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Zimbabweans rearrested after prison escape in South Africa
THREE of the four armed robbers who last Wednesday managed to disarm a police officer and escape while being transported to Mokopane Regional Court in Limpopo, South Africa were arrested Saturday....Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 18:03hrs | 2335 | by Staff reporter
Shots fired as armed robbers pounce again
SHOTS were fired yesterday in Bulawayo as armed robbers pounced on a suspected illegal foreign currency dealer, robbing him of 110 000 rand and US$700.Scores of onlookers gathered along Josiah...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:05hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Zapu liberation struggle stalwart Thaka dies
A FORMER stalwart of the Zimbabwe armed liberation struggle, Teresa Thaka, has died after a short illness at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo.She died on Thursday aged 76.Her daughter, S...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:23hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean criminals in UK must stop blaming government over deportations
Mavis Matapo is 17-year-old Zimbabwean living in the UK. She is so scared to go outside her parents' house alone. She shivers with fear each time she hears a male voice. Her life crumbled into pieces ...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | 617 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
UK deportees: Rapists, murderers leave trail of broken lives
Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom are divided on the deportations of their counterparts, mainly criminals living in that country who have served more than a year in prison. Many opposition group...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:16hrs | 666 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mother Teresa has departed
ZAPU once again is in deep sorrow as the mother party mourns the death yesterday of uMama Teresia Thaka (nee Mafu).Widely referred to not as comrade in ZAPU, but as Mrs Thaka or uMama uT...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 20:05hrs | 2785 | by Iphithule T Maphosa
Fears, drama as 14 Zimbabweans return home
AT least 36 Zimbabweans, who stayed behind in the United Kingdom, raised fears of persecution by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, citing human rights violations in Zimbabwe.Only 14 o...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:33hrs | 3151 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers kill businessman, steal US$4 500
POLICE have launched a manhunt for five armed robbers who pounced on two businessmen in Headlands, shot them and left them nursing injuries before getting away with US$4 500, groceries and a vehicle....Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:23hrs | 2052 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe firms fret over Mozambique crisis
ZIMBABWE'S industries have warned that a deadly insurgency roiling neighbouring Mozambique has emerged as the greatest threat to power and fuel imports that could further hurt Harare's fragile economy...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:57hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabwean armed robbers escape from SA prison
Three Zimbabwean armed robbers and a South African man are on the run after escaping from police custody on Wednesday evening while being transported from Polokwane Central Correctional facility to Mo...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 16:05hrs | 1021 | by Staff reporter
Letter to the people of Zimbabwe
Pamusoroi Dzimbabwe.Allow me on behalf of my president, the NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT, and the nation of Zimbabwe, to convey our deepest of sympathies and apology, to the Ndebele nation, and a...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:36hrs | 779 | by Julius Machingura
Chamisa's MDC calls for halt to UK deportations
Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC Alliance on Thursday urged the United Kingdom to halt the deportation of failed asylum seekers, warning that human rights abuses are "increasing" under President Emmerso...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:41hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
UK deportation flight to Zimbabwe takes off just one-third full on Wednesday
A controversial Home Office deportation charter flight to Zimbabwe took off at about 10.30pm on Wednesday evening with only around one-third of the passengers on board that officials had hoped to remo...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:35hrs | 1931 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans jump off 2nd floor at UK deportation centre
Hours before UK's first mass deportation flight to Zimbabwe for many years two Zimbabweans reportedly threw themselves from a second-floor at Colnbrook immigration removal centre in that country....Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:32hrs | 6737 | by Staff Reporter
Marry savages 'evil' Chiwenga
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has come under severe criticism from his estranged wife, Marry, who described him as an evil man who is causing her untold suffering and denying her access to her c...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:19hrs | 4399 | by Staff reporter
3 armed robbers arrested in Masvingo
THREE suspected armed robbers were arrested in Masvingo after robbing a businessman of cash and valuables worth $1 million.One of the robbers, Wonder Mahuni (42) of Kadoma, was implicated in t...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:04hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza woman loses US$20k to armed robbers
