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Council police officers to be given arresting powers
GOVERNMENT is crafting an enabling legislative framework for establishment of municipal courts across the country, giving council police officers arresting powers.The impending laws would spec...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:49hrs | 1839 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's bribe-taking cops warned
Police have warned officers against dabbling in corrupt activities including taking bribes from motorists saying the move was the key driver of road traffic accidents as unroadworthy vehicles were all...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:11hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for US$600k Kwekwe service station robbers
A gang of 12 armed robbers raided a service station in Kwekwe on Monday and stole almost US$600 000 and R58 430.The robbers, who were armed with a pistol and an AK47 assault rifle, attacked tw...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:53hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
4 top cops acquitted of criminal abuse of office
FOUR senior police officers including the deputy director (commercial crimes division), Assistant Commissioner Obeylaw Moyo have been acquitted on charges of criminal abuse of office involving bribery...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:52hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Bribery cops acquitted
TWO Gweru-based police officers, accused of receiving a US$480 bribe to facilitate the release of two suspects who were arrested for stealing coal, have been acquitted.Munyaradzi Kutsirai (34)...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest witness testifying against Ken Sharpe
A witness testifying against Ken Sharpe has been arrested today by the police in sudden turn of events, the controversial businessman is accused of ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 20:27hrs | 897 | by Staff Reporter
How Mine robbers unmasked
POLICE in Bulawayo have linked armed robbers who raided a cash-in-transit vehicle transporting nearly 12kg of gold worth US$675 000 from How Mine to Fidelity Printers and Refiners to four other armed ...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:51hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
3 ZRP officers arrested over US$200 bribe
THREE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have found themselves in hot soup after extorting US$200 from an unsuspecting civilian.The three,Taonga Fambirai, John Matonhodze and Thomas Musha...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:21hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's wife claims she was arrested for refusing to pay a bribe to traffic cops
JAILED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Job Sikhala's wife Ellen has pleaded not guilty to the charges of violating road rules telling the court that officers wanted a bribe from her....Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:27hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Woman demands US$510,000 from Zimbabwe police
A HARARE vendor, Patricia Dengezi is demanding US$510 000 from the police after her one-year-old son was fatally crushed by a commuter omnibus that was fleeing from cops in 2017.Dengezi was al...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Gauteng cops arrest Zimbabwean fugitive wanted for rape
A man who allegedly raped a woman in North West and then escaped from police custody while receiving hospital treatment was rearrested in Tsakane, Gauteng.Aubrey Zunguza, 27, was initially arr...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | 1820 | by Staff reporter
EMA ropes police into blitz on vehicles without rubbish bins
ENVIRONMENTAL Management Agency (EMA) officials and police in Bulawayo on Wednesday embarked on a crackdown on all vehicles without onboard trash bags and bins.EMA officials and cops manned ro...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:08hrs | 1842 | by Staff reporter
Traffic cops arrested for demanding US$60 bribe
TWO Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers assigned to the traffic department were arrested Thursday following a trap by their superiors, who had earlier received a complaint they were demanding US$6...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1300 | by Staff reporter
'ZANU PF youth leader' obstructs the course of justice
There was drama in Mvurwi when a team of detectives were locked in a room by a suspected ZANU PF youth leader at a place they were searching d...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 298 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Motorist nearly kills 2 traffic cops in Harare
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched a dragnet for the owner of a Toyota Wish registration number AFT 4573 who dumped his car after he nearly ran over two police officers who were on de-con...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 06:25hrs | 1830 | by Staff reporter
4 convicted for saying police are Mnangagwa's dogs
FOUR people were on Friday convicted for insulting police officers, saying they were President Emmerson Mnangagwa's dogs.Nobody Makoni, Kudzai Sachiwo, Jacob Chigodora and Batsirai Sorawere we...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:22hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabwe cops off to South Sudan
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday dispatched five police officers to South Sudan for peace-keeping duties.The five police officers deployed consist o...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pampers junior cops
GOVERNMENT has resuscitated long-abandoned allowances for police officers, resulting in junior cops now earning more than their superiors, a development which has caused disgruntlement in the law enfo...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:37hrs | 1580 | by Staff reporter
Harare family clashes with cops over arrest
A Harare man and his two nephews were over the weekend arrested on allegations of assaulting and apprehending two thieves they had caught stealing at their orchard/nursery in Braeside area, a move whi...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 20:58hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police fighting Mnangagwa
CHEGUTU West Member of Parliament (MP), Dexter Nduna says the police have questioned his legitimacy as legislator and vowed to back the opposition in attempts to eliminate Zanu-PF making Chegutu distr...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 20:48hrs | 2361 | by Staff reporter
Cops nab copper cable theft kingpin
POLICE in Bulawayo have intercepted a South Africa-registered vehicle that was allegedly smuggling a tonne of stolen copper cables with an estimated value of R200 000.Bulawayo provincial polic...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
2 bogus cops arrested
TWO bogus policemen allegedly driving around Harare in their getaway car and stealing thousands of US dollars after accusing motorists of having violated traffic rules, have now been arrested, while p...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Fake Chamisa intel: riot cops in heavy Kuwadzana deployment
ZIMBABWE Republic Police's (ZRP) anti-riot officers Saturday besieged Kuwadzana community hall, thwarting a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and residents interface after getting ‘false intellige...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:44hrs | 2346 | by Staff reporter
3 top cops reassigned
THREE police commissioners have been transferred in a move that is meant to improve service delivery and performance.Commissioner Erasmus Makodza, who was at the Police General Headquarters, i...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:47hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops threaten protest vote
GROWING discontent over measly salaries paid to government workers has forced police officers, one of the least paid sectors in the civil service to threaten bhora musango, a protest vote for the oppo...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 3754 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants cops barred from collecting poll data
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) wants police officers stopped from accessing any information relating to the progress of the country's elections, in a raft of demands placed by the main opposition...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 15:35hrs | 3488 | by Staff reporter
'Killer cop' granted bail
ONE of the Highglen police officers charged with causing the death of a pedestrian, Trymore Chinyamakobvu as they wrestled with a commuter omnibus driver has been granted $40 000 bail.Job Mapf...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Cops 'rob' suspect of US$1 000
EIGHT Gweru-based police officers have been arrested for allegedly stealing US$1 000 from a suspect before assaulting him with batons, resulting in him sustaining a fracture on the right leg and a dam...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:06hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested over sex toys
POLICE in Bulawayo swooped on a Gwanda State University (GSU) lecturer as she was collecting her dildos at Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) offices.A dildo is a sex toy shaped like a manhood...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:10hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
2 top cops fingered in gold scam
TWO top police officers have been implicated in a US$500 000 gold ore loot at a mine in Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central province.This allegations are contained in a letter of complaint dated Jun...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:40hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Are Ziimbabwe police now part of Zanu-PF structures?
