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Chin'ono bail hearing to proceed in secret
A bail application by journalist Hopewell Chin'ono will proceed in camera on Thursday after a magistrate on Wednesday upheld prosecution claims that his testimony could put the security of prison offi...Published: 15 hrs ago | 991 | by Staff reporter
Court bars journalists, lawyers from attending Hopewell Chin'ono's hearing
Harare Magistrate Ngoni Nduna has barred members of the public from attending the court hearing of journalist Hopewell Chin'ono.According to the ruling journalists and lawyers that are not par...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1370 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kudu meat lands Guruve men in trouble
THREE Guruve poachers were sentenced to 9 months in prison by Guruve magistrate Geraldine Mutsotso yesterday for possessing Kudu meat.The trio Decide Muswere (29), Eddington Tigere (25) and Ag...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 08:32hrs | 901 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kudu meat lands Guruve men in trouble
THREE Guruve poachers were sentenced to 9 months in prison by Guruve magistrate Geraldine Mutsotso yesterday for possessing Kudu meat.The trio Decide Muswere (29), Eddington Tigere (25) and Ag...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 08:05hrs | 559 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Activist hounded over Mnangagwa song
Godfrey Kurauone, an MdC Alliance councillor in Masvingo, is languishing at Masvingo remand Prison awaiting trial and his alleged crime is singing a derogatory song. Prosecutors say Kuraone must go to...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:25hrs | 2066 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna and the liberation struggle
ONE of the country's longest serving traditional leaders, Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu, is recovering from a stroke he suffered in August last year, but when one mentions the Heroes Day, which the country w...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:48hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo not yet off the hook
THE High Court has ordered the trial of Intratrek Zimbabwe boss, Wicknell Chivayo and Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) former board chair Stanley Nyasha Kazhanje, to proceed before a Harare magistrate....Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:42hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs accused of plotting against Mnangagwa
THE ructions consuming the ruling Zanu-PF are escalating, with the former liberation movement ramping up its investigations targeted at party bigwigs suspected of plotting against President Emmerson M...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 17:48hrs | 12649 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Chris Mutsvangwa tests Coronavirus positive
Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa has tested positive of the deadly Coronavirus online publication ZimLive has reported. According to the publication Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa mis...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 13:02hrs | 3481 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu PF burns as bosses fight
THE ructions consuming the ruling Zanu-PF are escalating, with the former liberation movement ramping up its investigations targeted at party bigwigs suspected of plotting against President Emmerson M...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:37hrs | 7776 | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume distances self from twitter account
TRANSFORM Zimbabwe president Jacob Ngarivhume, who is accused of masterminding the July 31 protest, has distanced himself from a Twitter account which is in his name that allegedly called on Zimbabwea...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 18:32hrs | 5639 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono, Ngarivhume's bail ruling on Thursday
HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi yesterday postponed bail ruling for journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume to Thursday.The two have been languishing i...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:22hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt seeks Mzembi extradition
South Africa has been asked to extradite former Cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi who skipped bail while on remand on charges of criminal abuse of duty and theft of trust funds involving US$847 000. ...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR secures release of protest detainees on bail
HARARE Magistrate Ngoni Nduna on Saturday granted bail to 13 residents of the capital city, who appeared before him facing various charges after they were arrested by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZR...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 611 | by Stephen Jakes
1 more week in jail for Chin'ono, Ngarivhume
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono and Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume will spend another weekend in jail after the State asked for postponement of their matters, saying they were yet to prepare ...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:46hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
NetOne loses diesel to security guards
TWO security guards who stole diesel from a NetOne booster in Mazowe were slapped with $1500 fine by Concession resident magistrate Nixon Mangoti yesterday.Show Mundevere (29) and Tinashe Gwan...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 06:39hrs | 496 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa's MDC sucked in land scam
MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has been sucked into the latest swirl of residential stands allocation scam in the capital city, amid revelations that the opposition has been stripping the counc...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:25hrs | 1427 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loses pipes to thieves
First lady Auxilia Mnangagwa's Angel of Hope Foundation farm at Protein, Glendale allegedly lost six mainway irrigation pipes worth US1200 to two Gl...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 06:49hrs | 8168 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cop charged for head-butting driver
A POLICE officer from Bulawayo's Mzilikazi police station appeared in court facing charges of assaulting a Nyaradzo Funeral Services driver, who was picking up mourners at Ross Camp.Aleck Tung...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:05hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Cop force marches boss at gunpoint
A BEITBRIDGE-BASED police officer allegedly force-marched at gunpoint his boss from his home to the charge office in protest at being served with papers to appear before a board of suitability....Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:04hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed 9 years for stock theft
A 36-YEAR-OLD GURUVE man was sentenced to a 9-year mandatory jail term for stealing a cow from his neighbour by Guruve resident magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa yesterday.Irvine Chigame of Magwen...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 22:43hrs | 1500 | by Simbarashe Sithole
UN warns Zimbabwe against using pandemic for clampdown
The UN's high commissioner for human rights on Friday warned Zimbabwe against using the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext for restricting freedoms, after an investigative journalist and an opposition ...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 19:33hrs | 3820 | by AFP
'Calling for Zanu-PF ouster not criminal'
LAWYERS representing incarcerated journalist Hopewell Chin'ono yesterday said there was nothing criminal about calling for change of government outside elections as that was how the late former Presid...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:12hrs | 4640 | by Staff reporter
Western Commonage suspends proceedings: 12 prosecutors in isolation
Magistrates' courts at Western Commonage Court in Bulawayo have suspended all trials after 12 public prosecutors, among them seven police officers attached to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA),...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 07:41hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
State wants Ngarivhume jailed
THE State wants the arrested convenor of the planned July 31 protests, Jacob Ngarivhume, to be denied bail, arguing if released he will lead demonstrations that will degenerate into violence. ...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 21:19hrs | 2650 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer to hear his fate from court
CHIEF magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi will tomorrow give a determination in an application in which top lawyer Thabani Mpofu is applying for revocation of his placement on remand.Mpofu was place...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 21:14hrs | 1499 | by Staff reporter
Man fined for beating up 'cheating' lover
A VICTORIA Falls man who used a piece of hosepipe and stick to assault his girlfriend after he discovered that she was cheating on him has been fined $1 000 for domestic violence.Praymore Tshu...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:17hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono and Ngarivhume appear in court, protest against ill-treatment during detention
ZIMBABWEAN journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and opposition Transform Zimbabwe party leader Jacob Ngarivhume on Wednesday appeared before judicial officers at Harare Magistrates Court answering to charges ...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 11:34hrs | 3108 | by Stephen Jakes
2 Zimbabweans arrested over R7 million cigarettes haul
POLICE in South Africa on Monday arrested two Zimbabweans who craftly cut out special compartments in a fuel tanker to smuggle locally-made cigarettes worth R7 million across the border where demand h...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:45hrs | 1712 | by Staff reporter
Supa Mandiwanzira demands freedom
FORMER Information Communication Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira, who is facing allegations of criminal abuse of office for allegedly seconding his personal assistant to the board of the Postal ...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 17:53hrs | 6783 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer challenges placement on remand
A Harare magistrate is this week expected to make a ruling on whether or not lawyer, Thabani Mpofu, should remain on remand until his criminal case is finalised.Mpofu is facing charges of corr...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 17:47hrs | 6730 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo to appear in court on 31 July
Former Minister of Health and Child Care Obadiah Moyo will appear in court on the 31st of July, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has said. Answering questions on Twitter, ZACC said, "In...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 08:55hrs | 520 | by Mandla Ndlovu
AG responds to Chihuri court challenge
FORMER Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has no valid legal reason to undermine a High Court order demanding an explanation on the wealth his family acquired during his 25 years as police ...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1902 | by Staff reporter
Rapist infects girl with STI
