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Victim hits armed robber with car, disables him
A BEITBRIDGE would-be victim of armed robbery turned the tables on his assailant and hit the AK-47-wielding attacker with a car, disabling him until he was arrested.The suspected armed robber,...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1965 | by Staff reporter
Four suspected armed robbers arrested at police roadblock
POLICE arrested four suspected armed robbers believed to have been behind robbery incidents that happened in Kezi, Maphisa and Zvishavane.The four, found in possession of firearms, are Sizwenk...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 20:55hrs | 1534 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC not cooperating with police
The MDC-Alliance is refusing to co-operate with police detectives assigned to investigate claims that the vehicle carrying party leader Nelson Chamisa was shot at, with no one in the group of vehicles...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told to 'stop imposing yourself on the people'
Zanu-PF party says opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa is receiving self-deserving pain after he imposed himself on the villagers who are rejecting him for inviting sanctions in Zimbabwe.The par...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 22:52hrs | 1657 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'assassination' attempt takes a new twist
Police say the MDC Alliance is not complying with investigations following allegations that its leader Mr Nelson Chamisa had survived an "assassination attempt" in Mutare this week.Police conf...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 22:51hrs | 1833 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa attacked again?
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa was yesterday blocked again by some Zanu-PF youths and security details at Troutbeck turn-off in Nyanga when he was on his way to Ruwangwe, a day after a suspected a...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 4057 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fakes 'assassination' attempt?
THE MDC Alliance yesterday claimed party leader Nelson Chamisa's convoy was intercepted by heavily suspected armed Zanu-PF youths who fired gunshots, hitting a rear window on the opposition leader's v...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:41hrs | 6875 | by Staff reporter
Robbers get away with US$50 000, R310 000
Police have expressed concern over the increase in armed robbery cases after criminals got away with over US$50 000, R310 000 and various property since last week in separate incidents countrywide....Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa convoy shot at, claims MDC
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's convoy was Tuesday afternoon blocked just outside Mutare along the Mutare-Masvingo highway by heavily armed suspected Zanu-PF activists who fired gunshots at the o...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 20:52hrs | 2093 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda to stay long at Bosso
DRIVEN by the desire to see a prosperous Zimbabwe, local energy giant Sakunda Holdings envisions a long, fruitful relationship with Highlanders that will leave a lasting mark on domestic football....Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 275 | by Staff writer
Suspected robber cornered by a mob, beaten, dies at hospital
A man believed to be part of an armed robbers gang that has been terrorising Beitbridge residents has succumbed to assault wounds after he was cornered by a mob in Kwalu 1 suburb (SDP) early on Monday...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 19:33hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
Treat each unvaccinated case on its merits, says PTUZ
THE Progressive Teachers Union (PTUZ) yesterday vowed that its members who are yet to be vaccinated will continue reporting for duty in defiance of a government directive that unvaccinated civil serva...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Robber killed in Masvingo shootout
A suspected armed robber believed to be part of a gang that committed a spate of robberies in Masvingo was fatally shot by the police after in the act.The robber and his three accomplices had ...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 950 | by Staff reporter
Man lures, kills wife's lover
A Chivi man allegedly discovered love messages on his wife's cellphone and lured the boyfriend to a secluded place where he fatally stabbed him.Laurey Tafirei (25) used the wife's phone to cha...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF a terrorist organisation MDC Veterans Activist Association (MDC VAA)
MDC Veterans Activiust Association (MDC VAA) National Spokesperson Mandava Blessing has described the Zanu PF as a terrorist organisation following admission by Zanu PF Commissar Patrick Chinams...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:18hrs | 1318 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF revives Chamisa's popularity?
