Crimes & Courts

Businesswoman Margret Zvinavashe’s spat with Oil Seeds Zimbabwe has landed her in court.

Former Vice President Joice Mujuru and her company, Ruzirun Investments, have approached the High Court seeking an order stopping a couple she owes money from attaching her property as she fears going “under liquidation or facing multiple claims”.

Peter Moyo’s bid to censure the conduct of Old Mutual’s 14-member board for his tumultuous axing as the insurer’s CEO has hit a procedural snag.

A serial fraudster has been arrested in Bulawayo for allegedly masquerading as a top Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer and a close security aide to President Emmerson Mnangagwa before duping Ingwebu Breweries of 375 litres of fuel and $1 200.

Masvingo High Court Judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze yesterday sentenced a 31-year-old Gutu man to 10 years in prison for fatally assaulting his father with a switch and booted feet as punishment for labelling his mother a prostitute.