Pair in the dock for $56m land swindle
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter Two Harare men who allegedly claimed they owned Caledonia Farm and allocated stands to desperate home seekers, prejudicing them of about $56 million, will stand trial at...
View ArticlePrison officer in spate of armed robberies
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter A prison officer at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison who is accused of stealing ammunition from his workplace before teaming up with armed robbers in a spree of robberies...
View ArticleExtortion lands cop in trouble
Sheillah Mapani Herald reporter A policeman has appeared in court for allegedly demanding $500 from the wife of a man who assaulted him. Simbarashe Mhembere (25), appeared before Harare magistrate Mrs...
View ArticleMawarire freed on bail
Evan MawarireFidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter Self-appointed pastor Evan Mawarire of the shadowy #ThisFlag movement was yesterday granted $300 bail by the High Court pending trial on charges of...
View ArticleMoyo’s Concourt bid in limbo
Professor Jonathan MoyoDaniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo’s Constitutional Court record is in a...
View ArticleUPDATED: Mawarire freed on bail
Evan MawarireFidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter Self-appointed pastor Evan Mawarire of the shadowy #ThisFlag movement was yesterday granted $300 bail by the High Court pending trial on charges of...
View ArticleUPDATED: Moyo’s Concourt bid in limbo
Prof MoyoDaniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo’s Constitutional Court record is in a shambles and the...
View ArticleCop arrested for break-in
Herald Reporters A 32-year-old police sergeant has been arrested after he allegedly broke into a senior female officer’s house at Rusape Police Camp early Monday morning, with the intention of...
View ArticleTich Mataz in the dock
Tichafa MatambanadzoFungai Lupande Court Reporter Veteran radio personality Tichafa Augustine Matambanadzo, also known as Tich Mataz, yesterday appeared in court accused of trying to smuggle clothes...
View ArticleSDC deputy chair in $90k theft storm
Sheillah Mapani Herald reporter deputy chairperson of the school development committee at Nhamburiko Primary School in Harare has appeared in court for allegedly embezzling more than $90 000. Marjory...
View ArticleMoney laundering case sucks in former CIO boss
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter A Harare man who imported a BMW vehicle into the country on behalf of his United Kingdom-based cousin testified in the case of a former district intelligence officer,...
View ArticleTop cop nabbed over $60 bribe
Herald Reporters The officer-in-charge of Mbare Police Station was yesterday trapped and arrested after she allegedly demanded a $60 bribe from a motorist to facilitate the release of his vehicle that...
View ArticleFerret team intercepts 5 000 detergent boxes
The two trucks which were intercepted by the FERRET team aftersmuggling a consignments of detergents from South Africa into Zimbabwevia Beitbridge Border Post. They avoided paying duty of $30 000....
View ArticleSupreme Court dismisses Dynamos salary case
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter Former Dynamos Football Club captain Guthrie Zhokinyi left the Supreme Court a happy man on Thursday after a bid by the club to evade paying him a total of $15 000...
View ArticleMan fined$200 for negligent driving
Tafadzwa Zimoyo Senior Court Reporter A Chitungwiza man, who knocked down and injured two minors, was yesterday fined $200 for negligent driving at Chitungwiza Magistrates Court.Zindonda Murombo (50)...
View ArticleZACC arrests rogue traffic cop
Mbare Police, Officer-in-charge of traffic, Chief Inspector Violet Sigauke being escorted by police detectives on arrival at the Harare Magistrates Courts yesterday on allegations of receiving a bribe....
View ArticleChurch, hospital sued over $160k electricity bill
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter The United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe and its mission hospital in Chipinge have been dragged to the High Court for allegedly failing to pay a combined...
View ArticleLawyer embezzles trust funds
Anesu Chakabva Herald Reporter A lawyer has appeared before a Harare magistrate facing allegations of embezzling more than $8 000 in trust funds. Moses Shingiriro Chinyenze, of MS Chinyenze and...
View ArticleBribery cop claims ‘indecent assault’
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter The officer-in-charge of Mbare Police Station, who was arrested last week, used to demand $60 per week from commuter omnibus operators for free passage of their fleets in...
View Article‘ZRP has always been proactive on corruption’
Snr Asst Comm CharambaHerald Reporter Measures to deal with corruption in the Zimbabwe Republic Police have always existed and no officer from headquarters has been deployed to any part of the country...
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