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Convict escapes prison, arrested in less than 12 hours

A Kwekwe inmate's brief taste of freedom lasted just six hours after he escaped custody, only to be caught while trying to find transport to his rural home in Zhombe.John Nyika (40), who was already serving 24 months for unlawful entry, wa…

Published: 4 hrs ago | 105 | by Staff reporter

Daylight prison break by 2 dangerous criminals from Zimbabwean prison

A dramatic daylight escape from St Thomas Prison in Marondera has triggered widespread concern among residents after two high-risk inmates managed to break free on Saturday afternoon under mysterious circumstances.Sources told NewZimbabwe …

Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 11:18hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter

Suspected robber arrested after escaping from custody

An armed inmate who recently staged a dramatic escape from Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officers at the Harare Magistrates Court has been arrested, along with four of his relatives.Luke Zinyengerere, who had managed to…

Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 06:47hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter

Armed suspect stages dramatic escape at Harare magistrates court

In a scene reminiscent of a high-octane thriller, armed suspect Luke Zinyengerere executed a daring escape from the custody of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday.The dramatic inc…

Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 06:20hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter

2 inmates escape from prison

Two inmates have escaped from Mutimurefu Prison in Masvingo, the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has confirmed.The escapees, Feliciano Simango (also known as Fidelis Jorum Mauyangwe) and Never Matoma, managed to break free…

Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 06:53hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF director escapes death in car accident

Tatenda Chinoda Dhege, the Zanu-PF director in the office of the National Party Chairperson, narrowly escaped death on Friday night when his party vehicle, a Toyota Hilux Revo, was involved in a serious accident. Dhege, who works under the…

Published: 25 Jan 2025 at 15:57hrs | 2553 | by Staff reporter

Inmate escapes from Zimbabwe prison farm

A 26-year-old inmate, Evidence Litwayi, has escaped from Kingstone Prison Farm in Bindura, sparking a manhunt by authorities.Litwayi, from Manondo Village in Mt Darwin, was serving a 20-month sentence for unlawful entry and was expected to…

Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 06:39hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter

Thief scurries through window to escape angry residents

In a dramatic incident recently witnessed in Bulawayo's Gwabalanda suburb, an unidentified thief narrowly evaded a mob attack after being caught stealing inside a house.According to reports, the homeowner's child stumbled upon the intruder…

Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:57hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

5 Zimbabweans escape from South Africa's Lindela repatriation camp

SIXTY-NINE foreign nationals, among them five Zimbabweans, on Wednesday escaped from Lindela Repatriation Centre - under South Africa's Department of Home Affairsâ€“ where they were staying while awaiting deportation. The escapees were par…

Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 09:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Another Zimbabwean escapes from SA prison

SOUTH AFRICAN police in the Waterberg district in Limpopo province have launched a manhunt for a 32-year-old Zimbabwean man who last Thursday escaped from holding cells at the Lephalale Police Station.The suspect, identified as Anthony Mak…

Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 18:09hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Buyanga denies SA prison escape bid

Troubled Zimbabwe business tycoon, Frank Buyanga has denied attempts to skip jail and has demanded apology and retraction of a South African Police Services (SAPS) statement inferring he colluded with their officer to facilitate his escape…

Published: 04 May 2023 at 19:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Army officer, Zimbabwean aided robbers escape

A SOUTH African soldier and a Zimbabwean national have been arrested for allegedly attacking police and helping six-armed robbery suspects awaiting trial to escape on Monday.Kedibone Albert Langa (38), a member of South African National De…

Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

Human, vehicular traffic peaks at Beitbridge border

Human and vehicular traffic through the revamped Beitbridge Border Post has started peaking as many Zimbabweans and other citizens from neighbouring countries such as Zambia and Malawi, have started travelling for the Christmas and New Yea…

Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chikurubi escapee arrested

The 24-year-old prisoner who last week escaped from Chikurubi Farm Prison where he was serving a one-year sentence after being convicted of malicious damage to property, has been re-arrested in Harare.Panashe Chinyama escaped last Wednesda…

Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

7 Zimbabweans escape from SA prison

SEVEN Zimbabweans facing rhino poaching charges in South Africa escaped from the Grahamstown Correctional Facility in Eastern Cape yesterday.South Africa's Department of Correctional Services (DCS) spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo confirmed…

Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Prison escapee back in custody

A MT Darwin man (40), who executed a prison break at Harare Central Prison last year with the help of a prison officer has been re-arrested and arraigned before the court facing a charge of escaping from lawful custody.Richard Sasumba plea…

Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Prison officers in dock over convict escape

THREE Bulawayo prisons officers are in the dock for helping a dangerous prisoner serving 53 years in jail for armed robbery escape from a maximum-security prison in broad daylight.Talent Bhekinhlanhla Ndlovu (21), Tatenda Madzivadondo (28)…

Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

2 escaped Zimbabwean prisoners re-arrested, 3 on the run in South Africa

Four Zimbabwean prisoners being transported to a South African court escaped after armed men ambushed a police van and sprung them free on Friday.Augustine Nqobani Moyo, Nkululeko Nkomo, Mbongiseni Mkandla, Thulani Dube and South African n…

Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

6 Zimbabwean prisoners escape from SA prison transport, on the run

JOHANNESBURG - Six prisoners are on the run in Boksburg on Friday afternoon.It's alleged that the prisoners were released by a gang of armed men from the prison truck that they were being transported in.The men, who were allegedly armed wi…

Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 14:56hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter

Police hunt for COVID-19 positive quarantine escapees

POLICE are still searching for 12 COVID-19 positive inmates who escaped from a quarantine centre in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South province last Friday.The inmates were put on mandatory quarantine after they tested positive to the novel vi…

Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Deportees continue escaping from quarantine centres

