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Shona youth that attack Matabele possessed by the demon of gukurahundi
Shona youth that drive all the way from Mashonaland to Matabeleland armed with machetes and fire arms to invade Matabeleland and violently attack and kill...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 23:53hrs | 69 | by Israel Dube
'Real' Zimbabwe heroes struggling to survive
AS the country celebrates Heroes Day Monday, former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) instructor, Grace Ethel Noko remains one of the unsung liberation struggle heroines despite having play...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed CCC official bashed by ZANU PF youths
An armed member of Citizen Coaliation for Change (CCC) in Chiweshe has been severely beaten by ZANU PF youths after he tried to block their youth leader a...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:17hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
NRZ security guard shoots dead scrap metal thief
A National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) security guard was on Wednesday arrested for murder after he allegedly shot dead a man who was stealing scrap metal from a workshop in Mpopoma.The inciden...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops hunt for illegal bullets suspect
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a Chinhoyi man, Tinashe Zhengeni who is on the run after 225 rounds of ammunition were discovered at his residence on Tuesday.This comes amid an increase in ...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 15:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZPCS warns journalists against blocking prisons vehicles
Journalists covering court cases have been advised against blocking vans carrying suspects to court, and disobeying orders from Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officials as that may ...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO operative nabbed for careless discharging of firearm
A 25-year-old Chitungwiza man appeared in court yesterday facing charges of reckless discharging of a firearm and possession of dangerous drugs.Tanfany Chadomunhu appeared before Harare magist...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 09:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo men arrested for guns smuggling
POLICE in Beitbridge have arrested two Bulawayo men for allegedly smuggling into the country seven signal pistols, over 1800 units of Broncleer through an illegal crossing point along the Limpopo rive...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Claim freedom granted by Constitution in peace
IF the citizens do not feel any longer represented by the men and women they have cast their ballots for, and Parliament is no longer effective in serving the common good, can no longer defend human r...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:19hrs | 2 | by Fr Oskar Wermter SJ
Ex-Zanu-PF MP's life in danger
Former Zanu-PF legislator for Mutasa South, Irene Zindi says her life is under threat after unknown persons besieged her farm last week and kidnapped her supervisor.Writing on her Twitter, the...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by newzimbabwe
CIO operatives fire shots over $10 bus fare
Mutare: Two overzealous Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives were recently arrested for allegedly firing shots into the air in fury over being charged exorbitant bus fares.Ligome...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 09:41hrs | 3 | by newzimbabwe
Another soldier in the suspected armed robbery nabbed
Another member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) who was part of the alleged armed soldiers who pounced on Ocelia mine in Concession last week has been nabbed after being implicated by their injured...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 06:42hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Arrested soldier 'killed' on hospital bed
A 52-YEAR-OLD member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) who was remanded in custody by Concession resident magistrate Ruth Moyo on an armed robbery case last week has died.Shelton Marerwa who...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 10:46hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Eight soldiers up for armed robbery
Eight members of the Zimbabwe National army reportedly stormed Ceola mine,Concession last week armed with three pistols using a military vehicle and tried to disarm security guards before stealing gol...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 19:00hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gun owners liable for stolen firearms used in robberies
POLICE have urged gun owners to secure their firearms as some of them are being stolen and used to commit crimes. The statement by the police follows a spate of armed robberies across the coun...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Residents plot to petition Parly over baboon menace
RESIDENTS of Kariba have threatened to approach Parliament to register their complaints over the increasing baboon population in the area saying the apes were now a menace, especially in the residenti...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stolen police guns recovered
Three police guns and rounds of ammunition that were stolen during the recent violent protests were recovered at a joint army, police security checkpoint along the Shurugwi-Zvishavane Highway on Thurs...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poacher shot, jailed 2 years
Suspected poacher Life Shoko (29), from Kambanjo in Gokwe, who was intercepted and shot by rangers while poaching at the Bubye Valley Conservancy in Beitbridge last year, has been slapped with an effe...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cry my beloved Zimbabwe . . . as country is closed for business
Once open for business, Zimbabwe is closed for business.Shops are closed, people are scared and companies are closing just as is the democratic space that President Emmerson Mnangagwa opened u...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:25hrs | 11 | by Staff rpeorter
Prison break criminals face more charges
THREE hard-core criminals who allegedly assaulted prison officers while on transit before jumping off a moving prison truck, were convicts with a combined jail term of 126 years, The Zimbabwe Prisons ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers arrested after mine heist
POLICE have arrested a group of four armed robbers who attacked a mine manager with stones and knobkerries before fleeing with his gun and $850, police confirmed.Matabeleland South provincial ...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
41 arrested over Aug 1 post-election violence
Forty one people have been arrested in connection with the August 1 shootings that claimed six people in post-election protests that were met by a military crackdown, detective chief inspector Edmore ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 13:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
August 1 victims dead before soldiers arrived
On an extraordinary and defining day in the quest for the truth over the August 1 military massacre on the streets of Harare, the men who made the key decisions on that day all totally denied they had...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:48hrs | | by zimlive
'Zimbabwe soldiers did not kill civilians on 1 August'
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces did not kill any civilian during an operation aimed at restoring order in Harare's central business district following violent demonstrations that resulted in the death of ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs want liquid in water cannons probed
Parliament has been urged to institute an investigation into the chemical composition of the liquid in water cannons used by police to disperse crowds amid fears that the liquid could contain harmful ...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda defends presence of soldiers at police roadblocks
