A man from Karoi was sentenced to four months in prison by the Karoi Magistrates’ Court for shoplifting two packets of sweets valued at US$7.
The court established that on June 26, 2024, at around 6 PM, the accused, Praise Kagande, entered the Harare Inn Wholesale shop under the pretence of making a purchase.
However, Kagande then unlawfully took 2 packets of sweets valued at US$7 and concealed them in his bag.
Unbeknownst to Kagande, his actions were captured on the shop’s CCTV surveillance system.
The security staff was alerted, and upon searching Kagande as he was exiting the premises, the stolen sweets were discovered. He was immediately arrested for the theft.
The court sentenced him to 4 months imprisonment, with 2 months of the sentence suspended for 5 years. 
The remaining 2 months were also suspended, on the condition that Kagande performs 70 hours of community service.
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Karoi Man Sentenced To 4 Months For Shoplifting Sweets Worth US$7

A Zimbabwean-born Zywai Nyahoda was jailed for four-and-a-half months following a theft incident in an Oxford Tesco, UK.
Nyahoda had gone into the store to steal goods and was stopped by staff members. When they planned to call the police, Nyahoda threatened them with a needle, resulting in his conviction for threatening behaviour. Recorder Alexander McGregor gave Nyahoda Giving 18 weeks’ imprisonment. He said:
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People working in shops and dealing with shoplifters should not have to face threats of that very serious nature.
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Nyahoda had 15 previous convictions for 54 offences, many for theft and related crimes.
His lawyer told the court that he originally came to the UK from Zimbabwe via Germany when he was still a young child. He was brought up in Oxford by his grandmother and had a good academic record, but became addicted to hard drugs after using cannabis.
Nyahoda’s drug use started with cannabis and escalated to heroin after a serious car accident left him hospitalised for months. The death of his grandmother caused him to spiral, leading to the incident at Tesco.
His lawyer said has since managed to get clean and is now on a drug-free wing in prison. He plans to stay with an uncle in south Oxfordshire after his release.
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Zimbabwean-born Man Jailed In UK For Theft, Threatening Shop Workers

A Zimbabwean woman living in South Africa was badly injured when employees at a SuperSpar set her on fire for stealing a packet of meat worth R25 on 10 November 2020.
The 40-year-old woman said she sustained burn wounds on her waist, arm, leg and vagina when three employees at the shop doused her with methylated spirits and set her alight.
She said it was out of desperation that she stole the packet of meat from Spar.
The woman, who asked for her identity to be withheld, told GroundUp that she arrived in Musina, South Africa on 2 November 2020 in search of work.
The mother of five said that her husband died in 2012 and she was battling to put food on the table for her young children, two of whom still go to school.
She said when she was caught, she never denied anything but showed them the meat and explained her situation and apologised.
The employees, however, kicked her and poured spirits onto her skirt and set it alight.
Musina residents came to her rescue and called the police who responded quickly. The residents immediately demanded that the shop be closed. It re-opened the next day.
According to Colonel Moathse Ngoepe from Musina South African Police Service (SAPS), three people aged between 27 and 40 were arrested two days after the incident on 12 November 2020.
Ngoepe said all three appeared at the Musina Magistrates Court on 13 November and were granted bail of R1 000 each.
The Spar Group said the Musina Spar had confirmed the incident saying the store and its ownership were “shocked and saddened by these events and have offered our sincerest apology and support to the alleged victim, their family and the community.”
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