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Briefcase company fraudsters arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two Harare suspected fraudsters who allegedly used a briefcase company to swindle two chemical supplying companies of products worth more than $32 000.Elton Ch...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:23hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
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Do you want a mobile spy app for your children and employees? You have landed at the right place where you will come to know about one of the best ...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:55hrs | 1653 | by Staff Writer
Cops rob farmer at gunpoint
THREE police officers who used a service pistol to rob a Chipinge farmer of his household property following a failed macadamia nuts deal have been hauled before the courts on robbery charges....Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:36hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri opts for out of court settlement
Exiled former police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri is now settling a claim in which he was dragged to the High Court for allegedly impounding five cars and a house from a Harare businessman....Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:25hrs | 5430 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cops dupe Chiyangwa
BUSINESSMAN Phillip Chiyangwa's son Bruce was allegedly extorted of US$4 000 by a bogus police officer. The bogus police officer, Onismo Maruke, was not asked to plead when he appeared before ...Published: 13 May 2019 at 12:00hrs | 3988 | by Staff reporter
Matobo mine victims named
POLICE have released the names of the five artisanal miners who died at Nugget Gold Mine in Matobo, Matabeleland South, after a tunnel collapsed following a gold rush on Monday. About 1 000 fo...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:53hrs | 453 | by Sytaff reporter
Gun owners liable for stolen firearms used in robberies
POLICE have urged gun owners to secure their firearms as some of them are being stolen and used to commit crimes. The statement by the police follows a spate of armed robberies across the coun...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:55hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Police to raid vuzu youths
POLICE in Bulawayo will today arrest any rowdy youths found in the central business district and have increased deployment of officers to deal with the scourge of vuzu parties. Teenagers take ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 08:02hrs | 982 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn rioters
POLICE are ready and will in future not hesitate to react ruthlessly if attacked by rioters a senior police officer here has warned.Officer Commanding Marondera district, Superintendent Didymu...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 21:12hrs | 3233 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF youths, armed cops evict family from its mine in the name of MP
What turned to be a fruitful morning turned into a tragic event at our own community mine. As the deputy Sheriff arrived with a team of armed policemen and with a number of youths coming from Kwekwe t...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 16:53hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
ED Mnangagwa & Perence Shiri dilemma ahead of Gukurahundi confessions/exhumation
I used to be only convinced that Zimbabwe's economic deterioration was the only threat to President ED Mnangagwa's leadership. The proposed Gukurahundi National Healing & Reconciliation is a real ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 18067 | by Don Chigumba
Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF babysitting a time bomb
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his party, Zanu-PF, have a ticking bomb on their lap. And they look quite cozy with that.The so-called "mabhemba" wars - a group reference to violence involvin...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:11hrs | 1022 | by Tawanda Majoni
Cops sued for not granting post-mortem consent
THE family of a man allegedly killed by police has sued the law enforcement agency for refusing to grant consent for a hospital post-mortem to obtain information on the cause of death.Rights l...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:23hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Cops foil attempt to smuggle equipment
KATIYO tea estate contracted construction concern Mandebvu Construction's employees were convicted of attempting to smuggle an excavator, tractor, trailer and a bowser along Pungwe River from Mozambiq...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:13hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Police clash with vendors, kombi drivers
RIOT police and municipality police officers are fighting running battles with vendors and kombi drivers who are resisting vacating Harare's central business district (CBD).A survey conducted ...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 08:01hrs | 982 | by Staff reporter
Top cop arrested for guns theft
A SENIOR police officer in charge of Bulawayo province's armoury has been arrested for allegedly stealing seven different types of guns from the armoury in a case that has exposed illegal dealing in f...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Cops raid Pumula, 81 arrests recorded
A MAJOR police operation in Bulawayo's Pumula suburb targeting shebeens and drug peddlers has resulted in the arrest of one murder suspect and 80 others for various offences. The crackdown fol...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:22hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Rogue cops crackdown intensifies
POLICE have intensified efforts to weed out cops who damage public perception of the force through criminal activities and misconduct. In an interview yesterday, national police spokesperson A...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 23:51hrs | 1948 | by Staff reporter
Man doused with petrol, set on fire
A 36-YEAR-OLD man from Kezi, Matabeleland South died after he was doused with petrol and set on fire by yet to be identified suspects, police have confirmed.Abednego Ndlovu from Bhidi Village ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:46hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
Gang leaves cops for dead
Two Mwenezi police officers were last Thursday left nursing severe injuries after they were attacked by unidentified hooligans who were evading arrest at Maranda Business Centre in Mwenezi West, TellZ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 21:34hrs | 1040 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stalwart found dead with gun in hand
RENOWNED farmer, Sweet Sweet, (56), was allegedly killed three kilometres from his farm in Nyamandlovu in Matabeleland North and his unknown killers tried to make it appear as if he had committed suic...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:35hrs | 2405 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber arrested with AK47 rifle
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 35-year-old suspected armed robber who was found in possession of a loaded AK47 rifle which was stolen from the Zimbabwe Republic Police Armoury. Ame Mpala o...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 22:43hrs | 3118 | by Staff reporter
Julius Malema claims that SA 'is worse than Zimbabwe'
Hundreds of EFF supporters gathered at Dlomo Dam in Sharpeville on Thursday, to pay tribute to the 70 people who were massacred by apartheid cops during a peaceful protest 59 years ago. Julius Malema ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 19:21hrs | 3201 | by Staff reporter
Cops intercept smuggled energy drinks
Police detectives have intercepted a large consignment of smuggled goods including livestock products and 27 tonnes of a banned energy drink.Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, chief v...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Police rescue teams stuck #CycloneIdai
Dozens of police officers deployed for a search and rescue mission in the cyclone- hit Chimanimani were on Tuesday stuck at Rutengeni, several kilometres from the affected areas, as repairs on a damag...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:19hrs | 1459 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds of Zimbabwe’s youth write peace letters to Mnangagwa
