Crime

A High Court Judge has today granted Chillspot Records team, DJ Fantan,DJ Levels and Show promoter popularly known as Dhama, a ZWL$10 000 bail. Justice Davis Foroma who presided over the case released the three on bail with the condition that they stay at their registered residences and report once a fortnight at Matapi Police Station in Mbare. Fantan and ...

A local man was reportedly robbed at gunpoint along the Highglen Road in Harare after having walked miles with no luck of finding transport. Misheck Chiumburuke(38) who stays in Kuwadzana,Harare says he boarded a Black Toyota Wish that had no registration plates along Highglen Road and did not suspect a thing. “They were three people including a woman and I ...

Embattled Harare Mayor Councillor Jacob Mafume has skipped his routine court appearance on Monday as he is is self isolations after three former cellmates from Remand prison succumbed to Covid-19, a court heard on Monday. Mafume was not in court for his routine remand. His lawyer Tendai Biti told magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti that Mafume had been advised by his doctor ...

Zanu PF‘s Harare South district youth leader, Gerald Rutizirira, (35), was this week arrested for his involvement in the infamous US$2.5 million cash-in-transit robbery that happened in Gwebi last week. Rutizirira, a land baron famed for his political activism in Harare South, is part of the eight-member gang which allegedly worked in cahoots with three ZB Bank cash-in-transit security personnel namely Nomatter Jonga, Matthew Simango and Fanuel ...

The ZRP has revealed that a fourteen-year-old girl was last Saturday raped by an unknown assailant at a secluded area near a school in Chitungwiza. It was reported that the victim had boarded a commuter omnibus from Makoni Bus terminus intending to go to Machipisa. The tragedy was confirmed by national police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, who said investigations ...

Police have instituted investigations into the alleged assault of students by a police officer in Kwekwe. On Thursday last week, social media was abuzz with a video clip where a member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police was filmed assaulting students, reportedly in Kwekwe. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi applauded the public for bringing the incident to the organisation’s ...

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has announced some bones and parts of a skull were recovered in a toilet at the homestead of Tapiwa Makore Senior recently. ZRP National Spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, said acting on a tip-off, police in Murehwa sought the services of Murehwa Rural District Council, which provided a grader and a front end loader that ...

Delatfin Civil Engineering (Pvt) Limited Chief Executive Officer Felix Munyaradzi who is facing bribery allegations has been denied bail by a Harare magistrate.In her ruling, magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa said Munyaradzi, who was granted bail in a pending matter on corruption allegations, may absconded trial since more allegations against him are being raised.The matter has been remanded to 21 September 2020.According ...

Delatfin Civil Engineering (Pvt) Limited Chief Executive Officer Felix Munyaradzi has been remanded in custody to this Friday after he appeared in court for bribery.According to the State, sometime in 2015, Munyaradzi invited Thomas Mabwe to his company Delatfin Civil Engineering where it is alleged that in a bid to get protection against pending and future criminal cases the accused ...

Land developer, Felix Munyaradzi, who is facing allegations of duping four home seekers of residential stands has been denied bail by a Harare magistrate.In his bail ruling, magistrate Ngoni Nduna said bail is right but the evidence on the matter can be tempered with since it still lies in control of Munyaradzi considering that the receipt books which were used ...