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Zimbabwean couple arrested for killing, burning girl (10) in Namibia
NAMIBIAN police have, after a two-day man-hunt, arrested a Zimbabwean couple for allegedly killing 10-year-old girl in Windhoek North before setting her body on fire. The couple, along with th...Published: 1 hr ago | 488 | by Staff Reporter
Machete violence organised and premeditated, says High Court judge
MACHETE violence cases being perpetrated by artisanal miners in the country are not happening randomly, but are premediated and organised, High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese has said.Off...Published: 2 hrs ago | 569 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa showed wisdom in transforming the party to become user friendly
At the start of the new dispensation comrade Emerson Mnangagwa promised that he would spend a lot of time listening. That's what he has done over the last three years, and that's what he has don...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2852 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Machete gangs created to tarnish Mnangagwa'
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines, Edmond Mkaratigwa (Shurugwi South MP, Zanu-PF), says it is the prerogative of the security services to curb the lawlessness that has beco...Published: 13 hrs ago | 566 | by Staff reporter
1 621 gold panners arrested
POLICE in Mashonaland Central province have arrested 1 621 illegal miners in Mazowe and Shamva under the ongoing "Chikorokoza Ngachipere" blitz.Addressing Bindura residents under a crime aware...Published: 13 hrs ago | 143 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers, drugs flood Jumbo mine
Sex workers and drug abusers are mushrooming in Jumbo and Shamva mine, Mashonaland Central province targeting artisanal miners.Officer ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 12:58hrs | 4275 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Machete gangs leave one dead, several injured in ore heist
"Mining in Zimbabwe is no longer safe for women," says Sanelisiwe Maseko, a single mother of two whose mine in Colleen Bawn was recently invaded by machete-wielding men in a bloody raid that left one ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:29hrs | 3874 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe improves on graft ranking
Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has expressed disappointment over the country moving only two places upwards to be ranked 158th out of 180 countries in the newly-released Corruption Percepti...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
PG seeks forfeiture of Zimra official's assets
Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi has approached the High Court seeking an order to seize a residential stand and vehicles belonging to a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official who allegedly...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
RBZ acts on foreign exchange rate manipulators
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has started acting on foreign exchange rate manipulators and has since frozen a bank account belonging to an entity identified as China Nanchang being the first casu...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:05hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo High Court comes to Gweru
THE Bulawayo High Court Circuit will be sitting in Gweru for the next two weeks from Monday, with 16 murder cases set to be heard. Midlands provincial prosecutor Mr Samuel Pedzisayi said the 1...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:04hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Divorce exposes Chiwenga's flashy lifestyle
Chiwenga flashy lifestyle exposedTHE ongoing legal saga involving Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa, has lifted the lid on the lifestyle of the ...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 20:05hrs | 6085 | by Staff Reporter
Harare police raid underground machete suppliers
Police have recovered 31 machetes and arrested seven people suspected to be in the business of making and supplying them to gangs that are terrorising mining areas and towns. This followed a r...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 13:08hrs | 4217 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe verifies nationalities of SA cop 'murderers'
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa is verifying the nationalities of four suspects allegedly involved in the killing of a police officer in Johannesburg's Diepsloot area. Detective Captain...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 07:59hrs | 10329 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans organise crime summit in South Africa
The Zimbabwe Community in South Africa is organsing a crime summit in Berea, South Africa on the 6th of February 2020 after Zimbabwean nationals have been accused of killing one Detective Captai...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 13:18hrs | 6163 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Let's Flood Masvingo!
"The liberation of Gold Coast is meaningless unless the whole of Africa is liberated", that was Kwameh Nkurumah, the visionary President of Ghana's powerful statement emphasizing the priceless value o...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 09:33hrs | 2754 | by Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
Viva Las Vegas: Five of Sin City's best buildings
Affectionately known as the "Entertainment Capital of the World", Las Vegas has come a long way since its founding in 1905, becoming one of the world's most visited tourist destinations with its gambl...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 16:27hrs | 535 | by Staff Reporter
Mzembi to break Zimbabwe political stalemate?