A Mvurwi man was yesterday jailed for 18 years after he raped a 13-year-old girl and infected her with a sexually transmitted disease.Edson Tembo appeared before Bindura regional court magistr...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:21hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter
Attempted murder suspect flees from police station
There was drama at Dotito police station when an attempted murder suspect fled from a lawful custody after disguising to go to the toilet.The matter came to light on Friday at Bindura magistra...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 09:50hrs | 2764 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chihuri destroyed ZRP financial records
Financial records at Police General Headquarters (PGHQ) were reportedly loaded into a Nissan UD truck on the instruction of then police bosses and destroyed by fire at Chikurubi Camp during Operation ...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
Man caught red handed raping 12-year-old neighbour
A 51-YEAR-OLD Glendale man was sentenced to 16 years behind bars by Bindura regional magistrate Gloria Takundwa on Thursday after he was caught raping his 12-year-old neighbour.Moses Jimu of M...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 07:27hrs | 2449 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'ED must go' jibe, Cop in soup
A POLICE officer has been charged with undermining the authority of President Emmerson Mnangagwa after he allegedly posted a message on a WhatsApp group for members stationed at Mbare Police Camp that...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:49hrs | 2740 | by Staff reporter
Police boss, prosecutor arrested over stands scam
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption (Zacc) has arrested a police boss and a regional prosecutor implicated in the Harare City Council (HCC)'s Kuwadzana stands scam involving council employees.Police ...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:45hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Top cop arrested
The Zimbabwe Republic Police's deputy director for Criminal Investigation Department's Commercial Crimes Unit Assistant Commissioner Obeylaw Moyo and a chief public prosecutor have been arrested over ...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 18:24hrs | 5816 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests 4 police officers; magistrate over massive Harare land scam
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) three police officers, a magistrate and a prosecutor over a major City of Harare tender scam, an online publication Zimmorning Post has reported. Acc...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 10:51hrs | 6871 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cop arrested in social media blitz for undermining Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWEAN police on 10 July 2020 arrested a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) member and charged him with undermining the authority of or insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa.ZRP members arres...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 14:49hrs | 2754 | by Stephen Jakes
Cops 'trying to avoid prosecution' for brutality
THE State yesterday accused six Bulawayo police officers of employing delaying tactics to avoid prosecution on charges of brutally assaulting two Cowdray Park sisters under the veil of enforcing COVID...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:44hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri sold five properties in 2017, 2018
Five of the properties owned by former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri and his family, now under investigation for diverting US$32 million of public funds into family companies and buyin...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1468 | by Staff reporter
Khupe distances her party from 31 July protests
ACTING MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has distanced her party from the July 31 anti-corruption protests being mooted by other opposition parties which she has described as untimely given the ongoing Cov...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:18hrs | 2369 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri must explain wealth, PG insists
Former police boss Augustine Chihuri must not be allowed to use his feud with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to evade justice, prosecutor-general (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi has argued.Hodzi was respond...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested for saying 'ED must go'
A Harare police officer was on Friday charged with insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa after he allegedly posted a message saying "ED must go" on a WhatsApp group.Milton Murairwa was releas...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:05hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cop arrested at roadblock
A Harare man was slapped with a three-month jail term for impersonating a police officer while driving without a licence.Daniel Chibvongodze (29) appeared before Bindura magistrate Ethel Chich...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:04hrs | 1344 | by Staff reporter
Soldier, cop want charges quashed
A SOLDIER and a police officer accused of assaulting a Bulawayo resident while enforcing Covid-19 regulations have applied for discharge saying there is no proof they committed the crime.Obvio...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:49hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Journalists plead not guilty to disorderly conduct charges
TWO freelance journalists on Thursday pleaded not guilty when their trial on charges of failing to comply with instructions issued by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) members to observe social dist...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 08:57hrs | 186 | by Stephen Jakes
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