Courts and Crime

Bindura BureauThe Zimbabwe Republic Police is pleading with private motorists to desist from offering transport to strangers, especially when travelling during late hours.This follows recent reports that a Mt Darwin man lost his Toyota Probox along the Harare-Bindura Road to four unknown men he had offered transport from Mazowe.Police alleged …

The entrance to Block 4 of Matapi Flats in Mbare is reminiscent of a scene from a Hollywood post-apocalyptic movie. Among the mounds of uncollected garbage is a muddle of empty bottles of hard liquor and illicit cough syrups and cigarette stubs. A handful of children go about playing football …

By Bindura BureauThe quest for quick money by stealing government property turned sour for two Ministry of Health and Child Care officers based at its Bindura offices Thursday. ​Richard Chiwata (39), a storeman, and Fungai Mangwadu an Environmental Health Officer at the ministry’s district office, pleaded guilty to conniving to …

A 40-year-old Mbare woman was forced to sniff a towel and felt dizzy before being raped after boarding a Honda Fit last Friday. The woman also lost US$170. Harare provincial police spokesperson Inspector Luckmore Chakanza, confirmed the case saying the woman has since been referred to Sally Mugabe Central Hospital for …

Kadoma BureauKadoma magistrate Paul Mudonhi, on Tuesday granted Sanyati District Development Co-ordinator (DDC), Amigos Mhlanga and his co-accused persons ZW$30 000 bail following their arrest for allegedly holding an unsanctioned meeting on pirate taxis (mushikashika) at Fitt Square, in the city Monday. Mudonhi also ordered them to report once every fortnight …

Al Jazeera on Thursday said it had put a pause on a broadcast of a four-part investigation into official corruption in Zimbabwe without giving reasons. The first episode of Gold Mafia, a two-year investigation by the Qatar based news network, had been advertised for 12PM CAT on Thursday. Other episodes …

By Bindura BureauPolice in Mashonaland Central have joined the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) in amplifying calls for couples to capitalise on the available family planning contraceptives to avoid unwanted pregnancies, reduce cases of illegal abortion and infanticide. This follows a case under investigation whereby Mejury Munyanyi (42) of …

Bindura BureauMembers of the public are being warned against putting the law into their own hands when they apprehend suspected criminals as they are likely to face arrest, police in Bindura have said. This follows an incident which occurred in Mazowe last Wednesday after five men allegedly bashed Langton Changaza …

Armed robbers blasted a safe and stole US$3,700 from a manufacturing plant of the Kambucha energy drink in Harare early Wednesday, police said. A senior company employee however told ZimLive that the stolen amount had been grossly understated to avoid scrutiny by the taxman. The amount stolen was closer to …

Bindura Bureau A Bakers Inn bread van driver and his assistant were robbed of nearly US$2 000 at gun point by five unknown men in rural Chiweshe, on Sunday. Mashonaland Central police spokesperson, Inspector Milton Mundembe, confirmed. He said police had launched a man hunt and were appealing for any …