Crimes & Courts

Former Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Petronella Kagonye was arrested yesterday on fraud allegations relating to the illegal parcelling out of State land in Harare and Mashonaland East Province.

A man from Zaka in Masvingo was beaten to death by his friends after a cellphone that had been left in his custody went missing.

A top female cop in Bulawayo has been sucked into the case of a clinical officer at Mpilo Central Hospital who was arrested for allegedly masquerading as a medical doctor, treating and seeing patients at a private medical clinic in the city.

A South Africa-based Zimbabwean businessman is still seeking justice, more than two years after allegedly being swindled of almost US$700 000.

A headmaster and a driver at Mandwandwe Secondary School in Bulawayo are under investigation after 16 doors out of 32 that were replaced at classrooms by the School Development Committee reportedly went missing under unclear circumstances.