Our political dynamics require a game changer to break the perennial stalemate between the two main protagonists of our failed politics, Zanu PF and MDC A . At the core of this gridlock is the vanity ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 12:19hrs | 5109 | by Tawanda Ruzanhi
Bulawayo police ban carrying of weapons
POLICE in Bulawayo have banned the carrying of dangerous weapons in public within the next three months citing an increase in serious crimes such as murder, robbery and assault. In separ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: SA Police arrest Zimbabwean who killed senior cop
South African police have arrested a Zimbabwean man suspected to have shot and killed a senior cop in Johannesburg.In a video clip circulating on social media, the man is seen being assaulted ...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 20:55hrs | 12476 | by Staff Reporter
Passport prices remain unchanged, says Kazembe Kazembe
THE MINISTER of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, Kazembe Kazembe says the cost of getting a passport for local citizens remains unchanged. This comes amid rumours that the government had approved t...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 15:18hrs | 2889 | by Staff Reporter
Top cop 'receives steer' to make case 'disappear'
THE officer-in-charge of crime at Guyu Police Station has been arrested for allegedly receiving a steer to dismiss a case against a man who was facing charges of having sexual intercourse with a young...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:36hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
60 arrested at Gwanda violence hotspot
POLICE in Matabeleland South province have arrested 60 illegal gold panners during a raid at Vova mining site in Gwanda as part of an operation to fight illegal mining activities blamed for violent cr...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:34hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
PTUZ ready to defend Njube High School teacher
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has thrown its weight behind Njube High School science teacher Brian Mutsiba for leading pupils in a dem...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 19:25hrs | 3050 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's political demise beckons
It is a view expressed by astute political observers, this scribe included, that unless the MDC-Alliance denounces violence and joins President E.D. Mnangagwa and other political parties in the Politi...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:45hrs | 462 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Wicknell Chivayo gets title deeds back
Wicknell Chivayo has been given back title deeds to his upmarket Colne Valley property, while his reporting conditions have been removed, but his bail has been raised to $10 000 to ensure he stands tr...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:42hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Former legislator accused govt of being inactive in dealing with economic crisis
Former Bulilima West legislator Norman Mpofu has accused government of being inactive in dealing with economic crisis which has impoverished the majority of citizens.The country is currently r...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 14:12hrs | 2258 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa savages Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has savaged the government after police raided his party's offices on Friday in a surprise move which has once again raised political tensions in the country.T...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:24hrs | 6903 | by Staff reporter
All-out war on machete gangs
Police have deployed one of their largest ever forces in recent history to different parts of the country as they intensify a crackdown on machete -wielding gangs that have been terrorising small-scal...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:29hrs | 400 | by Staff rpeorter
Notorious machete gang members arrested
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed the arrest of eight notorious machete gang members known as Maketo brothers, who terrorised residents in several mining towns.The machete gangs popular...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:23hrs | 3374 | by Staff reporter
British govt issues travel warning to Zimbabwe
The British government on Friday issued a travel warning to Zimbabwe citing possible political upheavals and regional flight services disruptions.A ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:43hrs | 17073 | by Staff reporter
The first duty of government is to afford protection its people its citizens
The Government Has an Implied Moral Constitutional Duty to Protect Individuals from Harm and from the Mashurugwi. The continuing failure of the government to respond to the growing threat of Mashu...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:23hrs | 501 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Copper thief arrested
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested a suspected copper thief in Harare's Central Business District.Malvern Mushawatu (40) who was apprehended by police on Tuesday was caught after tryin...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:38hrs | 1011 | by Staff Reporter
Let's watch closely how the Zimbabwe military and the judiciary playout in the case of Chiwengas
