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Ferret members in R22k extortion storm
FIVE members of the Ferret team deployed at Beitbridge to fight cross-border crime have been caught up in a bribery and extortion storm.The team faces charges of demanding money from a B...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono friend abducted
Suspected state security agents abducted a Harare-based construction manager - who has done a lot of building works for award-winning Zimbabwean filmmaking journalist Hopewell Chin'ono - yesterday in ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Authorities must investigate the escalation of abductions, torture and killing of political activists
The Zimbabwean authorities must immediately address the escalating cases of abductions, arbitrary detention, torture and killing of parliament members, opposition political activists, and human rights...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:18hrs | 15 | by Amnesty International
Ngadziore's abductors identified
Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC)'s Harare MP Takudzwa Ngadziore was 'abducted' in Harare this morning, 'tortured and dumped' in Christon Bank, Mazowe.Ngadziore was abducted on his way to pa...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 14:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will cause political instability in Southern Africa
Without modicum of doubt, failure to run the economy and political affairs of the Zimbabwe government due to over four decades of unfettered large scale looting, corruption, economic mismanagement, Ma...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 22:12hrs | | by Israel Dube
CIO raises alarm over illicit army gold mining
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), has raised serious national security fears over an illicit gold mining operation run by an army-owned company, Rusununguk...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:50hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Ferret Force busts car smuggling racket
A COMBINED team of Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), military intelligence and the Zimbabwe Republic Police, known as Ferret Force, last week busted a car smuggling syndicate operating between ...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thabo Bester's R3,5m Mercedes still stuck in Beitbridge
THE Mercedes Benz worth at least R3,5 million that is understood to have been used by captured South African murder convict and escapee Thabo Bester is still stuck at Beitbridge Border Post after it w...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ferret team granted bail
MEMBERS of the combined security officers known as Ferret arrested this week on allegations of abuse of office at Beitbridge Border Post were yesterday granted $50 000 bail each and warned not t...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 21:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ferret Team caught in bribery trap
SIX members of security officers deployed at Beitbridge Border Post to fight cross-border crime were on Tuesday night caught red-handed by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission officers as they coll...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF declares war on CCC
FORMER State Security minister Owen Ncube yesterday described the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) as an enemy of the ruling party and encouraged Zanu-PF supporters to defend the par...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF says enemy is Nelson Chamisa's CCC
FORMER State Security minister Owen Ncube yesterday described the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) as an enemy of the ruling party and encouraged Zanu PF supporters to defend the party a...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZimLive editor survives 'abduction' bid over Mnangagwa drink article
NewZimbabweVETERAN journalist and ZimLive editor Mduduzi Mathuthu has not returned to his Bulawayo home since Friday when individuals claiming to be police officers and driving unmarked vehicl...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fires his enforcer as State Security Minister
President Emmerson Mnangagwa sacked Owen Mudha Ncube as state security minister on Monday as Zanu-PF continues to feel the tremors from its divisive provincial elections concluded two weeks ago....Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 19:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Makomborero Haruzivishe to fight on
MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe says he will not be deterred by the state's political persecution and has vowed to continue fighting against civil and political injustice.Address...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Political elites' vacuous populism not serving Zimbabwean people's interest
IN a recent eloquent but rather dense article titled "Dynamics of the Zimbabwe crisis in the 21st century" adopted from a 2003 academic paper of a similar title, Professor Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni ma...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:45hrs | 8 | by Dr Mike Chipere
Chiwenga flees 'Ferret team'
Prominent Harare street preacher Apostle Talent Chiwenga has reportedly fled his house in the capital following heightened surveillance of his church and home by people in unmarked vehicles.Ac...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Why MDC-A must not change its name for by-elections
As embattled President Emmerson Mnangagwa dithers on whether or when to cause the compromised Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to discharge its constitutional obligation to call for the holding of ...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 9 | by Jonathan N Moyo
Journalist 'steals' security document
A journalist has appeared at the Chiredzi Magistrates Courts facing a charge of stealing a classified document from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Law and Order office at Chiredzi Police ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
At least 10 killed as Mnangagwa dialed up rights abuses in 2020: Amnesty International
Zimbabwean security forces killed at least 10 people last year as President Emmerson Mnangagwa exploited the Covid-19 pandemic to step up human rights violations, deploying agents to abduct and tortur...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 09:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC youths slam swift jailing of Makomborero while Mnangagwa allies walk free
MDC Alliance youths have blasted the swift trial and jailing of party activist and pro-democracy campaigner Makomborero Haruzivishe by a Harare court while several corruption accused top Zanu-PF offic...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Conmen steal US$1,400 from Mutodi at border
Former Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Energy Mutodi was left counting losses at Beitbridge Border Post on Thursday evening when a bogus clearing agent he had engag...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance National Executive member Arrested
MDC Alliance National Executive member and People Power leader Makomborero Haruzivishe has been arrested in Harare along Seke Road today.Youth Assembly National Secretary-General Ostalos Sizib...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:33hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Bus crew members jailed 8 months for violating lockdown regulations
Two bus crew members who are employed by a South African bus Company, Mulaudzi Bus Services were today jailed for eight months for violating the national lockdown regulations which prohibit inter-city...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | | by crisisgroup
Jonathan Moyo calls for defiance
A proposed new law criminalising the identification of rogue state agents committing rights abuses must be "defied with contempt", former minister Jonathan Moyo has said.Godfrey Gandawa, the f...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reportetr
