Courts and Crime

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 …

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 …