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Court orders cop, govt to compensate dog bite victim
A POLICE officer and his bosses have been ordered by the court to pay $150 000 compensation to a 40-yearold Rusape man for damages suffered after he was mauled by a dog set on him by the law enforceme...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Police in soup over fatal shooting
A BULAWAYO family has filed a US$436 000 lawsuit against Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and their subordinates following the fatal shooting of a fami...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1391 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, Matanga defend police brutality
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have shot down the $900 000 compensation demand made by a Kwekwe man who claims to have been negligently shot five ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:30hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Rogue security agents warned
GOVERNMENT is dealing with armed robbery cases involving members of the security sector and has said those who resist arrest will be shot. Increasing armed robberies, mainly targeting banks an...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:26hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
'Nail corrupt police'
AUTHORITIES have stepped up their efforts against graft within the police force, with Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe urging citizens to use technology to help nail rogue cops.This comes...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:35hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
'Security officers leading most armed robberies in Zimbabwe'
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe on Thursday admitted before the Senate that serving and former police officers and soldiers were involved in the majority of armed robberies recorded throughout t...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1409 | by Staff reporter
Fake stamps syndicate man fined $100,000
A 44-year-old Beitbridge man who is part of a syndicate using fake customs and immigration stamps to illegally clear travellers and goods at the country's port of entry has been fined $100 000 by a Be...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:03hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants resolve to go on partial strike
RESTIVE civil servants have resolved to go on a partial strike which will see them work just two days a week after insisting their current earnings can no longer sustain their livelihoods.This...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:00hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's 'hanging tree' accorded National Monument status
THE Home Affairs Ministry is planning to accord a Bulawayo tree, which was used by the colonialists to hang Africans, national monument status.The tree, situated between Connaught and Masotsha...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:17hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Activists plot demo at Harare Magistrates Courts
SEVERAL local human rights activists and civic society groups have threatened to storm the Harare Magistrates Courts today in protest against pro-democracy campaigner Makomborero Haruziviishe's convic...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 07:13hrs | 1081 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda statue court battle rages on
THE court battle between the government and a Harare man over the construction of the statue of First Chimurenga heroine Mbuya Nehanda has escalated after the latter launched a new application. ...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:50hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt hunts social media offenders
IN A move which shows the government's growing concern with the rising abuse of social media in the country, authorities will treat all such cases as a threat to national security.Giving a lec...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 15:19hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
'Maldives 6' file US$300 000 lawsuit against Kazembe
THE six human rights activists who were arrested in 2019 on allegations of plotting to subvert a constitutionally-elected government after they attended a human rights workshop in Maldives have filed ...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:17hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Fresh disorder rocks Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has been hit by fresh chaos, with the party's highly divisive and recently restored District Co-ordinating Committees (DCCs) at the centre of the latest commotion.The DCCs - which were...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:09hrs | 2448 | by Staff reporter
Kabila's general flees to Zimbabwe
An army general under the government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) former President Joseph Kabila has fled to Zimbabwe, according to reports from the mineral-rich country.This comes as...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:09hrs | 7127 | by Staff reporter
Nust student demands $1m for wrongful arrest
AN engineering student at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has filed a $1 million lawsuit against police and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for unlawful arrest and pr...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
8 000 border jumpers arrested
At least 182 border jumpers were arrested over the weekend countrywide bringing the total number so far to 8 299 of suspects nabbed under the ongoing operation as the police continue to increase patro...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:10hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle shortages crippling police operations
PARLIAMENT has been told how a serious shortage of patrol vehicles is crippling the operations of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), which has a deficit of close to 450 cars. This comes as mo...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 16:06hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Power crisis cripples RG's office
THE Registrar-General's Office in Bindura has not been processing passports, birth certificates and identity cards after failing to purchase pre-paid electricity tokens for several months.Prov...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:03hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
2 women sue over extrajudicial shooting
TWO women from Hwange in Matabeleland North province yesterday filed notice of intention to sue the police after they were allegedly shot during raids on suspected illegal coke vendors.Zulani ...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:03hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
Registrar's office fails to pay electricity bill
BINDURA registrar's office has failed to pay electricity prepaid tokens for several months thereby muzzling the whole system.Sources who spoke to Bulawayo24.com said the office has been runnin...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 15:47hrs | 439 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF Mash Central province due for elections
ZANU PF Provincial Executives are meant to derive their power and mandate to lead from the masses not a select few individuals sitting in a private corner who determine who should be coopted to which ...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 12:29hrs | 611 | by Claris Magwenzi
State agents swarm Chilonga
STATE security agents have reportedly deployed heavily in Chilonga, Chiredzi district amid fears that they want to flush out strangers and contain the flow of information on government activities in t...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:05hrs | 1708 | by Staff reporter
Passports hoax triggers panic
THE government has described messages circulating on social media claiming that passports for people that applied for the travel document in 2019 are now ready for collection as a hoax.A messa...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:28hrs | 3654 | by Staff reporter
Tension in ZANU PF camp over positions
Tension is high in ZANU-PF Mashonaland Central Province over the replacement of ex-vice chairperson member Brigadier -General Epmarcus Kanhang...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 18:27hrs | 1647 | by Paul Ndou
