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Is Southern Africa a hub for organised crime?

A new report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime has ranked Southern Africa as one of the world's most significant hubs for illicit trade.The study highlights the region's central role in trafficking networks, fr…

Published: 02 Sep 2025 at 06:38hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter

Toy guns fuel crime wave in Zimbabwe

A worrying crime trend is emerging in Zimbabwe's Midlands Province, where robbers are increasingly turning to fake firearms to terrorise communities.Once dismissed as toys or harmless props, the replicas now look so realistic that victims …

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 21:22hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter

Man torches villager's house over memory card dispute

BINDURA - Failure to control emotions over a memory card misunderstanding has landed Tatenda Nyamayaro (20) of Chipfurutse village under Chief Dotito (Mt Darwin) in jail upon conviction for setting fire, which gutted fellow villager, Press…

Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 21:55hrs | 234 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole

Matebeleland South police react to rising crime

Police in Matebeleland South have embarked on a comprehensive awareness campaign aimed at educating villagers on crime prevention and promoting safety across the province.The initiative, launched last week, brings together various speciali…

Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:13hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter

Harare crowned Zimbabwe's crime capital

Harare has officially emerged as Zimbabwe's crime capital, topping the list of prison admissions and leading all ten provinces in criminal activity, according to a damning new report from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat).D…

Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:39hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe crime wave increases 33,7% in Q1

More than 310,800 criminal cases were reported across Zimbabwe between January and March 2025, marking a sharp 33.7% increase compared to the 232,593 cases recorded in the last quarter of 2024, according to the Zimbabwe National Statistics…

Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 12:40hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter

Crime hits Nketa suburb

Councillor Aleck Ndlovu of Ward 25 has issued a public appeal to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to intensify both day and night patrols in his ward, citing a surge in criminal activities, including robberies and machete gang attacks.Ad…

Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:09hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter

Masvingo crime spree suspect arrested in Ngundu

Police have arrested a 29-year-old man believed to be the mastermind behind a wave of violent crimes that have terrorised communities across Masvingo Province since last year.Tafadzwa Janyure Zimirenyika was apprehended on June 19 in Ngund…

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 17:21hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo tops crime charts amid surge in daylight robberies

Bulawayo residents have raised alarm over a growing wave of daylight robberies, as new crime statistics reveal the city now leads the country in reported criminal activity.Victims and eyewitnesses say the robbers, often operating in broad …

Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:04hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo gold panners turn Cecil Pit into crime zone

The Zimbabwe School of Mines (ZSM) has issued a serious security alert to its students and staff, warning them to exercise extreme caution following a surge in illegal gold panning activities near the Bulawayo City Council pit, located adj…

Published: 14 May 2025 at 12:31hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter

Gunfire and fear: Bulawayo grapples with a surge in deadly crime

The streets of Bulawayo have become a theatre of escalating gun violence, with a recent spate of chilling incidents raising alarm over public safety and law enforcement's growing vulnerability. The brutal murder of Sergeant Abel Masava on …

Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 08:38hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter

Detective Constable Hove mourned after tragic shooting

The Officer Commanding Bulawayo Province, Commissioner Jasper Chizemo, and colleagues of the late Detective Constable Cassandra Hove (37) have described her as a courageous and dedicated officer whose service was instrumental in the succes…

Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:15hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo tops national crime rate

Bulawayo has been named the city with the highest crime rate in Zimbabwe, standing at 2,506.1 crimes per 100,000 people, nearly double the national average of 1,356.6 per 100,000.The latest statistics from the Zimbabwe National Statistics …

Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:14hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo police warn of potential crime spike during festive season

As the festive season approaches, Bulawayo police have issued a warning of a potential spike in criminal activity, citing a concerning rise in armed robberies over the past month compared to the same period last year.During a business lunc…

Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 13:00hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter

Matebeleland South sees 18% drop in crime rate

Matebeleland South Province has seen an 18 percent decrease in crime levels from January to September this year compared to the same period last year, according to recent police statistics. A total of 6,039 cases were reported in 2024, dow…

Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:46hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter

Surge in crime puts police under spotlight

An alarming 11 percent rise in robberies and a 6 percent increase in road traffic accidents, which have resulted in 1,352 fatalities, have raised urgent concerns for Zimbabwe's law enforcement agencies. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) i…

Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 09:05hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter

