Zimbabwean rapper Holy Ten has been granted US$500 bail after appearing in court on a rape charge. The matter has been postponed to 7 August as investigators await forensic results and age verification documents.

A CID Drugs and Narcotics Unit officer has appeared in court accused of smuggling 40.8kg of dagga and 200 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup into Zimbabwe through illegal crossing points near Beitbridge.

Zimbabwe police have secured convictions in separate fraud and money laundering cases, with a former company executive sentenced and a High Court forfeiture order issued against a Mutare woman.

Two Irish nationals and a Zimbabwean woman have each been fined US$110 after pleading guilty to possessing dagga discovered during a police operation at a Harare hotel.

A 28-year-old Borrowdale domestic worker has appeared in court accused of conspiring with her boyfriend to steal US$128,000 from her employer after allegedly arranging duplicate keys to access a bedroom containing the cash.

HARARE – A Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) accountant has appeared before the Harare Magistrates' Court facing fraud charges involving more than US$132,000 allegedly siphoned from prison service project funds.