Courts and Crime

HARARE – A High Court judge was unhurt after gunmen opened fire at her vehicle in Harare on Tuesday night, police said. Justice Emilia Muchawa was meters from her home in Goodhope, Westgate, when two men whose unmarked vehicle was parked close to the house jumped out and shot at …

Police have confirmed that investigations are underway following the death of an Early Child Development (ECD) school teacher who went missing last week. The lifeless body of Magdalene Mandiveyi, who reportedly left behind a three-month-old toddler was discovered in a maize field at Mufakose’s Aspindale mountain Friday. “The Zimbabwe Republic …

A Harare man, Nyasha Eusen, who was being held on allegations of killing one Nyarai Round, breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday after the state withdrew charges against him and made him a key witness in the case instead. This follows investigations pointing to serial murder suspect and former detective …

All that glitters is not gold. The adage turned out to be true for a 62-year-old Harare man in the trade of defrauding desperate and unsuspecting home seekers Wednesday. What promised to be a day of rich pickings turned out sour for Lovejoy Nyamande who was arrested soon after clutching …

Police have declared that they will not hesitate to shoot and kill all perpetrators of violent criminal activities to ensure members of the public live in a peaceful and crime-free environment. A spate of armed robberies in the last few months and the horrific fatal shooting of three people by …

Police have vowed to take action against drivers and managers of Rimbi Tours and Zebra Kiss bus companies whose buses were caught on a viral video racing each other with one of them ending up involved in a fatal road traffic accident which killed one passenger and injured seven. The …

One person died while several others were injured after an intercity bus rammed into a tipper truck at Bondamakara, along the Harare-Nyamapanda road, it has been established. A video seen by Nhau/Indaba that has gone viral on social media shows two buses bound in the same direction racing on a …

Magistrate Grants Warrant Of Further Detention Triple homicide suspect and ex-cop, Jaison Muvevi (43) today complained to magistrate Dennis Mangosi that detectives investigating his case were depriving him of sleep by adding extra handcuffs and hanging him from a bar. This came shortly before police were granted a warrant for …

Bulawayo Bureau Police have arrested an 18-year-old man for allegedly stealing batteries belonging to a public transport company, Nhau/Indaba has learnt. Taking to twitter, ZRP confirmed the incident saying Execellent Maseko who is an ex-Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) employee and operated as a bus conductor allegedly stole the batteries …

Budiriro Constituency legislator Costa Machingauta has handed himself over to the Police following the arrest of 25 Citizens Coalition for Change activists at his house in the suburb last Saturday. Advocate Wilbert Mandinde who is representing the 25 announced the latest development at Harare Magistrates Court Tuesday. He said Machingauta …