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Zimbabwe scraps drug fines, introduces jail terms

Zimbabwe has scrapped fines for drug-related offences, replacing them with mandatory jail terms of up to 15 years, as authorities roll out nationwide testing kits to fight the country's growing drug crisis.Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri…

Published: 11 Oct 2025 at 19:32hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe rolls out drug test kits to police posts

The Government has rolled out a comprehensive national strategy to curb drug and substance abuse, including the distribution of testing kits to police posts, clinics, and hospitals - while abolishing fines for offenders in favour of mandat…

Published: 11 Oct 2025 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Devil's breath' the Zombie drug that steals your memory

ZIMBABWEANS are being urged to remain vigilant following growing reports of a dangerous drug known as "devil's breath" (pictured), a substance capable of stripping victims of free will, memory, and resistance.In South Africa, authorities a…

Published: 17 Sep 2025 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Jacob Mutisi

Chinese nationals fined only US$150 for cocaine in the Banana republic

Nine Chinese nationals arrested in connection with a drug bust in Newlands, Harare, were each fined US$150 by the Harare Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, with the alternative of a six-month prison sentence, prompting criticism from promine…

Published: 13 Sep 2025 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Machakaire fingers Zanu-PF bigwigs in drug smuggling scandal

Youth Empowerment and Development Minister and ZANU-PF politburo member, Tinomudaishe Machakaire, has made explosive claims that some senior party officials are involved in drug smuggling and distribution, using the ruling party as a shiel…

Published: 06 Sep 2025 at 20:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

Harare woman nabbed with 20kg cannabis

A 30-YEAR-OLD Harare woman is in trouble after she was found in possession of twenty kilograms of cannabis.Romana Mukozhiwa from Kambuzuma is assisting police with investigations.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mun…

Published: 06 Sep 2025 at 17:16hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

Chinese gang busted at 'sex and drugs' party in Harare

Nine out of 10 Chinese nationals who appeared in court this week for illegal possession of dangerous drugs were yesterday granted bail, while one remains in custody.The group was arrested during a police raid on a suspected sex-and-drugs p…

Published: 05 Sep 2025 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo records 500 teen pregnancies in 8 months

Bulawayo has recorded more than 500 teenage pregnancies since January, sparking renewed calls for stronger collaboration between churches and government institutions to tackle the growing crises of early pregnancies and drug abuse.The stat…

Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 09:07hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Machakaire leads drug bust in Mbare

Government's anti-drug crackdown intensified in Mbare last week when law enforcement agents raided suspected drug dens, arresting two peddlers in an operation witnessed by Youth Empowerment and Development Minister Tinoda Machakaire.The ra…

Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Auxillia Mnangagwa's rehab centre overwhelmed

The drug and substance abuse rehabilitation centre established by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa in Mbare is struggling to cope with demand, with hundreds of addicts on a waiting list seeking help, highlighting the growing substance abuse c…

Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Police arrests 2 long-time fugitives in drug raid

A routine drug raid in Budiriro, Harare, on Monday led to the dramatic arrest of two fugitives who had been on the police wanted list since 2023 for unrelated criminal offences.The suspects, Arthur Muchichwa (28) and Tafirenyika Nhenda (31…

Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff reporter

Police destroy tonnes of illicit drugs

Police yesterday publicly destroyed 18,896 litres of illicit brews, 30 kilograms of banned skin lightening products, and 121 kilograms of dagga as part of intensified efforts to curb drug and substance abuse across Zimbabwe.The destruction…

Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe anti-drug fight disjointed, MPs warn

Members of Parliament have raised grave concerns over Zimbabwe's disjointed and under-resourced response to the country's escalating drug and substance abuse crisis, citing a lack of coordination, inadequate infrastructure, and severe staf…

Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:08hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe increases surveillance at border posts to curb drug trafficking

The Zimbabwean government has intensified efforts to curb drug trafficking by deploying drones for surveillance at border posts, a move aimed at strengthening national security and reducing the flow of illicit substances into the country.D…

Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:09hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter

Bodies and drugs smuggled across Beitbridge border

A chilling smuggling syndicate involving cross-border bus and truck drivers, allegedly operating with the help of corrupt customs, police, and health officials, has been exposed for illegally transporting undocumented human remains and dru…

Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:41hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter

Tsotsi star Presley Chweneyagae dies at 40

Presley Chweneyagae, the acclaimed South African actor best known for his leading role in the Oscar-winning film Tsotsi, has died at the age of 40, his manager Nina Morris Lee confirmed in a statement on Tuesday.Chweneyagae rose to interna…

Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:46hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter

13 youths arrested at sex, booze, and drugs party while parents away

Chaos erupted in Cowdray Park when police raided a wild Vuzu party in the early hours of May 24, 2025, arresting 13 youths caught red-handed engaging in alcohol consumption, drug use, and what insiders described as "unprotected sex orgies.…

Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mupostori in graveyard sex scandal

A sex scandal has stirred controversy in Honde Valley involving Talent Nyabanga, a married woman and member of the Johane Marange Church, who stands accused of having an illicit affair and allegedly confessing to being intimate with her lo…

Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

Widower cleared of causing wife's death

Hilary Chisuko, a man from Nyanga, has strongly denied accusations by his late wife's family that he was responsible for her death in a car accident last April. Chisuko, who himself was critically injured and unconscious for two months fol…

Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:10hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe prisons officer arrested for illegal sex booster drugs

A Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer stationed at Zvishavane Prisons has been sentenced to three months imprisonment, wholly suspended on condition he pays a US$250 fine, after he was caught in possession of illegal …

Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:19hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter

4 arrested for smuggling drugs in coffin

Police have arrested four cross-border transporters who allegedly attempted to smuggle drugs worth US$25,000 through Beitbridge Border Post using a coffin.The suspects, identified as Charles Bhebhe (30) of Lobengula West, Bulawayo; James S…

Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 15:45hrs | 1765 | by Staff reporter

Bus crew arrested for smuggling drugs

Two bus crew members were arrested after police intercepted their vehicle along the Harare-Masvingo Road and discovered 34kg of dagga along with various smuggled items.The suspects, identified as Simbarashe Chikasha (36) and Prince Nyakudy…

Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 17:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bogus policemen jailed for possessing drugs, impersonation

Three men accused of impersonating police officers and possessing dangerous drugs were yesterday sentenced in the Harare Magistrates Court. Lloyd Zvama, Clemence Manyika, and Slevester Chaire, all aged 33, appeared before Magistrate Ruth M…

Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 07:04hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe police names and shames drug barons - list

The Zimbabwe Republic Police names and shames the listed 32 drug barons and suppliers who were convicted by the courts throughout the country:- Admire Chamwaita (26), of Mfelandawonye, Beitbridge, for illegal possession of dagga. The suspe…

Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 18:07hrs | 2293 | by Staff reporter

Fight to end drug abuse

Many destinies are thwarted because of drug abuse. Drugs are very bad and we have to fight them. The future of the youth is in jeopardy as a result of god of drugs. There are numerous factors which are causing the havoc of drugs.The factor…

Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 08:21hrs | 176 | by Tatenda Hwari

Top firm caught smuggling drugs into Zimbabwe

Authorities have seized drugs that were allegedly smuggled through the country's porous borders by one of the country's major medical service providers Baines Radiology Group (BIG).Highly placed sources at BIG told  Standard People th…

Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zim govt flags UBH theft of drugs, malpractices

GOVERNMENT has raised a red flag over alleged acts of mismanagement, corruption in terms of awarding of tenders and theft of essential drugs at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH), one of the country's major referral hospitals.This emerged…

Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Mliswa's daughter granted bail

Former Norton legislator's daughter Mudiwa Mliswa Chanetsa (20) has been granted bail by the High Court. The accused person was arraigned before the Harare Magistrates' Court and was denied bail for Unlawful Possession of Dangerous Drugs. …

Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:50hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Harare's haven of sex, drugs and vice

Esnath first traded sex at age 13, after she was forced out of her family home in Harare's old suburb of Mbare.To survive, she decided to lie about her age, she said, taking refuge with a group of older women who became her mentors in Hopl…

Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mliswa's daughter up for drug possession

Former Norton legislator Temba Mliswa's daughter, Diwa Mliswa Chanetsa, has been arrested for drug possession.She was charged together with her alleged accomplice Tawanda Chigudu following their arrest on February 22 in Avonlea, Harare.The…

Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean glitterati and Nigerian husband wanted for drug trafficking

THEIR marriage ceremony at The Nest, an upmarket and exclusive venue in Harare, was dubbed wedding-of-the-year in Zimbabwe last year.It was attended by the who-is-who in the local social scene, cost a staggering US$500 000; the sort of mon…

Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 15:25hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter

