Crimes & Courts

Newly elected Mutare Urban ward 13 councilor under the Nelson Chamisa led Citizens Coalition For Change – Monica Mukwada – was on Friday granted ZW$10 000 bail.

Former Labour and Social Welfare Minister Petronella Kagonye has been acquitted on two counts of fraud by a Harare magistrate after the state failed to provide sufficient evidence against her.

A Hwange man was dragged to court for allegedly describing Zanu-PF regalia emblazoned with a picture of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, donned by a war veteran as "rubbish stuff".

The High Court has removed the executor for the US$30 million estate left behind by the late property tycoon, Edward Nyanyiwa, popularly known as Eddies Pfugari, from the position after one of the beneficiaries accused him of charging 15% of the estate’s gross assets instead of 5% as stipulated by the law.

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa's is now in a critical, "life threatening" condition and doctors have recommended a "right high above elbow amputation" as soon as she is medically stable.