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Woman steals US$24 000 from employer
A 35-year-old woman from Barham Green, Bulawayo, appeared in court yesterday facing charges of stealing US$24,000 from a steel manufacturing company where she worked. The accused, Nothando Banana, all...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:47hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Fawcett cash-in-transit guards lose $20k after giving lift to strangers
Police have launched an investigation after US$20,000 was stolen from a cash-in-transit van which was transporting the money from Beitbridge to Mutare on October 16.Four guards from Fawcett Se...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 12:21hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Fight for Gwanda mine escalates amid bribery allegations
The ongoing dispute over Vubachikwe Gold Mine has escalated, with major shareholder Forbes & Thompson accusing lawyers representing Fawcett Security Operations - a creditor seeking to ...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:16hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Insider hand in US$114k, R1,2m heist exposed
Preliminary investigations into the armed robbery at Fawcett Security Company in Chipinge, where US$114,411 and R1,281,320 were stolen, suggest the heist was facilitated by an insider, police confirme...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:08hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers raid Fawcetts vault get away with $111,000 and R1.2 million
Armed robbers went away with US$111,000 and R1.28 million after targeting a Fawcetts Security facility in Chipinge early Wednesday, police said.Investigators believe at least five armed men we...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 11:55hrs | 1406 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo firms shine at ZNCC awards
At the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) 2024 Matebeleland Annual Business Awards, Mr. George Kudya of Star Distributors emerged as the star of the night, winning both the Overall Winner an...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:07hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Masca dismisses accusations of mismanagement as blatant false
Medical Aid Society Central Africa (MASCA) has dismissed the accusations of mismanagement by sources within the organisation as false and defamatory in the process demanding a retraction for the publi...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 10:48hrs | 10 | by Stephen Jakes
Medical scheme in graft accusations
Medical Aid Society Central Africa (MASCA) has been accused of mismanagement amid indications its reserved funds were sitting at zero.It is said that three top management officials are accused...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 14:19hrs | 150 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabweans resort to comedy to cope with failing economy
Zimbabweans are resorting to comic relief in the face of a failing economy, as the local currency loses value by the day. After all, laughter is the best medicine.This week, government workers...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hooker lands drunk client in trouble
An unknown lady of the night who hooked up with a drunk in a bar got the man in trouble after he was allegedly assaulted by a gang of people who invaded the room she took him to with one of them claim...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fawcett Security guards up for stealing US$12,000 from thief
Two Fawcett Security guards appeared in court for allegedly stealing over US$12,000 cash from a theft suspect they had just apprehended with his loot from Total Energies in Hillcrest, Bulawayo....Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Crashed Zimbabwe plane was carrying diamonds
THE light plane owned by mining giant, Murowa (Private) Limited, which force-landed near Beatrice on Monday afternoon, had a parcel of diamonds which were being transported under armed guard by police...Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers ambush Company, get away with US$105 410
A 43-year old man from Gwanda's Magwe Irrigation Scheme under Chief Mathe and his accomplices have been accused of raiding Poly Packaging Pvt Ltd in Bulawayo at gunpoint and getting away with US$105 4...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Shots fired in Entumbane as guards foil robbery
WARNING-SHOTS were fired early Sunday morning in Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo when security guards reacted to an attempted robbery and arrested two suspects at Nhliziyo Shopping Centre.Bulaway...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA-registered vehicle used in Harare shoot-out recovered
The South African registered VW Polo vehicle used as a first getaway car by two suspected armed robbers who sped off during a shootout at a service station near the Exhibition Park (formerly Harare Ag...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier, police officer arrested after police shootout with 'armed robbers'
A soldier and a police officer are among four suspects arrested after a police shootout with suspected armed robbers in Harare on Wednesday.A fifth suspect was killed in the incident near Show...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 18:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbery cases increased in 2021
