Crime and Courts

Zanu-PF Councillor Josiah Mutangi and his alleged accomplice, Janet Zhou, were found guilty of defrauding vendors in Bulawayo. The duo promised vendors secure vending bays in exchange for US$200 each,...

  A Zimbabwean man, Ashton Guramatunhu, has been sentenced to 40 months in a UK prison for posing as a registered nurse and raking in over £170,000. The 46-year-old used...

Talent Moyo, a Bulawayo social media personality known for his street antics, has been convicted of theft and sentenced to four months in jail for stealing US$150. Moyo, from Emganwini...

Prophet Walter Magaya’s security aide, Tapiwa Felix Chikondo, has been arrested after allegedly sending a secret US$200 EcoCash payment to the mother of a key witness in a rape case...

In a high-speed chase that would put Fast and Furious to shame, two Zimbabwean men were arrested by the South African Police in Tzaneen, Limpopo, after being found with illicit...

  A Marange woman, Idah Mushayi, 27, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for violently assaulting her 11-year-old daughter. The sentence, handed down by the court, includes six...

Police in Nkayi have taken two security guards into custody following a deadly incident at DGL5 Mine in Inyathi. Mbekhezele Ngwabi (52) and Elisha Matsvai (45) are facing charges of...

Kudakwashe Mpofu, a Zimbabwean national, managed to climb the corporate ladder in South Africa using a collection of forged documents, landing himself a sweet gig as Chief Financial Officer at...

Rapper Allicious “Maskiri” Musimbe appeared at the Chitungwiza Magistrates Court yesterday following his arrest in a police sting operation where officers staged a fake birthday party to lure him in....

Knowstics Academy, once regarded as one of the country’s leading private schools, is now on the brink of financial collapse after the High Court ordered it to settle more than...