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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 | 2408 | 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 | 1533 | 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 | 964 | 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 | 3789 | 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 | 1018 | 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 | 204 | 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 | 756 | 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 | 645 | 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 | 745 | 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 | 2469 | 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 | 1398 | 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 | 740 | 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 | 2477 | 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 | 939 | 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 | 4277 | 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 | 1090 | 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 | 665 | 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 | 579 | 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 | 1221 | 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 | 448 | 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 | 712 | 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 | 618 | 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 | 822 | 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 | 10317 | 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 | 3388 | by Staff reporter
Fake soldiers, cops on the rampage
Police have launched a manhunt for 15 suspected army and police impostors who have launched a reign of terror in Chegutu and surrounding areas. According to information from the ZRP in Chegutu...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 15:15hrs | 1909 | by Staff reporter
CIO operative threatens to shoot cops with AK47
A CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation operative based in Gwanda has been arrested after he allegedly threatened to shoot and kill three police officers and a civilian with an AK47 rifle. Takura ...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:02hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers beat up Gweru vendors
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe National Army on Tuesday evening went on the rampage, beating up vendors for loitering in Gweru's central business district (CBD), Southern Eye has established.The sold...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1426 | by Staff reporter
Cops launch manhunt for Shurugwi murder suspects
POLICE have launched a manhunt for four suspects linked to the murder of a Shurugwi artisanal miner recently.Midlands police spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko said Darlington Mangoma of Hlamba ...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:27hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on the Zimbabwe judicial system after wanton arrests
During the past week, there has been a hive of activity at police stations and courts around the country, following events surrounding the three-day stay-away.This current state of affairs is ...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:29hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
30 cops injured during riots
AT least 30 police officers were attacked, while some female cops were reportedly indecently assaulted during the recent violent demonstrations in Bulawayo last week.Some of the officers were ...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Bid to loot Nkulumane Shopping Mall thwarted
BRAVE vendors operating from Nkulumane bus terminus have emerged as heroes after repelling violent protestors who wanted to loot shops at Nkulumane Shopping Complex in Bulawayo on Monday and Tuesday. ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:15hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Teenage brothers terrorise residents
POLICE intelligence officers in Dangamvura have arrested four suspects - two of them teenagers - for allegedly committing a series of burglary cases in which they stole household appliances valued at ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:09hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police conduct questioned
Lawyers representing Chiundura MP Livingstone Chiminan yesterday tore into Gweru police over their conduct in dealing with a case in which the legislator is accused of assault.Chimina together...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:50hrs | 1234 | by Staff reporter
Shangani community fumes over killer cops
Shangani traditional and community leaders in Chikombedzi are up in arms with authorities over the death of a villager who was allegedly fatally shot by a drunk police officer on Christmas Day....Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | 1022 | by Staff reporter
3-gun thief committed to mental institution
A man who escaped from police custody before stealing three guns at Gwanda Urban Police Station has been committed to Mlondolozi Mental Prison after doctors confirmed that he was mentally unstable. ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:22hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Cops in 16-man mine armed robbery
EIGHT armed robbers, among them two police officers allegedly raided a Chinese mining company in Zvishavane and went away with an Isuzu pick up, 48 grammes of gold, US$8 820, $6 800 bond notes and 2 1...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Border jumpers attack cops, flee to SA
A GROUP of 15 suspected border jumpers reportedly stoned a member of the Zimbabwe National Army and beat up his police colleague for allegedly trying to block their passage to South Africa through an ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
Tormented man surrenders snake to cops
Police officers at Esigodini police station were left shell shocked when a man brought his snake in a bid to dump it there.A man from Habane Township left tongues wagging after a fruitless ple...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 08:59hrs | 1782 | by Staff reporter
Hubby kills wife, buries her in concrete floor
THE husband finally came back home and the kids were happy their parents were reunited.But their joy soon turned to tears when the mother was murdered and their dad disappeared.Cops fo...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 08:59hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
SA's elite cops focus on Beitbridge as car smuggling into Zimbabwe spikes
SOUTH Africa's elite Hawks police unit has is increasing its focus on Beit Bridge border post in Musina where luxury vehicles stolen from other provinces were recovered during the festive season....Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:40hrs | 2598 | by News24.com
Cops hunt for 'sadistic' man
Police have launched an extensive manhunt for a Harare man who stands accused of causing the deaths of five children after he sickeningly burnt down the home of the family of a 12-year-old girl that h...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:35hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
2 cops arrested for extorting R5,000 from illegal fuel dealer
Two police officers deployed to Beitbridge have been arrested for allegedly extorting over R5000 from a suspected illegal fuel dealer they found buying the precious liquid from a haulage truck driver ...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:08hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive sodomite arrested after police station visit
AN unrepentant teenager from Kamativi who had evaded the police for three years after sodomising his girlfriend's nine-year-old daughter was arrested on Christmas Day when he went to a police station ...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:23hrs | 2528 | by Staff reporter
Bodies found floating in dams
TWO bodies were found floating in dams in Bulawayo and Umguza on Thursday, one of which is suspected to have been dumped in one of the water bodies after a brutal murder. The body of an uniden...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 16:50hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
Fleeing robber breaks leg, hospitalised
A MEMBER of a four-man gang of robbers from Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb allegedly broke his leg while escaping from police officers after a robbery in the city and law enforcement agents ended up t...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 22:20hrs | 1669 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers fined for bashing cops
Two members of the Zimbabwe National Army have been slapped with $400 fines for assaulting two female police officers as they resisted arrest after bashing a Udcorp employee who had denied their reque...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:21hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
Acquitted MDC activist mulls suing police
An MDC activist and Mutasa businessman who was arrested in alleged connection with a robbery, only to be charged with resisting arrest, has been acquitted and will now institute legal proceedings agai...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:20hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF turns to spirit mediums
ZANU PF has resolved to honour the ancestral spirits and seek their direction in correcting "wrongs" perpetrated after the country's independence in 1980.This is according to the superstitious...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 16:59hrs | 6489 | by newzimbabwe
Police urged to deploy vehicles to critically needy areas
POLICE should prioritise deployment of service vehicles to areas where they are critically needed instead of issuing them to senior officers who keep them idle for the greater part of the day, a parli...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 06:04hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
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