Crime and Courts

NIGHTCLUB manager, Ronald Ngwenya, took to the witness stand on Friday and denied raping his 13-yerar-old niece, claiming that the allegations were concocted by the girl’s father. ‌ Ngwenya told...

A new suspect has been charged with murder in the beating to death of a suspected thief in Mabvuku. ‌ Anymore Gora appeared before magistrate Munashe Chibanda, who granted him...

An elderly man, originally from South Africa, has been sentenced for killing a woman in Islington, London, 49 years ago in a cold case that was solved thanks to a...

A Harare man was dragged to court by his ex-wife for cyberbullying after she dumped him. Judith Maponga told Harare magistrate Sharon Mashavira that her ex-husband Munashe Mafunga was tormenting...

A pupil at Shabani Primary School in Zvishavane, Midlands Province recently survived a kidnapping attempt by two masked men while on her way home. The suspects reportedly followed the girl...

An Indian court has suspended a 10-year jail term of a Zimbabwean national in a drugs-related case, reported The Hindu. In suspending the sentence, the Delhi High Court noted that...

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) will hear the much-hyped Makaha mining wrangle where a Mudzi-based gold mining company is seeking to overturn a recent Supreme Court ruling. Milmath Security Private Limited...

A 35-YEAR-OLD Nyatsime woman was recently arrested and appeared before the courts for allegedly facilitating rape of two female juveniles in exchange for payment. The accused, Patience Nyadzungu, appeared before...

The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has suspended one of its members in Masvingo over suspected links to ZANU PF-linked groups. ARTUZ Masvingo provincial spokesperson Kudakwashe Runeso was...

A driver of a cargo vehicle caught with counterfeit branded clothing with an estimated street value of more than R2 million, has been sentenced. The man, 37, from Zimbabwe, appeared...

Commissioner Crispen Charumbira is the new Masvingo Province Police boss. He replaces Commissioner David Mahoya. Mahoya transferred to Mashonaland West. Assistant Commissioner Florence Marume, who was in charge of operations,...

A Form Four learner from Chigodora, Mutare, was left with egg on the face after he was exposed for repeatedly pestering his family’s 45-year-old neighbour for ƨǝxuɑl favours. The 17-year-old...

The hitman confessed that he had met with a woman believed to be his estranged wife, who had arrived driving a black BMW X4. They reportedly met in September 2021....

Former Soccer Star of the Year Masimba Dinyero was blindfolded and stripped naked on Wednesday night by armed robbers. The 58-year-old former Dynamos midfielder lost some money and his mobile...

Two Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates for Mbire district were arrested on Wednesday at a police roadblock after they were allegedly found in possession of dagga. Gilbert Kagodora (48)...

A Penhalonga man who is in the habit of blessing his wife’s extra marital affairs to later extort money from her boyfriends was forced to eat a humble pie after...

FUGITIVE former Cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has two arrest warrants hanging over his head that were issued way before he expressed his intentions to contest for the presidency with police...

A man who caused a traffic jam in central Harare during a lone anti-government protest has been spared jail. Itai Makombe stood on top of his vehicle at the intersection...

POETIC justice! A man from Bulawayo who battered his l0ve rival and inserted a vibrator into his behind before piercing his mɑnhood with a thorn has been sentenced to 17...

THE business of importing vehicles using fake civil servants rebate exemption letters has backfired for Harare businesswoman Hezel Mafu and her alleged accomplice Emmanuel Nyagano. The two yesterday appeared before...

PROMINENT director of Security Associated Services (SAS) Private Limited, Mark Patrick Shaw (60) has been ordered to perform 620 hours community service for shooting dead a suspected burglar in 2018....

A GLENWOOD woman has been arrested for possession of sacks of processed dagga at her house. Loveness Mtetwa (33), also known as Nyasha, was found in possession of sacks of...