Courts and Crime

Top Cop Makodza Granted Bail

Officer Commanding Matabeleland North, Commissioner Erasmus Makodza, has been granted Z$10 000 bail by Harare magistrate Stanley Mambanje on corruption related charges. Makodza was arrested yesterday by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for alleged criminal abuse of duty or alternatively concealing a personal interest from a principal after influencing the …

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ZACC Nabs Top Cop Makodza

Officer Commanding Matabeleland North province Commissioner Erasmus Makodza has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), Nhau has learnt. Comm Makodza has become the second top officer in the rank and file of the Zimbabwe Republic Police to be arrested on corruption related charges after CID boss Chrispen Charumbira …

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Sikhala Freed On Z$25k Bail

High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has granted MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala Z$25 000 bail. He was ordered to reside at his Chitungwiza home, to report once a week at St Mary’s Police Station and not to interfere with witnesses until the case is finalised. He was being …

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STOP WEAPONISING COURTS: GOVT TOLD

Government has been told to stop targeting activists, opposition leaders, journalists and civic society using the judiciary system. In a statement released yesterday, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition spokesperson Marvelous Khumalo said Government has weaponised the judiciary in persecution of advocates for democracy. “The State, through judicial capture, has curtailed the …

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Mozambican Caged For Smuggling Bikes

A 26-year-old Mozambican man appeared at the Bindura magistrates’ court Thursday facing charges of breaching the Customs and Excise Act after smuggling seven motorcycles into Zimbabwe through an undesignated point along Mukumbura border area. Appearing before Bindura magistrate Tinashe Ndokera, Snezio Fillip pleaded guilty to the offence. The State opposed …

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Gold Panners Fined Z$400 000 Each

Two illegal gold panners have appeared at the Bindura magistrates’ court facing allegations of possessing 12kgs of gold ore. Magistrate Ethel Chichera sentenced them each to 30 days in prison or alternatively pay an admission of guilt fine of Z$400 000 each. Representing the State, Vincent Marunya said the accused …

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Corruption: Heads Roll In Zim’s Justice System

Heads are starting to roll at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and other arms of Zimbabwe’s justice delivery system following the arrest of three judicial officers within a space of a month. This follows announcements made by Zimbabwe’s corruption watchdog, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) last year in December that …

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Rushwaya Accomplices Taste Freedom

Harare regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna has granted the trio of Stephen Tserai, Raphios Mufandauya and Gift Karanda Z$30 000 bail each over allegations of assisting Henrietta Rushwaya in her attempt to smuggle gold out of the country last year. The trio were also ordered to stay away from Robert Gabriel …

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