Courts and Crime

AN unidentified man was found dead in Bulawayo’s Pumula North suburb. POLICE have called on members of the public with missing male relatives to come forward and assist in identifying the body. The man’s body is at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) mortuary and was taken there on April 24 …

Former First Lady, Grace Mugabe By James Muonwa in Zvimba Former First Lady, Grace Mugabe has been fined five cattle and two goats for violating traditional customs and rites following the burial of her husband, the late ex-president Robert Mugabe at the family rural home’s courtyard. Grace was summoned to …

By Mellisa Gombe The Zimbabwe Anti -Corruption Commission (ZACC) arrested three Zvishavane Town Council officials for allegedly awarding a contract to a private company without due process and flouting tender procedures recently. In a statement, ZACC Spokesperson Commissioner John Makamure said the trio comprising of Town Secretary Tinoda Mukutu (53), …

The Department of Immigration’s Compliance and Enforcement unit today intercepted a total of 25 Malawian border jumpers who were travelling to South Africa. A source within the department said the interception was part of the clampdown on border jumping and human smuggling along the boundary with South Africa. Among those …

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended the tenure of Chief Justice Luke Malaba by five years following contentious changes to the constitution that are being challenged in court by lawyers. Malaba has faced criticism for dismissing an opposition petition which sought to annul the 2018 presidential election results over alleged …

By Rutendo Mapfumo Victoria Falls Town Clerk Ronnie Dube has been granted bail by the Hwange Magistrate’s court, it has been established. Hwange Provincial Magistrate, Ms Gladmore Mushove released him on $50 000 bail with conditions. Dube (54) will appear in court on the June 10, 2021 for the continuation …

The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has been cleared to cancel a multi-million-dollar tender awarded to businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his Intratrek company after the Supreme Court overturned a High Court ruling which compelled the power utility to see the tender through. The ruling on Monday came as Chivayo’s appearance before …

Former Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje who was being accused of receiving a $10 000 bribe from businessman Wicknell Chivhayo has been acquitted of the charges before plea. Kazhanje who appeared before Magistrate Ngoni Nduna together with Chivhayo was represented by Garikayi Mhishi instructing advocate Taona …

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has submitted 32 dockets to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), nine of which are high-profile, as the dragnet closes in on senior government, police and council officials. This was said by Zacc chairperson Justice Loyce Matanda-Moyo in a wide-ranging interview with the Zimbabwe Independent this …

High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has granted MDC Alliance’s Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe and party activist Cecilia Chimbiri $20 000 bail each. The two had spent almost two months at Chikurubi Maximum prison facing charges of contravening Covid-19 regulations after addressing a press conference in front of the …