UZ Student Faces Rape Charge
A University of Zimbabwe (UZ) student has been charged with rape after he allegedly forced himself on a colleague.
Panashe Mazhazhate (22) was remanded out of custody to November 30 on US$100 bail by Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa last week.
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Prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti alleged that on an unknown date in October this year and at the UZ’s NC1 hostel, Mazhazhate allegedly had sexual intercourse with the complainant without her consent.
On another day during the same month, Muzhazhate allegedly had sexual intercourse again with the complainant without consent in the same room.
The matter was reported to the police leading to his arrest.
Meanwhile…
POLICE on Saturday shot and killed one of the suspects involved in last week’s armed robbery in Southerton, after an exchange of gunfire in Chitungwiza’s Unit A suburb.
UZ Student Faces Rape Charge
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday said the suspect died in hospital from injuries sustained in the shootout with police detectives.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms a shooting incident involving an armed robbery suspect, Sam Mudzuri (42) which occurred on 4h November 2023 in Unit A, Seke, Chitungwiza.
The shooting incident follows the Southerton robbery incident which went viral on social media platforms in which the complainant, who was driving a Toyota Hilux motor vehicle, was intercepted by the suspects who were aboard a Honda Fit vehicle on 30 October 2023 along Bryce Road, Harare.
The suspects, who were armed with an unidentified pistol, knife and an iron bar, pointed the pistol at the complainant before smashing the passenger and driver’s windows of the complainant’s motor vehicle.
The suspects stole a cellphone, an Ipad and US$250 cash before speeding off in a Honda Fit vehicle. The incident was captured on the complainant’s vehicle dashboard camera.
Asst Comm Nyathi said on Saturday, detectives from CID Homicide acted on received information and tracked Mudzuri to his girlfriend’s house in Unit A, Seke, Chitungwiza where he was hiding.
Mudzuri was shot on the legs following an exchange of fire with detectives. He was referred to a hospital in Harare where he died on admission.