DEPUTY Defence minister Victor Matemadanda has defended the presence of soldiers at police roadblocks, saying it was their duty to protect the nation.He was responding to Senator Phyllis Ndlov...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Nabbed gang leader remanded in custody
A 32-year-old Harare man appeared before Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro today for reportedly pointing a fire arm and robbing Kamushenje mine of its gold ore valued at $6000.Public...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:40hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole
SA man arrested over unlicensed gun possession
POLICE in Beitbridge have arrested a 39-year-old South African national who entered the country with an unlicensed gun which he did not even bother to declare.Cuku Zuku, of 5660 Mutimurefu Str...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Candidate pulls out gun, threatens to shoot party supporters
AN angry aspiring MDC-T councillor Tinashe Kambarami, in Bulawayo allegedly pulled a pistol and threatened to shoot party supporters for allegedly conducting primary elections in a constituency he cla...Published: 30 May 2018 at 09:47hrs | | by A Mhlongo
'Gun threats' at MDC-T primaries
AN aspiring MDC-T councillor in Bulawayo allegedly pulled out a pistol and threatened to shoot party supporters for allegedly holding primary elections in a constituency he claimed was reserved for yo...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabweans must surrender their fire arms
Police’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has urged members of the public in possession of firearms either lawfully or illegally to surrender them to police stations countrywide for verifica...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun theft maid (17) blames rape, threats
A MAID from Bulawayo allegedly stole her employer's pistol, buried it in a garden and claimed that he had threatened to shoot her with it.The girl (17), whose name has been withheld to protect...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cop dumps wife for sex worker
A 33-year-old Guruve detective constable has reportedly dumped his family for sex workers Bulawayo24.com has heard.Edward Jim (33) wants to leave his wife of ten years, Ullionetor Tinago (28) ...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Guns, police and army uniforms recovered at crash scene
Two fire arms, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) uniform and Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniform were recovered in a Toyota Corolla Runx they were travelling in after it overturned and killed the driver...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 10:18hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Does Zimbabwean situation show that we should not always oppose military coups?
2017 has been a year with a great difference, it has been a year where ZANU PF imploded and almost destroyed itself. It is a year where adults where treated like children in front of the nation and no...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 18:39hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
A peaceful coup in Zimbabwe
There was real jubilation in the streets OF Zimbabwean towns as for the first time in 37 years there was going to be a change in government. The army action was calculated and famous for its civility....Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 14:26hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Myth that expelled Zanu-PF leaders have military backing must be ignored
Zimbabwe Communist Party secretary General Ngqabutho Mabhena has said the myth that some expelled Zanu (PF) leaders have the support of the military in Zimbabwe and that the nation is on the verge of ...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 07:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Army boss kidnaps resident at gunpoint
A ZIMBABWE National Army boss has appeared before a Beitbridge magistrate court facing charges of kidnapping and threatening his victim with a fire arm.Colonel Dalton Muleya (56) of Dulibadzim...Published: 11 Nov 2017 at 16:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for killing an elephant
A 27-year-old man from Bwazi, Monozi village under chief Masunga appeared before Guruve magistrate Artwel Sanyatwe for hunting and killing an elephant without a valid licence.Godsave Machisa (...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 09:39hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZRP intensify patrols along Plumtree Border Post
POLICE have intensified patrols along the Plumtree Border Post as most of the fuel that is being sold on the black market is being smuggled into the country through undesignated entry points along tha...Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
27-yr-old in trouble for killing an elephant
A 27-year-old man from Bwazi, Monozi village under chief Masunga, was convicted of killing an elephant worth $50 000 at Guruve magistrate court today.Godsave Machisa (27) pleaded guilty to hun...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 17:53hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man shoots lover in genitals
A MAN has been jailed after he caused life-changing injuries to his female lover after a bizarre sexual fantasy involving a shotgun went disastrously wrong.The sexual fantasy was a loaded shot...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 12:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mine owners' war turns nasty
RAT-a-tat-tat!Hebert Kwenzani (41) a mine owner along with his brother Robert Wekwete are lucky to be alive after their rival Ronald Davison Mngangavai (29) with the assistance of his security...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open letter to SA deputy minister of Police, Mr Bongani Mkongi
With all the respect due to Minister and all the Power that be, may I take this opportunity to humbly submit my views on Minister's statement made in recent days on Foreigners. Firstly may I ask the m...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 19:56hrs | 7 | by David Magagula - MLF
Love for bacon lands trio in court
An undercover security guard nabbed three individuals who were shoplifting at Pick n' Pay Supermarket in Kamfinsa, Harare. Mercy Machadu (33), Tatenda Dube (26) and Charles Mhlanga (39) stole 10 packe...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean in OR Tamba heist earned R400 000 per month
Johannesburg - The Kempton Park Magistratefs Court on Tuesday heard during the bail application of two men allegedly linked to the OR Tambo International Airport heist that one of the suspects earned ...Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 20:51hrs | | 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
Gang of five attempts to rape a policewoman
FIVE Bulawayo men allegedly attacked three cops at a police base, stripped one of them and attempted to rape her before robbing the trio of $80.Two of the assailants, Mbonisi Moyo (31) and...Published: 29 Oct 2016 at 16:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mozambican soldier arrested in Zimbabwe
There was drama at Muzarabani growth point on Friday the 7th of October when a Mozambican soldier was nabbed for allegedly purchasing mercury in the area.Sources familiar with the situation to...Published: 10 Oct 2016 at 09:01hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kereke's bid for freedom hits a brick wall
A bid by jailed former Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke to taste freedom pending the determination of his appeal against sentence and conviction has hit a brick wall after the High Court d...Published: 07 Oct 2016 at 17:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
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