A woman on Monday evening lost US$20 850, a cellphone and a laptop to eight unknown armed robbers who stormed her house in Unit B, Seke, armed with pistols.The police yesterday said they were ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:03hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Zifa bosses in court
Four top Zifa board members moved US$740 000 from Zifa's nostro account into the bank account of a private company belonging to one of them in 2019, allegedly to block a debtor using a courtissued gar...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:44hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe generals sweat over rampant indiscipline
ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) commanders have convened several meetings over the past few weeks as they battle to contain rampant indiscipline among soldiers, characterised by the involvement of junior...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:18hrs | 3953 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber fished from his hideout
A SUSPECTED armed robber, who was on the police most wanted list, has been nabbed while hiding at his rural home in Mudzi, Mashonaland East province, following a chase that involved a sniffer dog....Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:06hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
Police, villagers clash
POLICE in Burma Valley have been accused of infringing villagers' right to movement and assaulting them for allegedly smuggling second-hand clothes and other goods from Mozambique through the porous b...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:20hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Are these deportations emotional or legal
Mavis Matapo is a seventeen year old Zimbabwean living in the UK. She is so scared to go outside her parents house alone. She shivers with fear each time she hears a male voice her life crumbled into ...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1420 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
MDC Alliance & Civic Society Organisations in caucus for Gays & Lesbians Law
As the nation is experiencing vast socio-economic reforms since the inception of the New Dispensation, the MDC Alliance have chosen to join the train by amending the Constitution to incorporate same s...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 06:07hrs | 1139 | by Shelton Muchena
Presidential guard shot in armed robbery
A MEMBER of the Presidential Guard was recently shot by detectives and fled with a bullet lodged in his rib cage after robbing a Chitungwiza service station of cash, a firearm and other valuables....Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:50hrs | 4908 | by Staff reporter
2 men counting cash in car robbed of US$20,000 in Bulawayo
Armed robbers went away with US$17,000 after storming a vehicle in which two men were counting money in central Bulawayo, police said on Saturday.In a statement, national police spokesman Assi...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:39hrs | 1811 | by Staff reporter
Notorious robbers' trial stalls
THE trial of alleged armed robbers, who are accused of besieging gold miner and cleric Mathias Madziwanzira's home and stealing cash among other goods two years ago, failed to kick off again last week...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Displaced Chipinge families flee to Mozambique
SCORES of displaced Chisumbanje and Chinyamukwakwa villagers in Chipinge, are reported to have resettled in neighbouring Mozambique, after losing their ancestral land to Green Fuel Pvt Ltd.Bus...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | 1484 | by Staff reporter
Robberies on the rise… police sets up specialised crack teams
AT least six robberies are being committed in Zimbabwe daily, highlighting the threats that citizens face from brutal criminals and thugs, latest statistics from the police have revealed.In re...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:57hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from SA social unrest
THE turmoil in South Africa following the recent jailing of former president Jacob Zuma and subsequent social unrest characterised by rioting and looting for many other reasons - including deprivation...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:24hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Vigilantism grows in South Africa as citizens tackle unrest
Armed community members and vigilante groups have stepped in to tackle unrest in South Africa, taking matters into their own hands and sometimes stoking violence as security forces struggle to restore...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:47hrs | 1323 | by AP
Mnangagwa sweats over SA protests
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has acknowledged that the ongoing violent protests in neighbouring South Africa could trigger regional instability, and called for a peaceful resolution to the impasse....Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:33hrs | 3462 | by Staff reporter
Soldier in US$60 000 armed robbery
A SERVING soldier yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate on an armed robbery charge after he allegedly attacked a Chinese national and got away with US$60 000 in cash and US$25 000 in valuables...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:22hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
Police hold on to Mthwakazi Republic Party truck
BULAWAYO police are still holding on to a truck they seized from the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) during a surprise demonstration that the militant party staged outside Bulawayo Central...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Who owns South Africa?