Zimbabwean youth join in this campaign to plea to His Excellency President Emmerson Mnangagwa to support the DPCW. The spirit of the campaign is based on the values written in the Declaration of Peace...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 11:00hrs | 2523 | by Yolanda Ndlovu
Injiva wins $5,000 lawsuit against Cain Mathema
THE High Court has ordered Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Cain Mathema and three police detectives to pay an injiva US$5 000 as compensation following his unlawful arrest and detent...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 22:27hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's soldiers used excessive force against protesters
Zimbabwe security forces used excessive lethal force to crush nationwide protests in mid-January 2019. President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sudden announcement of a fuel price increase of 150 percent result...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 21:56hrs | 996 | by Human Rights Watch
The scars of Zimbabwe military deployments
Soldiers are back at the barracks and things look normal. That is as normal as things can ever be in Zimbabwe. But that's an illusion. Beyond the veil of quiet are ruins — deep scars that will not g...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 13:40hrs | 3822 | by Tawanda Majoni
Rogue police, soldiers turn to crime
More and more members of the security services are being arraigned before the courts for playing a major role in perpetrating blue-collar and violent crime.Analysts attribute the breakdown of ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:25hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Cops urged to promote Zimbabwe's image
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has urged members of the force assigned to international peacekeeping missions to promote the image of the country. In a speech read on his behalf by...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:04hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer 'steals' from cops, arrested
A KEZI-based prison officer has been arrested for allegedly stealing electrical gadgets and a chicken belonging to police officers at Kezi Police Station. Welcome Ncube (28) was not asked to p...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:14hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Ex-cop sues Mathema, Matanga for contempt of court
A FORMER police officer, who was arrested after testifying against fellow cops, has sued Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga for contempt of court after t...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 06:22hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's utterances have Mugabe's yesteryear echoes
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent utterances that government would take unspecified action on lawyers providing free legal advice and doctors voluntarily attending to victims of last month's viole...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:11hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
Bribe bid kombi crew arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a kombi crew for allegedly trying to bribe four cops with $10 bond notes after the duo were arrested for operating an unregistered commuter omnibus. The incide...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 22:34hrs | 2478 | by Staff reporter
Cops charged with assault
Four police officers have appeared in court facing charges of assault following a High Court ruling that ordered them to pay $17 000 as compensation for brutality.The four officers, George Puk...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 14:05hrs | 1404 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, cops banned at civilian courts
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has banned the use of State security agents as public prosecutors at civilian courts, saying their secondment to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) was a seri...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 09:56hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Cops sue each other
A POLICE officer last week dragged her former husband to the Harare Civil Court applying $200 maintenance for three children.Winniefield Madyandove wanted $200 for the upkeep of their three ch...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 15:00hrs | 2507 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to crush Chamisa protests, hails army crackdown
President Emmerson Mnangagwa admitted Saturday that he deployed the army to carry out a brutal crackdown against opposition and civil society activists, which allegedly left 17 people dead and saw sev...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:15hrs | 942 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa issues chilling warning, ready to deploy the soldiers again
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that he deployed the army to carry out a brutal crackdown against opposition and civil society activists, which allegedly left 17 people dead and saw several ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:18hrs | 4281 | by Staff reporter
Number plates shortage: Cops harass motorists
Motorists say they are still facing challenges using temporary number plates on their vehicles even after government announced an extension of their life-span.The temporary plates used to be v...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:44hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt cops feel the heat
POLICE have directed all policing provinces to set up investigating teams to probe graft and unprofessional conduct by law enforcement agents with a view to take disciplinary action against offenders ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:36hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Drunk cops in trouble
POLICE have instituted disciplinary proceedings against three Buhera constables facing charges of unprofessional conduct emanating from an incident in which they allegedly quarrelled with members of t...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:30hrs | 589 | by STaff reporter
Cops intensify patrols in Bulawayo suburbs
POLICE have increased deployment of officers in Bulawayo's western suburbs to fight criminal activities. On Sunday, a message inciting citizens to embark on another stayaway was widely circula...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:28hrs | 1232 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutanda threatens to kill cops
A Gweru tsikamutanda who hogged the limelight after he stormed Gweru Magistrates' Court in a bid to kill two magistrates and an interpreter has threatened to kill police officers.The cops base...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:29hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Cops, accomplices mine robbery case postponed to next Friday
GWERU regional magistrate Pathekile Msipa last Friday postponed to next Friday the trial of two police officers based in Mberengwa, who allegedly ganged up with 14 accomplices and raided a Chinese min...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Riot police crash Gweru lawyers march
RIOT police yesterday blocked Gweru lawyers from marching in protest against the alleged absence of rule of law and lack of independence of the magistrates' courts.The legal practitioners unde...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:54hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Cops arrested for keeping goods stolen in protests
TWO police officers stationed at Entumbane Police Station have been arrested for allegedly stealing two gas tanks and several cellphones which were part of the goods looted during the recent violent p...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:43hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa purges top cops
Several senior police officers have been forced out, accused of failing to prevent fuel protests that gripped the country on January 14 – the third major reshuffle since President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:00hrs | 10327 | by ZimLive
MDC Alliance senator arrested
MDC Alliance Hwange Central senator Rosemary Nyathi has been arrested for allegedly inciting violence in Hwange. Nyathi was arrested at Hwange bus rank a fortnight ago during demonstrations ca...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 23:00hrs | 3390 | by Staff reporter
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