The applicant is facing one count of armed robbery as defined in s 126 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Cap 9:23]. She is the fifth accused, jointly charged with four accomplices. More
This is an application made in terms of s 198 (3) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Cap 9:07] for the discharge of the accused person at the close of the State case. More
The accused was arraigned before this court on three charges. The first charge is of
kidnapping as defined in s 93 (1) (b) (i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act
[Chapter 9:23]. More
On 16 September 2022 at around 1345 hours, the accused, a 20-year-old single parent, was apprehended by National Railways of Zimbabwe (“NRZ”) security officers along Parsley (presumably Paisely?) Road in Harare. He was found in possession of an article described in the state papers as a “chair plate”. He admitted to having picked this item up from what he described as a “Railways heap”. He was subsequently arraigned before the regional magistrate at Harare. He was convicted and sentenced to an effective 10 years imprisonment, on 19 September 2022 for contravention of section 38 (4) (a) of the Railways Act... More
The accused is charged with the crime of murder as defined in s 47 of the
Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9.23]. The indictment alleges that on 26
April, 2015 the accused acting with intent or realising the real risk or possibility that his actions
might cause death and nonetheless continuing to engage in that conduct unlawfully shot the
deceased Vena Bokosha once on the head with an AK rifle and caused the deceased’s death. The
shooting incident occurred at Manyame Airbase, Harare at an area referred to as the bomb dump.
It is a security area where... More
