Crimes & Courts

Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested the country’s Vice President Saulos Chilima over corruption allegations, it said on Friday. Chilima is accused of accepting money and other items in exchange for awarding government contracts,…
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South Africa based Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga is still being detained by Interpol in South Africa to allow for the verification of his identity documents which are reportedly not matching.
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Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti has dismissed bail for opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Job Sikhala citing that his 63 arrests previously show that he is an "incorrigible and unrepentant criminal."
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The end of the pre-trial incarceration of opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Job Sikhala is likely not to end soon as magistrates and prosecutors are seemingly reluctant to preside over his cases.
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The lawyer representing businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi, who was detained by Interpol South Africa in Sandton last week, has called for a speedy bail hearing for his client. Laurence Hodes SC told the Randburg Magistrate's Court that…
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Lawyers representing Isabel dos Santos - the daughter of the former president of Angola - say they are not aware of any arrest warrant issued against her by Interpol. She is accused of embezzlement and money laundering whilst head of the…
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A former officer in the Somali army has been arrested in the United States and is being investigated for torture, extra-judicial killings and arbitrary detentions allegedly committed in the 1980s.
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Another 9-year-old girl this time from a farm in Bindura is six months pregnant after being raped allegedly by two 17-year-old brothers from the same farm. The report comes hot on the heels of another nine-year-old Tsholotsho girl who gave…
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It never rains but pours for businessman Ofer Sivan and his personal assistant Cassandra Myburg as they are back in court on fraud allegations involving over US$760 000 and ZWL22 million. They have been indicted to stand trial at the High…
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The 14 opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members of Nyastime who were arrested together with party MPs Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole over controversial charges of inciting public violence have been released after the…
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