THAT we are now deep into election season is more than evident and the ruling Zanu-PF party has, in earnest, hit the ground running to mobilise support for re-election, come 2023.And over the ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:37hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
US$100k property recovered as cops raid Bulawayo machete gang
BULAWAYO residents say they are now afraid to sleep at night because of machete-brandishing robbers who have injured and killed people in the city.Last week, Langelihle Dube (53) from Bulawayo...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
Torture cops' trial stalls
THE trial of three Marondera police detectives charged with torturing a female suspect was yesterday moved to July 7 after one of the officers failed to appear in court.Raymond Nyaruwa (36), N...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Matanga challenges UN-bound cops
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has urged officers who are leaving for South Sudan on peacekeeping duties to remain disciplined and desist from behaviour that might bring the name of the co...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 08:56hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Overzelous cops, Kazembe, Matanga agree to settle
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe, Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and two overzealous cops Brighton Bvaure and Jasper Nechitima have agree...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 18:07hrs | 1776 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cops arrested for demanding US$100 bribe
TWO police officers appeared in court yesterday charged with criminal abuse of office after they demanded a US$100 bribe from a Harare man to facilitate the release of his impounded vehicle.Ac...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe blames police corruption on citizens
Home affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has a plan to deal with police corruption: Zimbabweans must stop paying bribes, he told the Senate on Thursday.Kazembe admitted corruption was rampant in ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 18:59hrs | 892 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for trying to bribe cops at road block
A HARARE man was arrested after he tried to bribe a police officer at a checkpoint along the Harare-Beitbridge highway on Friday.The man, identified by police as Anyway Pepukai, was a conducto...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:13hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops resist 'punishing' transfers to rural outposts
AT least nine junior police officers have gone AWOL after resisting transfers to rural outposts.Confidential documents seen by NewZimbabwe.com indicate that the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:00hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter
Cops arrest rape, robbery, theft suspect
A man aged 32 has been arrested while hiding at a disused building near Magwegwe shopping centre for cases of rape, robbery and theft of copper cables.This was confirmed by Bulawayo police spo...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 16:37hrs | 989 | by Stephen Jakes
Cops arrested for conning ICT perm sec
TWO former police officers and two other serving members of the force were arraigned before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda after conning the acting Information Communication Technology ministry secret...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:35hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' cops face grilling
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have commenced an inquest into circumstances surrounding the death of a Chivhu woman who succumbed to injuries following severe assault and torture by police in September last y...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:38hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
Rogue cops linked to cattle rustling syndicates
LIVESTOCK farmers in Matabeleland South have raised concerns over the failure by police top brass to arrest and discipline officers accused of running organised cattle rustling syndicates in the provi...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:38hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Police raise alarm over bribe-taking cops
POLICE have raised concern over reports of corruption involving its officers deployed at the country's borders.This comes after 17 special security agents were last month arrested by the Zimba...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:00hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
ZRP transfers top cops
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has embarked on a mass transfer of senior officers who have overstayed at various stations throughout the country.In an internal memorandum, chief staff offi...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:21hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustler cops arrested
GOVERNMENT has launched a crackdown on police officers linked to organised cattle rustling syndicates that operate along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border leading to the arrest of some suspects and their s...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:48hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Women should be wary of the 'Black police chief phenomenon' but strive to hold real power and influence in society
It is always encouraging reading news reports of women raising up the most treacherous ladder of power - which is usually fraught with seemingly insurmountable challenges, and much resistance from tho...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 14:02hrs | 326 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Riot police crush UZ students demo
BATON wielding police officers have descended on University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students who were protesting against fees hike WednesdayThe University's authorities recently substantially increas...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 17:18hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
3 cops up for defeating course of justice, extortion
THREE police officers based in Harare were recently arrested, and charged with extortion and trying to block the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) from arresting their colleague.Lamec...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
1 AM drama in Pumula East Citizens arrest cable theft cops
THREE officers based at Pumula Police Station in Bulawayo were on Sunday morning arrested for alleged theft of copper cables in Pumula East suburb.Residents arrested them at about 1AM. One of ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
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