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
The Chief Magistrate requested that the record of proceedings in the matter of State v Brian Katiyo CRB B 978/15 be placed before a judge of this court with the following comments:
“Reference is made to the above matter." More
The accused person was arraigned on a charge of rape. He was
subsequently convicted of indecent assault. The record of proceedings was submitted to the
High Court for review in terms of s 57 (1) of the Magistrates Court Act [Chapter 7:10]. More
This homicide was a result of the accused and other villagers’ belief in extra judicial punishment or retribution on the victim whom they suspected of wrongdoing. The four accused appeared before us on a charge of murder as defined in s 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23] (The Code). They are accused of having lynched the deceased to death on 11 April 2020 at Nechiva Village, of Chief Seke. The prosecutor alleges that they unlawfully and with intent to kill, or realizing that there was a real risk or possibility that their conduct may cause... More
