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South Africa ripe for a coup
Recent developments within South Africa's military and government circles, combined with warnings from national intelligence, suggest the country may be facing a precarious period of political instabi...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 17:25hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Cross borders 4ED boasts of Presidential protection
Allegations of abuse of power and potential facilitation of smuggling have surfaced after the Cross Borders for ED association's leadership openly claimed its members enjoy immunity from law enforceme...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 14:16hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
12 Zimbabweans deported from the US
The Zimbabwean community in the United States has been shaken after 12 nationals were forcibly deported to Harare earlier this week in a sudden Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation....Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 14:04hrs | 878 | by Sytaff reporter
Rogue cop arrested for treasonous videos
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer, Assistant Inspector Simbarashe Mandizvidza, has been arrested after videos of him making treasonous statements on social media went viral.Mandizvidza ...Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 08:36hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Roadblocks do not prevent accidents; they annoy motorists
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) approach to road safety continues to rely heavily on static roadblocks manned by police officers, often positioned along major highways and inner-city roads....Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 09:06hrs | 474 | by Engineer Jacob K Mutisi
Defend the Constitution of Zimbabwe and the Will of the People
To my fellow Zimbabweans,Our nation stands on a foundation built upon the supreme law of the land , the Constitution of Zimbabwe. It is the very document that guides our governance, protects o...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 21:22hrs | 186 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe police tighten impounded vehicle release rules
Police say vehicles impounded for traffic offenses will now only be released to their registered owners as per official vehicle registry records, in a move aimed at improving road safety and accountab...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 08:25hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Punish errant liquor operators
Bulawayo councillors have called on the Liquor Licensing Board to revoke licences of bottle stores and bars that operate outside the law, particularly those located in residential areas.Ward 2...Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 08:21hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Machakaire leads drug bust in Mbare
Government's anti-drug crackdown intensified in Mbare last week when law enforcement agents raided suspected drug dens, arresting two peddlers in an operation witnessed by Youth Empowerment and Develo...Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 08:45hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
BCC blitz uncovers 800 illegal shops in Bulawayo CBD
A recent crackdown by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) on lettable unit shops in the city's Central Business District (CBD) has revealed that about 800 out of more than 1 300 premises are operating wit...Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 08:40hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo launches blitz on pushcart operators
In a bold move to restore order in the city centre and clamp down on illicit activities, Bulawayo City Council (BCC) yesterday launched a sweeping operation targeting pushcart operators and street ven...Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 09:48hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces new threat from AI voice cloning scams
Last month, a disturbing case emerged from Canada where fraudsters used artificial intelligence to clone the voices of elderly Americans' grandchildren. Between 2021 and 2024, the ring targeted senior...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 08:49hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
ZICC labels corruption a Human Rights Violation
The Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission (ZICC) has issued a strong condemnation of corruption in both public and private sectors, describing it as not only a governance failure but a fundamenta...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 09:19hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
2 men arrested for vehicle smuggling near Botswana border
Police in Matabeleland South province have arrested two men and recovered three smuggled vehicles in a late-night operation near the Botswana border.The suspects, Martin Muzamba (45) from Emak...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 08:55hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Police launch manhunt for tout accused of raping a minor
Police have launched a manhunt for a tout suspected of raping a 13-year-old Grade 7 pupil at Rezende bus terminus in central Harare earlier this week.National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi c...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 22:11hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Fake car parts flood Zimbabwe
The Central Mechanical Equipment Department (CMED) has issued a strong warning about the increasing circulation of counterfeit motor vehicle spare parts and maintenance products in Zimbabwe. The depar...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 22:07hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Director arrested over US$7.6m payments for LP gas imports
Grant Wellington Thulisa (Pvt) Ltd, represented by its director Grant Chitate, has been dragged before the courts on allegations of making unauthorised foreign payments totalling US$7.6 million for th...Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 17:44hrs | 1057 | by Staff reporter
143 stolen luxury cars smuggled into Zimbabwe using fake documents
Authorities have impounded 143 luxury vehicles stolen since 2018 and smuggled into Zimbabwe using fake documents, in what officials describe as a major breakthrough against cross-border car theft synd...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 18:38hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bush shrines, open-air worship raise health fears
City of Bulawayo officials have warned that open-air worship and bush shrines are fuelling environmental and public health risks in Bulawayo, with fears of disease outbreaks due to open defecation and...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 08:37hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Surge in bogus police officers mounting fake roadblocks
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has raised alarm over a growing number of bogus officers setting up fake roadblocks and harassing motorists, particularly in Harare, amid mounting public concern ove...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 08:27hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
South Africa deports 10,000 illegal immigrants
The Border Management Authority (BMA) of South Africa has deported nearly 10,000 illegal immigrants who attempted to cross into the country during the first quarter of 2025. This was revealed in a sta...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 18:54hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Daylight prison break by 2 dangerous criminals from Zimbabwean prison
A dramatic daylight escape from St Thomas Prison in Marondera has triggered widespread concern among residents after two high-risk inmates managed to break free on Saturday afternoon under mysterious ...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 11:18hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi condemns police's unconstitutional ban of meeting
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has strongly condemned the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) for cancelling its planned public meeting in the Midlands province, originally scheduled for Saturday, Augu...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 11:29hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Hawks get forfeiture order on cigarette smuggling truck
South Africa's elite crime-fighting unit, the Hawks, working in conjunction with the National Prosecuting Authority's Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU), has secured a court order to permanently forfeit a co...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 18:48hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police officers receive drone pilot certificates
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has stepped up its technological capabilities, introducing drone operations as part of its crime-fighting arsenal.On Thursday, 27 police officers were ...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 13:58hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Cop jailed for demanding US$15 bribe
