Courts and Crime

Job Sikhala, the recently freed opposition activist who spent 595 days in pretrial detention, has confirmed that he was poisoned while in solitary confinement at Chikurubi Maximum Prison. Sikhala was reported sick in October 2023, just over 550 days into the almost two-year incarceration. He also fell ill in January …

Agriculture deputy minister, Vangelis Peter Haritatos lost maize valued at US$160 000 to some Harare millers. The millers, Edwin Mwale (41) and Kudakwashe Murehwa (46), appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing charges of stealing 9 735x50kg bags of maize valued US$163 061 belonging to the deputy minister. They were …

Police have launched an investigation into a suspected ritual murder incident involving an infant whose burnt body was on Monday found hanging from a tree in Kadoma. The bod of the male infant, police said on their official X handle on Wednesday, was found in an advanced state of decomposition. …

Deputy Tourism Minister, Tongai Mnangagwa was allegedly assaulted by a suspected drug dealer while attending a party in Harare’s Avenues area Tuesday night, police have said. According to a leaked internal memorandum, Antony Mwedziwendira, who is currently on the run, assaulted Mnangagwa at corner 6th and Fife Avenue while he …

Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala will finally taste freedom after a Harare court sentenced him to a two year jail term which has been wholly suspended, Tuesday. The court also handed down the same sentence to his co-accused Godfrey Sithole, former Chitungwiza North lawmaker. …

Government has issued a stern warning to drug peddlers, especially those that target minors, that more deterrent measures are being lined up in addition to naming and shaming the culprits. In a statement yesterday, National Committee on Drug and Substance Abuse Chair Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, who is also Defence Minister said …

The City of Harare is crafting by-laws to provide for the criminalisation of land barons wreaking havoc in the capital including parcelling out land on wetlands to desperate homeseekers. Land barons, most of whom are linked to Zanu PF, have been illegally selling council and State land to homeseekers. Some …

Zimbabwean lawyers on Tuesday condemned the police’s use of deadly force against suspected criminals, saying it violated the constitution and human rights. The lawyers’ criticism came after a spike in violent crimes during the festive season, in which police shot and killed five suspects in December 2023. “No one has …

Popular musician, Energy Chizanga, AKA Freeman, has denied links to robbery conspiracy although admitting he was once a close friend to one of the suspects who was shot dead by police in November last year. Police have charged the Zimdancehall star with “Conspiracy to Commit Robbery”. He was picked Tuesday …

An armed gang that had broken into a house in Kwekwe, Midlands Province, fled in terror when their victim suddenly opened fire on them. Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson for Midlands Province Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the incident to the Chronicle which occurred on 22 December. He said three armed …