Courts & Crime

Power cable vandals jailed 10 years

  TWO Bindura men have been sentenced to 10 years in prison each for vandalising electricity infrastructure after they were caught digging up an underground power cable. Claudius Sikelo (27), of...

Nando’s till operator jailed for US$15,482 fake swipe transaction fraud

A Gweru till operator who manipulated her employer’s point-of-sale system to create fictitious swipe transactions has been convicted...

Revenue officer fired over ZWL$157,836 undercharge loses Supreme Court appeal

A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) revenue officer who was dismissed after undercharging warehouse rent by ZWL$157,836.96 has lost...

US$500 firewood fine backfires as court orders Umguza Council to release church’s seized vehicle

A US$500 firewood fine imposed by Umguza Rural District Council (URDC) has backfired after a Bulawayo court ordered...

Kereke accuses Supreme Court judge of demanding cash, gold mine to help quash rape conviction

Former legislator Munyaradzi Kereke has accused Supreme Court judge Justice George Chiweshe of demanding money and a gold-mining...

Forestry Commission impounds 20 trucks, seizes 4 000 bags of charcoal in Harare sweep to nip deforestation

THE Forestry Commission has impounded 20 trucks and seized 4 000 bags of charcoal and 300 cubic metres of firewood in Harare Metropolitan Province...

Road traffic accident exposes 279kg dagga haul

A BOTCHED attempt to evade a police checkpoint led to the discovery of a massive dagga consignment after a kombi crashed along the Harare–Masvingo...

Five arrested for spate of armed robberies in Kariba

POLICE in Mashonaland West have arrested five men in connection with a spate of armed robberies that occurred at Gunguhwe Shopping Centre in Siakobvu,...

Harare man wins fresh chance to fight US$292,000 rental claim after lawyer’s blunder

A Harare man has won a fresh chance to challenge a US$292,250 rental income claim brought by his former wife after the High Court...

Mnangagwa’s daughter-in-law denied bail in US$9.3m money-laundering case, court rules she is a flight risk

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s daughter-in-law, Kelsea Tafirenyika, has been denied bail in a US$9.3 million money-laundering case, with a Harare magistrate ruling that she has...

Credsure fails to halt US$1.25 million cannabis financing lawsuit

Credit Insurance Zimbabwe Limited (Credsure) has failed to stop a US$1.25 million lawsuit arising from a failed medicinal cannabis export venture after the High...