Courts and Crime

Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) member and University of Zimbabwe student Allan Moyo has been freed on Z$10 000 bail by the High Court after 73 days of incarceration without trial. Moyo was freed after successfully making a second application at the High Court following his first bid was quashed …

Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) member and University of Zimbabwe student Allan Moyo’s attempt to secure bail after 71 days in incarceration without trial failed to kick-off on Wednesday before High Court Judge Justice Webster Chinamhora. This is Moyo’s second application to the High Court after Justice David Foroma denied …

High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi yesterday blasted the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for its lackadaisical stance when it opposed the release of former Zanu PF Youth leader Jimu Kunaka on bail after acknowledging misdirections made by the Magistrates Court. Kunaka was freed on Z$15 000 bail with conditions to …

Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has been granted Z$20 000 bail by Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro on charges of violating national lockdown protocols, after conducting a press conference at his Borrowdale residence yesterday. Riot police in the company of a senior officer stormed his residence in the middle of the conference …

ZLHR Hails Withdrawal Of Military Personnel From NPAThe Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has hailed Government’s latest move of recalling all military service personnel seconded to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). A February 2019 Supreme Court order set February 20 2021 as the deadline by which the NPA should …

The number of wild animals being trapped for food by local people who live on the edge of Hwange National Park has increased dramatically during the country’s Covid-19 induced national lockdown, Nhau has learnt. The sudden rise of poaching activities has been attributed to the negative economic impact caused by …

Harare Magistrate Stanford Mambanje today failed to deliver his bail ruling for MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and youth leader Cecilia Chimbiri due to administrative commitments. Mambanje had told the duo that his judgment would be ready by this afternoon after hearing submissions from both the State and defence but …

Government has issued a warning to non-essential businesses along with those who keep flouting Covid-19 regulations, notably those who violate movement restrictions, gathering unlawfully and failing to properly don their masks, saying the authorities will not hesitate to apprehend offenders. In a weekly National Taskforce on Covid-19, Minister of Information, …

MDC Alliance members, legislator Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri, are undermining the country’s justice system by continuously committing offences, a Harare prosecutor has said. Representing the State, prosecutor Audrey Chogumaira told Harare magistrate Stanford Kambanje that the duo continued to commit offences while on bail for other charges. “The accused …

Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe and MDC Alliance’s Cecilia Chimbiri will spend the night at Chikurubi Maximum Prison after their bail application was postponed to tomorrow when they appeared before Harare magistrate Stanley Mambanje Tuesday. The duo are facing allegations of obstructing or hindering police officers performing duty during lockdown …