Courts and Crime

A soldier and a police detective were on Thursday arraigned on charges of taking part in a heist at ABC Auctions in Harare during which cash and jewellery worth over US$1.2 million was stolen. Cop, Kelvin Marimo, 42, and 36-year-old trooper Onisenge Zvomunya were not asked to plead when they …

A man suspected of taking part in Zimbabwe’s second biggest heist ever has died after being shot by police in Epworth, 17km south of Harare. Trymore Bondamakara had been linked to the October 8 robbery of ABC Auctions in Harare during which US$1.4 million in cash was stolen. He was …

SELF-EXILED opposition CCC activist Makomborero Haruzivishe has described his recent acquittal by the High Court on charges of inciting public violence and resisting arrest — after spending a year in prison — as a confirmation of judicial capture. Haruzivishe was convicted and sentenced in April 2021 to 24 months behind …

Police have confirmed the arrest of 20 people linked to violent clashes which occurred at Mupedzanhamo market stalls in Mbare, Harare on Monday. The suspects allegedly went on a rampage destroying vending stalls and motor vehicles while fighting for the control of vending stalls. From Friday up to Monday vending …

An ambitious plan to build a race track meeting Formula 1 standards between Hwange and Victoria Falls in Matabeleland North has been nixed by the High Court. Justice Evangelista Kabasa of the Bulawayo High Court nullified a lease agreement for 500 hectares of land between the Hwange Rural District Council …

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole have abandoned their planned appeal against a magistrate’s ruling denying them bail for the fifth time. The two MPs, who are facing charges of inciting public violence, have now shifted attention to their earlier plea to be given State …

The Devon Police Station in Ekurhuleni was robbed of firearms by three brazen men pretending to report a crime on Wednesday, 5 October. The Gauteng police have now launched a manhunt to find the suspects who managed to get away with 10 guns. The men came into the police station …

Three suspected armed robbers who were part of a group that were involved in a shootout with security guards before stealing nearly 12kg from a cash in transit vehicle in Bulawayo have been arrested. The three were part of a 13 men gang that intercepted How Mine security guards yesterday …

Gold worth US$650,000 was snatched on Tuesday morning after heavily armed men attacked a security convoy conveying the gold from How Mine to Fidelity Printers in Bulawayo. A Securitas cash-in-transit van which was accompanied by three other vehicles from the mine was forced to stop when three vehicles blocked the …

The country’s organised manufacturing sector lobby group, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has sounded the alarm bells over rising crime levels, warning that this may affect foreign direct investments. In its latest report titled Crime Trends in Zimbabwe, the CZI says crime has been on an upward trend, increasing …