Bulawayo passport backlog reduced, 2019 passports now ready for collection
THE Registrar General's (RG's) Office in Bulawayo has said citizens who applied for passports before end of February 2019 should collect their travelling documents as they are now ready. The R...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:02hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
Chaos in ZANU PF camp on vice chairperson post
There is chaos in Mashonaland Central province over the vice-chairperson post which fell vacant after the ex- vice-chairperson Epmarcus , Kanhanga was promoted to Politburo thereby replacing the late ...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 22:25hrs | 2449 | by Staff Reporter
MDC activists sue police over nude pictures
HARARE West MP Joanah Mamombe and youth leader, Cecilia Chimbiri have slapped the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) with a $15 million lawsuit for circulating their nude pictures last year.Mamomb...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2301 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe uses farm house to plot factionalism
Embattled ZANU-PF Mashonaland Central province chairperson Kazembe Kazembe is reportedly using his Concession farm house to plot factionalism in the province.Most of his allies whom he backed ...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:30hrs | 3781 | by Paul Ndou
Kazembe's power struggle exposed
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson Kazembe Kazembe's power struggle to retain the chairmanship ahead of the looming election has been exposed.Kazembe who is slowly losing grass...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 10:31hrs | 4493 | by Lloyd Rabaya
War veterans clash with Kazembe
War veterans in Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central province have once again clashed with ZANU PF provincial chairperson Kazembe Kazembe after he elimina...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 20:34hrs | 2150 | by Paul Ndou
Govt hikes lotteries, casino fees
THE government last week hiked licensing fees for all lotteries, casinos and betting shops which are now pegged at $250 000.In an extraordinary government gazette, Home Affairs minister Kazemb...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 16:19hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe grilled over spot fines
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has said government is working on modalities to ensure that various methods of payment are used at police roadblocks to make it easy for payment of spot fines....Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:40hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Zimra throttles smuggling
The recent upgrading of security along the Limpopo River, partly driven by the need to stop illegal movement of people spreading Covid-19, has resulted in reduced smuggling with Zimra nailing those ca...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:30hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Man sues Kazembe, police
A HARARE man has filed a High Court application seeking an order compelling the police to investigate an alleged abduction and shooting incident he endured at the hands of suspected cops earlier this ...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 15:59hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Gambling board boss under investigation
THE Lotteries and Gambling Board is investigating its secretary Heavens Gonga for a litany of misdemeanours, including alleged abuse of office.Gonga, who has served for over 15 years, was last...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
Gambling board boss under investigation
THE Lotteries and Gambling Board is investigating its secretary Heavens Gonga for a litany of misdemeanours, including alleged abuse of office.Gonga, who has served for over 15 years, was last...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide initiative goes cold
TRADITIONAL leaders have lamented that the Covid-19 restrictions on public gatherings have prevented them from spearheading Gukurahundi exhumations and reburials, among other peace-building efforts ai...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:07hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
Maswi declared provincial heroine
ZANU PF Central Committee member Madeyi Maswi who succumbed to Covid 19 on Thursday has been declared a provincial heroine.She wa...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 10:46hrs | 1560 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZimRights's spot fines challenge dismissed
HIGH Court judge Justice Webster Chinamhora yesterday dismissed an application by a retired lawyer, Sheila Frances Jarvis and the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) who were challenging pub...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF central committee member succumbs to COVID-19
ZANU PF central committee member Madeyi Maswi has died from complications associated with COVID-19.She was 54.Her son and family spokesperson Takundwa Maswi confirmed the death....Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Central Committee member succumbs to Covid 19
ZANU PF Central Committee member Madeyi Maswi has died due to Covid 19 pandemic.She was 54.Family spokesperson Takunda Maswi who is also her son confirmed the death."She ...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 4500 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kazembe, Matanga taken to court over seized diesel
DINSON Colliery Company (Private) Limited (Dinson Colliery) has dragged Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to court claiming police unlawfully seized its 40 000 litres diesel.Also cited as ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1425 | by Staff reporter
ZRP Support Unit embroiled in farm dispute
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police Support Unit in Shamva has been accused of invading a farm belonging to one Cyril Gunda, in a matter that spilled into the courts yesterday.Gunda is seeking an order t...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:26hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
'Don't open border with SA' Zimbabwe doctors fear impact of covid-19 variant
Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights (ZDHR) have advised the government not to open land borders with South Africa when it reviews the current lockdown.The end of the extended lockdown coincides ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:03hrs | 1493 | by Staff reporter
Doctors fear Covid variant outbreak if Zimbabwe opens border with SA
Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights (ZDHR) have advised the government not to open land borders with SA when it reviews the current lockdown.The end of the extended lockdown coincides with SA's ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 20:26hrs | 1278 | by Staff reporter
'2 million Zimbabweans people undocumented'
AT least two million people in the country are failing to obtain identity documents due to the cumbersome processes at the registry offices, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has revea...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:54hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe frets as SA opens borders
ZIMBABWE is yet to make a decision on the opening of its borders for international travel, with authorities saying they would be guided by the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country.The ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:50hrs | 1403 | by Staff reporter
Nyikayaramba burial Saturday
National hero and Zimbabwe Ambassador to Mozambique Lieutenant General Douglas Nyikayaramba who succumbed to Covid-19 complications on Tuesday will be buried on Saturday at the National Heroes' Acre....Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:31hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga-linked cartels take over public firms, mines, fuel sector - report
HIGHLY secretive cartels linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are reported to have taken over the operations of key state-owned companies, including private f...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 8122 | by Staff reporter
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