NEW: Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner-General Stephen Mutamba leads campaign to arrest pirate taxis
Freeman Razemba POLICE have intensified festive season road safety and crime prevention operations, with Commissioner-General Stephen Mutamba personally leading enforcement campaigns that resulted in the arrest of pirate taxi operators…
NEW: Service station employee in court over alleged armed robbery plot
Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent A Harare man accused of conspiring with armed accomplices to rob a service station by leaking sensitive information on cash movements has appeared in court. Prosper…
NEW: Harare man jailed 10 years for stealing Zesa copper cables
Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent A 22-year-old Harare man has been jailed for 10 years after he was caught red-handed stealing copper cables from a fallen electricity pole in his neighbourhood.…
Econet agent acquitted of ZiG 1,2m theft
Court Reporter A MUTARE magistrate has acquitted Medeline Mugadza, a 32-year-old Econet Insurance agent, of stealing ZiG 1 171 771.60 after the State failed to establish a prima facie case…
Businesswoman charged with fraud and money laundering for using fake diplomatic rebates to import goods
Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent A local businesswoman appeared in court on Thursday after allegedly using fraudulent diplomatic rebates associated with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to import goods into…
Congolese national and trio of Zimbabwean accomplices arrested for armed robbery in Harare
Zvikomborero Parafini A Congolese national who allegedly connived with his Zimbabwean counterparts to rob a Harare businessman appeared in court on Thursday with his accomplices on armed robbery charges. The…
Inconsistencies emerge in the fraud trial of former MA Auto Suppliers managing director Michael Smith
Yeukai Karengezeka Court Correspondent The defence case of Michael Smith, a former managing director of MA Auto Suppliers (trading as Mr Cruiser), has exposed several inconsistencies during his cross-examination. Smith,…
Trial of Eastwind land barons Rodgers Pote and Trymore Arineshito set to resume on December 19
Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent The trial of suspected Eastwind land barons Rodgers Pote and Trymore Arineshito on charges of contempt of court and carrying out development without approval on an…
Mum wins court shield against abusive in-law
Solomon Bhumu Weekender Reporter A CHIKANGA woman, Tracy Chayambuka, was granted a five-year protection order against her daughter-in-law, Vimbai Muranda’s alleged assaults, insults, and threats. Mutare magistrate, Ms Thandiwe Sibanda…
Son, mom defraud home seeker
Lovemore Kadzura Weekender Reporter A FORMER Rusape Town Council housing clerk, Tendai Museka, who allegedly teamed up with his mother to sell a residential stand belonging to someone else to…










