В Хараре пропал 16-летний водитель приложения InDrive, уехавший на белом Nissan Note

InDrive Driver Goes Missing 8 September 2026 By Crime and Courts Reporter |  An inDrive driver, Tapiwa Mavhiza (16), has gone missing in Harare after reportedly leaving home in a white Nissan Note on Saturday, August 29. According to a family appeal circulating in Harare, Mavhiza left in the vehicle, registration number AGS 7155, but has not returned home. His cellphone is reportedly no longer reachable. Mavhiza lived with his mother and siblings. His family has since reported his disappearance at Budiriro 2 Police Station, but efforts to establish his whereabouts have so far been unsuccessful. The circumstances surrounding his disappearance remain unclear. There is currently no evidence establishing that he was abducted or that state security agents were involved. His disappearance nevertheless comes against a troubling history of abductions and enforced disappearances in Zimbabwe, including cases in which opposition activists, journalists and government critics have been forcibly taken and later remained unaccounted for. One of the country’s most prominent unresolved cases is that of journalist and pro-democracy activist  Itai Dzamara, who was abducted by five men at a barbershop in Harare’s Glen View suburb on March 9, 2015. The men handcuffed him, accused him of stealing cattle and drove away with him in a white truck. He has never been seen again. Amnesty International has repeatedly criticised Zimbabwean authorities for failing to establish Dzamara’s fate. A High Court order issued days after his disappearance required the police and senior security officials to investigate the case and report on their progress, but his whereabouts remain unknown more than a decade later. The United Nations has also documented allegations of enforced disappearances involving opposition activists. In 2023, UN special procedures reported receiving information concerning the abduction, subsequent enforced disappearance and alleged ill-treatment of  Womberaiishe Nhende and Sanele Mukuhlani, both members of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change. The UN communication said the alleged disappearances occurred amid a reported surge in abductions, enforced disappearances and torture of political activists around the 2023 elections. In July 2024, human rights defenders  Namatai Kwekweza, Robson Chere and Samuel Gwenzi  were reportedly detained incommunicado after being removed from a plane at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare. UN special procedures subsequently raised concerns that the three had been subjected to enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention and cruel treatment. The UN communication also recorded allegations of torture while they were held incommunicado. These cases form part of a wider record of alleged abductions and enforced disappearances in Zimbabwe, particularly during periods of heightened political tension. Amnesty International has described the failure to properly investigate such cases as contributing to a climate of impunity. However, there is  no evidence at this stage linking Mavhiza’s disappearance to the state’s history of enforced disappearances, and his family is appealing for information from anyone who may have seen him or the vehicle. Anyone with information that could help locate Mavhiza is urged to report to the nearest police station or contact: 0773 222 507 0714 459 615 0772 998 943 0781 354 069