Cases of armed robberies increased countrywide this year with criminals targeting cash-in transit vehicles, individuals and business people with large amounts of cash.Schools and cross-border ...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Gun crimes haunt Zimbabwe
ON December 6, former detective and lawyer, Joseph Nemaisa, made national news as his exploits in defending his family against armed intruders read like a page off James Kawara's thriller novel, Sajen...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Security guard shot as armed robbers strike at Natpharm
A SECURITY guard was allegedly shot and injured yesterday morning at the National Pharmaceutical (Natpharm) warehouse in Bulawayo in a suspected robbery attempt.Mr Given Mawonawangu (22) who i...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Police raise alarm over stage-managed robberies
THE country has recorded a 22 percent increase in armed robbery cases this year compared to the same period last year with the Zimbabwe Republic Police raising alarm over stage-managed robbery inciden...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber arrested after flaunting cash on social media
A DECISION by a suspected armed robber to flaunt his ill-gotten wealth on social media backfired after he was arrested when his picture with wads of United States dollars attracted the attention of la...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'US$334k Fawcett robbery staged'
THE case in which US$334 290 was brazenly stolen from a cash-in-transit vehicle between Gweru and Kwekwe last Thursday evening, has taken a new twist with police unearthing evidence linking the Fawcet...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 23:15hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Fawcetts cash in transit vehicle robbed of US$380 000
A Fawcetts cash in transit (CIT) vehicle was allegedly robbed of more than US$380 000 cash near Conmara area along Gweru-Kwekwe highway yesterday late afternoon. Police sources said the CIT wa...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 08:08hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Highway fuel robbers nabbed in Beatrice
Two suspects have been arrested by Chivhu police on allegations of stealing diesel from Fossil Contractors machinery parked on their site along Harare-Masvingo highway after a high-speed chase. ...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
32 armed robberies in Bulawayo between March and June - police
Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo witnessed 32 armed robberies in a four-month period between March 1 and June 30, police said on Sunday.Two people were shot by the armed robbers, one fatally...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 19:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police act on armed robberies
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has instructed all his provincial commanders to deploy special units to robbery hotspots in an effort to tackle increasing armed robbery cases. Comm-...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fawcett security guard shot in the head with an AK-47, survives
A Fawcett Security guard escaped death by a whisker after being shot with an AK-47 rifle in the head by armed robbers in Bulawayo on Monday night.The security company's Alarms Reaction Team re...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 17:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robbery gone bad leaves 2 guards shot and injured
FIVE armed robbers shot and injured two Fawcett Security guards with an AK-47 rifle in Bulawayo's industrial sites on Monday night.One of the security guards was shot in the head and is lucky ...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 17:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Employees steal US$100 000 from Mukuru
A Mukuru branch manager and his assistant allegedly stole US$100 000 from a sealed trunk of banknotes entrusted to their care in February, stuffing the cash they removed into their pockets, and had th...Published: 20 May 2021 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Thieves break into shop adjacent to Central Police Station
DARING thieves recently broke into a popular Bulawayo supermarket located a few metres from Central Police Station in the central business district and stole a bottle of brandy and a DVD decoder....Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Police still to account for Fawcett cash-in-transit hijackers
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday said they were still investigating a robbery case involving a Fawcett Security cash-in-transit (CIT) vehicle which was hijacked by armed robbers on Monday while it was tra...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cash heist probe stepped up
Police yesterday said they were still working out how much money was stolen by six armed robbers who attacked two security guards delivering Zupco's weekend cash collections at CBZ Eighth Avenue Branc...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
CBZ armed robbers strike in Kezi
THE six-man armed gang that on Monday robbed a Fawcett Security cash-in-transit van of undisclosed amount of money at the Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ) branch in Bulawayo, on the same day robbed a...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Manhunt for Bulawayo bank robbers