NPA bid to cover up for Ramaphosa facing resistance

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will urgently write to the National Director of Public Prosecutions, advocate Shamila Batohi, urging her to review the decision by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) not to prosecute anyone in rel…

Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:29hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter

Prophet Magaya pays homage to Mpandare

Suspected thief kills partner in crimeA 36-year-old man from Mbare suburb, John Chivasa, is facing serious charges after allegedly killing his partner in crime during a botched robbery attempt. Chivasa appeared before Harare magistrate Den…

Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:43hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe faces cyber threats

Over the past three years, Zimbabwe has witnessed a significant increase in organized cybercrime, characterized by a rise in online scams, business email compromises, and investment fraud, including malware and ransomware attacks. This ala…

Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 10:14hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter

CCtv cameras in Bulawayo to help police fight crime

In a significant move to enhance security and combat crime, Bulawayo has officially launched a closed circuit television (CCTV) system that incorporates advanced technology and artificial intelligence. The initiative, unveiled earlier this…

Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 13:15hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter

'City of Harare now a crime scene'

The ongoing commission of inquiry into Harare City Council has uncovered alarming levels of corruption, with councillors and senior officials allegedly turning the city into a "crime scene."The commission has exposed a network of corruptio…

Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 08:10hrs | 3700 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe mining activity is organised crime,' says foreign funded Maguwu

Farai Maguwu, founding director of the Centre for Natural Resource Governance, has criticized the mining activities in Zimbabwe, particularly those involving Chinese companies, describing them as "organized crime." Speaking during a v…

Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 12:38hrs | 3825 | by Staff reporter

Crime rate drops in Bulawayo

Bulawayo has seen a significant decrease in crime from January to July 2024, with notable reductions in serious offences like armed robbery, rape, and murder compared to the same period in 2023. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) credits t…

Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 07:11hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter

All-female CID team leads fight against crime

In a ground-breaking initiative to combat crime, the Bulawayo police have launched an all-female CID unit named Lozikeyi. Officially launched on July 5, this unit, comprising highly trained female officers, is dedicated to tackling complex…

Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:00hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo, Midlands record surge in crime

The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) reported a notable increase in criminal activities across the country, with Bulawayo, Harare, and Midlands provinces registering the highest number of cases. According to ZimStat's acting d…

Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe escalates crime prevention, justice delivery

Home Affairs Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Raphael Faranisi, announced the revision of several laws and the introduction of new policies to enhance crime prevention and justice delivery in Zimbabwe. Speaking at the 33rd session of the Co…

Published: 19 May 2024 at 10:21hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Housebreaker arrested 3 years after committing crime

A HOUSEBREAKER who has been on the run for three years has been arrested.In a statement, police said Regobert Joseph (23) committed the crime in January 2021 in Mabvuku, Harare."Police in Harare arrested Regobert Joseph (23), who was being…

Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:31hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's gun amnesty fails to bring down violent crime

A PRESIDENTIAL amnesty on illegal firearm holders has done little to stop violent crime as Zimbabwe continues to witness armed robberies.President Emmerson Mnangagwa in August last year declared an amnesty on all illegal firearm holders to…

Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:25hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Most SA intercepted minors from Matebeleland

PUBLIC Service, Labour, and Social Welfare Minister, July Moyo, has said a majority of the minors recently intercepted at the Beitbridge Border Post on their way to South Africa were from the Matebeleland region.Contrary to misleading repo…

Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:15hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa labels upcoming by-elections a 'crime'

Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has condemned the upcoming by-elections as illegitimate, describing them as a "crime," and announced that his party will not participate.Speaking in an interview with S…

Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:35hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Biti says availed voters roll copy is a 'crime scene'

OUTGOING Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Member Of Parliament Tendai Biti has described the availed current voters' roll as a "crime scene" demanding an urgent national audit.This comes after the CCC pointed out anomalies in the voters…

Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

'Journalism is not a crime'

ZIMBABWE Media Commission (ZMC) executive secretary Godwin Phiri has urged police not to criminalise journalism, but treat it as a noble profession.Phiri made the remarks during a ZMC election reporting and peace journalism training worksh…

Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe is a crime scene,' says Kasukuwere

Former Zimbabwean minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, who will be contesting the presidential election in Zimbabwe in August, is making plans to tackle the country's socio-economic challenges. Kasukuwere, who has been out for six years after the…

Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 15:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Matebeleland South records increase in crime

Police in Matebeleland South say the province recorded a 10% increase in crime during the first quarter of the year.Acting provincial spokesperson Assistant Inspector Thandolwenkosi Moyo said the law enforcement agency is engaging communit…

Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe records 45% surge in crime

ZIMBABWE recorded a 45% surge in crime last year after 208 027 criminal cases were reported to the police in the last quarter of 2022, compared to 143 923 cases in the first quarter, latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) fig…

Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo tops national crime rate

BULAWAYO residents are at a higher risk of being exposed to crime compared to any other citizen in other provinces in the country.This was revealed in the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) 2022 Fourth Quarter Crime Statistics R…

Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Pachedu wants Angel's UK financial activities investigated in line with the Proceeds of Crimes Act

A shadowy group called Team Pachedu has written to the United Kingdom Home Office asking it to investigate Uebert Angel's UK financial activities in line with the Proceeds of Crimes Act.Pachedu claims that Angel is a British citizen and wa…

Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 12:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

As guns flow into Zimbabwe, armed robberies spike

CHRISTOPHER Holland believed he had done all he could to secure his home: two vicious dogs permanently stationed in the front yard and wall-to-wall security. But as he arrived home from work one day and turned off his alarm, two men in ski…

Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Ex-CiZC boss summoned 5 years after alleged crime

FORMER Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) chairperson Rashid Stuart Mahiya has been summoned to appear in court for plotting to unseat President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government in 2018.Mahiya is currently Heal Zimbabwe Trust (HZT) directo…

Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabweans smuggling explosives for use in committing crimes in South Africa'

ZIMBABWEANS are reportedly smuggling explosives for use in committing crimes in neighbouring South Africa, NewsDay reported.Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo revealed this during a high-level…

Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

2 Zimbabweans, 5 SA police crime gang nabbed

IN a sting operation this week South African Police Services (Saps) arrested two Zimbabweans and five Saps serving members over a violent crime wave in Johannesburg's Fordsburg area.In a statement, Saps spokesperson for Johannesburg Metrop…

Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

South African police crackdown on tobacco crime

Police in South Africa's Limpopo province has intensified their crackdown on the smuggling of cigarettes between the neighbouring country and Zimbabwe.Provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said they were not re…

Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ukraine now a weapons hub for international crime

At last, the West is beginning to realise what a monstrous mistake the European countries made when they started deliveries of lethal weapons to Ukraine.For experts, the situation had been clear for a long time and the reality that this st…

Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Journalism now a crime in Zimbabwe?

Choosing journalism in Zimbabwe is tantamount to walking in a minefield. With or without an accreditation card, a journalist has become a sworn enemy of the police.Assurances from the Zimbabwe Republic Police spokesperson Assistant Commiss…

Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 13:18hrs | 10 | by Shelton Muchena and Desmond Nleya

161 arrested in anti-crime border operation

The Department of Immigration's Regional Compliance and Enforcement Unit has intensified operations at the Beitbridge Border Post to prevent illegal migration between Zimbabwe and South Africa.It is understood that the move is meant to cur…

Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 21:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

CCC's shameful politicisation of crime

THE arrest of a machete gang behind the death of Lobengula West businessman Langelihle Dube early this month and a spate of robberies around the city has brought relief to residents who had long suffered from their reign of terror.Dube, po…

Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Crime Intelligence funds used for Ramaphosa's Phala Phala 'farmgate' cover-up

A secret Crime Intelligence fund was used to finance the clandestine operations set up to trace the thieves who stole millions of dollars from President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm in February 2020 and to recover some of the money l…

Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Mzilikazi Wa Afrika

Zacc probes 22 cases of unexplained wealth

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is investigating 22 cases of unexplained wealth involving externalisation of more than US$22 million. In a statement, ZACC said it was closely working with regional counterparts to follow up o…

Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

150 000 arrested for border crimes

POLICE have arrested over 150 000 people in an operation targeting border crimes.In January last year police launched operation "No to cross border crimes" to fight border related crimes such as smuggling and border jumping among others.In…

Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 18:32hrs | | by Staff reporter

4 Zimbabwe banks to face currency crimes charges

FOUR banks have been placed under intense scrutiny and will face stiff penalties from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on allegations of involvement in illicit financial crimes that have led to the fall of the local currency on the pa…

Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

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