HARARE — The High Court has sentenced a local man, Herbert Pasipanodya, to an effective 10 years in prison for the death of his partner, Dorothy De Souza, whose remains were discovered in a shallow grave at his residence in July 2025. While Pasipanodya was initially charged with murder, the court ultimately convicted him of culpable homicide, citing "serious provocation" as a mitigating factor while simultaneously condemning his efforts to conceal the crime.

HARARE — The legal profession in Zimbabwe has been struck by another blow to its reputation after Concellia Maheya, a Harare-based lawyer, was sentenced to an effective one-year prison term for theft of trust property involving a fraudulent land deal.