Crimes & Courts

The Judicial Service Commission has appointed Hwange regional magistrate Mr Collet Ncube to preside over suspended chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe’s criminal cases.

A 31-year-old Kwekwe prisoner was slapped with another 12-month jail term after he tried to escape during a clean-up campaign.

Pastor Admire Kasi on Monday appeared in court representing his real estate company, which is being charged with fraud that happened in 2002.

Serial litigant Ignatius Masamba, who was on several occasions slapped with orders for perpetual silence at the High Court, will now undergo psychiatric examination to ascertain his mental status.

Police minister Bheki Cele felt vindicated on Tuesday by an order of the North Gauteng High Court setting aside former president Jacob Zuma's decision to fire him in 2012 when he was national police commissioner.