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2 arrested with explosives at Mnangagwa's event
Magistrate Sharon Nxongo has sentenced two Chivhu villagers to different jail terms after they were found with explosives, catapults and manmade rat poison at the commissioning of Makumimavi Primary S...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 12:41hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
18 illegal miners who petrol bombed a mine denied bail
Eighteen illegal gold miners who caused mayhem at Rosa mine in Chiweshe last week by destroying property and severely injuring people we...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:11hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Armed robbers pounce on congregants during service
A GROUP of worshipers lost valuables including cellphones to daring armed robbers who pounced on them during a church service.The incident occurred on 29 October at around 10:30 AM at a shrine...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters 'turn against each other'
AN election debate series scheduled for Iminyela Hall in Bulawayo on Thursday was disrupted by supporters belonging to opposing camps in the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).The meeting was...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:06hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF youth PC hires thugs to attack Chamisa
Suspected hired illegal miners were reportedly hired by ZANU PF youth political commissar Tsungai Makumbe to attack Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa on Wednesday last week....Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 09:32hrs | | by Paul Ndou
Teenage 'Mashurugwi' nabbed for gold heist
Two machete wielding teenage illegal gold panners were arrested by police together with two others after allegedly attacking and robbing a fellow panner of US$300 cash and 1.5 grams of gold.Po...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Schoolboy knifed to death after confronting neighbouring school bully
A 16-year-old schoolboy from Founders High School in Bulawayo was knifed to death after confronting two other pupils from a neighbouring school for bullying his friend, police said.Wayne Ndlov...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 19:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
6 nabbed after spate of armed robberies in Harare
Six armed robbers who were allegedly involved in a number of crimes in parts of Harare recently have been arrested one after the other after implicating each other.The six are Simon Katize, 30...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife lands top post in Zanu-PF Politburo
THE Politburo that was appointed by President Mnangagwa on Friday blends the old guard and youth and also catapults women to influential positions in the party.This new team that will steer th...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce on miners
TWO armed robbers clad in Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) were unlucky after robbing a Mazowe miner and a Chiweshe miner o...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 11:46hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Movie style Mukuru robbers appear in court
FIVE suspects, who are part of a nine-member gang that pounced on a Mukuru outlet in Gokwe and got away with cash and cellphones among other valuables in a daring raid, have been arraigned on robbery ...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Machete wielding robbers pounce on a miner
FOUR machete wielding robbers allegedly pounced on a Bindura robber and demanded gold and cash before assaulting him and his wife at night....Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 20:31hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Botswana jails 3 Zimbabweans for rape, robbery
THREE Zimbabwean men are in Botswana's remand prison to answer robbery and rape charges.Desmond Khupe (19), Lucky Dube, (23) and Calvin Maphosa (43), who are all illegal migrants, were not ask...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC Kwekwe rally violence; suspects released on bail
FIVE suspects linked to the violence that rocked a Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) Kwekwe rally leading to the death of one person have been released on bail.Mbongeni Ncube died from the sk...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang leader shot dead by police
A MACHETE gang leader was fatally shot by police in Bindura after the gang attacked detectives who had come to rescue mine workers it had kidnapped and assaulted over a mining dispute.The inci...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Machete ringleader killed in police shootout
AN alleged ringleader of illegal gold miners, Claudius Tavazera (21) was on Friday gunned down by the police in a shootout in Bindura.In a statement yesterday, police said Tavazera was on thei...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF terror gangs haunt Kwekwe
AT the turn of the new millennium, dozens of Zanu-PF supporters turned up at a newly built lodge, Jessie Gardens and the guest of honour was Owen Ncube, better known by his moniker Mudha Mugabe then....Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 17:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Five in court over Kwekwe rally murder
Five of 16 people who were arrested for the murder of 35-year-old Mbongeni Ncube during a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party campaign rally in Kwekwe appeared in court o...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF claims to be under opposition attack
Zanu-PF Monday claimed its members were being were violently attacked by opposition activists in Bulawayo.Addressing a press conference at the party's headquarters in Harare, Zanu-PF's nationa...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF guns for anti-Chinese NGOs
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has declared war against civic society organisations (CSOs) for highlighting human rights abuses allegedly being perpetrated by Chinese investors in the country.CSOs h...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members attacked
Opposition activists in Bulawayo yesterday attacked and injured members of Zanu-PF elections campaign team who were going about their business peacefully.The ruling party yesterday condemned t...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crimes of passion worry Zimbabwe police
POLICE in Gokwe have banned the carrying of machetes and other dangerous weapons as a way of curbing the rise in cases of murder, particularly those involving crimes of passion, Southern E...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 dead in fight over woman
Police in Matabeleland South province have launched a manhunt for four men who allegedly killed three artisanal miners over a woman in Lumene, Gwanda District, and are on the run.The accused p...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Guard shoots dead gold thief
A SECURITY guard at a mine in Filabusi has been arrested for killing a man for stealing gold ore.Police, on their twitter page, said Thokozani Ncube, who works at Lyn Mine in Filabusi shot Mar...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Teachers fear violent school gangs
TEACHERS at Msiteli High School in Mpopoma suburb say they are living in fear of violent pupils gangs as some of them bring dangerous weapons to school to scare other learners.Two weeks ago, t...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC, Zanu-PF in violent clashes
