Courts and Crime

Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who is jointly charged with Cotton Company of Zimbabwe bosses on fraud and money laundering involving over US$5,8 million, had his passport temporarily released to allow him to travel to the United Kingdom and Germany on Parliament business. Harare regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje released …

Zimbabwean courts have handed jail sentences of up to six months on 148 undocumented Malawians who were apprehended at different points in Chivhu and Murewa enroute to Beitbridge where they intended to cross into South Africa illegally. The foreigners were handed prison terms ranging from four to six months pending …

Thulisile Dube, who vanished after a night out with friends last Saturday before being found dead in her car on Tuesday was murdered, law enforcement sources told ZimLive on Friday. The main suspect in her murder, 28-year-old Michael Farai Mutasa, has committed suicide. Police are holding Mutasa’s girlfriend identified only …

A fleet of haulage trucks belonging to the Member of Parliament for Gokwe-Nembudziya, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, through his company Mayor Logistics, can now be seized by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) and held pending the outcome of a fraud trial of Wadyajena and four top Cotton Company of Zimbabwe managers …

Harare magistrate Stenford Mambanje has granted Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena ZWL$200 000 bail after spending last night at Harare Central Prison. His accomplices; Pius Manamike, Maxmore Njanji and Fortunate Molai of Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) together with Pierpont Moncroix director Chiedza Danha were also made to pay the …

Staff WriterA Harare magistrate has remanded Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena in custody following his arrest Tuesday for alleged fraud and money laundering involving US$5 million. His bail hearing continuation has been scheduled for Thursday after appearing in court today. Wadyajena was arrested together with three Cotton Company of Zimbabwe …

Controversial ZANU-PF legislator for Gokwe-Nembudziya Justice Mayor Wadyajena and four Cotton Company of Zimbabwe officials have been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for allegedly committing fraud and money laundering involving US$5 million. ZACC announced their arrest in a brief statement on Tuesday. “The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested …

A state-owned research institute run by the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry continues to be dogged by reports of graft, maladministration and corporate mis-governance amid claims that officials from the country’s anti-corruption unit paid a blind eye to the case after being bribed. In 2021, senior management at the National …

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) on Wednesday said it was investigating two separate cases against members of the police in Limpopo involving illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe, one of whom was killed. In one case, the Ipid was investigating the fatal shooting of a Zimbabwean immigrant. He was shot dead …

ZIMBABWEAN laws are letting down vulnerable and exposed victims of rape, with the authorities failing to comply with international statutes in protecting victims, a report indicates. In 2019, 22 women were raped daily across the country and early child marriages were also on the increase due to religious and cultural …