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Zimbabwe police officers soaked as rains destroy tents
Scores of police officers in Chipinge, Manicaland, were left stranded this week after torrential rains destroyed their makeshift tent bases, leaving them without shelter or a place to operate from. Th...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:03hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police dismisses media reports on non-availability of uniforms
The ZRP have dismissed the false information being peddled by some errant police officers concerning the availability of uniforms for the 2024 Independence Day parades at national and provincial level...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 19:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Court defers ruling on Sikhala
Ruling on former Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala's case of publishing falsehoods on social media has been deferred to February 15 .This came out Monday when Sikhala and his lawyer Harrison N...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala convicted of publishing falsehoods
CITIZENS Coalition for Change senior member Mr Job Sikhala has been convicted by Harare Regional Magistrate Mrs Feresi Chakanyuka of communicating falsehoods after falsely claiming in 2021, that a jun...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police officer up for freeing suspected thieves in Zimbabwe
A POLICE officer who ordered a constable to free five suspected thieves accused of stealing cellphones, is now before the courts on charges of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer.A juni...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:13hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police should not be cowed
IN our Thursday issue of NewsDay, we carried a rather sobering report about junior police officers who petitioned their bosses to intervene and save them from harassment by top Zanu-PF officials. ...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police protest abuse by Zanu-PF heavyweights
JUNIOR police officers have complained to their superiors about Zanu-PF officials who are interfering with their duties as the country prepares for the August 23 harmonised elections.NewsDay i...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police dragged to Zanu-PF ideology classes
MORALE has reportedly hit rock bottom in the police force after all officers were commandeered to attend civic education meetings co-ordinated by the ruling Zanu-PF party as part of its indoctrination...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police pays ZW$1 million compensation to victim of 2018 shooting
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has paid ZW$1 million compensation to a man who was shot and injured by a constable in 2018, two years after the case was brought to the courts by the Zimbabwe Lawye...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pampers junior cops
GOVERNMENT has resuscitated long-abandoned allowances for police officers, resulting in junior cops now earning more than their superiors, a development which has caused disgruntlement in the law enfo...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops threaten protest vote
GROWING discontent over measly salaries paid to government workers has forced police officers, one of the least paid sectors in the civil service to threaten bhora musango, a protest vote for the oppo...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over police bosses hefty perks
JUNIOR police officers are heavily disgruntled after a confidential correspondence showing their bosses are getting airtime and data allowances way above their monthly salaries was leaked.The ...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops resist 'punishing' transfers to rural outposts
AT least nine junior police officers have gone AWOL after resisting transfers to rural outposts.Confidential documents seen by NewZimbabwe.com indicate that the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police morale hits rock bottom
MORALE within the Zimbabwe Republic Police over staff welfare-related issues has reached its lowest ebb amid serious concern that service delivery will be compromised while corruption may reign suprem...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 17:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko ignores Mnangagwa legitimacy lawsuit
FORMER vice president Phelekezela Mphoko has failed to respond to the High Court application by a Zanu-PF official challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy.Zanu-PF youth member, S...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chombo ignores Mnangagwa's legitimacy court challenges
FORMER Zanu-PF finance secretary, Ignatius Chombo has ignored a High Court application filed by a Zanu-PF youth, Sybeth Musengezi seeking the nullification of Zanu-PF's 19th November 2017 special sess...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
No to extortion on maternal health services in council clinics
THE Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) calls upon the Harare City Council to act decisively and stop harbouring and nurturing extortionist practices by health personnel in council clinics ag...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by ZUJ
Smuggling cartels control Mutare
CARTELS smuggling fuel and second-hand clothes into the country have become powerful and daring to an extent of hiring earth-moving equipment to clear and periodically repair gravel roads connecting i...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police officer 'rapes' breastfeeding GBV victim
A JUNIOR police officer has been arrested for allegedly raping a 30-year-old breastfeeding woman who had gone to the police station to report a gender-based violence (GBV) case.Constable Shake...Published: 30 May 2021 at 09:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zacc investigator guns for police boss
AN investigator with the Zimbabwe AntiCorruption Commission (Zacc) and a junior police officer have slapped top cop, Senior Assistant Commissioner Erasmus Makodza with a $15 million defamation lawsuit...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:22hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Cop pips head with bullet in shock suicide
A JUNIOR police officer stationed at Ruda police in Hauna, Mutasa district shot and killed himself with an FN Rifle while on duty.Police confirmed the incident and said investigations were in ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF leader threatens police over arrest of council officials
ZANU PF Central committee member John Nhambura is alleged to have threatened Mvurwi police over arrest of three Mvurwi town council officials who are faci...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 09:48hrs | 15 | by Paul Ndou
Cops scorn 'dummy' Covid-19 compensation
JUNIOR police officers have poured scorn on a US$650 amount promised as compensation by their employer on any serving member who contracts Covid-19.This follows promises of the US$650 on membe...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala arrested
POLICE have arrested MDC Alliance top politician Job Sikhala outside the Harare magistrate's court.Sikhala, a lawyer, was part of the legal team representing freelance journalist Hopewell Chin...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 15:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Senior police officers in court over US$110 bribe
THE trial of two ex-senior police officers at Chitungwiza Police Station accused of receiving a US$110 bribe failed to kick off yesterday after their lawyer failed to turn up.The two former co...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Police summon NewsDay scribe over expose
POLICE in Karoi have allegedly invited NewsDay correspondent Nhau Mangirazi for interrogation over a story that exposed their colleague who, in the company of Zanu-PF youths in the area, raided shopow...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko requests Bulawayo trial
Former Vice President, Phelekezela Mphoko, yesterday appeared at the Harare magistrates' court for his routine remand and notified the court that he wanted to be tried in Bulawayo where he resides....Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police Commissioner fights junior cop's reinstatement
POLICE Commissioner General, Godwin Matanga, is challenging the reinstatement by the High Court of a junior police officer who was fired by his predecessor for refusing to move to his new station with...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
General Chiwenga and Mphoko to take Mnangagwa to court?
