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Conspicuous was the absence of two other officers from the President s Department and the Air Force of Zimbabwe Intelligence mentioned in the initial police charge paper. ....
Six members of security officers deployed at Beitbridge Border Post to fight cross-border crime were on Tuesday night caught red-handed by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission officers as they collected bribes from travellers. Over R21 000 collected by the six-member Ferret team as bribe money was confiscated after the suspects fled their workstation in dramatic fashion. … ....
Journalist ‘steals’ security document BY GARIKAI MAFIRAKUREAVA A CHIREDZI-BASED journalist has appeared at the Chiredzi Magistrates Courts facing a charge of stealing a classified document from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Law and Order office at Chiredzi Police Station. Patrick Chitongo, who runs Lowveld Checkpoint, an online publication, is alleged to have committed the crime in August 2019. His case failed to kick off on Wednesday after some of the police officers who were supposed to be State witnesses failed to turn up. Chitongo, who is being represented by human rights lawyer Ross Chavi, was advised that the matter would proceed by way of summons. ....
MARYLAND Amnesty International (AI) says Zimbabwean security forces killed 10 people and the government used COVID-19 regulations to justify severe restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. In its latest report, AI said the government deployed security forces to abduct, assault and torture perceived critics, and opposition members and leaders. “Police and security agents killed at least 10 people. Women were denied access to essential maternal health care, and violence against women and girls was widespread.” AI noted that on March 30, the government introduced measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, imposing punitive movement restrictions, initially for three weeks but periodically extending throughout the year. ....