Mnangagwa redeploys Ferret forces, says Jonathan Moyo
Exiled former Information Minister, Jonathan Moyo, has claimed that there President Emmerson Mnangagwa is redeploying Ferret Forces amid concerns over the exposure of the force's secret activities....Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 21:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Living for the moment - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
It's been a problem for at least 20 years. Despite all the efforts of successive presidents, some Zimbabweans are still apparently dissatisfied. They just don't know what's good for them.One h...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 08:05hrs | 5 | by ZimVigil
Mnangagwa is stoppable, says Chamisa
Disputed opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said he will today use his second e-rally to tell the nation that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime is stoppable despite its show of invi...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's CIOs still pursuing activists linked to #31JulyProtests
SOME of the people linked to the foiled July 31 mass demonstrations claimed yesterday that they were still being trailed by suspected State security agents despite being recently cleared by the police...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Activists claim Mnangagwa's ferret squad stalking them
Some of the people linked to the foiled July 31 mass demonstrations have claimed they are being trailed by suspected State security agents despite being recently cleared by the police. However...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzembi warns Mnangagwa
FORMER cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has advised his erstwhile colleague, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to desist from using the State to punish or settle political disputes with his opponents....Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
ANC- ZANU- PF bromance in Harare a no show
The entire week, Zimbabweans everywhere had adrenalin pumbing through their beings in great anticipation of the much-hyped ANC- Zanu PF meeting at the very headquarters of the latter in Harare....Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:30hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Bitter first anniversary for Mugabe
DESPONDENT and waiting in a long queue for daily food handouts from a well-wisher, Milka Mandimutsa gets nostalgic about Zimbabwe's autocratic and longtime ex-leader Robert Mugabe, who died a year ago...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's dangerous drift puts Mnangagwa under spotlight
ZIMBABWE is quiet for now after President Emmerson Mnangagwa clamped heavily on dissent while figures who have led calls for protests have been locked up in jail, with investigative journalist Hopewel...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:15hrs | | by Alfonce Mbizwo
MDC's Tendai Masotsha speaks out on Tawanda Muchehiwa abduction saga
Suspended MDC Bulawayo Chairlady Tendai Masotsha has denied allegations that she worked with the dreaded Ferret Team to coordinated the abduction of journalist and Activist Tawanda Muchehiwa on July 3...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:43hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
FULL TEXT: Tawanda Muchehiwa's gory story on how he was abducted by Ferret team
I often wake up in the middle of the night sweating profusely with a pulsating headache. At that moment, I can feel intense pain on the right side of my jaw. I never get back to sleep.I have t...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 09:49hrs | 13 | by Tawanda Muchehiwa
WATCH: How Mduduzi Mathuthu's nephew was abducted by state agents
A CCTV video footage of how Tawanda Muchehiwa the nephew of Mduduzi Mathuthu the Editor of Zimlive was abducted by the dreaded Ferret Team in Bulawayo on the 30th of July has been posted online. Ferre...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:52hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe coup announcer emerges front-runner in Zanu-PF succession race
FOREIGN Minister Sibusiso Moyo has emerged as a centre of power in government and the ruling Zanu-PF party, and now fancies his chances of becoming Zimbabwe's next president.This was said by e...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:36hrs | | by newzimbabwe
SA registered fuel smuggling tankers intercepted at Beitbridge border
Authorities at Beitbridge Border Post have heightened their anti-smuggling drive following the recent interception of three South Africa registered tankers smuggling a combined 116 000 litres of petro...Published: 09 May 2019 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Salad cream intercepted at border
AUTHORITIES at Beitbridge Border Post have intercepted 21 tonnes of salad cream worth R470 000 being smuggled from South Africa to Harare. The Hash Logistics Truck was intercepted by the Ferre...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
NPA declines to prosecute CIO, MI, police 'armed robbers'
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Tuesday declined to prosecute a team of police officers, Military Intelligence and Central Intelligence Organisation agents arrested for armed robbery....Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:16hrs | | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe under attack from within
It is without doubt that government is facing resistance from the civil service, a lumbering elephant of half a million workers, in carrying out its reforms.This is because civil servants are ...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 19:34hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Some Zimbabweans have poisoned themselves with spit
THE more one reads some reactions to the current upheavals in the economy, the more one sees that some people have poisoned themselves with spite.It's not only me who has observed that. Level-...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Gunshots at Beitbridge border as omalayitsha rampage
SOLDIERS manning Beitbridge Border Post had to fire warning shots yesterday to quell a potentially volatile situation after a rowdy crowd charged at customs officers after refusing to comply with bord...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two Zimra officials acquitted
TWO Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials who were recently dragged to court for allegedly facilitating the smuggling of roofing material worth 58 535 in import duty after demanding a R2 000 fr...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 16:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwe loses millions to smuggling syndicates
THE government could be losing millions of dollars in revenue via its north-eastern port of entry at Forbes Border Post due to under-declaration and false classification of goods by importers to evade...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra expands lifestyle audits
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority wants more muscle to back tax compliance measures, while also indicating that it is widening its lifestyle audits to ferret out those who live large while evading their ...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe buys $4m plot
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe, who has gone full throttle in expanding her real estate portfolio, has bought a US$4,2 million plot that was earmarked for a housing development project in the plush Helensval...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel smuggling scandal exposed
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has smashed a massive fuel smuggling scandal at Beitbridge Border Post after it intercepted two tankers carrying over 40 000 litres of petrol worth more than R233 000....Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
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