Crime and Courts

A Congolese national who was allegedly practising as a locum doctor without being registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) was arrested by police. The HPCSA in...

A cunning Nyanga man who sneaked into a couple’s bedroom and shared the same bed with them mistook his lover’s husband for her and caressed his privates. When they appeared...

A woman charged with the murder of her husband will remain in custody until her case is finalised. Mamokgethe Gertrude Mashimbi, 41, is accused of orchestrating a hit on her...

A heated exchange between two grade 11 learners at a local tuckshop in Galakwena village, Tinmyne Policing area in Limpopo on Wednesday evening resulted in death after one of the...

Hopewell Zvoushe (49) was not asked to plead when he appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje, who granted him US$100 bail. The court heard that on September 18, Justice Willis received...

Two armed robbers pounced on a Mukuru outlet in Entumbane this morning and allegedly stole a safe box with USD $10 000. The incident occurred around 7am at koNhliziyo Shopping...

A KAMBUCHA-BREWING firm, Success Two, was on Wednesday this week hauled before the Magistrates Court in Harare for hiring refugees without work permits. Fabian Ndayishimire, who represented Success Two, appeared...

A teacher from Gutu has been fined US $600 for operating a mushikashika without an operator’s license. Doubt Magara, a teacher at Majada High School in Gutu appeared before Masvingo...

A ZAMBIAN man, who is in remand prison pending trial for fraud, now faces human trafficking charges. Kimbugwe Yub Ibrah was not asked to plead when he appeared before regional...

A police constable from Nehanda Police Station in Gweru, who is accused of stealing copper cables from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Precabe Farm in Sherwood, Kwekwe, has been denied bail. Musa...

SEVEN Mutare residents who were arrested on allegations of kidnapping a Zanu PF supporter in the run-up to last month’s general elections have been acquitted. The seven include Moses Mukombiwa...

THE Zanu PF supporter who challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ascendancy to the party presidency Sybeth Musengezi on Tuesday appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda for trial. Musengezi was arrested for...

A Zimbabwean student, Mike Lungu, who had been detained in Zambia for overstaying his visa, has been released after Good Samaritans raised the US$500 fine. He was detained by immigration...

The suspect, Musa Mukuli (40), is a police intelligence member based at the Nehanda Police Camp. It is alleged that Mukuli and three other accomplices who are on the run,...

Kudakwashe Nherera was confronted by Noel Macheredze (36), who is accusing him of impregnating his wife, Patient Chipo Ncube. Noel made Patient pack her bags and leave after finding love...

THE High Court has settled a long-drawn legal battle pitting two Kadoma housing cooperatives which were both claiming ownership of a swathe of land with the potential to accommodate nearly...

SOUTH Africa’s recently instituted Border Management Authority (BMA) has revealed that 35,000 people have been arrested while trying to sneak into the country since April 1, with Zimbabweans topping their...

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested five suspected poachers after they were found in possession of a live pangolin and 15 kilogrammes of impala meat. In a statement, posted...

POLICE say they have so far arrested 26 443 people during the ongoing operation “Tame the Traffic Jungle”. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday said 708 arrests had...

“Baloyi was convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment or to pay a R6,000 fine. He was further sentenced to two years imprisonment which is suspended for five years on...

State inertia coupled with absence by the trial magistrate and witnesses in some instances, have both combined to further delay Vice President Constantino’s former wife, Marry Mubaiwa’s attempted murder trial....

"According to information at our disposal, approximately 90 learners from Grade R to Grade 7 consumed what looked like muffins, suspected to be laced with dagga (space cookies), which they...