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko is working with ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga in a plot to challenge the legitimacy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa a weekly newspaper Zimbabwe In...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 13:59hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Poison fearing Mphoko now a wanted man
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has launched a manhunt for former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, who reportedly dramatically escaped from ZACC investigators on Monday afternoon. ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko faces arrest
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko faces imminent arrest after resisting officers from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) who wanted to pick him up from his Bulawayo home over allega...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police reforms shape up
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday said police officers are expected to be disciplined and perform their duties with integrity following their retraining. The Zimbabwe Republic Polic...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZRP embarks on rebranding exercise
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have embarked on robust training programmes and strict supervision of police officers in a rebranding exercise expected to transform the organisation.This is...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 15:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police bosses in US$4m housing scandal
SCORES of junior police officers were allegedly prejudiced in excess of US$4 million by their superiors in a botched housing scheme bankrolled by CABS under a 10-year mortgage arrangement, the Zimbabw...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU boss arrested over deadly looting protests
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general Japhet Moyo has been arrested in connection with wild protests that rocked parts of the country during a national job stay away called by the...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:50hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
9 facts, myths about Zimbabwe mayhem
On Monday and Tuesday, the opposition in Zimbabwe staged what they called a national "shutdown" which was supposed to be a popular mass protest against the Government over the rising cost of liv...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:44hrs | 3 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Cop jailed 12 years for robbery
A HWANGE-BASED junior police officer, who was recently rearrested while attempting to skip the border into South Africa, has been slapped with a 15-year jail sentence.Three years of the senten...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive cop nabbed at Beitbridge Border Post
A HWANGE-BASED junior police officer, who escaped from Hwange Prison while awaiting trial on 12 counts of theft after going on a housebreaking spree, has been re-arrested while trying to cross the bor...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange cop up for 12 counts of theft
A HWANGE-BASED junior police officer facing 12 counts of unlawful entry and theft after going on a housebreaking spree, which included stealing from his colleagues' homes, has been denied bail....Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Shake-up at ZRP
Several senior police officers have been moved from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)'s traffic section to other units within the force.The transfers are part of efforts by the law enforcemen...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 14:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Junior cops sue over 'unlawful' salary deductions
AT least 28 junior police officers staying at Mbare Police Camp have petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel their bosses to refund the $45 which they allege was unlawfully and wrongfully...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop who once arrested Mnangagwa finally gets justice
A former junior police officer, who made news headlines when he boldly arrested the now state President Emmerson Mnangagwa 2005 and further refused to cast his vote in front of his superiors, will fin...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 15:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwe police shake-up
In the second major shake-up of the police force since the ouster from power of Robert Mugabe, authorities have promoted close to 500 senior cops, the Daily News reported.The latest shake-up c...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will Mnangagwa defy odds on 30 July?
Zimbabwe is heading for harmonised polls on 30 July to elect a substantive president following a coup that toppled nonagenarian leader R.G Mugabe last November. ED took over on interim basis to finish...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 16:44hrs | 1 | by Benny Gudo
Postal votes scam and the forgotten postman
Too many cooks spoil the broth. That's true, of course, but once in a while, it takes only one cook to do that, breaking the utensils and burning down the kitchen too. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commissio...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:55hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Cop injured, girlfriend killed in late night accident
A JUNIOR police officer based in Victoria Falls cheated death, but lost his girlfriend in a head-on collision which occurred after he allegedly failed to give way to oncoming traffic in the Mkhosana a...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Matanga warns cops
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has warned police officers against abusing citizens and urged them to act within the confines of the law.He said such wayward behaviour was intolerab...Published: 24 May 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop demands $50 000 after boss beds wife
A BULAWAYO-based junior police officer is suing his boss for $50 000 in damages for allegedly engaging in an adulterous relationship with his wife of 15 years.The aggrieved cop, Mr Taurai Tape...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 11:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
41 senior cops transferred
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has rung another shake-up, with the law enforcement agency transferring 41 senior police officers and 19 juniors.The move is one in many redeployments effected i...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 14:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops refuse to go on street patrols
Junior police officers, unhappy with a recent decision to drastically reduce the number of roadblocks across the country, are resisting new duties such as foot patrols, NewZimbabwe.com reported....Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 10:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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