Courts and Crime

‘As a staunch Zanu PF supporter my eviction has become one of the most embarrassing moments in my life’ At a time President Emmerson Mnangagwa is touting his administration’s commitment to flush out land barons, in Lot 4 Hopley, Harare, 215 residents are battling displacements and demolitions that have sucked …

High Court Judge, Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has found Tapiwa Makore (senior) guilty of murdering his seven-year-old nephew, Tapiwa Makore (Junior) on the night of September 17, 2020 in Murewa. The boy was gruesomely killed and his body dismembered for suspected ritual purposes.  Justice Mutevedzi said prosecutors proved beyond reasonable doubt that …

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority have joined forces to curb the abuse of tax rebates extended to civil servants by the Government so they could import vehicles duty free, and the two agencies have seized 36 vehicles since the start of the operation. The corruption and …

Zimdancehall producer Rodger Tafadzwa Kadzimwe, better known as DJ Levels in the entertainment industry, is set to stand trial starting September 11 this year in a case he is accused of circulating his musician ex-girlfriend, Ashleigh Moyo’s nudes and a sex tape involving the two. Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi will …

Jailed property mogul Frank Buyanga has filed a South African High Court application seeking an order to stop his extradition for trial in Zimbabwe. Buyanga has been in jail since November 10 last year following his arrest by the South African police at the behest of the Zimbabwean authorities. His …

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 …