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Zimbabwe security firms rope in Police Support Unit
In response to a recent spike in nationwide robberies, security companies are partnering with the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Support Unit to enhance protection for cash-in-transit (CIT) deliveries...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 06:58hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo family held hostage, robbed
A BULAWAYO family was last Friday evening held hostage for two hours by armed robbers who broke into their home in the affluent suburb of Burnside.Mr Mtsheki Sibanda and his family were trauma...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa betrays SA war vets
SOUTH AFRICA'S elite task force rescued two cabinet ministers and a deputy after they were held hostage by war veterans demanding reparations for their role in the fight against white minority rule....Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest High Court 'armed robber'
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man from Makokoba suburb who is linked to the botched armed robbery at the Bulawayo High Court earlier this month. Evidence at hand has led police to believe...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa prepares for ruthless demos crackdown
AFTER subjecting more than a thousand regular police officers to paramilitary training, purchasing an assortment of weapons, including AK assault rifles and sniper rifles, government has moved to acqu...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance supporters held hostage by the military for '24hrs'
Twenty MDC Alliance supporters have been held hostage by the military for about 24hrs, a party official has said.MDC youth assembly vanguard national spokesperson Chengetai G...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 16:51hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Hostage situation at UK shopping mall ends
Officials say the hostage incident at a bowling alley near Birmingham has ended with the arrest of a gunman.The West Midlands Ambulance Service said two people who had been held hostage at a b...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 20:38hrs | | by AP
Mugabe bolsters police anti-riot unit
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has transferred 400 police officers to the Support Unit, which is reportedly being beefed up with more sophisticated riot gear ahead of next year's general elections...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gunman kills 20, injures 42 in gay nightclub in Florida
A gunman killed at least 20 people and injured 42 others in a crowded gay nightclub in Florida early on Sunday before police shot him dead in what U.S. authorities described as a "terrorism incident."...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 14:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Hostage situation at London Restaurant
A man has been arrested after a woman was reportedly held at knifepoint during a two-hour hostage situation at a central London restaurant.Officers were called to a branch of the Bella Italia ...Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Whither sport in Zimbabwe
The recently held 11th All Africa games in Congo Brazzaville has clearly exposed and shown the sorry state of sporting in this country. Surely for someone who would want to earn a living through sport...Published: 02 Oct 2015 at 20:55hrs | 1 | by Collen Maenda
Villagers trapped in Marange diamond fields
Thousands of families are trapped in Marange diamond fields with their long wait for relocation dragging despairingly into an unknown future.Locals and human rights groups now hold gover...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 13:01hrs | 2 | by Bernard Chiketo
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