Courts and Crime

Daniel Kachere Notorious armed robber, Musa Taj Abdul, was yesterday granted Z$5 000 bail by High Court judge Justice Banjamin Chikowero, Nhau has learnt.Musa was asked to reside at his given address, report every Friday at Sunningdale 2 police station and not to interfere with any witnesses until the matter …

Murdered Murehwa boy’s family cries for helpBegs prophets, traditional healers3 months no DNA results, burial on hold indefinitely‘Our wounds remain fresh’ By Daniel Kachere Slain Tapiwa Makore (7)’s family has expressed frustrations over delayed DNA test results, which they need to enable them to bury his body.Tapiwa was allegedly murdered …

A senior officer from the Zimbabwe Republic Police Support Unit was arrested on Saturday for possession of two bags of what was suspected to be gold ore while in the company of two civilian accomplices.Chief Inspector Ncube of Yankee Troop, who was deployed for Operation Chikorokoza Ngachipere/Isitsheketsha Kasiphele and No …

By Daniel Kachere Harare High Court judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero has reserved judgment on whether to grant suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya bail over allegations of gold smuggling.Chikowero arrived at this conclusion after hearing submissions from both the State and Rushwaya’s defence led by Tapson Dzvetero.The State maintained …

By Daniel KachereHigh Court judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero Thursday afternoon reserved his judgment to grant temporary release of Marry Mubaiwa’s passport after she made an urgent application for its release. Mubaiwa is seeking the release of her passport to enable her to undergo treatment for a rare skin disease (Lymphodaema) …

By Daniel Kachere Self-styled prophet Gathrie Chiredzero, popularly known as Madzibaba Gathrie, has been freed by the High Court on allegations of masquerading as a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative.Madzibaba Gathrie had been jailed 16 years in 2018 for using a bogus identity to stalk President Emmerson Mnangagwa armed with …

By Daniel Kachere Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa’s hearing for an urgent application she made at the High Court seeking the release of her passport failed to kick-off Wednesday.The matter was set before High Court judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero who consented to the matter being postponed to …

By Daniel Kachere Suspended Zimbabwe Miners federation boss Henrietta Rushwaya’s application for bail commenced at the Harare High Court Wednesday, with her lawyer stating that the Magistrates Court grossly misdirected itself when it denied her bail.Rushwaya was arrested end of October at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport where she was …

Zimbabwe’s national carrier, Air Zimbabwe, has been dealt a major blow after the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe threw out its application to have a Labour Court decision to pay or reinstate retrenched workers reversed, Nhau can reveal.The appeal was against confirmatory proceedings conducted by the Labour Court on September 8, …

High Court judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero has granted Harare mayor Jacob Mafume Z$30 000 bail, ending his 14-day incarceration.Mafume was arrested over allegations of criminal abuse of office.He was ordered not to interfere with any witnesses, surrender his passport to the clerk of court and continue residing at his place …