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Cops 'trying to avoid prosecution' for brutality
THE State yesterday accused six Bulawayo police officers of employing delaying tactics to avoid prosecution on charges of brutally assaulting two Cowdray Park sisters under the veil of enforcing COVID...Published: 17 hrs ago | 837 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts over killer cop
POLICE are yet to identify the officer involved in the fatal shooting of a Bulawayo man with a senior official claiming provisions of the Inquest Act have now been invoked to ensure the case is not sw...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 4276 | by Staff reporter
Cops arrested after fighting over gun
Two Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers stationed at Chombira, Chiweshe were arrested recently after they allegedly fought for a gun.Luiz Manhezho (36) and Bernard Chibundu (30) are set to...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 11:37hrs | 5169 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mphoko wants charges dropped
FORMER vice president Phelekezela Mphoko, pictured, who is facing allegations of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly ordered the release of two Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:45hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers offer $15 bribe to police
An attempt to bribe police detectives by four armed robbers landed them in soup.The matter came to light at Guruve magistrates courts o...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 13:29hrs | 3158 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Robbery syndicate hit Bulawayo
Parking in Bulawayo's city centre has turned into a nightmare for motorists who risk having their cars broken into or being robbed at gunpoint. A robbery syndicate is targeting unattended cars parked ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park police brutality case postponed to July
The case in which six police officers are accused of brutally assaulting two Cowdray Park women for allegedly violating Covid-19 lockdown regulations is now to set to commence on July 13.This ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 20:58hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Police Officers confront Matanga
A GROUP of police officers who were recently transferred to stations outside Harare have revealed how they are being victimised for allegedly not thwarting MDC demonstrations, the High Court heard. ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 17:22hrs | 1753 | by Staff reporter
1 111 cops resist transfer
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga (pictured) was on Friday left with egg on the face after more than 1 111 junior officers successfully challenged their "intermittent transfers" at their own...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 5963 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's sex vendors on streets despite virus restrictions
Forced to stay home for weeks without any source of income, Zimbabwe's sex workers, like many other informal traders, are beginning to defy the country's lockdown and return to the streets.Ris...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 14:45hrs | 2023 | by AP
Cops bash Gwanda magistrate
GWANDA magistrate, Ndumiso Khumalo, who was battered by police in April following his arrest over suspected robbery, has lodged a complaint for the violation of his rights.Khumalo filed his compla...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:38hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Cops expose whistleblowers
POLICE in Karoi have come under fire for reportedly revealing the identities of whistleblowers who caused the arrest of a returnee who had evaded mandatory quarantine.The female suspect slippe...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1618 | by Staff reporter
Cops says Mnangagwa is a 'used condom', arrested
A HARARE police officer was taken to Zanu-PF headquarters for interrogation when he was arrested last week for calling President Emmerson Mnangagwa a "used condom".Shungudzemoyo Kache was late...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:59hrs | 6518 | by Staff reporter
Impunity won't go unpunished
One of the alleged first causalities of the police brutality under the lockdown was Levison Ncube, a 25-yearold Bulawayo man, who was assaulted by police officers.Ncube was walking his girlfri...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:52hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Army, police deny Chamisa HQ siege
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have both denied claims they have seized control of MDC's Harvest House headquarters, now rechristened Morgan Richard (MRT) Hou...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:46hrs | 2101 | by newzimbabwe
Lawyers demand prosecution of abusive cops
LAWYERS representing a Beitbridge man alleging police brutality have bemoaned the inordinate delays in taking the officers to court.Jabulani Mzinyathi of Garikayi and Company acting on behalf ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:02hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army's response to negative stories published by various publications
The Zimbabwe National Army has noted with great concern the increasing number of fabricated stories vilifying its efforts in assisting the Zimbabwe Republic Police in the enforcement of the current CO...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 16:06hrs | 3972 | by Alphios Makotore
Soldiers beat up cops for failing to put on masks
There was drama in Chivhu yesterday when members of the Zimbabwe National Army stormed Seequick Shop and beat up two CID Police officers who allegedly did not properly put on their face masks....Published: 30 May 2020 at 10:00hrs | 4284 | by Staff reporter
2 cops arrested
Detectives on Wednesday night fired warning shots to arrest a policeman and a member of a Harare neighbourhood watch suspected to be part of a group of rogue officers demanding bribes from truck drive...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:11hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier gives armed robbers hard time
AN ex-soldier cornered by armed robbers gave his attackers a hard time and caused the arrest of one of the suspects despite losing his money.Dogeni Patsika (44), a retired military instructor,...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:28hrs | 2756 | by Staff reporter
Human Rights Commission to probe man shooting
A Bulawayo man who was shot dead by police on Saturday was buried yesterday and a local Member of Parliament has engaged the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) to investigate the matter. ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Cops guarding hospitalised MDC activists accused of mental torture
POLICE details deployed to monitor three hospitalised female MDC Alliance youth leaders have been accused of mental torture on the activists through alleged harassment.Harare West MP Joanna Ma...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1553 | by newzimbabwe
Bulawayo police kill city man...laugh at his girlfriend
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police in Bulawayo are reported to have killed Paul Munakopa, a thirty-four-year-old man who was driving with his fiancé at Hillside suburb. The woman ,Tracy ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 15:26hrs | 13528 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Uproar over Beitbridge police brutality
A BEITBRIDGE court has ordered police to refund a resident, who was coerced to pay a fine for violating the lockdown regulations, amid accusations of gross human rights violations by law enforcement a...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:52hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
30 Johanne Masowe members flee from cops at illegal church gathering
More than 30 members of Johanne Masowe fled in all directions at Shamrock in Mtapa in Gweru this morning when Police arrived after a tip off that the congregation was gathered in violation of lockdown...Published: 23 May 2020 at 14:45hrs | 2584 | by Staff reporter
Dumb criminals: US$20 000 watch sold for 30 bond
TWO youths from Bulawayo allegedly stole a US$20 000 wristwatch from a house in Montrose suburb and sold it for $30 (about US50 cents on the streets). The watch was part of the $1,5 million loot the d...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1190 | by Staff reporter
