Courts and Crime

Prosecutor-General Nelson Mutsonziwa has called for the amendment of corruption laws to plug loopholes being used by “criminals” to keep hold of ill-gotten property as the state pushes for the seizure of assets controversially acquired by former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri . The call to amend corruption laws was made …

Troubled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Job Sikhala’s trial failed to start Monday after the jailed politician challenged charges laid against him which he argued they did not disclose an offence. Sikhala pleaded not guilty to allegations of defeating the course of justice, telling court that he did not …

Redcliff Municipality is in the eye of a storm after it failed to reverse a murky arrangement to acquire posh motor vehicles and cellphones for senior managers in a swap deal for land with a Chinese company despite having been red-flagged by Auditor-General Mildred Chiri. An investigation by The NewsHawks …

A gold buyer who punished a Chinhoyi couple for selling him fake gold worth US$24,000 will spend Christmas behind bars after he was arrested for taking the law into his hands in revenge. Donald Chiwenga (45) is accused of holding hostage Eric Marangarire and Mercy Maphosa after establishing they had …

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has handled cases of corruption with accumulative value of assets amounting to US$23 million in 2022 and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is now seized with issuing forfeiture orders for the properties, The NewsHawks can report. BRENNA MATENDERE The revelations emerged on Thursday during the …

PARLIAMENT is pushing for the imposition of mandatory sentences for rapists among other sexual offenders including those involved in child marriages as statistics show that 22 women and girls are raped daily. Legislators yesterday marked 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) through a march in Harare before Senate …

Zimdancehall producer Tafadzwa Kadzimwe, better known as Levels, is in the eye of the storm after his former girlfriend and musician Shashl (Ashleigh Moyo) has filed rape charges against him. The Chillspot music maker’s troubles were triggered by the leaking of a sex tape between him and his ex, who …

Jailed opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Job Sikhala has been denied bail again by Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti who ruled that he is an incorrigible and unrepentant criminal. This is despite the fact that Sikhala has no conviction in over 60 arrests. Sikhala had applied for bail on …

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has applied to the High Court challenging the cancellation of a warrant of arrest for controversial businessperson Frank Sadiq Buyanga by Harare provincial magistrate, Judith Taruvinga. Prosecutor-General Nelson Mutsonziwa cited Taruvinga and Buyanga as the first and second respondents, respectively. Buyanga was arrested in South …

Mpumalanga police on Sunday said they had arrested three suspects, aged between 33 and 35, who allegedly robbed and held security guards hostage and stripped copper cables at a plantation in Machadodorp. Police spokesperson Brig Selvy Mohlala said the incident happened at about 3.30am on Saturday, when two security guards …