June 2021 and in a bushy area in Tsholotsho, he unlawfully caused the death of Mfundo Ndlovu by striking him with a log several times all over the body and thereby killing him. He pleaded Not Guilty by reason of insanity. More
The accused appeared in this court facing a charge of murder in contravention of section 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23) in that on the 1s5th February 2020 at 330 Lovendale, Bulawayo he struck the deceased on the neck, lower lip and ankle thereby causing his death wrongfully unlawfully. The accused denied the charge. More
The accused in this matter was convicted of 3 counts, the 1st and 3rd being of robbery as defined in section 126 of the Code. The 2nd count being of rape as defined in section 65 of the Code. He was sentenced to an effective 9 years imprisonment. More