Naked romp leads to cocaine bust

Two young women from Harare found walking around hotel corridors naked and behaving strangely, apparently under the influence of drugs, appeared in court yesterday charged with unlawful possession of cocaine.Tumelo Nare (26) and Precious B…

Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Models in drug storm

Models Tumelo Nare and Precious Bango have been remanded in custody until tomorrow for a bail hearing. The pair appeared in court on Tuesday, after they were found in possession of drugs. According to H Metro, the pair was found in possess…

Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 18:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

15-yr-old girl deserts home for drugs and sex

SEX and drugs seem to be the order of life for a teenage girl from Makokoba suburb in Bulawayo.The 15-year-old girl is in Form Three at a secondary school in the city.Her parents discovered her dark side of life after she did not return ho…

Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 18:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Manhunt for 10 drug kingpins

Police are on the trail of 10 prominent drug kingpins in the capital who are understood to have been supplying large quantities of illicit narcotics to the public.In the last two weeks, law enforcement agents have arrested over 1 500 drug …

Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Drug dealers hiding behind shonalism'

ALLEGED drug dealers in Maphisa, Matabeleland South province, are reportedly hiding behind tribalism saying they are being targeted because they are not locals.Most of the suspected drug kingpins in the area are reportedly outsiders.Reside…

Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Cop arrested in Zimbabwe's anti-drugs fight

Police have intensified their campaign against drug suppliers and peddlers under a special operation which has seen several people, including a policeman, being arrested in the past five days while prosecutions for drug-related crimes have…

Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter

Pharmacies shut over expired drugs

At least three pharmacies have been shut while four managers lost licences for selling expired and unregistered medicines to unsuspecting patients, as the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) gets tough on such offenders.Expired …

Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 16:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimra seizes 'army chiefs' drugs haul

ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials in Beitbridge last week intercepted a dedicated consignment of banned habit-forming Bron Cleer cough syrup whose recipients were given as ranked army officials and civilians mostly resident in H…

Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Anti-drug laws for students abroad

For many students, going to study abroad will be the first time of being far away from home. While this can be very exciting news, moving to a new city and a new country can be a nerve-wracking experience.To cope with this new-found freedo…

Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:50hrs | | by Cleto Mhuru

Stop drug abuse

Broncclear, a cough relief medicine which is called 'Bronco' in street lingo is being abused big time by most wayward youths in Zimbabwe. This medicine-cum-drug has left many young people 'walking dead', without direction neither respect. …

Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 19:08hrs | | by Thomas Murisa.

Pharmacy shut down over expired, unregistered drugs

MEDICINE Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) closed down Angel Pharmacy at Checheche Business Centre in Chipinge for selling more than 25 types of drugs which were either expired, unregistered or unrefridgerated, as well as for operating …

Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff reporter

Addictions and Bonding

Do we really have to hate people because of whatever thing they are addicted to? Is addiction really bad or it can actually be saving one from something and after all, one way or the otherâ€¦ we are all going to die. As long as something g…

Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 07:40hrs | | by Belinda Chowa

The need for Scientific Research in the fight against Drug and Substance abuse in Zimbabwe

The war on drugs has been a failure worldwide with detrimental effects on individuals and societies at large. There exists a policy gap to making drug dependence treatment, rehabilitation, care and support a constitutional issue in Zimbabw…

Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Alliah Towo

'Govt stocking expired drugs'

State veterinarians are stocking expired drugs, posing a potential risk to animal health, an audit tabled in the National Assembly has revealed.The government internal audit stated that there was a risk that some of the nation's veterinari…

Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 14:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'We give patients expired drugs all the time,' says hospital boss

A senior United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) nurse has said there is nothing amiss with administering expired drugs as the hospital often gave them to patients.This is despite the promulgation of the Drugs control Act that criminalises the pra…

Published: 25 Jul 2014 at 21:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Expired drugs discovered at Ingutsheni, Mpilo, UBH

THREE major Bulawayo hospitals have lost drugs including antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) and medical devices worth millions of dollars which expired while being kept in storerooms at the institutions. The state of affairs at Ingutsheni Central…

Published: 05 Jun 2014 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Nurse caught selling expired drugs

A SISTER-IN-CHARGE at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH)'s Forester Ward appeared at the Bulawayo Magistrates' Court last week facing charges of selling expired Amphotericin B drugs to a patient.Patricia Malemane Dube (59) of New Magwegwe…

Published: 10 Mar 2014 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

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