crime and courts

Four individuals from Mutare have been charged with fraud after allegedly taking $256,426 from Polish investor Kwiakowski Marcin. Hillary Joseph Dzuda, Ashley Dzuda, Gabriel Tinashe Mapfunde, and Kudzai Garry Muricho appeared before the court to face these accusations. The case involves what...

What's up with Blessed Mhlanga being remanded in custody?

Patricia Dube, a 39-year-old woman who lives in Hwange, Zimbabwe, just got in big trouble. She's going to jail for three years. Why? Well, her neighbor who lives in South Africa trusted Patricia to keep almost $10,000 safe for her. But Patricia spent all that money instead of keeping it safe...

Lewis Matutu, the former Zanu PF youth league secretary, showed up at the Harare Magistrates Court on Tuesday. He's being accused of fraud. The court says Matutu unlawfully transferred 240 ordinary company shares to his name. He was supposed to be directing the company as part of a youth...

Some bad people tricked a 43-year-old man from Zvishavane. They made him think they found a lot of money on the side of the road and said they wanted to share it with him. One of the bad guys is Wellington Nhiwatiwa. He is 46 years old. Yesterday, he went to court in front of a judge named Mr...

The race to fill empty spots at the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, or ZACC for short, is heating up. Forty-seven people have been picked for public interviews on December 19, 2024. This is happening because the current group of Commissioners is finishing up their time there. It's an...

Kudzi Chipanga, a Zanu PF official, went to court yesterday. He was charged with stealing Presidential Pfumvudza inputs worth a lot of money. The inputs belonged to the Department of Agriculture Research and Extension in Makoni District. The court let Chipanga out on bail, but he has to follow...

On Monday, he was asked to speak at the Harare City Commission inquiry. It was set up by Mr Mnangagwa. He had some doubts about why the Commission was made. But he still went to be polite. He is an officer of the Court and Justice. The Commission wanted him to talk about some claims. A...

The Bulawayo City Council, or BCC for short, is bringing back an old rule from 17 years ago. This rule says that if someone has been renting a shop from the council for more than 10 years, the council can take the shop back. The council wants to do this instead of making a new rule. The reason...

A 30-year-old man named Peter Mavhengere recently received a ten-month prison sentence for escaping police custody in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. The presiding magistrate, Lynette Mudzingo, suspended three months of the sentence contingent upon good behavior, resulting in an effective seven-month term...

Villagers at Arnold Farm in Mazowe, Zimbabwe, have deserted their homes and sought shelter in the mountains. They fear for their lives after protesting an attempted takeover of their land by Mafenyadira Mohadi, son of Vice-President Kembo Mohadi. The villagers accuse Mafenyadira of deploying...

The Harare City Council recently halted plans to demolish over 5,000 houses built illegally on council land. This decision followed a government directive requiring the council to provide affected homeowners with at least four months' notice before proceeding with demolitions. Council officials...

Armed robbers struck United Refineries in Bulawayo's Kelvin Industrial Area on Friday, December 6, 2024. The intruders entered the administration offices around 1:30 a.m. They immobilized security personnel, disabled surveillance cameras, and used cutting tools to access safes. The thieves stole...

The Minister of Local Government and Public Works, Honourable Daniel Garwe, overturned the suspension of Mr. Ronnie Dube, the Town Clerk of the City of Victoria Falls. Minister Garwe expressed concerns about the council's actions in a letter to the Mayor. The Minister noted two main issues with...

A famous boxer must pay a bank manager US$18,000 for sleeping with his wife. Charles Manyuchi, who won many boxing titles, had an affair with Chengeto Viola Munyaka at his gym in Masvingo. Tapiwa Munyaka found out about his wife's affair when he looked at her phone in 2021. He saw pictures of...

A singer got in big trouble over something she wrote online. Kikky Badass, who makes Zim hip-hop music, must pay US$18,000 to lawyer Rodney Makausi. The problem started in March 2023. Kikky wrote on Instagram that Makausi asked her for sex. She told this to her 235,000 followers. Makausi said...

Gift Banda went to court about a fake school paper. The court let him go after he paid US$500. He must stay at his home and not bother anyone about the case until January 3. The court day had funny parts. Banda came in looking happy in nice clothes. The judge got upset when she saw him in...

Harare city leaders face new trouble over housing plots. People say these leaders took fancy house plots for themselves in rich areas. This breaks the rules. This started happening after Mr. Fani Machipisa died. He ran the housing office and had stopped leaders from taking plots wrongly. The...

A man from Plumtree has asked Prophet Shepherd Bushiri to punish two church members. The man, Mr. Chiwawa, says his heart is broken. He tells a story about his wife and another man from their church. Chiwawa says a church leader named Kagande had a secret love affair with his wife. He married...

The court has let Neville Mutsvangwa go free. This happened after he asked the court to stop making him come back again and again. His friends Ellis Majachani and Simbarashe Tichingana also got free. These three men had been in trouble with the law. People said they dealt with money in wrong...