Courts and Crime

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has announced that courts are now fully operational following President Mnangagwa’s easing of the national lockdown yesterday. Through Practice Direction 5 of 2021, with effect from today normal proceedings will resume although entry into the courts shall be limited to litigants, their legal practitioners, necessary …

Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje has granted bail to former Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo. Chombo who spent five days in custody on corruption related charges was ordered to remain subjected to previous conditions set in his cases that are still pending before the courts. He was further ordered to surrender title …

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) Communications Officer and freelance journalist Kumbirayi Mafunda has been arrested by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police, Nhau has learnt. Mafunda is alleged to have been arrested together with three Zinasu students. ZLHR director Roselyn Hanzi confirmed through micro-blogging site Twitter. “Very disturbed and …

Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has vowed to approach the courts to stop further housing developments in the town. Norton is currently facing serious water shortages while service delivery remains very poor. Increasing the number of housing developments without expanding amenities further stretches the already scarce resources. “I continue to receive …

Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje has postponed his bail ruling for former Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo to tomorrow after asserting that he was still carefully going through the submissions that were made by the State and Defense. The ruling was supposed to be handed down today and Chombo will remain in …

Former Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo, who was arrested over alleged graft in stands allocation on Monday, will spend the night at Remand Prison after Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje postponed his bail ruling to tomorrow. Chombo appeared before Mambanje on Wednesday facing one count of fraud and five counts of criminal …

The Zimbabwe Republic Police is set to redeploy 108 police officers who had been performing prosecutorial duties at all the country’s courts assisting the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Nhau has learnt. This follows the lapse of the 19 February deadline set by the Constitutional Court in judgment number CCZ1/19 which …

Former Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo has been arrested over land deals as President Mnangagwa’s government steps up its drive to clamp down on all big wigs who dished out stands to unsuspecting home seekers duping them of their hard earned cash, Nhau has learnt. According to papers seen by …

Residents of Chitungwiza’s Riverside suburb have raised concern over pool parties that are being held at one of the houses in the area. Last weekend Nhau went undercover and visited the house which is now referred to as the ‘Royal’ and witnessed scores of mostly teenagers and even some underage …

Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has been arrested again in a space of about eight days, Nhau has learnt. According to reports, the independent legislator was arrested at his Karoi farm on Friday for allegedly conducting a youth development programme despite giving the police prior necessary notifications. However, police are yet …