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'Thieving' cops back in court
Stanley Musekiwa (46), Takaidza Mugwisi (36) and Masimba Stanely Gwasunda (43), all from CID Stores, were facing theft and malicious damage to property charges when they appeared before magistrate Mar...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Detectives up for stage-managing break-in
THREE Harare-based detectives appeared in court yesterday charged with stage-managing a break-in at Harare Central Police Station stores office before stealing an undisclosed amount of money kept as e...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 08:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates farming equipment, bus to Solusi
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday donated an assortment of equipment that will help transform the Seventh Day Adventist-run Solusi University in Figtree, with the consignment including tractors with ploug...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Potraz donates laptops to rural school
GOSHA Secondary School in Chikwaka last Tuesday became the biggest beneficiary after the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) donated to it 12 laptops, a desktop, mu...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
The weaponisation of Covid-19 in Zanu-PF factional wars
A new deadly political threatTHERE is a new and dangerous security threat in Zimbabwe's politically dysfunctional post-November 2017 military state, under an increasingly factionalised Zanu-PF...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:50hrs | 6 | by Jonathan Moyo
Tsholotsho magistrate in trouble over judgment
TSHOLOTSHO magistrate Rogers Mawarire is in trouble after a Chiredzi woman Violet Chauke, who was severely bitten on the nose by a soldier lodged a complaint against him with the Judicial Services Com...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief raps army, Mnangagwa
A Chiredzi traditional leader has accused the army of meddling in a dispute over the Noremwe chieftainship amid claims that the government has anointed an undeserving candidate.Chief Tshovani ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
What I learnt from S.A's astonishing victory over Egypt!
1. Don't Allow Your Background To Keep You In The Backyard.It Doesn't Matter How You Got Here..... Excel!!!The South African football team, affectionately known as Bafana Bafana, were ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 09:58hrs | 1 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Joint police, army operation to flush out illegal miners raises stink
The police and army recently mounted a joint operation to flush out violent illegal miners throughout the country, but the officers have quickly seized the opportunity to make dirty money, it has been...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Major Matabeleland roads under reconstruction
THE multi-million dollar road infrastructure development programme undertaken by the Government has moved a gear up with work on the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road and Bulawayo-Tsholotsho Road now underway, amon...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
14 die at apostolic sect shrine
FOURTEEN members of the Mugodhi Apostolic Sect died, while several others were injured after a lorry loaded with bags of maize veered off the road and ploughed into worshippers at a roadside shrine in...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Army to fire soldier couples
HUNDREDS of soldiers face expulsion from the army after Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda activated a policy that prohibits officers from marrying each other....Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No soldiers in Zimbabwe schools'
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has dismissed as hogwash, claims that the military has been deployed in schools to intimidate teachers. Negative reports from the private media claimed that s...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa promised change; nothing has changed'
THE Zimbabwean military's move to end Robert Mugabe's almost four-decade reign in 2017 sent jubilant crowds pouring into the streets of the capital hoping for better times after years of economic stag...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | | by Bloomberg
Rape, brutality as soldiers crash protests
THE violent clampdown on protesters by soldiers and the police has left deep scars and trauma on children and women who were beaten up, raped or were forced to watch as their husbands, fathers or brot...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army sets up hotline numbers
THE underfire Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) yesterday established hotline numbers that people could use to report any acts of misconduct by anyone "purporting" to be a soldier in the wake of widespread...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:10hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Army morale lowest as economy implodes
MORALE within the Zimbabwe Defence Forces has reportedly hit rock bottom, the lowest ever since the country's Independence in 1980, amid reports that the troops are disgruntled over the rising cost of...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 14:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promised change; nothing has changed'
The Zimbabwean military's move to end Robert Mugabe's almost four-decade reign in 2017 sent jubilant crowds pouring into the streets of the capital hoping for better times after years of economic stag...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family robbed by Mnangagwa's govt
Before the family of Kelvin Tinashe Choto knew he had been killed last week, social media in the country was circulating a photo of his battered body lying on the reception counter of a local police s...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | | by AFP
AK-47 wielding soldiers go on rampage in Zimbabwe
SOLDIERS have continued to maintain a high presence in residential areas around the country, harassing civilians and, in most cases, beating them up without explanation, as opposition MPs and activist...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police in fix over killings
Police and the army last night sought to clear themselves and throw blame on alleged impersonators following reports that at least 12 people were killed by soldiers and the police during last week's n...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers warn organisers of last week's demonstrations
The country's security services have sternly warned organisers of last week's violent demonstrations against urging their allies to continue with their destructive plans this week, and has assured mem...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
More deadly protests lined-up in Zimbabwe
DEADLY street protests which brought Zimbabwe to a standstill this week have added impetus to calls by opposition parties and civil society organisations for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to agree to d...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army chopper in forced landing
An Alouette III helicopter carrying Secretary for Defence and War Veterans Mr Martin Rushwaya force-landed in Gutu on Saturday after developing a mechanical fault. No one was injured in the in...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police shoot, injure 2 robbers
TWO suspected robbers were left nursing gunshot wounds following a shootout with police in Mvurwi after they allegedly broke into an electrical shop last week.Tawanda Munyamba (34) and Casper ...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government steps up road projects
