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Bulawayo records spike in theft of cars
Police in Bulawayo have confirmed a troubling surge in vehicle thefts, with 70 vehicles reported stolen between January and October this year. While law enforcement officials are expressing concern ov...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:59hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Armed hijackers strike in Bulawayo
A dramatic carjacking occurred in Bulawayo on Wednesday night when three armed men hijacked a white Ford Ranger Twin Cab at gunpoint. The vehicle, valued at over US$40,000, was stolen at Chigumira Sho...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 07:04hrs | 802 | by Sgtaff reporter
SA demonstrators shut down Musina
South African demonstrators have defied warnings from the South African Police Services (SAPS) and proceeded with a planned shutdown of Musina, including blocking the major highway leading to Zimbabwe...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:09hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Prisoner sentenced to 52 years for carjacking, armed robbery
FOR Joshua Zirebwa who committed a spate of robberies in Bulawayo and was incarcerated at Khami Prison, it has been 18 years of remorse, regret and above all, a journey of life changing lessons under ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CIO boss' wife dragged into carjacking attack storm
Independent candidate for Mwenezi West parliamentary election, Tafadzwa Shumba says men who hijacked and later torched his car Wednesday were driving a vehicle belonging to political nemesis and poll ...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 20:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa grants non-violent prisoners amnesty
AN amnesty has been granted to a range of prisoners serving time for non-violent offences with President Mnangagwa exercising executive clemency to release inmates who had served at least one third of...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe High Court judge survives shooting outside Harare home
A High Court judge was unhurt after gunmen opened fire at her vehicle in Harare on Tuesday night, police said.Justice Emilia Muchawa was meters from her home in Goodhope, Westgate, when two me...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 19:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
4 000 prisoners granted amnesty
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has granted amnesty to at least 4 000 prisoners to ease congestion in prisons across the country.Addressing a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday, Inf...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cabinet approves General Amnesty to decongest prisons
CABINET yesterday considered and approved the General Amnesty 2022 proposed by the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs.Dates for the release of inmates on amnesty will be prov...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Notorious armed robbers arrested
THREE armed robbers who allegedly got away with US$13 000 and three vehicles in three incidents in Mvuma and Mberengwa in less than 24 hours have been arrested in Masvingo.Midlands provincial ...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top of the range vehicle smuggling in region rises
Some criminals in the region are targeting and stealing top-of-the-range vehicles before smuggling them into neighbouring countries, including Zimbabwe, where forged documents are manufactured before ...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Anti-smuggling blitz nets 200 luxury vehicles
So far 200 top-of-the-range vehicles, all probably stolen and smuggled into Zimbabwe, have been impounded under a joint operation between the Zimbabwe Republic Police and Interpol targeting vehicles s...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chair jailed for carjacking
Zanu-PF Filabusi district chairperson Arthur Nhliziyo from Lobela village has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for hijacking at gunpoint two Zambia-registered haulage trucks carrying copper....Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hijacked Toyota Prado recovered in Harare
A Toyota Prado that was recently hijacked in Banket has been recovered dumped in Epworth as more cases of carjacking, armed robberies and theft continue to increase countrywide.The vehicle was...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Carjacker to serve 3 years in prison
A GOKWE man has been jailed for three years for carjacking and threatening to kill his unsuspecting victim with an axe.Norman Ndhlovu (23) had pleaded not guilty to the charge of robbery when ...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Car robberies worry Midlands police
MIDLANDS police have expressed concern over the increasing number of carjacking incidents in the city.They said the criminals had become daring and were using machetes to rob motorists, adding...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Yohane's body expected on Friday
THE body of the late former Warriors and Caps United defender Charles Yohane is set to arrive in the country on Friday, but burial arrangements are yet to be announced.Yohane was murdered last...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
20-year-old 'steals' 10 cars in a 2-months spree
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 20-year-old man and four of his accomplices who had stolen 10 cars in a two-month spree of carjacking and car theft.The five reportedly stole 10 cars in the ...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Carjacking syndicate busted
SEVEN suspected car jackers, including four employees of a local car sale, believed to be part of a syndicate that has been targeting and stealing vehicles parked at houses and business premises in an...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Harare woman arrested for car theft
A Harare woman has been arrested for being part of three suspects, two of them foreigners, believed to be part of a vehicle smuggling and carjacking syndicate operating in the SADC region.The ...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 14:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Godwin Matanga lifts the police bar higher as the the new dispensation shines
Since the second republic ED has brought in faces which change things. ED has allied people in different aspects of economy to hit the ground running. One department he made a difference is the Police...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:49hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
6 armed robbers, carjackers nabbed after shoot-out
Six suspected armed robbers and carjackers were arrested on Thursday after a shoot-out near Mabvuku turn-off along Mutare Road on the eastern outskirts of Harare.One of the suspects was shot a...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers prey on smugglers
ARMED robbers have wreaked havoc in Beitbridge's HaGoda, Mahuhushe and Lutumba areas where more than a dozen incidents, including carjacking, have been reported by cross-border jumpers in the past few...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
What 'crisis' in a low crime Zimbabwe?
Despite the misleading and destructive narrative that there is a crisis in Zimbabwe, the country's crime rate has remained relatively low. Most countries in Africa and the entire world at large, are g...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:20hrs | | by Pardon Muzawazi
Trump nails Mnangagwa?
