Courts and Crime

 By Denzel Nemhara The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists has condemned the continued harassment of media practitioners by politicians and the general public who see themselves as “immune to the rule of law”. This follows the harassment of The Herald’s Mashonaland Central Bureau chief Fungai Lupande by an aide escorting former …

ZOCC Celebrates Chin’ono’s High Court Judgment The Zimbabwe Online Content Creators (ZOCC) has welcomed the High Court ruling which cleared journalist Hopewell Chin’ono of criminal charges allegedly committed while discharging his journalistic duties. In her ruling, Justice Jester Hellena Charehwa yesterday quashed charges of communicating false information leveled against the …

By Rutendo Mapfumo The Town Clerk for the City of Victoria Falls Ronnie Dube has been suspended with immediate effect, Indaba has heard. According to a press statement released by the resort city’s Mayor, Councillor Somvelo Dlamini, he is facing several allegations bordering around abuse of office, corruption, and incompetence. …

By Melissa Gombe Two Zimbabwe Republic Police Constables are on the run for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl, Nhau has learnt. A police internal memo seen by Nhau states that, Constable Wilber Bwanali (27) who is stationed at Featherstone Duty Uniform Branch (DUB) allegedly fell in love with the young …

By Farai Matebvu Journalists need to be adequately capacitated for them to work efficiently; if the scourge of corruption can be overcome. This came out at a media training workshop hosted by Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) in Mutare this week advocating for journalists to intensively report on corruption related matters …

Police have arrested over 8 000 people for failing to declare their goods and using illegal entry points at the country’s ports of entry, Nhau has learnt. Following the arrest of 8 299 people in an operation targeting the country’s borders, the Zimbabwe Republic Police has issued a stern warning …

Inside a tiny room in Kuwadzana, a township in Harare, Solomon Sigauke* and his friends talk animatedly about football and listen to loud music. The misty vapour from the crystal meth fills the room as they take turns on a fluorescent pipe. Sigauke, 25, has no cigarette lighter so he …

Police have confirmed that body parts recovered from Tapiwa Makore Snr’s toilet and taken for forensic tests, belong to Tapiwa Makore (7), who was gruesomely murdered in September last year. Tapiwa Makore Snr is the murdered boy’s uncle. In a statement Wednesday, Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyati said communication …

Police Wednesday fired gunshots to disperse a crowd of Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) supporters who had stormed Bulawayo Central Police Station protesting over the alleged harassment of their leader Mqondisi Moyo by state security agents. At least 10 protesters are reported to have been arrested while others were injured. Police …

Chipo Chabarwa The Covid 19 induced lockdowns that were introduced in March last seem to have caused a spike in child marriages. A Research Advocacy Unit (RAU) report has noted that the increase in child marriages can largely be attributed to the closure of schools during the lockdown period. An …