Courts and Crime

Police have arrested over 8 000 people for failing to declare their goods and using illegal entry points at the country’s ports of entry, Nhau has learnt. Following the arrest of 8 299 people in an operation targeting the country’s borders, the Zimbabwe Republic Police has issued a stern warning …

Inside a tiny room in Kuwadzana, a township in Harare, Solomon Sigauke* and his friends talk animatedly about football and listen to loud music. The misty vapour from the crystal meth fills the room as they take turns on a fluorescent pipe. Sigauke, 25, has no cigarette lighter so he …

Police have confirmed that body parts recovered from Tapiwa Makore Snr’s toilet and taken for forensic tests, belong to Tapiwa Makore (7), who was gruesomely murdered in September last year. Tapiwa Makore Snr is the murdered boy’s uncle. In a statement Wednesday, Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyati said communication …

Police Wednesday fired gunshots to disperse a crowd of Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) supporters who had stormed Bulawayo Central Police Station protesting over the alleged harassment of their leader Mqondisi Moyo by state security agents. At least 10 protesters are reported to have been arrested while others were injured. Police …

Chipo Chabarwa The Covid 19 induced lockdowns that were introduced in March last seem to have caused a spike in child marriages. A Research Advocacy Unit (RAU) report has noted that the increase in child marriages can largely be attributed to the closure of schools during the lockdown period. An …

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has announced that courts are now fully operational following President Mnangagwa’s easing of the national lockdown yesterday. Through Practice Direction 5 of 2021, with effect from today normal proceedings will resume although entry into the courts shall be limited to litigants, their legal practitioners, necessary …

Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje has granted bail to former Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo. Chombo who spent five days in custody on corruption related charges was ordered to remain subjected to previous conditions set in his cases that are still pending before the courts. He was further ordered to surrender title …

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) Communications Officer and freelance journalist Kumbirayi Mafunda has been arrested by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, Nhau has learnt. Mafunda is alleged to have been arrested together with three Zinasu students. ZLHR director Roselyn Hanzi confirmed through micro-blogging site Twitter. “Very disturbed and …

Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has vowed to approach the courts to stop further housing developments in the town. Norton is currently facing serious water shortages while service delivery remains very poor. Increasing the number of housing developments without expanding amenities further stretches the already scarce resources. “I continue to receive …

Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje has postponed his bail ruling for former Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo to tomorrow after asserting that he was still carefully going through the submissions that were made by the State and Defense. The ruling was supposed to be handed down today and Chombo will remain in …