Government has stepped up major road rehabilitation programmes across the country as it closes in on this year's target to spruce up over 50 000 kilometres of road.This year, Treasury released...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:03hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Former Zimbabwe army boss blames Motlanthe for his abduction
Retired army colonel Elliot Piki has blamed Commission of Inquiry chairperson Kgalema Motlanthe for his abduction, suggesting that he should help the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) with information th...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army dismiss Piki's abduction claims
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismissed a story being peddled by some privately-owned publications alleging that Elliot Piki, a senior officer dishonourably discharged from the army for having an af...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staf reporter
ZNA claims abducted soldier was fired from army over sex scandal
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has said Elliot Piki - who was allegedly abducted from his home last Sunday afternoon and suddenly pitched up at the official probe looking into the August 1 killings ...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
More than $5 billion required for Zimbabwe roads rehabilitation
THE Government requires more than $5 billion to rehabilitate the country's entire road network with more than $250 million having been availed to the department of roads as work on re-establishing tra...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:14hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'soldiers' invade shops, impose own prices
THREE men clad in army uniform on Wednesday went on a rampage, forcing Mutasa shop owners, "at knife point", to reduce prices of selected goods they went on to purchase, an MP from the area has report...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 07:41hrs | 6 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa seeing ghosts, says army
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has dismissed claims by MDC leader Nelson Chamisa that he was being trailed by the military intelligence, saying his statement was only meant to seek political releva...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's surveillance claims 'outrageous and false'
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) yesterday dismissed reports by a local paper accusing its intelligence of trailing and investigating MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa. The article, which...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's life 'under threat'
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says he feels his life is under threat, with "suspicious vehicles" trailing his movements in what his party described as a serious violation to his right ...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZDF dismisses fake private media reports
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has dismissed allegations by the private media claiming its members were abusing citizens. The false reports also seek to tarnish the ZDF's good name. The sto...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers sexually abused MDC election agents, claims Biti
Tendai Biti has accused Zimbabwean soldiers of sexually abusing MDC Alliance election agents during the July 30 harmonised elections, with some agents in Mutoko telling him such abuse was "rampa...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military, police express concern over assault reports
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have expressed concern over messages and footage detailing alleged assaults on civilians by soldiers, and have set up standby t...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers under attack
FOLLOWING the ugly scenes that rocked Harare after alleged MDC Alliance hooligans violently demonstrated against their party's loss in the 2018 Harmonised Elections, some civilians have allegedly atta...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army disowns 'shutdown' hoax
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) yesterday disowned social media reports suggesting that soldiers had declared a national shutdown and urged people not to report for work today.ZDF spokespers...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military disowns rogue soldiers
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has disowned soldiers reportedly harassing people in high density suburbs of Harare saying these should be reported to the police.Residents in Harare and Chit...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 19:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Human rights defenders at risk as elections approach
Preliminary findings of a field missionPARIS, France - Ahead of Zimbabwe's much anticipated general elections scheduled on July 30, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:20hrs | 1 | by FIDH
Crash with donkey cart kills biker
A MOTORCYCLIST from Inyathi, Bubi District died in hospital following a head-on collision with a donkey-drawn scotch cart.Fungai Sibanda (33) died at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo on Mond...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why army warning is omnious
Army press conferences are rare and ominous events in Zimbabwe. When the army calls a press conference in Zimbabwe, it is a serious matter and you better sit up and listen. When they did in November l...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 18:20hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga
Fears of military interference persist as Zanu-PF denies backing
The Zimbabwean army has revised its political involvement in electoral processes ahead of the 2018 presidential, parliamentary and municipal polls so as to duck local and international condemnation, i...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:01hrs | | by Nkosana Dlamini
Military evicts Mnangagwa's elderly cleric at gunpoint
ZIMBABWE'S military, enforcing a government order, has forcibly evicted President Emmerson Mnangagwa's elderly cleric neighbour - at gunpoint - from a well-developed and equipped 250-hectare farm on t...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rewards soldiers, police
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has awarded a whopping 22,5% "special allowance" rise to members of the security service, raising fears that the gesture could be a vote-buying gimmick as it ...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Army deployed in G40 strongholds, Ruhanya claims
DEFENCE forces chiefs are worried that people in G40 strongholds will likely vote for the opposition to spite President Emmerson Mnangagwa who took over through a military coup, a local think tank has...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Military increases presence in villages'
LOCAL political think-tank, Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI), has claimed that contrary to denials by public officials, a huge number of soldiers had, indeed, been deployed in most villages across t...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF will respect election outcome
Zanu-PF yesterday assured the African Union Election Observer Mission that it will respect election results for the July 30 harmonised elections regardless of the outcome as it is guided by the Consti...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mugabe X-factor haunts Chamisa
THE military is fretting over a potential electoral strategic alliance between former president Robert Mugabe and the adventurous opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, whom it has warned coul...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
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