Ras Pompy Jailed

Zimdancehall artist Nyasha Reginald Mano, popularly known as Ras Pompy, has been sentenced to six months in prison after being caught with banned cough syrups in his car.

The 27-year-old musician was arrested on July 16, 2025, after a dramatic police chase in central Harare.

Detectives had flagged his black Honda Fit, which was already on a watch list of vehicles suspected of ferrying drugs.

When officers tried to intercept him, Ras Pompy sped off, triggering a pursuit through city streets.

The chase ended when his vehicle crashed.

Upon searching the wreck, police discovered a stash of illegal cough syrups, substances often abused as recreational drugs.

Ras Pompy was subsequently charged and convicted under the Medicines and Allied Substances Control Act.

Magistrates handed him a six-month custodial sentence, marking another high-profile drug-related conviction amid Zimbabwe’s ongoing crackdown on substance abuse.

Ras Pompy, who rose to fame as a teenage Zimdancehall sensation, now joins a growing list of public figures whose careers have been derailed by drugs.