FORMER South African President Jacob Zuma did not bring the Guptas to South Africa. His folly was allowing the Guptas to be bigger than the Oppenheimers.Atul settled in Johannesburg and sold s...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:12hrs | 1645 | by New York Times
Chilly weather keeps residents on their toes
There was a hive of activity at the 5th Avenue market area in Bulawayo's city centre as residents swarmed the place commonly known as Khothama to buy second-hand jackets and jerseys to beat the chilly...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:02hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Blacks being murdered by Indians in South Africa, SA media on mute - graphic videos
Reports from South Africa are that 15 black people murdered by Indians in Phoenix in the KwaZulu Natala province.Wednesday was the bloodiest in the days of violence and ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 10:01hrs | 9477 | by Staff reporter
Rapist kills own father, aunt
Police have launched a manhunt for a man who allegedly killed his father and aunt before raping a woman and committing a spate of robberies around Kadoma.Evans Chikore (29) of Village 1 Luwana...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 07:02hrs | 1276 | by Staff Reporter
Calls for state of emergency in South Africa are misguided
CASAC has noted with great concern several calls for the President to declare a state of emergency in response to the incidents of public violence and looting in the provinces of Gauteng and KwaZulu-N...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 14:48hrs | 725 | by CASAC
Robber leaves mobile phone at crime scene
A ROBBERY suspect sold himself and of his co-accused after he mistakenly left his mobile phone on the complainant's vehicle passenger's seat after robbing her.Lincoln Nyakutira (32) and Godfre...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:36hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for kidnappers
Police in Kwekwe have launched a manhunt for a three-man gang who kidnapped a 14-year-old girl and later dumped her in a bushy area in Msasa. According to Midlands police spokesperson Inspecto...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:26hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
National hero Nkiwane gets befitting send-off
A SOMBRE atmosphere engulfed Joyful Farm in Umguza District yesterday as people from all walks of life gathered at the farm to give the late national hero Abraham Dumezweni Nkiwane a befitting send-of...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:07hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'go extra mile to uplift Zimbabwe'
AS the march towards Vision 2030 continues, loyal sons and daughters of the country must step up and advance national interests both among the country's diplomats and also in the security establ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:05hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers released from prison
Notorious armed robber Luckmore Matambanadzo, who was serving a nine-year sentence for robbing a Harare couple of an Isuzu KB250 vehicle at gunpoint in 2008, has been released from prison. Mat...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1158 | by Staff reporter
32 armed robberies in Bulawayo between March and June - police
Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo witnessed 32 armed robberies in a four-month period between March 1 and June 30, police said on Sunday.Two people were shot by the armed robbers, one fatally...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 19:26hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Robbers loot $55 million in Bulawayo
ARMED robbers in Bulawayo stole cash and valuables worth a total of $54 962 918 between March and June this year, in a four-month crime wave that saw 32 armed robberies committed around the city....Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:39hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
Robber who died of gunshot wounds boasted about crime
SUSPECTED armed robber, Benjamin Craig Musasa, who was killed in a gun battle with the police in Harare last week, reportedly boasted about his crime spree.Musasa, who was popularly known as "...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 08:34hrs | 2281 | by Staff Reporter
Crime spree ends for robber couple
After more than an hour of fending off police gunfire and unsuccessfully trying to commit suicide four times, suspected armed robber Godfrey Josi (41) and his wife Juliet Gavaza (36) succumbed to the ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 08:23hrs | 1115 | by Staff Reporter
ANC activist missing after 'CR17' bribery claims
WHISTLEBLOWER Phadima Fukula, who made corruption allegations and opened a criminal case against Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane and a senior judge, has gone missing.On March 30 this year,...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 11:50hrs | 2184 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga mourns Chimonyo, Nkiwane
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has consoled families of national heroes, Zimbabwe National Army Commander, Lieutenant-General Edzai Absalom Chanyuka Chimonyo and Abraham Dumezweni Nkiwane. ...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:53hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Victims sad Chimonyo died without facing gukurahundi genocide justice
GUKURAHUNDI victims are concerned that perpetrators of the early 1980s human rights atrocities are dying without facing justice for the heinous crimes they committed during Zimbabwe's darkest hour....Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:11hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
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