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Corruption in Zimbabwe's transport sector shocking
TRANSPORT minister Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday said government was alarmed with the level of corruption perpetrated by officials in State entities in the transport sector.Officially opening a...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1135 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rally ignites violence
VIOLENCE broke out between Zanu PF and opposition MDC youths in Mbare yesterday, a day after the opposition leader Nelson Chamisa addressed supporters in the volatile suburb.Three MDC supporte...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1264 | by Staff reporter
Masendeke brothers nabbed for machete assault, robbery
LATE notorious armed robber Edmund Edgar Masendeke's two siblings have been arrested by the police crack team targeting machete gang leaders after they allegedly assaulted and robbed a motorist of US$...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1225 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police ban carrying of weapons
POLICE in Bulawayo have banned the carrying of dangerous weapons in public within the next three months citing an increase in serious crimes such as murder, robbery and assault. In separ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'holed up' at police station as 'Zanu-PF' machete gang bays for his blood
MDC Mbare MP, Starman Chamisa is reported to have sought refuge at Matapi Police Station, in Harare as suspected Zanu-PF youths bayed for his blood, the party claimed Wednesday.According to MD...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 19:42hrs | 4333 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF militia besiege Mbare
Zanu PF youths armed with machetes and logs have gone on the rampage in Mbare indiscriminately attacking residents following MDC President Nelson Chamisa's highly successful address to the Nation deli...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 18:07hrs | 1502 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Man kills friend over gambled money
A Lupane man allegedly struck to death his friend with an axe on the head after accusing him of stealing his gambled money.Officer Commanding Police in Lupane, Chief Superintendent Edgar Dhliw...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:49hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's allies lose relatives to MaShurugwi
TOP MDC leaders Lynette Karenyi-Kore (vice-president) and Job Sikhala (vice-chairperson) this week lost their relatives to the violent machete clashes in mining areas in the country.In an intervie...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:48hrs | 382 | by Staff rpeorter
15 machete wielding gangsters raid gold mine
TWO men who were part of a 15 men gang armed with machetes, axes and logs have been arrested for allegedly raiding and stealing gold ore at a mine in Colleen Bawn. Mqhelisi Moyo (26) and Edmor...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 10:41hrs | 1377 | by Staff Reporter
'Mnangagwa plotting a genocide using Mashurugwi gangs'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is planning a genocide under the guise of crushing the rogue Mashurugwi gang political analyst Dr Dinizulu Macaphulana has said.Mashurugwi gangs have been wreaking...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 10:14hrs | 8644 | by Mandla Ndlovu
60 years jail for armed robber cop
A POLICE officer who was part of a five-member gang of armed robbers wailed in court after each of them was handed a 60-year jail term for armed robbery. The cop, Thulani Nkala (38) appeared t...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:19hrs | 2224 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga visits Mnangagwa
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga on Saturday made a surprise visit to President Mnangagwa, who is enjoying his vacation at his Pricabe Farm in Sherwood, Kwekwe. The two, who, besides bein...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:19hrs | 13380 | by Staff reporter
Police seize journalist's phone
Chiredzi based journalist Patrick Chitongo's phone was seized last week by ZRP Chiredzi, the gadget was suspected to have been used to steal a classified document from the Police force's district head...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 16:42hrs | 1939 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
'Mnangagwa is archbishop of maShurugwi'
THE MDC has fired at President Emmerson Mnangagwa, describing the Zanu-PF leader as the archbishop of the notorious machete wielding gangs commonly referred to as Mashurugwi.This comes after p...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:49hrs | 2366 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa savages Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has savaged the government after police raided his party's offices on Friday in a surprise move which has once again raised political tensions in the country.T...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:24hrs | 6891 | by Staff reporter
In Pictures: SA Police hunt for Zimbabwean armed robber who killed cop
A suspected Zimbabwean armed robber is wanted by South African police for allegedly killing a senior police officer in that country. ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 07:41hrs | 15276 | by Staff Reporter
Liberation: Did somebody say Fanon?
