Courts and Crime

A 17-year-old high school student died after being stabbed by another pupil in an alleged bullying incident. Victim Ngoni Tadiwa Kundishora, a Form 3 pupil at Seke 1 High School in Chitungwiza, allegedly confronted his killer while armed with stones on July 12. Kundishora allegedly grabbed his killer who then …

Bikita Rural District Council (BRDC) has been caught in a corruption storm in which officials registered in their personal names vehicles worth US$380 000 bought by the local authority, a report has revealed. The council bought six Toyota GD6 trucks for its managers at an estimated cost of US$40 000 …

Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna on Monday recused himself from hearing Job Sikhala’s bail application following his arrest accused of defeating the course of justice. The Zengeza West MP filed an application for Nduna’s recusal, arguing that he could be biased after he denied him bail in a similar case before. …

A nine-year-old girl from Glendale allegedly forced her colleague, an eleven-year-old boy to have sexual intercourse with her whilst holding a knife, it has emerged. This reportedly happened several times until the boy could not take it anymore, thereby reporting the matter to his class teacher. The shocking narrative is …

Police have dismissed allegations that an assortment of weapons were intercepted and recovered in West Nicholson, Matabeleland South following a story circulating on social media. In a statement, police national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said they had not received any such report and police were investigating the motive behind …

CONNECTED syndicates linked to Zimbabwe Miners’ Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya (pictured) are plundering rich gold fields in Mazowe, a fresh report has revealed.  Mazowe is located about 50km from Harare in Mashonaland Central province and has largely been one of the gold-rich areas in Zimbabwe. The vast Mazowe gold fields …

HOME Affairs deputy minister Ruth Mavhunga-Maboyi has professed ignorance to the involvement of serving and ex-police and army members allegedly committing robberies and various other crimes in the country. This was after opposition legislators on Wednesday took Mavhunga-Maboyi to task over armed robbery cases involving State security agents. Mutare Central …

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched an investigation into a case involving cotton farming inputs which were stocked at a warehouse linked to Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Wadyajena. Zacc spokesperson John Makamure confirmed that the matter was under probe but declined to release more details. Zacc spokesperson John Makamure “I …

The much-trending theft of US$70,000 from a maid’s loot by some Highlands police detectives has turned into a soap opera after two police officers assigned to investigate their colleagues have also landed in the dock for allegedly stealing US$8,000 from the cash. For their alleged deeds, Maxwell Chidyamudungwe (40) and …

The Supreme Court on Monday accused Zanu PF secretary for administration and former mines minister Obert Mpofu of resorting to “anarchy and chaos” in his bid to wrest control of a coveted Matabeleland North farm part-owned by a prominent rights lawyer. Mpofu, reputed to be one of the largest land …