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Highway robbers on the prowl
An unsuspecting haulage truck driver was brutally attacked by robbers on the Harare-Mutare highway this week after offering a lift to what he believed were harmless hitch-hikers. The driver, who was s...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:05hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Bashed armed robbers choose to stay mum during court appearance
Two suspected armed robbers on Monday chose to remain mum when they were brought in the dock claiming they were heavily assaulted by police officers when they were arrested last week.Sheman Pe...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 08:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwig loses US$52 000 to armed robbers
Zanu-PF central committee member and Mutare businessman Esau Mupfumi reportedly lost US$52 000 on Sunday night to armed robbers at his Gold Class garage in Mutare city.The veteran politi...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
5-man gang robs hitchhikers
POLICE are hunting five men who allegedly gave lifts to hitchhikers on 16 April and robbed them of goods and US$ 3735The gang, traveling in a silver Honda CRV pounced on hikers thrice in one d...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 19:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$30 fine for hitch-hiking
PASSENGERS who are picked up or dropped off at undesignated points in and around Harare's Central Business District (CBD), as well as in other towns and cities, will now be liable to US$30 fines, whil...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Slain sheriff's spirit 'haunts' killers
IN a bizarre case of the dead fighting from the grave, four of the six suspects linked to the murder of Harare High Court sheriff during an armed robbery are no longer able to stand trial after two of...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala a habitual offender
Empty vessels make a lot of noise. CCC interim vice national chairperson, Job Sikhala, has of late been making unfounded claims about the country's judiciary as being captured.This is stemming...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Zivanai Dhewa
ZB Bank heist mastermind in court
A ZB BANK internal security officer suspected to have been the mastermind of a US$2.7 million heist appeared at the Harare Magistrates court yesterday charged with armed robbery.Shadreck Njowa...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sperm harvesters on the loose in Bulawayo
A GROUP of female sperm harvesters is on the loose in Bulawayo after three women reportedly drugged and sexually assaulted a man who they had given a lift, with police warning the public not to accept...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:18hrs | 2 | by Stephen Mpofu
12-member armed robbery gang arrested
Midlands police have rounded up and arrested a notorious 12-member gang terrorising villagers in Zhombe, and as convictions are secured several assault, attempted murder, public violence and rape case...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Police identify dangerous pick-up points
Police in the Midlands province have identified more than 10 undesignated pick-up points in Gweru, Gokwe and Zvishavane which have become a haven for criminals.With a reported surge in robberi...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt blunder leaves commuters stranded
GOVERNMENT was yesterday forced to concede failure and apologise after thousands of commuters were left stranded in Harare on Friday due to transport challenges following a government decision to grou...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man sentenced to two life terms for SA murders
"He is a cruel and cold-hearted individual who shows no remorse."Judge Judith Cloete slapped the convicted murderer known as "the Table Mountain killer" with two life sentences in the Cape Tow...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance: An opposition effort built on a foundation of lies
Last week some of the issues making rounds on both the mainstream and social media included the arrest of MDC-Alliance deputy chairperson, Job Sikhala, MDC-Alliance spokesperson, Fadzayi Mahere and ac...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:45hrs | 12 | by Nobleman Runyanga
$7bn for Covid-19 response
Government has set aside $7 billion for the heightened fight against Covid-19, with authorities yesterday calling for the tightening of restrictions to control the geographical spread of the virus. ...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bogus cop, soldiers arrested for robbery
Three suspected armed robbers, who were allegedly offering lifts to hitch-hikers along Simon Muzenda Street (formerly Fourth Street) before robbing them of cash and goods, have been arrested. ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police impound 24 000 kombis, pirate taxis
