Courts and Crime

Political activist and Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume’s ambition to contest in this year’s presidential elections has been dealt a huge blow after Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka imprisoned him for 48 months for inciting public violence. This follows his conviction yesterday for the offence after organising the July 31, 2020 …

Premier Service Medical Aid Society CEO Farai Muchena and three of his senior subordinates squandered US$702,386 which was meant for drug purchases after misrepresenting facts to Fidelity Printers in a gold deal, a court heard on Thursday. Muchena, 54, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje jointly charged with Victor Chaipa, …

Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume has been convicted on charges of inciting public violence following his arrest in 2020 for calling on the masses to embark on the July 31 anti-government street demonstrations. He was arrested together with outspoken journalist Hopewell Chin’ono. Harare magistrate, Feresi Chakanyuka released him into the …

A cleaner at Harare’s Eastgate Mall, Thursday morning discovered a newborn-baby boy dumped in one of the trash cans while cleaning up the complex, Nhau/Indaba heard. Alouis Fombe told The Herald he noticed a reddish liquid leaking at the bottom of a waste bin which he considered as red wine. …

A married couple from Tshwane have been arrested after the husband, who was thought to have burnt to death, was arrested driving a stolen car.There are suspicions that the body buried in the husband’s place belongs to the woman’s ex-boyfriend.Police are in the process of having the body exhumed. A …

Bindura BureauA 37-year-old Chipadze man appeared at the Bindura Magistrate’s court facing allegations of insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa at a police station where he had gone to report an assault case..Stephen Jumbo was arrested at Chiwaridzo police station last Friday and was hauled to court for the offence where he …

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and law enforcement agencies have intensified the probe on eight individuals implicated in the Al Jazeera Gold Mafia documentary series to save Zimbabwe from violating strict regulations of the global money laundering and terrorist-financing watchdog. Zimbabwe has since made the necessary reforms to address its …

Al Jazeera’s expose into gold smuggling by cartels linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, cash-for-access to the Zimbabwe leader and a plot to smuggle a large amount of cash from Hong Kong to Zimbabwe will be heard in the House of Lords in the United Kingdom. This comes after the United …

“Facebook rapist” and murderer Thabo Bester’s lover, Dr Nandipha Magudumana, was remanded in custody until May 3 while her father Zolile Cornelius Sekeleni was granted R10,000 bail by the Bloemfontein magistrate’s court on Monday. He is expected back at court on May 16. “Facebook rapist” and murderer Thabo Bester’s lover, …

A South African detective constable is set to appear in court, on charges of defeating the ends of justice. The police officer was arrested by the Hawks Serious Corruption Investigation Unit as he allegedly tried to book out Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga from prison. Buyanga has been locked up at …