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ON the morning of June 16, 1976 more than 20 000 students from Soweto township took to the streets protesting the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in all South African schools....Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun-totting highway robbers attack businessman
SUSPECTED armed highway robbers are reportedly on the prowl along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road with their latest victim being a Lupane businessman whom they robbed of US$1 800 at gunpoint....Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:48hrs | | 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
Injiva robber killed, two injured in heist gone wrong
A suspected armed robber was killed with two others injured while trying to flee when a gang of six armed men believed to have travelled all the way from South Africa were involved in a dramatic early...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 armed robbers from SA injured in police shootout
FOUR habitual armed robbers operating from South Africa and strongly suspected of being behind a spate of robberies in Zimbabwe targeting cash were on Wednesday night seriously injured following a sho...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crime spree ends for robber couple
After more than an hour of fending off police gunfire and unsuccessfully trying to commit suicide four times, suspected armed robber Godfrey Josi (41) and his wife Juliet Gavaza (36) succumbed to the ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Robbers raid lodge, make off with US$11,000
ARMED robbers stormed a Bulawayo lodge last Wednesday night and made off with cash and property worth US$11 630, including US$9 050 belonging to an Ethiopian gold dealer.The Ethiopian and a co...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun-totting land barons terrorise vapositori
Unrepentant gun-wielding lands barons have beyond reasonable doubt become a menace in Harare's Budiriro high-density suburb where they invade land earmarked for Johane Masowe Nyenyedzinomwe low income...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 15:01hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
R550 000 robber jailed 10 years
AN armed robber, who was part of a gang of five which shot Muchineripi Hlaringo of Beitbridge eight times before making off with more than half a million rand in June this year, was on Friday jailed t...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun-totting man jailed for 3 years
A MAN from Bulawayo's Pumula East suburb has been jailed 36 months for illegal possession of a loaded assault rifle, which was stolen from the Zimbabwe Republic Police armory a few months ago....Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Do they come from where windows are used more often than doors?
Reports of armed robberies and rape in Mash. Central province are very disturbing as much as they are alarming. Knife and gun-totting gangs are said to be driving around ravaging women and helping the...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:15hrs | 7 | by Tondorindo
Terror leader arrested
Police in Marondera have arrested a leader of a suspected gun-totting gang which was terrorising residents in the town and nearby areas, getting away with cash and cellphones, among other things....Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers terrorise Marondera residents
Daring armed robbers have besieged Marondera, with the gun-totting gang reportedly terrorising residents, money changers and businesspeople, a local businessperson has said.The gang is reporte...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Money changer loses US$4 000 to armed robbers
AN illegal money changer from Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo lost more than US$4 000 to seven gun-totting robbers who raided his home while he was sleeping early yesterday morning. The suspects,...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa thrown under the bus at the Motlanthe commission
Zimbabwe's Attorney-General and the government's principal legal adviser, Prince Machaya, yesterday threw President Emmerson Mnangagwa under the bus when he told the commission of inquiry into the Aug...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri sucked into Prophet Wimbo saga
The fight to control and succeed mysterious prophet Madzibaba Wimbo is hotting up, with police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri - who is a brother to the revered diviner - now being accused of p...Published: 15 May 2017 at 13:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masked gunmen hold supermarket customers and employees hostage
TWO masked gun-totting men held employees and customers hostage at a supermarket in Mahatshula North suburb, Bulawayo, before seizing about $1 200 after opening fire and missing one person....Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun-totting Mujuru supporters attack Zanu PF members
VIOLENCE flared up Sunday in Guruwe as Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) members reportedly attacked Zanu PF members using fire arms and axes.Several people were injured and ...Published: 26 Sep 2016 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
4 gunmen in $20,000 heist
FOUR gun-totting robbers allegedly gagged a cashier, tied up her hands and legs with industrial tape at the Savanna Tobacco offices in Bulawayo on Monday afternoon and got away with over $20 000....Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 07:16hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Gun-totting grandpa jailed for rape
A gun totting 70-year-old Buhera man will spend the next 15 years behind bars after he was convicted of raping his seven-year-old granddaughter on two occasions.Manica Post reported that Rubio...Published: 28 May 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Poachers nabbed, tonne of cyanide recovered
A joint operation by the police and the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority has busted several poaching syndicates around the country, leading to the arrest of some of the most notorious pe...Published: 10 Jan 2016 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
AK47 shop raider disarmed by villagers
BRAVE villagers in Filabusi, Matabeleland South province, disarmed an AK-47 gun-totting robber who allegedly tried to shoot them after robbing a local shop. The villagers, risking their lives, confron...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 07:24hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Your death isn't the death of our Tonderai Surgie Ndira my hero we remember you
MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PEACE Wednesday 14 May 2008, was just like any other day. Around 8am, news spread like veld fire that Tonderai "Serge" Ndira ...Published: 14 May 2015 at 11:15hrs | | by Prof Richard M Simango
Gun-totting robbers hits Bulawayo filling station, get away with $160 000
BULAWAYO - THREE armed robbers pounced on a Trek Petroleum filling station in Bulawayo on Monday morning and got away with $160,000 in cash at gunpoint.The robbers have since been arrested bu...Published: 20 Nov 2014 at 06:08hrs | | by Crime Reporter
Three gun-totting vagrants arrested for armed robbery
GWERU - Police in Gweru have arrested three more vagrants in connection with a case involving a fellow gun toting vagrant who was convicted in September.The three, Vincent Mutare,18, Tapi...Published: 06 Nov 2014 at 07:03hrs | | by Court Reporter
Gun-totting robbers pounce at Munyoro Business Centre
SHOP workers and customers had to scurry for cover when four armed robbers pounced at Munyoro Business Centre in Nkulumane 11 and an Ecocash outlet at Sekusile Shopping centre on Wednesday night. ...Published: 20 Dec 2013 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold dealer loses $12 000 to gun-totting robbers
TWO gun-totting men raided the home of a gold dealer in Zvishavane's Mandava suburb, tied a guard with some pieces of wire before getting away with cash and gold with a combined value of more than $12...Published: 05 Nov 2013 at 02:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Tsvangirai Zimbabwe's Nelson Mandela!
While it may obviously be too early to talk about Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai being likened to Madiba (Nelson Mandela), considering that the GNU is yet to realise its fruits, the PresidentÃÂ...Published: 02 Aug 2012 at 05:21hrs | | by Andrew Masuku
Gun-totting senior RBZ official's case takes a new twist
The trial of RBZ senior executive ...Published: 05 Dec 2011 at 11:18hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Gun-totting senior RBZ official threatens to shoot wife
A gun-totting senior RBZ official was allegedly involved in a speed chase with his wife while threatening to shoot her following an altercation over an IPAD he had given her. The Hollywood mov...Published: 05 Dec 2011 at 06:49hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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