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Armed robbers caught in act
TWO suspected armed robbers appeared in court yesterday after they were busted by members of the public during a heist.Atipaishe Sibanda, 20, and Lawrence Mashu, 32, appeared before Harare mag...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:34hrs | 2303 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Chief Ndiweni
Nhlambaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has come under from Matabeleland activists who have accused him of being off side when he tweeted about Gukurahundi Genocide recently. Ndiweni had po...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 13:02hrs | 4432 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Machete gangs run riot in Zhombe, Mangwe
MACHETE-WIELDING gangsters linked to the infamous MaShurugwi on Saturday stormed two schools in Zhombe and Silobela and got away with valuables belonging to teachers after detonating explosives to sca...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1699 | by Staff reporter
Diamond dealer stabbed 29 times
AN illegal diamond dealer who was murdered in cold blood by a teenage suspect and his fugitive accomplice in Chiadzwa two weeks ago succumbed to 29 stab wounds which were inflicted by his rabid assail...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:37hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
MDC's night of long knives in Masvingo
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa, has with immediate effect dissolved the MDC Masvingo Provincial Executive as fissures in the party continue to worsen, Harare Post can r...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 06:05hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
AK-47 shots fired as gang raids Bulawayo home
THREE men wielding an AK-47 rifle allegedly raided a suspected illegal money changer from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo and got away with $5 000 and US$700 after firing some shots. The suspe...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1690 | by Staff reporter
Taxi driver murderers get life imprisonment
TWO Harare men, who gruesomely murdered a prominent Rusape taxi driver Emmanuel Ngwarati before robbing him, have been given life imprisonment by High court Judge Isaac Muzenda.The body of Ngw...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:20hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga threatens tough action against maShurugwi
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has warned machete wielding gangs that the government will take stern action against them.It is rare for a high ranking Zimbabwe government official to publ...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:14hrs | 1077 | by newzimbabwe.com
Cop killing machete gang denied bail
Machete-wielding artisanal miners, who allegedly murdered a policer officer in December last year at Good Hope Mine in Kadoma, have been denied bail pending trial at the High Court.Justice Amy...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 19:48hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Woman ropes in gang for knife attack on ex-boyfriend
A WOMAN from Bulawayo has appeared in court for allegedly ganging up with unidentified accomplices and attacking her ex-boyfriend with knives and sharp objects until he lost consciousness. Bea...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:17hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
'Machete violence organised, premeditated'
MACHETE violence cases being perpetrated by artisanal miners in the country are not happening randomly, but are premediated and organised, High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese has said.Off...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 12:52hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Courts promise stiff sentences for machete gangs
THE courts will hand down stiff penalties on convicted machete wielding gangs to deter would be offenders in the wake of a surge in cases of violent machete attacks on ordinary citizens, miners and bu...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 12:35hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
7 machete suppliers locked up
Seven machete makers, who were arrested last week at Siyaso in Mbare, Harare, on suspicion of supplying machetes to armed robbers and criminals in mining communities, were on Saturday remanded in cust...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 12:27hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Machete violence organised and premeditated, says High Court judge
MACHETE violence cases being perpetrated by artisanal miners in the country are not happening randomly, but are premediated and organised, High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese has said.Off...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 06:58hrs | 3564 | by Staff Reporter
Harare police raid underground machete suppliers
Police have recovered 31 machetes and arrested seven people suspected to be in the business of making and supplying them to gangs that are terrorising mining areas and towns. This followed a r...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 13:08hrs | 4355 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo police ban carrying of weapons
POLICE in Bulawayo have banned the carrying of dangerous weapons in public within the next three months citing an increase in serious crimes such as murder, robbery and assault. In separ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's allies lose relatives to MaShurugwi