Police are hunting six armed robbers who attacked two security guards delivering Zupco's weekend cash collections at CBZ Eighth Avenue Branch in Bulawayo, disarmed them and hijacked their armoured veh...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Movie-style armed robbery at Bulawayo bank
Six armed robbers pounced on two security guards delivering cash at Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ) 8th Avenue branch in Bulawayo, disarmed them, hijacked their armoured vehicle before getting away ...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:28hrs | 11 | by Staff writer
Cash-in-transit heist at Bulawayo's CBZ branch
Police in Bulawayo are investigating a cash-in-transit robbery after a Fawcett truck was targeted while delivering cash to the Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ) early on Monday.The armed robbe...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 16:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers hit Lupane bank
SIX gun-wielding robbers raided a bank and shop in Lupane in two separate incidents and got away with more than $1 200 and undisclosed groceries. Police spokesperson for Matabeleland North, Ch...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 22:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grand theft: How diamonds were looted in Marange
In June 2006, one of the world's largest alluvial diamond deposits was discovered at Marange in eastern Zimbabwe. Estimated to yield between US1 to 1.7 billion dollars per annum, the revenue from thes...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 13:59hrs | 12 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Security guard in scuffle with cops after cash van rams pirate taxi
A FAWCETT security guard was involved in a scuffle with police officers after an accident involving his cash in transit vehicle and a pirate taxi Honda fit along Old Victoria Falls Road in Bulawayo....Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal gold miners now call themselves 'Bokoharam', bribing security guards
Two illegal miners aka 'Bokoharam' were arraigned before Guruve magistrate last Friday facing illegal mining charges at the controversial Crown mine in Guruve, Mash - Central.The duo Francis C...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Robbers masquerad as cops
Eight Harare robbers allegedly stole $2829 from N Richards Chivi in Masvingo after they masqueraded as riot police officers to a Fawcett security guard on duty at the premise.According to a ZR...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 22:44hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Armed robbers get away with $1 300 and cellphones
TWO men armed with a pistol allegedly held the gun to the head of a worker at a soccer betting shop in Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb and forced her colleagues to hand over more than $1 000 and cellphone...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop jailed 6 years for $258 armed robbery crime
A POLICE officer who robbed a Total Service Station in Bulawayo was on Wednesday slapped with a six-year effective jail term after he was convicted of robbery.Amos Hlori (38), who was stat...Published: 02 Apr 2017 at 17:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Security guard shoots, kills gold panner'
An illegal gold panner was allegedly shot dead by a security guard at Crown Fall mine in Guruve Mashonaland Central on Sunday.Sources familiar with incident allege Brian Chatyoka (32) was shot...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 17:40hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cop in court for armed 'robbery'
THE police officer who is alleged to have robbed a Total Service Station in Bulawayo at gun point last month, appeared in court yesterday.Amos Hlori (39) works under the Police Special Tac...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top cop arrested for garage heist
A POLICE officer said to be part of an elite arm of the force has been arrested for an armed robbery that occurred at a Total Service Station in Bulawayo last month.Detectives arrested Amo...Published: 09 Mar 2017 at 05:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders vs Dynamos - Live updates
Highlanders 2 - 1 DynamosHighlanders beat Dembare for the second time this season. Bosso came froma goal gown but scored two goals in two minutes to take the leadGame over90'+1...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 14:02hrs | 2 | by Sports reporter
Standard Chartered launches Africa's most extensive roll out of mobile and online banking
Digital Banking made easier, faster and safer for over 1 million clients across 8 markets LONDON - Standard Chartered Bank (www.SC.com) is bringin...Published: 31 May 2016 at 17:12hrs | | by APO
Help me find my father Mugabiri
1/12/2016, 10:48 AM - +263 77 804 7103: Hie good people . I am looking for a man called Mugabiri. He was working in Blanket Mine in 1994 .He was a FAW...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 11:58hrs | 4 | by Concerned Son
Teenage wife bashes husband over phone call
A TEENAGER from Hwange bashed her husband with a cooking stick and iron bar after he received a phone call she suspected was from a girlfriend. Sekai Mwembe, 19, was convicted on her own plea ...Published: 14 Dec 2015 at 05:49hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
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