Courts and Crime

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 …

Kadoma BureauSanyati District Development Co-ordinator (DDC), Amigo Mhlanga was reportedly left nursing wounds after being assaulted by police officers clearing an unsanctioned meeting at Fitt Square, Kadoma on Monday. The DDC was caught up in the skirmishes which left several other people injured after gathering to meet him over the …

INTERNATIONAL TV news channel Al Jazeera is set to broadcast an investigation into corruption and money laundering in Zimbabwe involving government officials and their affiliates. A trailer released by the news channel features President Mnangagwa’s appointed ambassador at large, Uebert Angel. Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono wrote: “International news network Aljazeera will …

High Court judge Munamato Mutevedzi has abandoned a case in which a Gweru farmer is challenging the seizure of her farm by government saying the matter was too political to be handled by his court. Mutevedzi said courts have no jurisdiction to hear cases involving seizure of land from Zimbabweans …

Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Paul Mavima is caught up in a US$400 000 corrupt upmarket house deal in Quinnington, Borrowdale, Harare, involving the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) — under his control — and the ministry of Finance, an investigation by The NewsHawks has revealed. Nssa, constituted …