TOP MDC leaders Lynette Karenyi-Kore (vice-president) and Job Sikhala (vice-chairperson) this week lost their relatives to the violent machete clashes in mining areas in the country.In an intervie...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:48hrs | 388 | by Staff rpeorter
Notorious machete gang members arrested
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed the arrest of eight notorious machete gang members known as Maketo brothers, who terrorised residents in several mining towns.The machete gangs popular...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:23hrs | 3558 | by Staff reporter
The genesis of machete gangs
Violence in the informal mining sector began in the late 1990's. It began its journey in the Midlands with battles in which fists, stones and catapults were used by miners such as Bule Vampire in Zhom...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 15:02hrs | 2301 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa, maShurugwi and the coming anarchy
SOON after arriving in Zimbabwe, in September of last year, I had to visit a friend in Bindura, whom I needed to extend — as part of my enduring gratitude for his assistance during a research projec...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1791 | by Simukai Tinhu
Two MaShurugwi nabbed
Police in Shurugwi have arrested Edson Nyathi (24) and Kudakwashe Ndlela (19) in connection with nine cases of robbery where they were terrorising their victims using machetes and other weapons betwee...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 07:38hrs | 2314 | by Staff
Machete-wielding gang chops miner
POLICE in Mvuma have launched a manhunt for a three-man machete-wielding gang who waylaid and chopped to death a local miner while a plot-holder watched in horror. The trio allegedly went thro...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 09:12hrs | 2086 | by Staff Reporter
ZRP warns machete gangs
POLICE Commissioner General Godwin Matanga said yesterday that police had arrested two members of a machete wielding gang that allegedly killed a police officer who was on duty. Commissioner G...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1279 | by Staff Reporter
Mashurugwi: A smokescreen to loot and plunder by the rulers
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Machete-wielding gang of 12 arrested in Mashonaland Central
A GANG of 12 machete-wielding suspects linked to 16 armed robberies and two murders in Bindura and Shamva has been arrested on charges of armed robbery. One of the suspects was on bail in a ca...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 15:04hrs | 3960 | by Staff Reporter
Machete cop killers nabbed
TWO suspects believed to be part of a gang that allegedly killed a policeman last Saturday and seriously injured his colleague at Good Hope Mine in Battlefields have been arrested. Police say ...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 14:41hrs | 4792 | by Staff Reporter
10 men attack motorists with knives at Beitbridge road
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that a motorist who was travelling from South Africa was mugged by ten armed men at the 275 km peg along Masvingo - Beitbridge road near Chikago Business Cen...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 10:34hrs | 4664 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cross border bus crews told to tighten security
CROSS border bus crews have been urged to tighten security on the road through avoiding picks and drops at undesignated points as well as searching all passengers using metal detectors. They w...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1524 | by Staff reporter
MOPA comes into effect
President Mnangagwa has assented to three new laws aimed at guiding the Government's political and economic reform agenda. The three laws are the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act (MOPA) (Chapter 11:...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Malema of G40 links
Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi says South African opposition leader Julius Malema must not interfere with the internal politics of Zimbabwe because he is tainted by his association...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 08:50hrs | 7245 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Matebeleland South police ban knobkerries
POLICE in Gwanda, Bulilima and Mangwe districts of Matebeleland South have imposed a three-month ban on the carrying of knobkerries and catapults, among other "weapons", citing increased crime in the ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:17hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Police woman beats up, robs ex-hubby
A HARARE based police woman allegedly teamed up with her two brothers and a workmate to assault her ex-husband before stealing R10 000, US$755 and household property worth RTGS$3 970 from him. ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:34hrs | 2039 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Grace Mugabe
ZANU PF Youth League Secretary for Administration Tendai Chirau has launched an attack on former First Lady Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe over reports that she hired thugs to invade a farm allegedly owned ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 15:43hrs | 5836 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's knives out for Mwonzora
AN MDC National Executive Council meeting on Saturday was almost disrupted by skirmishes allegedly planned by former secretary general Douglas Mwonzora in the Central Business District with three peop...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:39hrs | 4588 | by newzimbabwe
