Courts and Crime

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 …

So far 509 unregistered firearms have been surrendered to police as illegal holders of guns continue to take advantage of the amnesty granted by President Mnangagwa which is expected to end this Saturday. A total of 260 rounds of ammunition have also been surrendered. The amnesty, which opened last month …

A Survey by a group representing lawyers has flagged prosecutors as the most corrupt officials in judicial proceedings. The survey, titled Justice Delivery, conducted by the Law Society of Zimbabwe and supported by the European Union, also showed that corruption was rife at the magistrates courts. “The magistrates court was …

A Chinese-run gold mining company operating in the Odzi peri-urban area of Mutare district has been accused of ill-treating workers and flouting the country’s labour laws and regulations. Registered as Odzi Resources Zimbabwe Private Limited while trading as Ming Chang Sino Africa Investments, the company runs a number of gold …

Police have arrested former Affirmative Action Group president Mike Chimombe. Chimombe, who reportedly has close ties with President Emmerson Mnangagwa was arrested Monday morning amid allegations of fraud. He is alleged to have resisted arrest forcing detectives to storm his Borrowdale Brooke home. “Former AAG president Mike Chimombe has been …