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The lessons from Zambia
I have just celebrated my 77th birthday and have settled on two proud new titles. I have now added a new title to my repertoire. I was given the title of mukoma at the Manica Post. Governor Josiah Hun...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
High Court reverses Mawarire's lawsuit loss
HIGH Court judge Justice Edith Mushore has rescinded a default judgment entered against #ThisFlag campaign leader and clergyman, Evan Mawarire, who had lost his $65 000 damages claim against the Zimba...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimondi ignores 'traitorous' prison officer's appeal
Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Paradzai Zimondi is yet to respond to the appeal of Chiredzi-based prison officer, John Mahlabera who was convicted and dismissed ...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 14:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another shake-up at ZRP
SEVERAL senior police officers have again been transferred as the Zimbabwe Republic Police seeks to re-organise itself under the new leadership of Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga.Among tho...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive reshuffle of senior cops in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)has reshuffled at least 700 senior officers from ranks between superintendent and senior assistant commissioner as part of an ongoing restructuring exercise. Of the 7...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mawarire sues police for unlawful arrest, detention
#THISFLAG campaign leader, Evan Mawarire has filed a $65 000 lawsuit against the Zimbabwe Republic Police for unlawful arrest and detention at the height of his anti-government protests last year....Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 Zanu-PF supporters arrested for intra-party violence
Zanu-PF will soon dispatch a probe team to Gutu East following bloody clashes between ruling party supporters at Chin'ai Business Centre last Friday that left several people injured and hospitalised....Published: 22 May 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF MP storm polling station, destroy ballot papers
Former Zanu-PF Chivi North legislator Tranos Huruva faces arrest after he allegedly stormed a polling centre in the constituency where people were voting in the ruling party primary elections and dest...Published: 02 May 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Statement on ZRP's Statement regarding missing Itai Dzamara
On March 9, 2015, my brother Itai Dzamara was abducted by unknown men while getting a shave in Glen View 7.A report was made to the police on that particular day. Surprisingly, the police was ...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 10:30hrs | | by Patson Dzamara
Evan Mawarire to sue Zimbabwe police
Lawyers representing religious leader and activist, Evan Mawarire have written to the Zimbabwe Republic Police notifying them of their client's intention to sue.In a letter addressed to the Co...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 13:46hrs | | by Byo24News Reporter
Massive police redeployment exercise
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has transferred 13 police assistant commissioners to various provinces and recalled fired Senior Assistant Commissioner Erasmus Mukodza to head the newly-cre...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teacher's satanist tatoos spark off trouble
PANDEMONIUM rocked Gombakomba Primary School last week as furious parents boycotted an annual general meeting and bayed for the blood of an ECD teacher who allegedly inscripted 'satanic tattoos' on th...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
REWIND: 'Dzamara was abducted,' says Jonathan Moyo
IN an article published by Newsday on June 2, 2016, former Higher and Tertiary Education minister and Zanu-PF politburo member, J...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 12:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pastor Mawarire pleads 'not guilty' as trial commences
ZIMBABWEAN clergyman, Pastor Evan Mawarire has pleaded not guilty to charges of subverting constitutional government as his trial commenced before High Court Judge Justice Priscilla Chigumba.A...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 19:44hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Government lying about Itai Dzamara
My attention was drawn to utterances which were recently made by the Home Affairs Deputy Minister, Obedingwa Mguni regarding what he alleged the government is doing about Itai Dzamara's missing. Not o...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 13:30hrs | | by Patson Dzamara
Chihuri sucked into Prophet Wimbo saga
The fight to control and succeed mysterious prophet Madzibaba Wimbo is hotting up, with police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri - who is a brother to the revered diviner - now being accused of p...Published: 15 May 2017 at 13:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dzamara petition delivered to the PGHQ today
Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner GeneralMr Augustine ChihuriPolice General HeadquartersJosiah Chinamano Avenue, Box CY34, CausewayHarare9 October , 2016...Published: 10 Oct 2016 at 17:17hrs | 1 | by Patson Dzamara
CID top official in trouble
