Crime

Anglican Bishop for Manicaland Erick Ruwona was arrested yesterday for corruption, fraud and abuse of office. He will appear before Mutare magistrate today facing these charges. Bishop Ruwona reportedly made all students enrolling in Anglican schools to buy bibles and hymn books or consider enrolling into other schools. The bibles were going for $800ZWL and this resulted in parents with ...

A nephew to the late former President, Robert Mugabe, Robert Zhuwawo has petitioned the High Court challenging the decision by the Ministry of Lands to reverse his offer letter for a 232 hectares farming plot in Zvimba. According to court papers, Zhuwawo said it was unlawful for the Lands minister to chase him out of the plot since he has ...

Local businessman Genius Kadungure, popularly known as Ginimbi, who recently imported a Bentley Continental GT motor vehicle has petitioned the High Court seeking an order barring the Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) from seizing the vehicle on the basis that its import duty was undervalued. According to court papers, Vehicle Theft Squad (VTS) officers accompanied by Zimra officials ...

Evan McLaurin-Nelson of California was arrested in Los Angeles on the 4th of January this year after attempting to kidnap a six year old Monique Pegram outside a pizzeria in Venice Beach. The startling surveillance footage, released by the Los Angeles Police Department, shows the would-be abductor about to grab the girl from her mother’s lap at around 7 p.m. ...

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Norton Deport arrested four people yesterday in Norton who are accused of armed robbery and attempted murder.  The accused people, Privilege Damson (29), Casper Karuru (32) Stephen Mazambani (24) and Godwell Mukune (31) reportedly beat up and robbed Tendai Mugati of ZWL300, 00 and 40kgs of gold ore. The four, who were armed with 2 machetes, ...

An unknown gang pounced on a small farming village in the Pfigaru area yesterday where they assaulted, raped and murdered members of the same family. Two people are confirmed dead and three fighting for their lives in Chegutu and Harare Central hospitals after the gruesome attack which is now widely believed to have been motivated by gang-rape. The dead are ...

FORMER Zimbabwe national football team midfielder, Tinashe Nengomasha has filed an appearance to defend notice challenging an application by his wife Samantha (nee Mtukudzi) who had petitioned the High Court in December last year seeking an order to nullify the couple’s nine-year-old union. Nengomasha, through his lawyers, has filed the appearance to defend notice, showing his intention to challenge Samantha’s ...

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s wife, Mary was finally granted bail by High Court judge Pisirai Kwenda on Monday after spending nearly three weeks at Remand Prison. Marry was ordered to pay $50 000 bail and to surrender title deeds to a Highlands home offered by her father Keni Mubaiwa as surety. The former model was also ordered to surrender her ...

Member of Parliament for Norton constituency Temba Peter Mliswa has raised his concern over the illegal gold miners well known as ‘Mashurugwi’ who are terrorizing civilians and cops with machetes countrywide. Mliswa intervened after a terrifying event that took place in David Whitehead whereby a cop was murdered by these miners. Honorable Mliswa urged the police to arrest the illegal ...

Marry Mubaiwa, the ex-wife to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is reportedly getting her legal bills paid by G40. Sources believe that Mubaiwa has been spying on VP Chiwenga on behalf of the G40.  Mubaiwa, who is currently facing charges of attempted murder, fraud, and foreign currency externalization is in remand prison until 30 December 2019. Meanwhile, “One of the G40 ...