A police officer stationed at ZRP Milton Park in Harare has been jailed for 10 months after he was convicted of criminal abuse of duty for attempting to extort just US$15 from a motorist during an ill...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 15:09hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga applauds forfeiture of ex-wife's assets by SA
The legal team representing Zimbabwe's Vice-President, General (Retired) Dr. Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga, has welcomed the recent forfeiture ruling handed down by the Gauteng High C...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 17:03hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Police smash cattle rustling syndicate
Police in Beitbridge, with vital assistance from vigilant community members, have dismantled a notorious cattle rustling syndicate that had terrorised livestock farmers in the district for over a year...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 18:59hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Fuel tanker overturns in Zimbabwe, driver injured
A fuel tanker overturned early Monday morning along the Gweru-Mvuma Road in Chirumanzu District, Midlands Province, leaving the driver injured and prompting a swift response from law enforcement....Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 12:30hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Police disrupt Smart City ground-breaking ceremony
A highly anticipated groundbreaking ceremony for the proposed Maqhoba Chef De Grand Smart City in Bulawayo ended in chaos last Thursday after police abruptly shut down the event, citing unresolved lan...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 08:45hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbery spree grips Bulawayo
A chilling wave of armed robberies has shaken Zimbabwe's second-largest city, with four shops - including three Sai Mart outlets and one Hamara store - hit in a string of co-ordinated attacks that hav...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 21:00hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Police shut down men's wellness Conference in Kadoma
A men's conference aimed at raising awareness on prostate cancer and wellness was abruptly shut down by an anti-riot police unit in Kadoma on Saturday, in a move that has triggered strong condemnation...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 11:25hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
Harare drug kingpin convicted over 175kg of cannabis
Notorious drug trafficker Ali Allan Mamudu (55), who was found in possession of a trailer-load of 175kg of mbanje smuggled from Eswatini and headed for Malawi via Zimbabwe, has been convicted and is a...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 15:12hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
MCAZ issues urgent warning
The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has sounded the alarm over the distribution of counterfeit Cloxacillin 250mg capsules, warning that the falsified antibiotics pose a significant thre...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 11:23hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Gold rush wreaks havoc in Mutare City
Mutare's Sakubva River, located near the city's bustling Central Business District, is under siege as waves of artisanal gold miners—commonly known as makorokoza - ravage the waterway and surroundin...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 09:49hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Govt clamps down on reckless drivers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a nationwide crackdown on reckless driving, aiming to curb the rising number of fatalities caused by negligence on Zimbabwe's roads. The directive follows a ...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 09:49hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF driver faces public violence docket
Zanu-PF driver Esau Mutanho, already facing a US$150,000 letter of demand for allegedly disrupting a book launch in Masvingo, is now under further pressure after a docket for public violence was opene...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:19hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean sentenced to 15 years in South Africa jail
A Zimbabwean national, Fore Brighton (33), has been convicted and sentenced to 15 years of direct imprisonment by the Musina Regional Court for unlawful possession of explosives.The conviction...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 16:39hrs | 1248 | by Staff reporter
Pirate taxis resurface at Harare City Council offices
Pirate taxis, commonly known as mushikashika, have resurfaced at an illegal rank along Leopold Takawira Street in Harare's central business district (CBD), operating openly just metres from municipal ...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 19:42hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
ZINWA cracks down on illegal bulk water dealers
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has initiated a comprehensive countrywide operation targeting illegal bulk water dealers in a bid to restore order within the water delivery sector and pr...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:12hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police flee angry travellers
Armed security personnel manning an anti-smuggling roadblock at Bubi, approximately 80km outside Beitbridge, were forced to flee on Wednesday after a group of angry passengers violently resisted attem...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:33hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Zacc's roadblock searches face public resistance
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has expressed frustration over reports of the travelling public refusing to be searched at roadblocks in its anti-corruption drive.Zacc pleaded w...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 08:56hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Illegal miners threaten Bulawayo infrastructure projects
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has raised alarm over the escalating invasion of its Khumalo gravel pit by illegal gold miners, warning that the activities of these panners threaten to derail critical...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 07:43hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
US$1 000 bounty for wanted Chitungwiza fraudster
Police have launched a manhunt for David Matanda, who is wanted in connection with a fraud case currently under investigation by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Commercial Crimes Division...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 07:42hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Pirate taxis continue to wreak havoc on Zimbabwe's roads
Zimbabwe's roads remain a death trap as pirate taxis, commonly known as Mushikashika, continue to wreak havoc through reckless driving, causing chaos, traffic congestion, and endangering the lives of ...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 08:34hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa kicks the can down the road
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, a key political ally instrumental in Ramaphosa's rise to the presidency in 2017, amid allegatio...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 08:02hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police enlist Interpol in manhunt for Geza
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has intensified its search for fugitive war veteran and former Zanu-PF central committee member Blessed Geza, enlisting the assistance of Interpol and regional secur...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:45hrs | 1254 | by Staff reporter
Court officials arrested by ZACC
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested Beitbridge prosecutor Beatrice Pedzisayi, court interpreter Bridget Mudau, and an unnamed prison officer on charges of conspiring to commit ...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:28hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
ZRP warns against bogus anti-corruption organisations
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a stern warning against individuals and groups claiming to represent anti-corruption bodies, amid growing concerns over unauthorized visits and communicat...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 16:14hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown on cigarettes smuggling continues between SA and Zimbabwe
Security agencies from South Africa and Zimbabwe are intensifying their efforts to combat the smuggling of cigarettes between the two countries, a trade that is significantly undermining revenue colle...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 09:05hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
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