Courts and Crime

Comedienne Felistas Murata, popularly known as Mai Titi, will spend the next nine months in prison after being convicted for fraud and theft of trust property. For the offence, she was sentenced to 12 months in prison, however six months were suspended on condition she does not commit a similar …

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has condemned the pardoning of sexual offenders in the latest presidential amnesty. In May 2023, President Emmerson Mnangagwa freed over 4 000 prisoners and among them were sexual offenders.  ZLHR said while the president was exercising the power of mercy, he should have considered …

Augur Investments has won a bid to develop and sell residential stands on a large portion of a Pomona stand that had been attached to offset a debt it allegedly owed Fairclot Investments. This follows the removal of an application made by Fairclot Investments to stop all the processes from …

A Criminal Investigations Department (CID) detective sparked panic among his colleagues and family after posting a picture of himself with a gun to his chin, and the message: “We will meet in heaven.” Detective Constable Jonah Nomore Gono, of the CID Minerals and Fauna Unit in Bindura, Mashonaland Central, is …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the release of 4,270 prisoners from the country’s correctional facilities under a Presidential Amnesty order meant to decongest the country’s overcrowded jails. In a statement, Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) public relations officer Chief Superintendent Meya Khanyezi, said of the total number of inmates …

A Harare magistrate has issued an arrest warrant against Zanu PF activist Sybeth Musengezi after he failed to show up for trial Tuesday. Musengezi, who came onto the limelight when he launched a bold challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy as party leader, is accused of falsifying his residential address …

The sentencing of opposition Transform Zimbabwe (TZ) leader Jacob Ngarivhume (pictured) on charges of inciting violence after he called for peaceful anti-corruption demonstrations shows that Zimbabwe is a fully fledged authoritarian state, contrary to the gospel of tolerance that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been preaching since the 2017 military coup. …

Lawyers representing incarcerated opposition Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume have announced that they have filed a notice of appeal on his behalf. The appeal is against both his conviction and sentence in the ongoing case where he was charged with incitement to commit public violence was convicted by Harare Magistrate …

Police in Masvingo have bust a mineral smuggling syndicate, arresting 17 suspects and recovering at least 3 700 tonnes of lithium ore suspected to have been stolen from Bikita Minerals and other surrounding areas. It is believed the mineral ore was ready for smuggling into Mozambique and South Africa. A …

Bindura BureauPolice in Mashonaland Central have raised concern following increased reports of robberies on commuters in recent days across the province. This follows a recent attack on an elderly couple, John Musinachirevo (60) and his wife Tabeth Musinachirevo (57) who allegedly boarded an unidentified vehicle that resembles a Honda CRV …