PARLIAMENTARIANS from Matabeleland South Province have raised a concern over deportees that are escaping from quarantine and isolation facilities.In July and August 233 deportees escaped from NSSA Hotel in Beitbridge where they had been qu…

Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 17:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

100 Congolese refugees escape from Zimbabwe refugee camp

AT LEAST 100 Congolese migrants, including children, are reportedly being detained by immigration authorities after they were discovered at a house in one of Bulawayo's low-density suburbs.The Congolese were reportedly enroute to Botswana …

Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans escape Botswana prison

Two Zimbabweans, one from Bulawayo and the other from Masvingo are on the run after they escaped from a Botswana prison yesterday morning, alongside a Motswana murderer.According to a statement on the Botswana Government Facebook page, the…

Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 16:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Town clerk' escapes police chase

Self-appointed acting Harare City Council town clerk Engineer Zvenyika Chawatama yesterday escaped arrest on charges associated with abuse of office after evading the police in a dramatic high speed chase down Simon Mazorodze and Chitungwi…

Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Police officer escapes through the window

A POLICE officer had no choice, but to escape through a window when his colleague, who was baying for his blood for poisoning his puppy, took an axe and hacked his doors in an effort to gain entry into his bedroom.A source said Constable W…

Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Soldier 'escapes from kidnappers'

In a dramatic twist to the saga involving Elliot Piki - who was allegedly abducted from his home on Sunday afternoon - the retired army colonel suddenly pitched up at the official probe looking into the August 1 killings on Tuesday, where …

Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Spike in jail escapes

There has been a spike in the number of jail escapes, with some fleeing from cells during court  appearances.More inmates have gone over the wire now more than the previous years.It's not clear whether budgetary cuts have impacted on …

Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 20:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe farmer's escape from death's jaws

AFTER spending 80 years on the same farm, building a school that the late Defence minister Moven Mahachi once attended, the Smart family thought nothing would uproot them from this property they had grown to call home.After all, they had v…

Published: 12 May 2018 at 15:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Police hunt for escaped prisoner

A criminal serving a five-year jail term for theft escaped from prison guards who were monitoring him and other prisoners as they performed manual work at Zimbabwe National Army's Alphida Barracks in Chinamhora on Tuesday.Misheck Tiki (28)…

Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

Prison warders probed over dangerous criminals' escape

THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has reportedly launched a probe on nine Karoi Prison officers accused of facilitating the escape of three murder and robbery suspects in November last year.Sources close to the investig…

Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 06:50hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Armed robbers escape with $14,000 at Montana Meats

Six robbers with two of them armed hit Montana Carswell Meats along Lithium Road in the industrial area of Masvingo recently and got away with $13 800 from the safe.These is the fourth armed robbery in Masvingo inside five weeks.Craig Gree…

Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

15 Zimbabweans escape from Botswana prison

Police in Botswana have launched a manhunt for 15 Zimbabwean fugitives who escaped from a prison in Francistown on Saturday after destroying the prison fence with manhole cover, News24.com reported.Three of the 18 inmates that escaped duri…

Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 09:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Escaped Nigerian girl misses her Boko Haram 'husband'

Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) - Escaped Chibok girl Amina Ali Nkeki says she misses her Boko Haram fighter husband and is still thinking about him three months after escaping the militants' camp.Amina Ali, who was held hostage by the terrorist grou…

Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 07:21hrs | 32 | by CNN

'I missed sex,' prison escapee tells court

A Chinhoyi criminal on Friday told the court that he escaped from prison because he was missing sex with his girlfriend.The prison escapee, Never Jongwe, was sentenced to 12 months, four months were suspended on condition of good behaviour…

Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 09:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Prisoner escapes from Mutare Prison

A 31-year-old male prisoner who was serving an 18-month jail term escaped from Mutare Farm Prison last Saturday and is still at large. Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services, Manicaland Region Principal Prison Officer, Liberty Mhlanga,…

Published: 27 May 2016 at 16:08hrs | | by Liberty Dube

Suspect flees from police custody

A MUTARE man will regret the day he decided to flee from police custody after he was slapped with a four-month jail term following his arrest.Manica Post reported that Motion Chiengana (25) pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared in …

Published: 06 Mar 2016 at 08:56hrs | 3 | by Collette Mukome

Zimbabweans escape from Francistown illegal immigrants centre

Zimbos escape from Francistown illegal immigrants centreStaff ReporterBotswana  Police have revealed that two prisoners escaped from the Francistown Centre for Illegal Immigrants (FCII) on Monday last week.The commander at Gerald poli…

Published: 16 Jun 2015 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter

Prison officer assists Chihuri escape from Khami Prison

A Khami Prison inmate has claimed that he was ordered to escape from jail by a prison officer and gave him $300 for transport.Innocent Chihuri told Bulawayo magistrate that a prison officer identified as Maindeyi hatched the plan to let hi…

Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 14:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter

'Sexy cops' seduce guards, help 26 prisoners escape

Call it a prison break that left little to the imagination. Two women, dressed in skimpy, "sexy" police officer costumes, allegedly showed up at a prison in Brazil's interior Mato Grosso state on Thursday, according to local media reports.…

Published: 09 Feb 2015 at 10:44hrs | 2 | by CNN

Zim prisons porous, 78 prisoners escape

A REPORT from the country's prisons, the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPS) indicates that at least 78 prisoners have escaped from the country's correctional facilities in the past 24 months, raising concerns over the laxity o…

Published: 03 Oct 2014 at 09:37hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter

'Prison officials helped me escape'

Arguments in mitigation and aggravation of the sentence of serial escape artist Bongani Moyo will be made in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday.Moyo appeared in the dock with Khumbulani Sibanda on Monday, after the court s…

Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 05:44hrs | | by Sapa

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