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Gumbura’s fresh rape trial dropped

By Tarisai Machakaire Jailed Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura’s fresh rape charge has been dropped. Had he been convicted, his current 40-year jail term — imposed in 2013 over four counts of rape — could have been lengthened. He was removed from remand on the fresh rape charge yesterday that emerged following […]

Senior Prisons officer cleared in ivory case

By Daniel Nemukuyu A top Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services officer, who was arrested five years ago for allegedly possessing ivory, was this week found not guilty and acquitted by a Hwange magistrate. Assistant Commissioner Apinos Darlington Mudzamiri was arrested in Binga’s Simuchembo area after police found eight elephant tusks in the vehicle he was […]