DURING the African struggles against settler colonialism the name of Frantz Fanon used to scare settler colonialists that understandably banned his books and pamphlets. In the present era the name and...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:41hrs | 335 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Bosso's endless expatriate romance
IT'S a flirtation that dates back to the early 1980s but Ndumiso Gumede likes to call it a mere coincidence.It's a romance that started in 1983 when Scottish coach Bobby Clark arrived in the C...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:35hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
All-out war on machete gangs
Police have deployed one of their largest ever forces in recent history to different parts of the country as they intensify a crackdown on machete -wielding gangs that have been terrorising small-scal...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:29hrs | 400 | by Staff rpeorter
'Trump is a pierrot'
Iran's supreme leader lashed out at Western countries as he led Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time in eight years, dismissing "American clowns" who he said pretend to support the Iranian nati...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:20hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
British govt issues travel warning to Zimbabwe
The British government on Friday issued a travel warning to Zimbabwe citing possible political upheavals and regional flight services disruptions.A ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:43hrs | 16889 | by Staff reporter
The first duty of government is to afford protection its people its citizens
The Government Has an Implied Moral Constitutional Duty to Protect Individuals from Harm and from the Mashurugwi. The continuing failure of the government to respond to the growing threat of Mashu...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:23hrs | 498 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
R50k lobola robbery: family suspects relative mot injiva
A GWANDA family that recently lost more than R50 000 lobola to armed robbers who pounced on their homestead suspects that a family member masterminded the attack. Mr Kenneth Ndlovu (66), whose...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:45hrs | 2035 | by Staff reporter
Police raid MDC party HQ
The MDC said Zimbabwe had become a "fascist state" on Friday after over a hundred police officers stormed the party's headquarters in central Harare, ostensibly to look for "subversive materials"....Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:45hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Police search for machetes at Chamisa's Harvest House
POLICE on Friday afternoon served MDC officials at the party headquarters, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House (formerly Harvest House) with a search warrant to look-up for machetes and other subversive m...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:29hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, maShurugwi and the coming anarchy
SOON after arriving in Zimbabwe, in September of last year, I had to visit a friend in Bindura, whom I needed to extend — as part of my enduring gratitude for his assistance during a research projec...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1737 | by Simukai Tinhu
Sanctions: EU, US and post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
THE United States of America (USA) has two forms of sanctions relevant to Zimbabwe. The first is imposed by Executive Order, with the President using powers under the International Emergency Economic ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 192 | by Derek Matyszak
Matebeleland South police extend ban on machetes
POLICE in Matebeleland South province have extended the three-month ban on the carrying of machetes imposed in the province following a wave of crime linked to machete terror gangs that has hit the co...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:16hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Selective application of the law retrogressive
WHILE we support every effort being made by our dedicated police force to maintain law and order in Zimbabwe, it is, however, increasingly becoming difficult to understand why the law enforcement agen...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:06hrs | 50 | by NewsDay Comment
200 illegal miners arrested in Mazowe
TWO HUNDRED more illegal miners were arrested in Mazowe, bringing to 1 107 the number of those netted in the blitz in Mashonaland Central Province this week. This came as security guards at a mine in ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:58hrs | 93 | by Staff rpeorter
Armed soldiers gun down 2 civilians
Three members of the Zimbabwe National Army have been arrested after they allegedly shot dead two civilians following a dispute which occurred on Boxing Day at Shayamavhudzi township in Mwenezi....Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 09:47hrs | 8215 | by Staff Reporter
Gold panner attacks colleague with machete over cigarette
A gold panner in Shangani has been taken to court for attacking a colleague with a machete in a dispute over cigarette.Mkondisi Nyathi (35) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomasiko Ndlovu....Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 12:45hrs | 1315 | by Stephen Jakes
Police arrest 124 artisanal miners at Mazowe mine
Over 124 artisanal miners were arrested at Mazowe mine, (Jumbo) yesterday following an operation to clear machete wielding illegal gold panners at the mine.The operation which started yesterda...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 09:17hrs | 3667 | by Paul Ndou
Family loses R50 000 lobola money to armed robbers