Former Officer Commanding Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Law and Order Section Assistant Commissioner Crispen Makedenge has been given up to September 30 to submit to court a detailed ...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 10:05hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Police bosses under fire over war vets detention
LAWYERS representing five war veterans' leaders facing allegations of undermining President Robert Mugabe's authority yesterday called for the arrest of two senior Harare police officers over thei...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
CID boss Makedenge transferred
THE Officer Commanding Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Law and Order Section in Harare Assistant Commissioner Crispen Makedenge has been transferred to Masvingo province with immediate effect...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 15:56hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Top cop transferred to Masvingo with immediate effect
Officer Commanding Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Law and Order Section Assistant Commissioner Crispen Makedenge has been transferred to Masvingo Province with immediate effect, in line with...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 23:38hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Policemen severely brutalised
President Mugabe led State of the Republic of Zimbabwe has ideologically severely brutalised the role of the police force mobilising the force for political combat against the people it is suppo...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 20:13hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Gupta news channel irks Mugabe's government
SOUTH Africa's Gupta-family owned news channel Africa News Network 7 (ANN7) was yesterday taken to task for carrying falsehoods that Zimbabwe's security forces had joined the opposition-led demonstrat...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 06:50hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Journalist summoned over 'treasonous' war vets communique
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) reporter Richard Chidza has been summoned by notorious Officer Commanding CID Law and Order Division Detective Assistant Commissioner Crispen Makedenge, to the Har...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 11:17hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Jitters as shutdown leader locked up
Zimbabwe is expected to shut down again today and tomorrow in protest against President Robert Mugabe's ruinous policies, but the police have descended heavily on the strike's supposed leader, cle...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 08:43hrs | | by Staf reporter
#ThisFlag Pastor arrested
#This Flag Pastor Evan Mawarire has been arrested on charges of inciting violence, his lawyer Harrison Nkomo has confirmed.Mawarire reported to Harare Central Police Station in the morning wit...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 11:50hrs | | by online
Cops quiz Shingi Munyeza over bond notes
Police on Friday questioned Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe leader Shingi Munyeza over his comments about bond notes on social media.Munyeza - a prominent businessman based in Harare - ...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZimFirst supports efforts for Dzamara's recovery
ZimFirst leader Maxwell Shumba has said his party supports the move by the abducted Itai Dzamara's brother Patson and other fighting for him to be brought back indicating that the fight has ceased to ...Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 12:42hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mujuru assassination claims slammed
Western institutions are trying to prop up Zimbabwe People First leader Dr Joice Mujuru as seen by publication of reports coinciding with her party launch last week claiming her husband, General (Reti...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 23:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
$10 000 reward for Dzamara
Police have offered a reward of $10 000 to anyone with information on the whereabouts of journalist-cum-opposition activist Itai Dzamara as investigations into his disappearance intensify. Dzamara wen...Published: 18 Jul 2015 at 13:10hrs | | by Elita Chikwati
Mugabe stops Mujuru prosecution
President Robert Mugabe has ordered the state not to prosecute his former deputy, Joice Mujuru, for corruption because the incriminating evidence has disappeared.During her meet the people nat...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 19:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Itai Dzamara search yields nothing
ACTIVIST Itai Dzamara was grabbed from a barbershop at gunpoint and thrown into a waiting vehicle three months ago after staging sit-ins demanding the resignation of President Robert Mugabe. He hasn't...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 09:45hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Mugabe must find Dzamara, says EU Parly
The European Parliament has backed a motion by Zimbabwean High Court judge Justice David Mangota calling for Zimbabwean human rights activist Itai Dzarana to be found immediately.Although the ...Published: 24 May 2015 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police still clue less on Dzamara whereabouts