Police have impounded 24 310 non-Zupco kombis and pirate taxis countrywide for continuing to carry passengers and violating Covid-19 national lockdown regulations. Unregistered vehicles, which...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vehicles theft cases on the increase
The Zimbabwe Republic Police's crack anti-theft vehicle unit is appealing to motorists to be on the lookout for robbers that are masquerading as hitch hikers on the country's high way. This co...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean accused of attacking 10 hikers and murdering 2 in Cape Town
The double-murder trial of the alleged "Table Mountain killer" is set to resume next Monday in the Cape Town high court.Thirty-five-year-old Zimbabwean national Blessing Bveni is accused of at...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 18:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
165 years imprisonment for Zimbabwe robbers in SA
A Musina magistrate on Monday sentenced two Zimbabwean nationals who had unleashed a reign of terror on hitch hikers along the N1 highway in South Africa's Limpopo province, to 165 years imprisonment ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rapists, armed robbers terrorise Mashonaland
POLICE in Mashonaland Central are investigating four cases of armed robbery, which occurred in Bindura, Glendale and Guruve.In a statement last night, national police spokesperson Assistant Co...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Volume of travellers in Beitbridge increases
There is increased activity at Beitbridge Border Post as Zimbabweans based in South Africa are coming back home for the Christmas and New Year's holidays. Long queues of vehicles and people ha...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge woman dies in freak accident
A WOMAN died on the spot while a man was seriously injured when a small sand-laden old truck ploughed into hitch-hikers in a freak accident at Beitbridge on Thursday.The injured man was rushed...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hitch hikers turn out to be hijackers
A Good Samaritan lost his vehicle to three carjackers he had given a lift from Lower Gweru to Gweru.One of the suspects Brian Mukomazi (32) of Mbaya Village under Chief Bunina, Lower Gweru app...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to deal with price hikers
The Zanu-PF Politburo yesterday set up an ad-hoc committee to deal with wanton price increases for basic commodities in the past three months, with President Mnangagwa warning unscrupulous businesspeo...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Regulate ground Transit and Passenger transportation
Today in our country, people who travel by ground transportation can catch a private lift, a school bus, a private bus, a Kombi or a taxi. The distinction is based on vehicle type, route, and schedule...Published: 27 Dec 2017 at 14:24hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
Police warn of upsurge in armed robberies
Authorities are warning Zimbabweans about a series of armed robberies in Beitbridge and Zvishavane.According to a community alert, police have responded to several robberies in the two areas....Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 14:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man raped by two women
He now moves around with the aid of crutches, and each time he visits the toilet to relieve himself, the scars on his manhood bring back the memories of how he suffered at the hands of three female ra...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masendeke jailed 26 years
It runs in the family, so the saying goes.And it aptly applies to the Masendeke siblings from Gutu, Masvingo, who have engraved the family's name in history for the wrong reasons.It wa...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO operative viciously attacked, robbed
A Central Intelligence Officer (CIO) operative ...Published: 23 Dec 2016 at 04:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
600 years jail for Zimbabwean terror gang
Three Zimbabwean cross-border transporters were on Monday jailed for 632 years by a South African High Court after they were convicted of 62 charges ranging from murder, robbery, extortion and rap...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 05:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Robbers carjack, burn cars
TWO motorists from Bulawayo were this week carjacked by unknown hitchhikers who went on to burn their vehicles.The carjackers boarded lifts from Bulawayo to Esigodini, later tied up and gagged...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean pair faces SA jail
Two Zimbabwean cross-border transporters and a South African woman were last Thursday convicted on 62 charges ranging from murder, robbery, extortion, rape among other violent crimes perpetrated i...Published: 12 Dec 2016 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha denied bail for 'murder'
THE trial of three Zimbabwean men commonly known as Omalayitsha and a South African woman facing 62 counts of murder, rape, robbery, extortion and assault among other violent crimes committed agai...Published: 11 Oct 2016 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malayitsha to appear in SA court on murder, robbery, assault charges
