Courts and Crime

PARLIAMENT is pushing for the imposition of mandatory sentences for rapists among other sexual offenders including those involved in child marriages as statistics show that 22 women and girls are raped daily. Legislators yesterday marked 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) through a march in Harare before Senate …

Zimdancehall producer Tafadzwa Kadzimwe, better known as Levels, is in the eye of the storm after his former girlfriend and musician Shashl (Ashleigh Moyo) has filed rape charges against him. The Chillspot music maker’s troubles were triggered by the leaking of a sex tape between him and his ex, who …

Jailed opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Job Sikhala has been denied bail again by Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti who ruled that he is an incorrigible and unrepentant criminal. This is despite the fact that Sikhala has no conviction in over 60 arrests. Sikhala had applied for bail on …

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has applied to the High Court challenging the cancellation of a warrant of arrest for controversial businessperson Frank Sadiq Buyanga by Harare provincial magistrate, Judith Taruvinga. Prosecutor-General Nelson Mutsonziwa cited Taruvinga and Buyanga as the first and second respondents, respectively. Buyanga was arrested in South …

Mpumalanga police on Sunday said they had arrested three suspects, aged between 33 and 35, who allegedly robbed and held security guards hostage and stripped copper cables at a plantation in Machadodorp. Police spokesperson Brig Selvy Mohlala said the incident happened at about 3.30am on Saturday, when two security guards …

Police in Bulawayo have arrested 39 students from different schools in the city who were caught Friday in a wild sex orgy popularly known as Vuzu parties. Police reported the arrests via the law enforcement organisation’s official Twitter handle Saturday. “The ZRP confirms the arrest of 39 students from various …

Bindura BureauIn what appears to be a new wave of bizarre sexual abuse upon the girl child, another nine-year-old girl has been confirmed pregnant in Mashonaland Central. This comes barely 72 hours after a Tsholotsho girl of the same age became the country’s youngest mother after being raped. She gave …

Four Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) activists arrested in Chinhoyi for allegedly threatening to kill MDC Alliance leader, Douglas Mwonzora, appeared in court Tuesday. They had to spend another night in custody after Chinhoyi Magistrate, Chido Garwe, deferred bail ruling to Wednesday, November 16. The arrested quartet have been identified …

Zimbabwe has increased fees and further introduced US dollar payments for all services obtained within the country’s courts, something that continues to put access to justice beyond the reach of the poor. The Ministry of Justice and Legal and Parliamentary Affairs said the new fees will now be payable in …

A police officer has been arraigned before the courts for allegedly interrupting a Zanu-PF meeting in Bulawayo’s New Magwegwe suburb on Saturday. Eriezel Gondo (33) appeared before Western Commonage magistrate Shepherd Mjanja facing a charge of disturbing a public gathering. The court heard that Gondo allegedly showed up at a …