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Zupco employee arrested for theft
A Bulawayo based Zupco company employee has been arrested for stealing $3 240 from his employer while two men lost over US$20 000 cash and R181 500 to criminals in separate incidents in Bulawayo and M...Published: 11 hrs ago | 306 | by Staff reporter
BCC ensures Bulawayo residents engaged as parking marshals
BULAWAYO City Council has said measures will be put in place to ensure only city residents are employed by the company that will manage its US$2,2 million vehicle parking system. The council i...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:11hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
UK returnee invests big in Chitungwiza
BUSINESSWOMAN, Maureen Mandipaza, a United Kingdom returnee, has struck the right chord in the local retail sector with a state-of-the-art shopping mall and supermarket in Chitungwiza that was launche...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:47hrs | 3684 | by Staff reporter
More buses, new train coaches coming
More than 288 new buses will be delivered next month, while an additional 279 are expected before year-end to boost Zupco's capacity to provide an efficient and reliable mass public transport system, ...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 182 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe to introduce drones at border posts
THE country's porous border posts will soon be under tight surveillance following Government's decision to acquire drones worth US$2 million to patrol the borderline to curb smuggling. The dro...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:20hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
Catholic nuns seize control of US$2m Covid-19 project
CATHOLIC Church nuns, through Sisters of the Little Company of Mary (LCM), owners of St. Anne's Hospital in Harare, have acrimoniously seized control of the refurbished health facility's Covid-19 cent...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:38hrs | 2256 | 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 | 395 | 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 | 977 | by Staff reporter
Diamonds worth US$140m vanish
ROUGH diamonds worth an estimated US$140 million dollars have disappeared from the supposedly impenetrable Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) and Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:22hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Solar power enables bank employees to work seamlessly from home
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way businesses operate worldwide, with working from home having become the new normal for many businesses, particularly during strict lockdown periods.The...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:32hrs | 708 | by Agencies
Man loses US$90 000 in tax clearance deal
A HARARE man lost more than US$90 000 in a deal to supposedly help him clear tax arrears with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra).Three suspects Tsungai Mazanhi (33), Tawanda Walter Maching...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 10:17hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Man loses US$90K in tax clearance deal
A HARARE man lost more than US$90 000 in a deal to supposedly help him clear tax arrears with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra).Three suspects Tsungai Mazanhi (33), Tawanda Walter Maching...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 07:39hrs | 854 | by Staff Reporter
Mangudya freaks out over RBZ balcony cuddlers
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has thrown its employees captured sharing an intimate moment at its building under the bus after receiving backlash on social media.This comes after social media...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 17:10hrs | 2682 | by Staff reporter
State diamond company fails to account for US$400m
THE Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has failed to account for the use of money exceeding US$400 million, while also failing to properly account for 352 583.11 carats of diamonds wor...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:06hrs | 1674 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council bemoans truck shortage for garbage collection
SHORTAGE of refuse removal trucks is hampering the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s garbage collection activities, amid reports that the city only has 10 refuse compactors when it requires 26.Thi...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:06hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
NRZ loses equipment worth US$168,000
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has lost equipment worth US$167 785 in a year while the value of those recovered stands at US$79 946 with 322 criminals arrested out of 124 cases that were deal...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:52hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Cash-in-transit with toy guns, security companies rob clients
PRIVATE security companies contracted to provide cash-in-transit services are ill-equipped to the extent that some of them use toy guns while transporting clients' money, police have revealed....Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:13hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo has only 6 police vehicles
Bulawayo police have just six vehicles covering a population of 650,000, the city's top cop revealed on Monday as he pleaded for private sector support.The city is battling an upsurge in armed...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 09:08hrs | 2194 | by Staff reporter
UBH pharmacy loses critical drugs
NEARLY 400 doses of sedative drugs - pethidine and morphine - were stolen from the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) last week, a development which has forced patients to source their own. ...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:33hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
7 trunks full of cash stolen in Bulawayo
The sloppiness of a cash-in-transit security crew in Bulawayo yesterday resulted in armed robbers getting away with seven trunks full of cash which was due for banking.It could not be ascertai...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:42hrs | 2081 | by Staff reporter
City centre murder captured on CCTV
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested four men alleged to be part of a gang of six that was caught on camera assaulting two men in the city centre resulting in the death of one of their victims.Tru...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:15hrs | 2693 | by Staff reporter
Robbery victim confronts PG over trial delay
A GOLD miner, who was attacked and robbed by armed robbers in December last 2018, has approached Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi for the second time accusing court officials of failing to bring the ...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:54hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Employees steal US$100 000 from Mukuru
A Mukuru branch manager and his assistant allegedly stole US$100 000 from a sealed trunk of banknotes entrusted to their care in February, stuffing the cash they removed into their pockets, and had th...Published: 20 May 2021 at 05:57hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Gold smuggling suspect denied bail
A member of the security services suspected to have dodged security checks at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport while assisting in the smuggling of 13kg gold worth US$783 000 was yesterday d...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:29hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa very weak in fighting corruption
The recent appointment of controversial Delish Nguwaya at AAG is a very sad development in the history of fighting corruption. Even those who thought President Emmerson Mnangagwa was serious in fighti...Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:52hrs | 559 | by Leonard Koni
CIO spook arrested over US$783k gold smuggling