VIOLENT clashes, pitting Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance activists, left scores of people injured after ruling party supporters attempted to block opposition leader Nelson Chamisa from meeting villagers in Z...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:02hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
School-boy gangs wage war at Msiteli High
MSITELI High School in Mpopoma, Bulawayo is under siege from rival pupils' gangs fighting each other using dangerous weapons.The violence reached a crescendo last Friday with the destruction o...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Carrying of weapons banned in Kwekwe and Gokwe
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has banned the carrying of dangerous weapons in public in Gokwe and Kwekwe districts for the next three months....Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 20:57hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
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 | 7 | by Staff reporter
Police issues temporal prohibition order
Zimbabwe Republic Police Guruve district issued a temporal prohibition order of carrying certain weapons in terms of section 4(1) of the maintainance peace and order section 11:23.The or...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:12hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
College student stabbed to death, body dumped by roadside
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating the murder of a 25-year-old student from Esigodini Agricultural College in Matabeleland South who was stabbed to death on Sunday and his body was left covered with...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Gun smuggling fuels spike in crime rate'
HUMAN rights activists have alleged that gun smuggling from neighbouring South Africa, poverty and high unemployment levels have led to the surge in armed robberies in the country.This comes a...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Violent youths attack teachers at night
A group of violent youths allegedly pounced at Fiona Secondary school in Chinhoyi on Sunday night and assaulted several teachers.The gang used sticks, stones and catapults to break the teacher...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 19:37hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Murder at 6th Avenue
A Hairdresser in Bulawayo allegedly stabbed a rival to death in a fight over a client.Ayanda Moyo (29) allegedly stabbed Claitos Muzorori (38) of Old Magwegwe with a knife on the left shoulder...Published: 27 May 2021 at 18:28hrs | 7 | by Staa reporter
7 robbers pounce on Gweru family
Seven unidentified men pounced on a Gweru family where they robbed and rapped two females yesterday in Gweru.Jabulani Matsveru (51) was seated with her daughter Dephane Matsveru (18 ) and her ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 4 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Motorist loses car, cash to armed robbers
Two armed robbers stole a Mercedes Benz, US$900, $110 and cellphones after blocking a vehicle last Thursday night along Amalinda Road near Churu Farm in the south-west of Harare. The robbers, ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspected armed robber freed
HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has released on bail a suspected armed robber, Brian Mubaiwa, accused of robbing a Chinese national of gold worth US$50 000. Justice Chitapi granted Mu...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers hit Harare school, get away with US$250,000
Eight armed robbers raided Gateway High School in Harare over the weekend and used explosives to blow open the safe to steal more than US$250 000 cash. No one was injured and police have launc...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 guards turned robbers in custody
NINE security guards employed by Northern Deep Security, allegedly caught red-handed while robbing a truck driver near Maruta Shopping Centre along Seke Road in Harare after robbing a motorist earlier...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops nab 11 armed robbers
POLICE in Harare have arrested 11 suspected armed robbers after foiling a major heist at Maruta Shopping Centre in Hatfield along the Harare-Chitungwiza Road in the early hours of Thursday.Nat...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police nab suspected armed robbers
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested three men who were caught with machetes, axes, a knife, catapults in a Honda Fit that had no number plates. Parked in the middle of the road in Cowdray Park, X...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trio steals diesel, batteries from base stations
THREE Harare men, who allegedly went on a crime spree attacking security guards with catapults, vandalising mobile network operators' base stations and stealing diesel and generator batteries across H...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 13:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's security guard killed
TWO men who allegedly disarmed and assaulted guards at businessman-cum-politician Phillip Chiyangwa's Old Citrus farm, killing one of them, appeared in court Tuesday facing murder.Lazarus Zhou...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's farm turned into war zone
OLD Citrus Farm in Chinhoyi owned by controversial businessman-cum-politician Phillip Chiyangwa was Monday afternoon turned into a war zone after illegal settlers stormed the property and disarmed fir...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heavily armed robbers in Emakhandeni night raid
MORE than 10 armed men raided three houses in Emakhandeni suburb at around 2AM yesterday, forcibly gaining entry into homes to rob residents after destroying doors and windows with axes in terrifying ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's supporters denied bail
Three suspected MDC-Alliance hooligans who were arrested at the Harare Magistrates Court and found in possession of weapons while demanding the release of the opposition party's vice chairperson, Job ...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's supporters arrested for possession of catapults and stones
THREE MDC-Alliance supporters arrested last week at Harare Magistrate's court after allegedly being in possession of catapults and stones while demanding the release of the opposition party's national...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 16:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala was arrested by 15 armed policemen
POLICE have released riveting details of how they allegedly arrested larger-than-life MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson Job "Wiwa" Sikhala last week.Among other claims, law enforcement ...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 19:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police ban on dangerous weapons
POLICE in Lupane District in Matabeleland North have banned the carrying of dangerous weapons in public places within the next three months citing increased cases of violence in the district. ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police shoot down MDC-Alliance demo request
POLICE yesterday turned down the MDC Alliance Bulawayo province's intentions to hold demonstrations after the party failed to comply with the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) in its application. ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
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