Crime and Courts

A man cleared of brandishing a drugs needle in an Oxford Tesco was given a four-and-a-half month sentence for threatening behaviour. Zywai Nyahoda, 33, has already served the short sentence,...

Harare bartender Gerald Gahadzikwa caused a scene at the maintenance court after he was ordered to pay US$60 in child support to his ex Maude Mandemwa. Gerald argued that he...

Cattle rustlers who debone cattle are at it again in the Midlands province with the latest incident being that of a farmer at Farm 15, St Marks area under Chief...

RUDO MUNGWA, a 33-year-old resident of Richmond suburb in Bulawayo, finds herself at the centre of a legal storm. Charged with two counts of contempt of court, Mungwa stands accused...

Former night club manager Ronnie Ngwenya who has been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl has been slapped with a 12-year jail term. He was convicted of aggravated sexual assault...

RUDO MUNGWA, a 33-year-old resident of Richmond suburb in Bulawayo, finds herself at the centre of a legal storm. Charged with two counts of contempt of court, Mungwa stands accused...

A sex-starved Chiweshe man was dragged to Concession magistrates courts after he assaulted his girlfriend before breaking her phone into two pieces over a sex dispute. Tongai Chikutwe (41) pleaded...

Andrew Dinhidza, the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Lobels Biscuits Company in Bulawayo, has been acquitted of 10 counts of rape and aggravated assault following a trial. Several women had...

THE High Court has reserved judgement in a matter where self-exiled Saviour Kasukuwere’s presidential candidature is being challenged by Zanu PF activist Lovedale Mangwana. Mangwana approached the High Court challenging...

SEVEN Hatcliffe residents approached the High Court early this week seeking an order directing a private land developer to service their housing stands. The residents; Simbarashe Chikazi, Susan Ndikudze, Tapuwa...

VILLAGERS in some parts of Masvingo district have raised concern over an increase in human rights violations in their area, with members of the shadowy Zanu PF affiliate Forever Associates...

Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) organizing secretary Gamuchirai Chaburumunda (22) was on Wednesday granted ZW$200 000 bail in a case where she was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and...

DRUG abuse is now a humanitarian disaster that is inflicting harm to the young generation, perpetuating violence and poverty especially among the low-income and vulnerable communities, health stakeholders have said....

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Africa has condemned the attack on Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Obey Shava by unknown assailants in Harare on Wednesday evening. In a statement posted...

The Supreme Court bench has upheld the decision by the High Court to clear Drax Consult of any wrongdoing over its US$2 million contract with the National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpharm)...

There was drama at number 7 Flamboyant Drive Amanda's, Concession where Kudzai Matsuro (22) wife to a Mvurwi-based cop Takemore Rufurwokuda (40) tore his two pairs of police uniform in...

Police reportedly arrested eight CCC Chiredzi members at Tshovani Stadium on Wednesday where the opposition party’s leader, Nelson Chamisa, was scheduled to conduct a campaign rally. According to source, eight...

Linda Kovi (34) of Kanoti and Partners Public Interest lawyers has been hauled to court answering to fraud charges after she allegedly forged a certificate to practice in Zimbabwe. Kovi...

The National Prosecuting Authority will appeal to the Supreme Court the acquittal of CCC officials Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri by the High Court in the middle of their criminal...

Zanu PF has reiterated the call for peace before, during and after next month’s harmonised elections, with the party’s leadership in Masvingo saying it would not be provoked into engaging...

FORMER nightclub manager Ronald Ngwenya will learn his fate today when judgment is handed down on charges of two counts of rape and one count of indecent assault. Presiding magistrate...

A WOMAN was briefly held hostage in her car before being viciously stabbed and robbed of US$14 000 in the Bulawayo City Centre in broad daylight. The woman, who cannot...