Hove’s
father,
Chikauriso
Hove,
has
engaged
the
Zimbabwe
Lawyers
for
Human
Rights
(ZLHR)
to
demand
clarity
over
the
circumstances
surrounding
her
death.
The
rights
group
has
since
written
to
ZRP
Bulawayo
Central,
giving
police
a
seven-day
ultimatum
to
provide
tangible
details
about
the
incident.
Copies
of
the
letter
were
also
sent
to
the
Officer
in
Charge
at
Pumula
Police
Station,
the
Officer
Commanding
Bulawayo
Province,
ZRP
Commissioner-General
Stephen
Mutamba,
and
Home
Affairs
Minister
Kazembe
Kazembe.
In
a
statement,
ZLHR
confirmed
they
were
assisting
the
family
in
their
quest
for
justice.
“We
are
assisting
the
family
of
Detective
Constable
Cassandra
Hove,
a
slain
ZRP
officer,
who
died
recently
while
reportedly
pursuing
armed
robbers,
which
is
protesting
against
the
clandestine
and
unprofessional
manner
in
which
the
death
of
the
police
officer
is
being
handled,”
ZLHR
said.
Hove
accused
the
police
of
failing
to
provide
the
family
with
official
updates,
forcing
them
to
rely
on
second-hand
information.
The
family
recently
learned
that
a
police
officer
had
allegedly
confessed
to
killing
Cassandra.
“We
are
greatly
concerned
about
allegations
that
she
may
have
met
her
fate
at
the
hands
of
one
of
her
colleagues,”
Hove
stated.
Constable
Nomore
Muradzikwa
(37),
stationed
at
Hillside
Police
Station,
who
reportedly
confessed
to
fatally
shooting
Hove
appeared
before
Bulawayo
Magistrate
Maxwell
Ncube
on
Tuesday
facing
a
murder
charge.
Muradzikwa
and
Hove
were
part
of
team
tracking
down
a
suspected
robber
in
Pumula
South.
According
to
the
State,
Muradzikwa,
armed
with
a
CZ
pistol,
fired
at
robbery
suspect
Fikile
Ncube,
hitting
his
elbow.
The
bullet
ricocheted,
fatally
striking
Hove
in
the
chest.
ZLHR
also
raised
alarm
over
the
actions
of
Cassandra’s
colleague,
Lethokuhle
Sibanda,
who
reportedly
completed
forms
authorising
a
post-mortem
without
consulting
the
family.
“The
family
is
alarmed
at
the
allegations
raised
about
the
conduct
of
one
Lethokuhle
Sibanda,
who
had
reportedly
completed
some
forms
authorising
the
carrying
out
of
a
post-mortem
on
the
body
of
the
deceased
person
without
consulting
his
family,”
ZLHR
said.
The
family
further
alleged
that
Sibanda
visited
Cassandra’s
home
after
her
death,
demanding
details
about
her
property
and
mobile
phones
from
her
children.
“After
Cassandra
had
been
shot,
the
same
Sibanda
visited
the
deceased
person’s
residence,
where
she
found
the
late
law
enforcement
agent’s
children
and
demanded
certain
information
pertaining
to
her
residential
properties
and
demanded
her
mobile
phones,
but
her
children
refused
to
comply
after
getting
guidance
from
their
relatives,”
ZLHR
noted.
Hove
also
claimed
that
Sibanda
had
received
R3000
from
Luveve
residents
as
a
funeral
contribution
but
did
not
hand
it
over
to
the
family.
Additionally,
the
family
was
not
officially
informed
when
a
suspect,
Fikile
Ncube,
was
arrested
in
connection
with
Cassandra’s
death.
“The
family
had
also
received
information
that
a
suspect,
named
Fikile
Ncube,
had
been
arrested
by
ZRP
officers
on
the
night
when
Cassandra
died
in
connection
to
her
death,
but
this
information
was
not
officially
communicated
to
the
family
or
his
relatives,”
ZLHR
said.
During
a
meeting
with
ZRP
officials
on
8
March,
the
family
was
told
that
Cassandra
was
shot
with
a
police-issued
firearm,
contradicting
earlier
accounts.
“On
8
March
2025,
Hove
said
he
attended
a
meeting
together
with
his
relatives
with
the
Officer
In
Charge
of
CID
Homicide
in
Bulawayo
and
other
ZRP
officials,
where
he
was
informed
that
the
preliminary
findings
were
that
his
daughter
had
been
shot
by
a
police
issued
firearm
contrary
to
what
the
family
had
been
told
before
and
efforts
to
get
full
information
as
to
what
could
have
happened
to
his
daughter
were
futile
as
the
ZRP
officials
were
not
forthcoming,”
ZLHR
said.
After
struggling
to
obtain
full
details,
the
family
reluctantly
agreed
to
bury
Cassandra
in
Mberengwa,
with
police
promising
to
keep
them
updated.
However,
after
receiving
no
further
communication,
they
filed
a
murder
case
at
ZRP
Pumula
Police
Station
on
13
March.