3 knife-wielding robbers arrested
POLICE have arrested three suspects accused of robbing a number of shops and homesteads in Plumtree, Matabeleland South province.Trust Nkomo, Richard Ncube and Mthabisi Moyo reportedly targete...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Police recover $300k stolen household property in raid
POLICE in Bulawayo have recovered property valued at RTGS$300 000 allegedly stolen by a three-man gang in daylight raids from households in Cowdray Park suburb between June and this month. Bul...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 11:03hrs | 2400 | by Staff Reporter
Police ban dangerous weapons in Bulawayo
POLICE in Bulawayo have banned the carrying of dangerous weapons in the city until the end of the year following an increase in murder and other violent crimes. The Officer Commanding Bulawayo...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 10:52hrs | 2431 | by Staff Reporter
The menace of Mashurugwis going on unabated. It's like we are in a war-zone
Came face to face with "mashurugwi" whatever their name is. I tell you guys they are like the banyamulengas in the DRC. It happened at 1735hrs today at Rumwe business centre in Kadoma. They dr...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:45hrs | 69 | by chaguta
Man practices karate kicks on wife
A WOMAN from Bulawayo has been granted a protection order against her husband who allegedly practices karate kicks on her and once stabbed her on the stomach before knocking out her front teeth. ...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:43hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Driver robbed while relieving himself
A DRIVER lost R2 100 and two cellphones to two knife wielding robbers who attacked him after he had stopped to relieve himself at a spot along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway.Matabeleland Sout...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
Car robbers jailed 30 years each
Two Zvishavane men, who had been terrorising motorists in and outside Harare, mainly targeting taxi drivers, were last week sentenced to 30 years in prison each after being convicted on three counts o...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 13:44hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
7 arrested over telecoms vandal's death
Police in Chinamhora have arrested seven villagers who allegedly fatally assaulted a suspect caught stealing diesel at a telecommunications firm's base station.Erasmus Chindere (47), Kudzanai ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:40hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora in soup over anti-sanctions trip
INTERNAL strife is threatening the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC ahead of its 20th anniversary celebrations amid reports of sharp divisions emerging over the strategy the opposition party should employ to fa...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 07:20hrs | 3066 | by Staff reporter
StarBrite defends 'brothel' auditions
THE star appears not to be so bright at StarBrite as executive director Barney Mpariwa, a former top television and radio personality, has come under fire for opting to use City Sports Bar - described...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 20:36hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for MDC leader
MDC elections Boss Jacob Mafume is under fire for failing to coordinate the party to win various by elections held recently, media house proprietor Brighton Musonza has alleged. Said Musonza, ...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 14:22hrs | 5576 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Xenophobic attacks targeting Cyril Ramaphosa'
The recent wave of xenophobic attacks that is sweeping across South Africa may be funded by a faction of ANC that wants President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa to fail political analysts have said. ...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 9020 | by Mandla Ndlovu
What happens to Grace now that Robert Mugabe is gone?
Zimbabweans may have mixed feelings about the death of Robert Mugabe: in the end, he was a brutal despot who left his country divided and impoverished. But he was also the founding father of the natio...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 19:51hrs | 5347 | by Farai Sevenzo and Tara John, CNN
Genocidal Dictator Mugabe Dies at 95
The world and our organization, the 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), woke up to the news that Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the former President of Zimbabwe, who ruled Zimbabwe ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 15:58hrs | 2746 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Police ban on dangerous weapons
POLICE in Lupane District in Matabeleland North have banned the carrying of dangerous weapons in public places within the next three months citing increased cases of violence in the district. ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:31hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Pair steals US$2 300 from cars
TWO men from Bulawayo have appeared in court for allegedly stealing more than US$2 300 and other valuables from two motor vehicles in the Central Business District. Valet Nyoni (27) from Mzili...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:04hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
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