Courts and Crime

A 16-year old Beitbridge boy has been arrested and is due to appear in court after he was caught in possession of snares and game meat. The boy was arrested together with one Freeman Moyo (38), and the two are being charged for contravening section 5 of Trapping of Animals …

The Environmental Management Agency (Ema) says Harare City Council (HCC) is spending at least US$3 million per month in treating water polluted by sewage effluence disposed into rivers. An estimated 383 mega litres (ML) of raw and partially treated sewage is discharged daily into the environment, according to a report …

HARARE – Two NewsDay journalists arrested on Saturday in Chitungwiza will appear in court on Monday, their lawyers said. Blessed Mhlanga and Chengeto Chidi are accused of taking of photos ​​or video within a polling station without authority from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. They deny the charges. The two journalists …

The ongoing land dispute in Budiriro between land developer Fifty Angels Company and one Hebert Senda, popularly known as Madzibaba Enock, has reached a boiling point with Senda now accused of dropping President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s name, the Zimbabwe Independent has learnt. The land under dispute is at number 2254, which …

An officer at the Registrar General Market Square District Office appeared at the  Harare Magistrates Court charged with bribery. Clemence Mbedzi (42) was granted ZW$20 000 bail when he appeared before Harare Magistrate, Yeukai Dzuda. He will be back in court on May 27 2022. According to court papers, sometime in March 2022, Mbedzi …

A MAN from Mutare suspected to be the mastermind of a syndicate smuggling second-hand clothes into Zimbabwe from Mozambique, Edward Muhamba, has seen his property and trucks worth US$500 000 frozen by the High Court until he explains how he acquired them. The High Court gave him 30 days to …

Staff Writer Companies in the business of manufacturing blankets are feeling the heat emanating from the soaring smuggling reportedly run by cartels at the country’s border posts. It has also emerged that those in the business of manufacturing groceries are crying foul as the cartels bring in cheaper goods manufactured …

HARARE – A lone armed robber who stole US$36,000 from a Harare home used US$10,000 to pay lobola for his wife, a court heard on Monday. For several months, Aaron Franscico Machona, 37, terrorised residents of Waterfalls in Harare – including shooting a woman in the head in front of …

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has described penalties meted out to those found guilty of corruption as too lenient and a major hindrance to the country’s anti-corruption drive. Addressing a capacity-building workshop on corruption organised by the African Parliamentary Network against Corruption (APNAC) in Bulawayo last week, Mudenda …

Constance Chioma calls her son every morning to check that he is safe while studying in northeast Nigeria, a region plagued by deadly attacks by insurgents and armed kidnappings. Earlier this month, she could not get through. She later realised her SIM card was one of about 73 million – …