A FAMILY from Gwanda lost more than R50 000 which was part of lobola they had received after four masked armed robbers pounced on them a day after the payment of the bride price.Deputy Nationa...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1463 | by Staff reporter
Chinese nationals robbed at gunpoint
Five armed robbers allegedly pounced on two Chinese businessmen at their hardware shop in Kwekwe and robbed them of their cash on Saturday.The Chinese nationals, Zhou Wing (39) and Xoqoding Li...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 19:43hrs | 6741 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Machete-wielding gang members denied bail
FORTY suspected machete-wielding gang members, who stormed a police station at Nembudziya in an attempt to free their colleagues, have been denied bail.The forty suspects are facing charges of...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 20:15hrs | 2618 | by Staff Reporter
5 men nabbed for vandalizing network boosters
FIVE Harare men were arrested on Wednesday in Mount Darwin after vandalising three mobile base stations (boasters) in Mashonaland Central and stealing 14 batteries worth ZWL$250 000.The five a...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 09:52hrs | 2827 | by Paul Ndou
MaShurugwi armed with AK-47 besiege village
THE level of crime in the country especially around mining areas is threatening to get out of control after a gang of nine robbers armed with an AK-47 rifle and a pistol besieged five homesteads in Fo...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 08:48hrs | 5896 | by Staff Reporter
'Teachers need new skills to counter Zanu PF enslavement' - name just one profession with 0% unemployment
Once upon a time, 40 years ago but it might as well be 400 years ago for we have regressed so quickly we are now back in the dark ages, Zimbabwe used to produce enough food to not only feed all her pe...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1085 | by Wilbert Mukori
Teachers need to be economically empowered so as to fearlessly stand up against government enslavement
A few days ago I was talking to my neighbour - who is a teacher - on the collective job action proposed by the two main teachers' unions in the country - who have called upon their members not to turn...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 12:12hrs | 1312 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The tale of two different groups with political significance in Zimbabwe's political dynamics
The term "Mashurugwi"is an umbrella grouping of illegal miners who can be further branched into other small groupings.Of late the "Mashurugwi" have been in the media almost daily.Their weapon of...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 14:33hrs | 453 | by A Kadada
Two MaShurugwi nabbed
Police in Shurugwi have arrested Edson Nyathi (24) and Kudakwashe Ndlela (19) in connection with nine cases of robbery where they were terrorising their victims using machetes and other weapons betwee...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 07:38hrs | 2302 | by Staff
Villagers attack messenger of court with machetes
TWELVE Chipinge machete-wielding villagers allegedly attacked a messenger of court and his crew, leaving one of them critically injured.The villagers were being evicted after illegally settlin...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 13:51hrs | 4412 | by Staff Reporter
Police kill violent gold panner, injure 5 others
MACHETE-WIELDING gold panners in Inyati area in Matabeleland North clashed with the police, leading to one of them being shot dead while five others were arrested on Sunday.National police spo...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 10:41hrs | 3247 | by Staff Repoter
President Mnangagwa should get his ducks in a row
In any land, the Presidency is a sacred office and public servants therein are expected to be completely human and emphathetic. In addition they could be geniuses, solutionists, if not they should&nbs...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 09:25hrs | 2234 | by Josiah Mucharowana
Zimbabwe Republic Police must ask retired officers to return to work for their skills and experience
Retired officers should be asked to return to work for their 'skills and experience' this was said by several retired senior officers who are horrified by the Mashurugwi menace and the out of plan sec...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 21:15hrs | 3479 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Caster Oil vows to end fuel crisis
Oil Castor vowed to end Zimbabwe's fuel crisis encouraging farmers to invest in castor bean farming to generate bio diesel production.Portia Maposa the founder of Oil Castor reveal that caster...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 20:45hrs | 3654 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
For Matabeles in Zimbabwe, war is a necessary evil
We would like to start year 2020 by congratulating our comrades in Ambazonia for successfully launching the "Ambazonian war of Independence". Needless to say, the government of Cameroon is shaking.Thi...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 10:04hrs | 2321 | by Israel Dube
Mashurugwi: A smokescreen to loot and plunder by the rulers
...Published: 02 Jan 2020 at 23:56hrs | 3849 | by Josiah Mucharowana
Machete-wielding gang of 12 arrested in Mashonaland Central
A GANG of 12 machete-wielding suspects linked to 16 armed robberies and two murders in Bindura and Shamva has been arrested on charges of armed robbery. One of the suspects was on bail in a ca...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 15:04hrs | 3939 | by Staff Reporter
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