WHAT started as a pedestrian civic engagement for Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to interface with communities and the grassroots in Masvingo this week ahead of the 2023...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:43hrs | 3533 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gives Mnangagwa sleepless nights
THREE days before the 31 July 2018 general election, Harare erupted into a riot of colour as the top contenders brought their campaigns to a roaring crescendo.The capital city was hosting two ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:43hrs | 1770 | by Staff reporter
Robber waylays gold dealer
A 36-year-old Bulawayo man lost 65 grammes of gold and a cellphone to an armed robber who had lured him to Chegutu. The man had been lured to Shamva by the robber only identified as Anyway Mun...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
Mnagagwa and Zanu-pf are defeatable
There is a despondency nationwide about the prospect of unseating a Zanu-PF government together with its leader ED Mnangagwa. It is sad that the ordinary man in the street now believes that Zanu-PF is...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:53hrs | 2053 | by Zakhele Maphosa
ZUPCO murder suspect granted $20,000 bail
The High Court has granted $20 000 bail to a suspect in the shooting of a Zimbabwe Passengers Company bus conductor late last month.The suspect Campion Marowa (35) who was represented by Kings...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Businessman killed during robbery
A KWEKWE businessman died from wounds sustained after he was attacked by unknown assailants during a robbery.Dan Chikowo (70) of Mbizo 16, was allegedly attacked by armed robbers as he entered...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1080 | by Staff reporter
Serial armed robber arrested
One of the country's most wanted serial armed robbers who survived a shoot-out with police along Glenara Avenue South in Harare, in which five of his accomplices were killed in March last year has bee...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa attacks harbinger of a more violent 2023
THE 2008 run-off elections pitting former President Robert Mugabe and MDC founder Morgan Tsvangirai (now both late) witnessed violence on an unprecedented scale.Mugabe had been outpolled by hi...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1623 | by Staff reporter
Cops savagely beat Zanu-PF officials at polling station
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been forced to step up and personally intervene in the deadly factional rowing pitting senior Zanu-PF officials after Home Affairs minister and current party provincia...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 5487 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers sent for re-training after demanding salary hike
ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) commander Lieutenant General David Sigauke has reportedly sent junior soldiers on forced re-training in Hwange as punishment for demanding a salary increase during an oste...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:58hrs | 3349 | by Staff reporter
Gunmen take R1,2 million from businessman
A BEITBRIDGE businessman lost R1,2 million and US$3 500 to four gun wielding robbers that broke into house in the early hours of Saturday morning.National police spokesperson, Assistant Commis...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:57hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
Violence rocks Zanu-PF Manicaland indaba
CHAOS rocked a Zanu-PF provincial co-ordinating committee (PCC) meeting yesterday after scores of demonstrators, who were calling for the ouster of Manicaland provincial chairman Mike Madiro, were tea...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:02hrs | 1455 | by Staff reporter
Spate of armed robberies hit Beitbridge
BEITBRIDGE has been hit by a spate of armed robberies, with the latest victim losing over R1 million at the weekend.National police spokesman Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday confi...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba who massacred 6 family members arrested
Police have arrested Thubelithle Khoshow (26) in connection with cases of Murder and Rape which occurred on October 9 at around 0300 hours at ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 07:27hrs | 3162 | by Shelton Muchena
Local oil firms push for fair play
THE Direct Fuel Import (DFI) group, which represents indigenous oil firms that have mounted legal challenges against the government to force policy changes, this week warned the Zimbabwe Energy Regula...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:00hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Schoolgirl shot after police officer discharges gun to break up fight
A 16-year-old Bulawayo girl was shot on the cheek after a police officer discharged his firearm to stop a fight, her family alleges.The bullet went through one cheek and exited on the other....Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:43hrs | 3605 | by Staff reporter
Top cop accuses ZACC officer of concealing documents
AN investigating officer suspended police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza, charged with concealing a transaction from a principal, yesterday claimed that an investigating officer from Zimbabwe Anti-Corru...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Another Mukuru branch robbed
Armed robbers pounced on a Mukuru.com branch at Rutenga Growth Point and got away with US$10 000, after forcing an employee to open a safe at gunpoint.The unidentified two suspects descended o...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 14 suspected armed robbers
