Courts and Crime

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa’s troubles continue mounting after a South African court has ordered the seizure of her Pretoria home and her two Land Rover vehicles until her money laundering and fraud trial is concluded in Zimbabwe. The order to seize the property follows a request to …

By Wendy Kusema Five unknown armed robbers reportedly stormed Bindura’s Ming Ching Woodbrooke Mine and robbed security personnel of a shotgun, Nhau/Indaba has heard. The assailants allegedly disarmed Jephias Makiwa a security guard at the Chinese owned mine and took his security Bantrum shotgun with them last Friday. Speaking to …

A Gauteng family is breathing a sigh of relief as their kidnapped relative has returned home. Ranga Gova, 35, a businessman from Centurion, was kidnapped while seated in his wife’s vehicle at the traffic lights near the Midstream Mediclinic in Centurion just before 8pm on Thursday, November 3. Speaking to IOL …

The 24-year-old prisoner who last week escaped from Chikurubi Farm Prison where he was serving a one-year sentence after being convicted of malicious damage to property, has been re-arrested in Harare. Panashe Chinyama escaped last Wednesday from the prison while he was working in a nursery resulting in prison and …

CCC legislator Job Sikhala’s legal losses continued Wednesday when Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti dismissed the jailed lawmaker’s application seeking the court official’s recusal from handling his trial over alleged bias. This means that Miti shall continue presiding over Sikhala’s trial. The firebrand politician is jointly being charged with fellow party …

By Richard Kawazi A Glendale man has been remanded in custody for alleged attempted murder charges after brutally assaulting his wife over a meal, Nhau/Indaba has heard. Francis Chagaka (23) from Seddies farm in Glendale was dragged before the courts by his wife Fungai Mugabe (22) to face the domestic …

A 50-year-old Zimbabwean ‘priest’, who used his position of trust to lure women to secluded spots where he raped them and then tied them to a tree, has been removed from society. The North West High Court sentenced Lucas Chauke to two life terms for murder and rape. NPA provincial …

For the past 30 years, Zimbabwe has joined the rest of the world in marking 16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV) with clear messages that castigate abusive men, who are often deemed the perpetrators. Nearly 40 percent of Zimbabwean women and girls have experienced sexual or physical …

By Wendy KusemaA 52-year-old man has been dragged to court for allegedly teaming up with two accomplices still at large to create a fake agreement of sale for an industrial stand where they intended to defraud a client of millions in Bindura, Nhau/Indaba has had. Prosecutor Sheilla Maribha told the …

National Prosecution Authority (NPA) acting director-general Nelson Mutonziwa has revealed that his office has been hit by a massive exodus of sharp legal minds due to poor remuneration and conditions of service. Speaking during the Knockout Corruption Campaign held last Friday in Harare, Mutonziwa said senior prosecutors had left the …