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Burglar begs magistrate to send him to jail
There was a surprising twist at the Plumtree Magistrates Court when a suspected burglar pleaded with the magistrate to send him to jail, citing his inability to afford bus fare to return home....Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:25hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Desperate Measures: Burglar Begs for Jail Cell, Citing Bus Fare Woes
In a bizarre twist that left the Plumtree magistrates courts reeling, a burglary suspect, Tylor Ncube, 35, implored the presiding magistrate to lock ...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:56hrs | 1553 | by Simbarashe Sithole
3 in court for printing fake O, A level certificates
THREE Harare men have appeared in court for allegedly printing a fake Advanced Level certificate for a student who went on to apply for a scholarship to study in Denmark.Farai Chauke, a direct...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:42hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers blow open bank safe
AN armed robber who is part of a five-man gang that used explosives to blow open a safe at Agribank Lupane branch is recovering in hospital under police guard after he was shot.Police national...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:09hrs | 15 | by Staff rporter
Armed robbers hit Lupane bank
A suspected armed robber from Lupane is battling for life in hospital after being shot by police on the buttocks while fleeing a crime scene where he and four accomplices still at large, attempted to ...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why the latest iPhone is built for Livestreamers
If you are wondering whether the latest iPhone is suitable for livestreamers, continue reading to familiarise yourself with its various features and upgrades. ...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 13:12hrs | 85 | by Staff Writer
Makandiwa robbed
UNITED Family International Church (UFIC) founder, Emmanuel Makandiwa's Christ TV studios were recently broken into with thieves getting away with footage of prophecies which were yet to be fulfilled ...Published: 12 May 2021 at 10:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hard truths of external hard drive data backup
Hard drives are often trusted on for storing secondary copies of data. A hard disk drive fails when a hard disk drive breakdowns, and the stored data is unable to be retrieved with an appropriately co...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 16:41hrs | 74 | by Staff Writer
Concern over CIO operatives on spooky cybercrime panel
CIVIC society organisations have raised grave concerns over the involvement of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), among other security organs, on the committee which will be responsible for ...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 17:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Top 10 Tech and Innovation Predictions for 2019
It’s amazing how technology has rapidly grown for the last 40 years. Software and hardware have changed drastically, starting from big clunky devices such as life-sized 128 bit hard drives and dial-...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 21:07hrs | 16 | by Staff Writer
Chamisa wins
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has succumbed to opposition pressure and released a copy of the new biometric voters' roll (BVR) complete with pictures to the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance, ...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biometric voter registration system: A technical synopsis
A LOT has been said by experts about the pros and cons of biometric voter registration (BVR).I do not intend here to offer a brief lecture about the BVR system that will be used to register el...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 22:00hrs | 2 | by Robert Ndlovu
Zimbabwe police raid DJs in search of pirated music
POLICE in Bulawayo allegedly confiscated DJs' laptops last week as they embarked on a crackdown on people in possession of pirated entertainment products.According to local media, the blit...Published: 23 Nov 2016 at 22:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cassette players set to make a comeback
US rapper Eminem recently announced that he is re-releasing The Slim Shady LP, originally released in 1999, on cassette tape.This could lead to an upsurge in the sal...Published: 09 Mar 2016 at 13:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
1ns and 2s with DJ-Sticha - Registering with Samro (Southern African Music Rights Organization)
People enjoy YOUR song during weekends. YOUR music gets played all over. The clubs, DJ’s and pubs MAKE THEIR MONEY, but do YOU earn a cent? Are YOU registered with SAMRO or ZIMURA to collect fees fr...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 09:07hrs | | by DJ-Sticha
Child porn distributor in court
A 29-YEAR-OLD Durban man believed to be the mastermind in an international distribution of child pornography images appeared at the Durban Magistrates Court on Thursday.The man was arrested on...Published: 11 Dec 2015 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Prof Jonathan Moyo plot thickens
The recent police raids at the homes of two Zimpapers editors' and their offices were carried out to gather evidence that Information Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo is harbouring an ambition t...Published: 20 Jun 2014 at 07:03hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
High profile private school principal fired, nabbed over child porn
Johannesburg - A principal of a high profile private school in Mpumalanga has been fired, after being arrested in connection with an international child pornography syndicate.The man, who can...Published: 22 Aug 2013 at 07:01hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Armed robbers pounce on service station in Kwekwe
TWO armed robbers pounced on Sakunda Energy Service Station in Kwekwe on Tuesday and stole $4 500, police have confirmed.Police said the suspects attacked a Sawa Security guard and threw him i...Published: 05 Jul 2013 at 03:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Google fined after Street View cars gather personal data in Germany
Google must pay a €145,000 fine in Germany for gathering and storing emails, photos, passwords and chat protocols from unprotected Wi-Fi networks with Google Street View cars.Th...Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 17:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police raid Jestina Mukoko's offices
Police yesterday swooped on Jestina Mukoko's Zimbabwe Peace Project and confiscated cellphones, business cards, hard drives, disks and various other data gadgets as an onslaught on civil society inte...Published: 12 Feb 2013 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 men in security uniforms steal R23 million in gems
Johannesburg - A South African business in Bedfordview has been robbed of R23 million worth of precious stones and diamonds by three men dressed in ADT security uniforms, according to a newspaper repo...Published: 12 Apr 2012 at 06:06hrs | 2 | by Sapa
In Zimbabwe, suspicious break-in at newspaper targets photos
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Zimbabwean authorities to thoroughly investigate a suspicious break-in at a newspaper's office on Thursday.The offices of The Mirror, a private we...Published: 18 Jun 2011 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Repression of the Press in Zimbabwe
To date, Zimbabweans have the privilege to read a handful of independent newspapers, courtesy of the government of national unity, which has proffered the need for press freedom and access to informat...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 09:22hrs | 2 | by Stephen Tsoroti
Zimbabwe may ban western journalists in retaliation
President Robert Mugabe's press secretary has threatened to reinstate a ban on Western journalists visiting Zimbabwe, in comments published in the state-run Herald newspaper.The threat was "...Published: 06 May 2011 at 05:36hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Zimbabwe journalists sanctioned for 'incitement to hatred': EU
The European Union said Wednesday that six Zimbabwean state-media journalists are on a sanctions list because their reporting incites hatred that media groups say has led to political violence....Published: 05 May 2011 at 06:52hrs | | by GG
Osama bin Laden photos latest
Washington - Still-secret photos of the dead Osama bin Laden show a precision kill shot above his left eye, a US official said, as fresh details emerged of an...Published: 03 May 2011 at 13:33hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
Suspicious break-in at Zimbabwe newspaper
New York, April 29, 2011-The Zimbabwe Republic Police should consider all possible leads, including a political motive, in investigating a break-in at the offices of leading independent daily NewsDay ...Published: 30 Apr 2011 at 06:56hrs | | by CPJ
Zimbabwean newshouse raided, laptop, hard drives stolen
The Zimbabwean reports that unknown criminals broke into the offices of Newsday in Harare on 25 April 2011 and stole the editor’s laptop, hard drives and other components fro...Published: 27 Apr 2011 at 07:17hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
Western Digital to buy Hitachi Ltd.'s disk drive unit
The world's leading hard rive producer Western Digital Corp. on Monday announced that it has agreed to buy Hitachi Ltd.'s hard disk drive unit for about 4. 3 billion U.S. dollars, a move that will c...Published: 08 Mar 2011 at 21:16hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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