The Zimbabwe Republic Police yesterday said it was still clueless on the whereabouts of pro-democracy activist Itai Dzamara following his abduction by suspected State security agents last month. ...Published: 22 Apr 2015 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Search for Itai Dzamara intensifies
Lawyers representing human rights activist and freelance journalist Itai Dzamara are on Tuesday expected to start visiting all official police and prison holding cells as the search for the missing ac...Published: 16 Mar 2015 at 20:57hrs | | by Blessing Zulu
Alick Macheso summoned to Central Police Station
Sungura musician Alick Macheso was yesterday summoned to Harare Central Police Station where police wanted to question him in connection with allegations that he is inciting his fans to bash photojou...Published: 10 Feb 2015 at 11:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Baba Jukwa' threatens Chihuri
SUNDAY MAIL editor Edmund Kudzayi who is facing charges of attempting to subvert a constitutionally elected government has demanded that police commissioner general Augustine Chihuri speeds up his i...Published: 16 Jan 2015 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Goche war reports, a pack of lies
THE factional fighting in Zanu PF that has claimed the scalps of former Vice-President Joice Mujuru and several powerful politicians in the party has taken a new twist amid indications some of the acc...Published: 21 Dec 2014 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Baba Jukwa' suspects' application for freedom quashed
Baba Jukwa suspects, Edmund Kudzayi and his brother Phillip had their application for freedom quashed yesterday after the court ruled that the prosecution is making frantic efforts to gather suffi...Published: 10 Dec 2014 at 23:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Baba Jukwa, Court rules on application today
Sunday Mail Editor Edmund Kudzayi and his brother Philip who are accused of being the main characters behind the shadowy Facebook blog Baba Jukwa will know today if they will be removed from reman...Published: 09 Dec 2014 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya wows record crowd in the history of Zimbabwe
The Prophetic Healing and Deliverance ministries' all-night prayer held in Waterfalls on Friday could have pulled the largest crowd in the history of this country, estimated to have been over 300 000 ...Published: 09 Nov 2014 at 12:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe grills Gumbo on 'Baba Jukwa' links
President Mugabe has quizzed Zanu-PF secretary for information Rugare Gumbo on why police have not interrogated him in connection with the Baba Jukwa case, when he co-opted the main suspect in the sa...Published: 02 Nov 2014 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Cops never went to America', says 'Baba Jukwa'
SUNDAY Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi has quashed claims by a Harare Court that cops had visited America to meet Social Media companies Google and Facebook to get evidence that will be used in his tr...Published: 09 Oct 2014 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Baba Jukwa-hunting cops return from America
COPS that were reportedly deployed by the State to solicit for evidence that can implicate the Sunday Mail Editor Edmund Kudzayi and his brother Philip on the alleged terrorism case from Google and Fa...Published: 08 Oct 2014 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Baba Jukwa saga: 'be patient and wait,' says magistrate
Another bid for freedom by Baba Jukwa suspects, Edmund Kudzayi and his brother Philip, has again hit a snag after a Harare magistrate ruled that the two should remain on remand pending trial....Published: 07 Oct 2014 at 00:05hrs | | by Court Reporter
'Baba Jukwa' suspect back in court today
A HARARE magistrate is today expected to hand down his ruling on an application for refusal of further remand by The Sunday Mail Editor Edmund Kudzayi and his brother Philip in the alleged terrorism c...Published: 06 Oct 2014 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim cops hunt for Baba Jukwa in America
IN a futile attempt to locate the shadowy Facebook character which has been haunting Zanu PF officials since last year, the Zimbabwe government has deployed its security detail to travel to ...Published: 04 Oct 2014 at 06:42hrs | | by Court reporter
'Baba Jukwa' discharge bid fails
HARARE magistrate Shelton Serima yesterday dismissed an application for refusal of further remand on charges of subversion and undermining the authority of President Robert Mugabe through the Baba Ju...Published: 03 Sep 2014 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Baba Jukwa investigations, Cops to ropes in Google
Police investigations into the Baba Jukwa saga have gone international, with a team of detectives expected to leave for the United States to meet social networks and search engine providers to aid the...Published: 02 Sep 2014 at 07:08hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Mystery grows as Baba Jukwa strikes again
The mystery surrounding Facebook blogger Baba Jukwa grew even murkier on Thursday after he posted a message on the social networking site on the same date that Sunday Mail editor, Edmund Kudzayi was g...Published: 06 Jul 2014 at 12:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
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