Courts and Crime

There is overwhelming evidence against suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya and her accomplices with indications of a bigger syndicate involved, a Harare magistrate has heard. Magistrate Ngoni Nduna heard this during submissions by detective Michael Chibaya, who is the investigating officer of the case in which Rushwaya was …

Prominent journalist Hopewell Chin’ono has been accused of abusing judicial procedures by the State following his application to have magistrate Ngoni Nduna recused from presiding over his case. Chin’ono made his application through his lawyer Advocate Taona Nyamakura stating that he held a reasonable apprehension that Nduna may be biased …

Police on Sunday cleared the First Family of any wrongdoing, hours after First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa challenged law enforcement agents to come clean on the authenticity of claims by one, Gift Karanda, that the gold found on Henrietta Rushwaya belonged to Auxillia and son Collins. The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) …

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has exonerated First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and her son Collins of any wrongdoing after they were linked to a gold smuggling scam fronted by suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya. Rushwaya was arrested last Monday after being caught in possession of 6kg of gold …

Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna has upheld the State’s decision to deny Zimbabwe Mining Federation president, Henrietta Rushwaya, bail. In the initial appearance, the State had consented to bail but changed its decision on Wednesday after new circumstances arose in the case. Besides possession of 6kg of gold, she now stands …

Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe has escaped jail after his ministry rushed to make payment of ZW$199 500 as compensation to Gweru-based student, Simon Mandoza who successfully sued him for illegal arrest and brutal assault by police officers in 2018. Kazembe had been given an ultimatum by Harare Magistrate Tilda …

Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi is seeking leave to serve divorce summons on his estranged wife, Florence, through the media, saying he cannot locate her at her Marlborough home or at work in Harare since August. Ziyambi said he wanted to move on with his life after the relationship ended six …

The government of President Mnangagwa has been thrown into disarray after “his niece” Henrietta Rushwaya’s gold smuggling case, which allegedly involves his State security apparatus, was discussed in the British House of Lords. His trusted security apparatchiks were actually the main conduit fueling corrupt and undeclared exportation of gold to …

The succession battle for the Mvuthu chieftainship in Matabeleland North Province which has been on-going since 2014 has taken a new twist with one of the candidates for the throne, Saunders Mlotshwa sitting on a 1994 rape charge which is apparently still pending. While some family members had nominated him …

Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya appears to be losing ground following her suspension from the helm of her organisation. She is being accused of putting the name of the organisation into disrepute following her arrest on Monday at RGM International Airport while allegedly trying to smuggle 6kg of …