Central Intelligence Organisation officer Chamakandiona Nyahunda has been arrested on suspicion of carrying more than 13kg of gold in 23 pieces worth US$783 000 through Robert Mugabe International Air...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
Police nab 6 notorious Bulawayo robbers
POLICE yesterday said they had nabbed six suspected robbers linked to a spate of robberies which occurred in and around Bulawayo between January and this month.The armed robbers on Wednesday p...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1220 | by Staff reporter
BCC plans smart city houses
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is pursuing smart city housing opportunities that include development of low-cost accommodation for low-income earners and renewal of old suburbs.The local auth...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Errant cross border transporters fined US$200,000
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has intensified the crackdown on errant cross border transporters who are smuggling goods from neighbouring countries, mostly South Africa during the Covid-19 in...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | 1080 | by Staff reporter
Obert Gutu is CIO, suggests Jonathan Moyo
Exiled former Zimbabwe Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has suggested that former MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu could be a member of the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation ( CIO)....Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 11:29hrs | 6244 | by Ndou Paul
A political crisis looming in Zimbabwe ahead of 2023 election
The once prosperous southern African country's economy is now at its weakest point with low investment, low exports and very high debts. Corruption is ripping the country apart with little effort bein...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:05hrs | 422 | by Leonard Koni
Zimra rakes in US$1.3 million from cargo tracking
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) said on Thursday it raked in over US$1.3 million last year in cargo sealing fees and associated violation fines.Through its Electronic Cargo Tracking Sys...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 18:54hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Zimra to acquire US$2m surveillance drones
Zimbabwe will speed up the process of buying drones worth US$2 million to be used at all ports of entry to reduce smuggling, while plans are at an advanced stage to place a CCTV camera system at borde...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:57hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Zimra continues to curb transit fraud
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA), continues to enforce controls to avoid importation of restricted or prohibited goods through the Electronic Cargo Tracking system (ECTS). In 2020, ...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 16:00hrs | 1494 | by Agencies
Bulawayo car thief arrested
A 31-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man was arrested for allegedly jumping into the driver's seat of a car whose engine had been left running by its owner and sped off. Lurrie Ndlovu (31) of New Magwegwe s...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:10hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Burglars raid Mukuru Send Money Home agent
TWO burglars raided Mukuru Send Money Home transfer agent offices in Bulawayo city centre and got away with more than US$17 000 and R100 000 in what is suspected to be an inside job. The raid ...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1331 | by Staff reporter
Money changers camp outside shops
Illegal money changers in Harare and other parts of the country are now hanging around and even inside supermarkets that might have a reasonable number of shoppers using foreign currency offering to p...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Card cloner faces arrest
James Malolo (56) from Emthunzini was arrested on Wednesday for shopping sprees using cloned bank cards.He was found with 78 active Zim...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 13:18hrs | 1090 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Guards break into gold miner's home, steal passport
TWO private security guards have been arrested after they allegedly broke into gold miner and clergyman, Mathias Madziwanzira's Ruwa home at the weekend, where they stole goods valued at $670 565, a p...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:09hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Western diplomats press Mnangagwa on Dzamara's abduction
Western diplomats in Harare and human rights groups slammed an enduring culture of "impunity" in Zimbabwe on Tuesday as they commemorated six years after the abduction and disappearance of activist It...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1421 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers tie up staff, sell fuel for 3 hours
ARMED robbers raided two service stations in Bulawayo, tied attendants' hands before getting away with cash in dramatic incidents that occurred within two days. In the first one on Monday at a...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | 3552 | by Staff reporter
Ngadziore denied bail, colleague freed
STUDENT activist Takudzwa Ngadziore was Thursday denied bail while his co-accused Tapiwanashe Chiriga was freed on $5 000 bail.The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) confirmed the develo...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family seeks Ramaphosa's intervention
A Zimbabwean family has written to the president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa asking for his intervention after one of their family members mysteriously disappeared.Billard Taviria went mi...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 17:52hrs | 4250 | by Shelton Muchena/ Simbarashe Sithole
Thieves steal Mnangagwa speech, laptop
POLICE in Kwekwe last Wednesday arrested three of a four-member daring gang which was on the "wanted list" for stealing a laptop, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's speech from a car driven by one of ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:52hrs | 3949 | by Staff reporter
Robbery case drags for 2 years without trial
A MUTOKO gold miner who was attacked by armed robbers at his homestead, losing a gun, gold, phones and cash in the process, has filed a complainant to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for the ...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:21hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Cop steals friend's bank card, goes on shopping spree
A 31-year-old police officer has been fined $5 000 or 10 days in prison by a Gweru magistrate after he was convicted of stealing a friend's bank card which he used to buy beer and groceries. X...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:19hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor under probe over suspect's bail
Law officer Mr Douglas Chesa, who consented to bail for suspected armed robber Douglas Mutenda on December 8, is now under probe after detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | 320 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Chamisa's lawyer charged over tweet critical of Zanu-PF propaganda video
Prominent Harare lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu was arrested on Tuesday accused of obstructing the course of justice over a tweet published in September.Mpofu attended Harare Central Police sta...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:31hrs | 1424 | by Staff reporter
Chiza pens Mnangagwa book
YOUTHFUL Bulawayo author and publisher Marshal Chiza has written a book titled Dear Emmerson, a persuasive account of President Emmerson Mnangagwa as he trails his journey as Zimbabwe's second preside...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:06hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Released armed robber vanishes
Police have launched a manhunt for suspected armed robber Douglas Mutenda, who was released on bail after prosecutor Mr Douglas Chesa consented to bail on December 8. Mutenda (31) is facing se...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:05hrs | 1809 | by Staff reporter
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