The United States of America has released yet another damning report on Zimbabwe - observing that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government continues to fail to capitalise on the goodwill that was pre...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier, neighbourhood watch cop up for carjacking
A SERVING member of the Zimbabwe National Army stationed at One Indeep Barracks in Beitbridge and an active member of the neighbourhood watch committee in the Zimbabwe Republic Police, have been taken...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Concession carjacker, robber arrested
A 29-YEAR-OLD Concession man was recently nabbed and taken to the Bindura Magistrates' Courts on Thursday, facing carjacking and robbery charges after he allegedly stole two cars inside 48 hours and d...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier arrested for 'carjacking, rape'
A SOLDIER has been arrested for allegedly hijacking a car from a woman who had offered him a lift before robbing her of RTGS$400 at knifepoint. Pym Vengai Togara (35), who is based in Harare, ...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Carjacking & rape charge for 35-yr-old
A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly hijacking a car from a woman who had offered him a lift before robbing her of RTGS$400 at knifepoint. He later raped another woman that he had offered a li...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army boss up for rations theft
The commander of One Commando regiment in Harare was arrested last week for allegedly stealing army rations valued at more than $500 000.Zimbabwe National Army spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel ...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier up for carjacking
A 36-year-old Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) soldier deployed at One Independence Barracks here has been dragged to court for allegedly teaming up with three civilians to rob a suspected smuggler of his...Published: 23 May 2019 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
US issues travel warning on Zimbabwe
The United States had issued a warning to its citizens over possible civil unrest in the Southern African country.In a notice titled 'Zimbabwe Travel Advisory, Level 2: Exercise Increased Caut...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:07hrs | | by ANA
America warns its citizens travelling to Zimbabwe
The United States of America has issued a stern warning to its citizens to be vigilant when travelling to Zimbabwe due to civil unrest and increased levels of crime. USA on Tuesday issue...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:02hrs | 181 | by Mandla Ndlovu
2 hijackings in Bulawayo
TWO pirate taxi operators lost their Honda Fit vehicles to unknown carjackers in separate incidents in Bulawayo on Wednesday night. The first incident involved four unknown men who carjacked a...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Captured prison escapee battling for life
ONE of the three prisoners who jumped off a moving vehicle in transit from Chikurubi Maximum Prison to Whawha Prison over a fortnight ago, before being captured last week, is battling for life due to ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fugitive prisoner named
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has launched a manhunt for Timothy Munhare, the surviving convict who jumped off a moving vehicle in Lalapansi in the Midlands province, while bei...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Prison break criminals face more charges
THREE hard-core criminals who allegedly assaulted prison officers while on transit before jumping off a moving prison truck, were convicts with a combined jail term of 126 years, The Zimbabwe Prisons ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy (16) arrested for carjacking
Police have arrested a 16-year-old Dzivaresekwa boy after he allegedly stole a Honda Fit he had hired at Chitubu Shopping Centre in Glen Norah. The suspect was arrested by detectives from the ...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP urges vigilance on new carjacking methods
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has urged members of the public to be wary of criminals who have devised a new method of stealing vehicles by getting involved in a "minor accident" with the targeted car ...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 20:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru's daughter carjacked at gun-point
FORMER vice president Joice Mujuru's daughter survived a terrifying carjacking distress after two armed men targeted her vehicle and left her tied to a tree overnight at Lake Chivero.This emer...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Missing taxi driver found dead
A TAXI driver from Bulawayo who went missing after being carjacked and stabbed three times earlier this month, has been found dead in the Matopos area.Police confirmed that Witness Zindonda (3...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean armed robber shot dead in SA
A ZIMBABWEAN armed robber based in South Africa was shot dead during a shoot-out with crime prevention security officers after he was involved in a robbery and carjacking incident in the neighbouring ...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Staff rpeorter
US issues Zimbabwe travel alert
THE United States government has called on its citizens travelling to Zimbabwe to exercise extreme caution, saying they anticipated a spike in the crime rate and civil unrest ahead of the July 30 elec...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Crowd arrests carjacker
Magistrate Phathekile Msipa last week sentenced Joseph Shonhiwa (36), of House Number 102 Mark Road, Ridgemont, to five years imprisonment for armed robbery and carjacking.Appearing for the St...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allows criminals and ex-convicts to contest its primaries
LIKE its Zanu PF rivals, the opposition MDC-T party led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa is allegedly allowing criminals and ex-convicts to contest party primaries to choose candidates for general elections...Published: 19 May 2018 at 15:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man found with dead driver's possessions
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a suspected murderous robber who is part of a three-man gang linked to armed robbery and murder incidents in the city and Matabeleland North.The gang allegedly...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP arrests more than 20 robbers
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested more than 20 armed robbers who have been involved in a spate of robberies in and around the country and recovered a combination of arms and weapons that...Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailed armed robber fights 36-year sentence
ONE of the seven armed robbers who were jailed for a combined 321 years following a spate of carjacking and robbery cases in the southern region of the country, has approached the High Court challengi...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 10:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hitch hikers turn out to be hijackers
A Good Samaritan lost his vehicle to three carjackers he had given a lift from Lower Gweru to Gweru.One of the suspects Brian Mukomazi (32) of Mbaya Village under Chief Bunina, Lower Gweru app...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
321 years jail for 9-week robbery, carjacking spree
SEVEN armed robbers who were involved in a spate of carjacking and robbery cases in the southern region of the country were yesterday jailed for a combined 321 years.The septet stole property ...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
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