As believers we now know that if we are grateful for the small things that the universe gives us, it will send its abundant energy to even usher us more gifts than we could ever imagine. Our gratitude...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1762 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa, maShurugwi and the coming anarchy
SOON after arriving in Zimbabwe, in September of last year, I had to visit a friend in Bindura, whom I needed to extend — as part of my enduring gratitude for his assistance during a research projec...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1739 | by Simukai Tinhu
Matebeleland South police extend ban on machetes
POLICE in Matebeleland South province have extended the three-month ban on the carrying of machetes imposed in the province following a wave of crime linked to machete terror gangs that has hit the co...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:16hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Minister warns police over machete gang alliances
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has warned police officers connected to the illegal gold miners and notorious machete gangs that the long arm of the law will soon catch up with them.Kaze...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:12hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa faces fresh fraud allegations
EMBATTLED former Zifa president, Philip Chiyangwa faces fresh allegations of fraudulently forcing the broke football governing body to fund his personal expenses.It has emerged that he caused ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:05hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
Why animal poaching needs to stop & how you can help stop it
Animal poaching continues to be a major issue in the conservation of many animal species. Despite efforts to stop poaching, it continues to persist. Many people do not realize the extent of the proble...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 14:09hrs | 630 | by Staff Writer
BREAKING: Police hunt for Zifa boss over 28 cases of fraud
Police are reportedly looking for Zimbabwe Football Association president Felton Kamambo in connection with 28 cases of fraud.According to an internal police memo circulating on social media, ...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 12:37hrs | 7105 | by Staff Reporter
Armed soldiers gun down 2 civilians
Three members of the Zimbabwe National Army have been arrested after they allegedly shot dead two civilians following a dispute which occurred on Boxing Day at Shayamavhudzi township in Mwenezi....Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 09:47hrs | 8235 | by Staff Reporter
Kamambo gets CAF post
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo, who has been battling to contain a domestic storm, was smiling yesterday after being appointed a member of the CAF AFCON organising committee.He follows in the f...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
Son gangs up with mother 'murder' father
A MAN from Inyathi in Bubi District, Matabeleland North province who allegedly ganged up with his mother and fatally struck his father with an axe before the woman attempted to conceal the murder, has...Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 15:54hrs | 2434 | by Staff Reporter
BCC grants ZRP, BACFOZ free use of city hall car park
Bulawayo City Council recently granted the police and the Business Against Crime Forum of Zimbabwe (BACFOZ) free use of the city hall car park for their event.This is revealed in the council's...Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 09:45hrs | 1587 | by Stephen Jakes
MaShurugwi armed with AK-47 besiege village
THE level of crime in the country especially around mining areas is threatening to get out of control after a gang of nine robbers armed with an AK-47 rifle and a pistol besieged five homesteads in Fo...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 08:48hrs | 5909 | by Staff Reporter
Machete weilding gangs will not be tolerated - Kazembe
Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Kazembe Kazembe has assured the nation that machete weilding gangs will not be tolerated.Speaking to Bulawayo24.com soon after the arrest of a 14...Published: 11 Jan 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1859 | by Paul Ndou
Who is Matemadanda to dare the Americans
Following the news that cde Matemadanda has issued a stern warning to America, many people held their mouths with two hands. Today we want to see who cde Matemadanda is. Comrade Victor Matemadanda is ...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 21:24hrs | 14858 | by Masimba Mavaza
ZANU PF Youth League Statement on Machete Wielding Gangs
The ZANU PF Youth League in its entirety condemns the heinous acts by the machete wielding gangs who have descended on the Mining sector and society at large. Many innocents have fallen victim t...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 14:09hrs | 2566 | by Yeukai Simbanegavi
Four reasons why Kasukuwere cannot be our saviour
Renowned African-Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe is well known for his famous novel, A Man of the People, which mirrors Nigerian political culture through the eyes of a corrupt politician, Chief Nanga. ...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 14:07hrs | 2933 | by Innocent Mujeri
Zanu-PF government has dismally failed the people
Despite numerous assurances from the new dispensation that things will improve since they took over in November 2017, there is nothing changing. Actually we are getting deeper into economic morass....Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 07:38hrs | 2698 | by Leonard Koni
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