Police have arrested 14 armed robbers who besieged a horticulture farm in Marondera and stole a disc plough valued at US$3000.The arrested are Godfrey Tatenda Nyapokoto (35), Fungai Mutigwina ...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:04hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Notorious Bigboy Chauke caged for 9 years
Notorious Beitbridge armed robber, Bigboy Chauke (34), who was arrested recently after unleashing a reign of terror in the district, was yesterday jailed for an effective nine years for one of the cri...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:02hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
UK Prime Minister: Please remind Mnangagwa, Matabeles are not dogs or cockroaches
No matter how much President Mnangagwa tries to ignore Matabeleland grievances and griefs, they will always follow him everywhere he goes like his own shadow. As he prepares to visit UK, we implore Pr...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 09:38hrs | 3822 | by Israel Dube
Zanu-PF youths besiege flea market
Zanu-PF has been accused of interfering in Mutare City Council operations after the ruling party youths forcibly allocated themselves vending stalls at Chidzere flea market in the city last Thursday....Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
Democracy should not be this scary
THE call by the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T for the postponement of the 2023 harmonised elections is not only an assault on democracy, but exposes the selfish nature of the unelected opposition party t...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:47hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Vingirai's bid to evict farmers flops
VETERAN banker Nicholas Vingirai's bid to evict farmers settled at a farm in Banket has hit a snag after the High Court ordered him to vacate the farm and stop interfering with the farmers' activities...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Authorities unleash sweeping crackdown on forex market
IN a renewed bid to contain the runaway foreign exchange rate - now trading at double the official rate around US$1: ZW$170 - the government has launched a fierce crackdown on currency traders in a mu...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe won't sacrifice our economic gains
THE Second Republic is paying tribute to heroes of the liberation struggle by growing the economy and progress made on economic development should not be sacrificed on account of narrow interests, Pre...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:09hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Swaziland citizens besiege US Embassy
Pro-democracy protesters in the Kingdom of Eswatini besieged the United States of America Embassy on Friday calling for an end to the Western country's support of the dictatorial monarchy led by King ...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 11:37hrs | 4119 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police cash in on unlicensed vehicles
POLICE are making a killing from a recently launched operation to nab unlicensed vehicles, and those with fitted bar headlights, as well as touts.The issue was revealed in a recent police upda...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:58hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
2 die in disused coal mineshaft collapse
TWO young illegal miners and a university graduate were on Monday reportedly trapped to death by coal ashes while extracting coke at a dumpsite in Hwange.The issue was confirmed by a resident ...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:57hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Army, police jam Harare
ARMED military and police officers yesterday cordoned off Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) headquarters and jammed streets in Harare to prevent a possible MDC Alliance protest over the commission's...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lobbyists court German investors
The sterling work being done by the Second Republic has charmed Zimbabweans based in Germany where lobbyists are courting investors from Europe's biggest economy to come to the southern African nation...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:53hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo - a long overdue dose of karma
IN the years following the 2013 election, it was clear that late former President Robert Mugabe, in his ninth decade of life, had no intention of stepping down and made no attempt to groom an heir app...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:47hrs | 2489 | by Cedric Steele
Female pilot feted at State House
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa on Monday hosted a dinner at State House in honour of history making female officer graduate Air Lieutenant Gamuchirai Maria Mbigi who for the first time in the history o...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1663 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers unleash reign of terror
Armed robbers are on the prowl in Masvingo where they have been on a warpath over the past week.A security guard was left for dead after being shot in the abdomen at Neshuro Growth point...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:38hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's remains could be exhumed by family, and sent to Britain for a safer burial
If the Government of Zimbabwe does not want to be humiliated, they should leave Mugabe's remains where family chose to bury him. There would be indel...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 22:06hrs | 3548 | by Ryton Dzimiri
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