AN umalayitsha from Bulawayo with his South African wife and two other cross border drivers allegedly killed Zimbabwean travellers, raped dozens, kidnapped more than 100 and extorted cash from others....Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 07:52hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Hitch-hikers to pay $200 fines
Members of the public who hitch-hike at undesignated pick-up points risk arrest and paying fines of up to $200, a development that is expected to curb the menace of pirate taxis in urban centres....Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Woman raped in highway robbery terror
FOUR highway robbers fired a gun shot before pulling a woman from a vehicle and gang-raping her, police said yesterday.A haulage truck driver and his male passenger were robbed of their belong...Published: 27 Apr 2016 at 10:12hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Zimbabwean trio up for spate of cross-border crimes
THREE Zimbabwe cross-border transport operators and a South African woman are expected to appear at the Palm Ridge High Court in Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 4, to face charges of murdering tw...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 15:20hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Hooker gets community service for for cutting lover's foreskin
A GWERU hooker who cut the foreskin off of her boyfriend's manhood in anger after he caught her engaging in sex with a client has been ordered to perform community service.Beauty Nhokwara, 33,...Published: 13 Nov 2015 at 05:21hrs | | by Faith Mabuto
Sperm harvester in court
A GWERU Commuter omnibus driver allegedly offered an 18-year-old vagrant accommodation at his house before collecting his sperms that he stored in a bottle after masturbating him, a court heard. ...Published: 23 Sep 2015 at 06:26hrs | | by Faith Mabuto
Zimbabwean shoppers robbed, raped in SA
South African police are investigating cases in which two Zimbabwean women were killed, three raped while 25 people were kidnapped by a gang of criminals targeting mainly Zimbabweans travelling to tha...Published: 17 Jul 2015 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Undressed Zuma statue erected, destroyed
AMID the heated debate around public art in Cape Town - and the fall of the Cecil John Rhodes statue at the University of Cape Town - a mysterious bronze statue resembling President Jacob Zuma as ...Published: 06 Apr 2015 at 22:19hrs | | by City Press/News24
Matabeleland South police warn of highway robberies
Matabeleland Matabeleland South police have warned the public about a spate of 'movie style' highway robberies that ha...Published: 22 May 2014 at 16:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Europeans had dark skin 7,000 years ago
A genetic analysis of an ancient European hunter-gatherer reveals that his face was a striking combination of dark skin and blue eyes, ...Published: 13 Mar 2014 at 07:15hrs | | by CBC
'Missing Zimbabwe tourist could have died'
Tourist Mr Zayd Dada, who went missing two weeks ago after he went hiking at Mount Nyangani, could have slipped and fell into a cliff or ridges of the mountain and died, a senior Parks and Wildlife Ma...Published: 17 Jan 2014 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mystery over disappearance of tourist in sacred Nyanga deepens
MYSTERY surrounding the disappearance of a Zimbabwean tourist, Zayd Dada who went missing in the Inyangani Mountains eight days ago, has deepened, with no clue yet as to what could have transpired....Published: 12 Jan 2014 at 14:37hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Missing hiker's family appeal for experts and equipment to help in search efforts
Harare, 11 January 2014 - The family of the Zimbabwean man, Zayd Dada, who went missing in the Inyangani Mountains exactly one week ago have appealed to the local and international community for ...Published: 11 Jan 2014 at 11:26hrs | | by Shehnilla Mohamed
Harare pastor robbed in Bulawayo
A Harare-based pastor in Transfiguration Zone International Ministries, Pastor Ronald Matusi was robbed of his possessions worth $1 480 in Bulawayo by four men who gave him a lift, claiming to b...Published: 14 Nov 2013 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man found hanging from a tree along the Harare-Bulawayo road
A 31 year old man was found hanging from a tree along the Harare-Bulawayo road in Kuwadzana on Monday morning in a suspected case of murder.The man was identified as Portifa Mutera of Kuwadzan...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Sperm harvesters' strikes, detains man for 2 days
POLICE have expressed concern over the continuing incidents of aggravated indecent assault cases perpetrated by suspected female rapists on male hitchhikers.Mashonaland West police spokespers...Published: 10 Jul 2013 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
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