7 cops arrested for extortion
SEVEN police officers in Gweru were arrested for allegedly extorting cash, fuel and opaque beer from bottle store and shop operators who had allegedly violated lockdown regulations in and around Gweru...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:53hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miner jailed
A 44-YEAR-OLD Guruve illegal miner was yesterday jailed for two years by Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro.Tatenda Nyamwanza ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 21:37hrs | 910 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Ezra Tshisa Sibanda questions UK, USA stance on political violence in Zimbabwe
Veteran broadcaster Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has questioned the stance by Embassies of the United Kingdom and the United States of America to condemn the recent alleged abduction of 3 female MDC activists ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 20:26hrs | 9459 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo police probe 6 rogue officers
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has reportedly begun disciplinary action against its officers recently arrested for assaulting two women from Cowdray Park high-density suburb in Bulawayo on charges of vi...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:45hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reshuffles top cops
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has transferred 110 officers between the rank of inspector and commissioner, in a development expected to improve efficiency in the police service. Inspector...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 3065 | by Staff reporter
'Brutal' shona cops face internal discipline
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) will institute internal disciplinary proceedings against six police officers who allegedly brutalised two women from Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb for allegedly vio...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1365 | by Staff reporter
6 torture cops fail to appear in court
SIX police officers accused of savagely beating up two Bulawayo women they accused of violating lockdown regulations failed to appear in court yesterday after their victims accused law enforcement age...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1706 | by Staff reporter
Policeman arrested for 'demanding bribe'
AN anti-riot police officer in Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly demanding a US$10 bribe from a local resident who had violated lockdown regulations by entering the Central Business District (C...Published: 09 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Shona cops brutalise Ndebele women for lockdown defiance
TWO women from Bulawayo had to seek medical treatment after allegedly being brutally assaulted for hours with batons on their backs, hips and legs by police officers who accused them of violating the ...Published: 09 May 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1203 | by Staff reporter
House breakers bury $50 000 loot
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested four suspects in connection with theft of household property worth more than $500 000 in Cowdray Park suburb during the lockdown period. Police arrested Amon M...Published: 01 May 2020 at 07:51hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Senior Cops sabotaging junior cops
Senior police officers at Mvurwi police station have been accused of sabotaging junior officers by refusing to leave police houses at the expense of Junio...Published: 01 May 2020 at 07:28hrs | 813 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Zanu-PF youths 'threaten' council cop
Zanu-PF youths who allegedly threatened to attack municipal cops who were demolishing illegal structures around Machipisa, Harare, have appeared in court.Golden Mawesera, 31, Moses Handiseni, ...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 09:51hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
48 congregants arrested for breaking lockdown regulations
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday arrested 48 church members who were congregating for a service in Tshabalala suburb, defying lockdown regulations. Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide Revelation mem...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 09:38hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Muslims condemn Ramaphosa's cops for verbal abuse of Prophet Mohammed
The Council of Muslim Theologians, Jamiatul Ulama South Africa, has condemned the police's "abusive tactics", saying that the verbal abuse of the Prophet Mohammed, as well as police entering the praye...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 16:51hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
Cops accused of hoarding basic goods
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has ordered its members to purchase basic commodities from their cantonment shops following accusations that they were using their authority to jump queues at retail...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Cops and rangers gang robs fishermen
A GANG of five police officers and three rangers from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) allegedly raided fishermen in Siabuwa, Binga and stole more than 3 000 kilogrammes...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:48hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Cops up for stealing 7t of gold ore
TWO police officers have been arrested after they allegedly used an AK-47 rifle to rob two gold panners of seven tonnes of ore in the Wimpy area on the outskirts of Masvingo. The officers - Pi...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:44hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Municipal cops in bribery storm
Some Harare municipal police officers have been fingered in corruption, including demanding kickbacks from people defying lockdown regulations. They allegedly demand hard cash or goods, mostly...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 07:59hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Pair arrested over 2 500kg of roller meal
POLICE have arrested two people in separate raids in Mutare and Bulawayo for illegally possessing 2 500kg of subsidised roller meal they had corruptly or criminally obtained and were diverting to the ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
'Report rogue cops to superiors'
PEOPLE aggrieved by the conduct of police enforcing the lockdown measures must report to the authorities for action to be taken, a top police officer has said. National police spokesperson Ass...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:14hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
1 400 cops deployed to enforce lockdown compliance
ONE-THOUSAND-FOUR-HUNDRED-AND- SIX police officers have been deployed across the province to ensure compliance with 21-day lockdown regulations to combat Covid-19, Mashonaland West provincial commande...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:12hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Residents confront 'abusive' police, army enforcement teams for not wearing masks
TWO Chinhoyi residents have petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel police officers and soldiers, who are currently enforcing the national lockdown to wear protective clothing in the cour...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:10hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
'Bribe-taking cops face arrest'
Mashonaland Central police boss, Assistant Commissioner David Mahoya has ordered the arrest of his subordinates engaging in corrupt activities including demanding bribes from motorists passing through...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:24hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Cops reject MP's donation
PolICE in Marondera allegedly rejected a donation of protective gloves from Marondera Central legislator Caston Matewu who wanted to help them prevent coronavirus infections while on dutyMatew...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:38hrs | 1195 | by Staff reporter
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