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Armed robber pounces on lovebirds, rapes woman
A 21-year-old nurse at Masvingo General Hospital was raped by a suspected armed robber who caught her in the act her being intimate with her boyfriend in a car in a bushy area next to TelOne offices o...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | 2541 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide after killing wife, sister
A 39-YEAR-OLD Mhondoro man who was believed to be on the run after axing his wife and her sister last week was found dead at his girlfriend's house on Saturday. Police had launched a manhunt f...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:30hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest hit and run driver
Police in Bulawayo have arrested a motorist who fatally struck two pedestrians along Nketa drive and sped off.The victims died on the spot.The incident occurred last Tuesday at around ...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 18:31hrs | 1851 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for Bulawayo hit-and-run driver
Police have launched a manhunt for a motorist who was involved in a hit-and-run road traffic accident before speeding off from the scene without rendering assistance to the pedestrians s/he ran over....Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 19:13hrs | 1247 | by Staff reporter
Domestic worker axes female boss to death
A 76-YEAR-OLD woman from Gwanda District was axed to death allegedly by her domestic worker under unclear circumstances.The suspect fled from the scene soon after committing the offence....Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 1384 | by Staff reporter
Cops hunt Jesus' killers
Three suspects are on the run for assaulting and stabbing a Gokwe man to death over yet unknown reasons.Jesus Nyoni (31) was beaten to death by the three who vanished after committing the crim...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:13hrs | 1404 | by Staff reporter
State forced to abandon pauper's burial on Moreblessing Ali after family outcry
The state was Wednesday forced to abandon burial on Moreblessing Ali's mutilated remains after the slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist's children and other family members fiercely prote...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:34hrs | 893 | by Staff reporter
Chikurubi escapee arrested
The 24-year-old prisoner who last week escaped from Chikurubi Farm Prison where he was serving a one-year sentence after being convicted of malicious damage to property, has been re-arrested in Harare...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 18:36hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
US$600k Kwekwe heist an inside job, says police
The robbery which occurred at a service station in Kwekwe last month where nearly US$600 000 and over R63 400 was stolen, was an inside job involving a female employee who supplied information to her ...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:55hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
One suspect arrested over US$600 000, R63 400 Kwekwe robbery
A suspected armed robber believed to be part of a gang that recently raided a service station in Kwekwe before stealing nearly US$600 000 and over R63 400 has been arrested. The armed robbery ...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 17:53hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala trial stalls after lawmaker challenges charge
Troubled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Job Sikhala's trial failed to start Monday after the jailed politician challenged charges laid against him which he argued they did not disclos...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:16hrs | 1393 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala challenges splitting of charges as trial starts
OPPOSITION lawmaker Job Sikhala, currently locked up at Chikurubi Maximum Prison, on Monday pleaded not guilty when he appeared for trial before Harare magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa.Sikhala is o...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean robber shot in SA
A ZIMBABWEAN suspected armed robber was shot and injured by his victim - a serving member of the South African Police Services (Saps), whose house the suspect had broken into in the company of two acc...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for US$600k Kwekwe service station robbers
A gang of 12 armed robbers raided a service station in Kwekwe on Monday and stole almost US$600 000 and R58 430.The robbers, who were armed with a pistol and an AK47 assault rifle, attacked tw...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:53hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally strikes lover with iron bar
A 26-YEAR-OLD woman from Old Pumula, Bulawayo died after her boyfriend allegedly brutally assaulted her with an iron bar and pushed her head through a door.Nobuhle Mlambo spent about a month i...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Passengers lose cash, cellphones to robbers
A gang of four armed robbers in a red Honda Fit registration number AFD8585 offered lifts in Harare and attacked their passengers in two incidents and stole cash, cellphones and valuables.Poli...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Man jumps to death from moving truck
A ZHOMBE man died on the spot while his brother suffered serious head injuries after the two jumped off a moving vehicle.Tendai Chibi (34) died on the spot and his brother, Leeroy Chibi (20) i...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 18:44hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans among SA prison break trio
Limpopo police have launched a manhunt for three prisoners who escaped from police holding cells this week.The detainees escaped from police in Tshamutumbu outside Thohoyandou in the early hou...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Prison Break in Beitbridge!
A prisoner is on the run after escaping from jail on Monday morning at Zimbabwe Prison Services Prison in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South province. A manhunt has been launched for Vusumuzi Ndou...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Turf war among Zimbabweans and Lesotho nationals explodes in South Africa
Police in Gauteng have launched a manhunt for suspects who shot and killed four people at an allegedly unlicensed tavern in Jerusalem informal settlement, Florida, west of Johannesburg.Police ...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 19:57hrs | 1845 | by Staff reporter
7 Zimbabweans escape from SA prison
SEVEN Zimbabweans facing rhino poaching charges in South Africa escaped from the Grahamstown Correctional Facility in Eastern Cape yesterday.South Africa's Department of Correctional Services ...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1207 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for murder suspect
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a 27-year-old man from Gwanda who allegedly fatally stabbed his neighbour in a misunderstanding during a beer binge.Police on Twitter confirmed the incident ...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:50hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Drunk man (21) axes niece to death
POLICE in Kadoma have launched a manhunt for a 21-year-old man, who returned from a beer drinking spree, and killed his brother's daughter, accusing her family of casting bad omens on him.The ...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 19:36hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
11 armed robbers arrested
POLICE have arrested 11 suspected armed robbers linked to a spate of robberies committed between April 2021 and this month in and around Karoi, Mashonaland West province .Police spokespe...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Robber, poachers arrested
A 34-year-old suspected armed robber has been arrested in Bulawayo for allegedly attacking, with help from an accomplice, a man at a bus stop, stealing his wallet containing US$2 500 before speeding o...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 23:14hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
2 500 hit-and-run accidents recorded in Zimbabwe
The numbers of motorists who hit pedestrians or other vehicles on the roads and speed off without rendering assistance is now on the increase with the police recording about 2 500 hit-and-run accident...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:44hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
4 machete robbers arrested
FOUR robbers who were part of a six-member machete gang which has been terrorising people in Gweru's Mkoba and Woodlands areas have been arrested.The machete robbers stole cash and many other ...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:39hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills cop at roadblock
A 46-year-old Chitungwiza woman is facing culpable homicide charges after she ran over a policeman last Tuesday who was manning a roadblock along the Kadoma-Patchway Road in Kadoma.Serge...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:38hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Violence should not be condoned
IT is so saddening and unfortunate that the grisly demise of an innocent Chitungwiza woman has divided the nation to the point of driving citizens into a deadly vortex of murky politics.Morebl...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:29hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
'Prophet' rapes woman during cleansing session
POLICE in Murehwa, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for a self-styled prophet who raped a woman during a cleansing session.Honest Chitanda (25) of Chirimudombo village,...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:28hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Man survives axe attack
A LUPANE man is battling for life at St Luke‘s Hospital following an axe attack by an unknown assailant at his home.Matabeleland North police spokesperson Inspector Glory Banda told Southern...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:28hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
SA stolen cars recovered along Limpopo River
Police and their South African counterparts have launched a manhunt for criminals who recently dumped three top-of-the-range vehicles, believed to have been stolen, along Limpopo River.It is s...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Boyfriend kills lover, locks up body and disappears
POLICE on a hunt for a 26-year-old man from Bulawayo's Emganwini high-density suburb linked to the gruesome murder of his girlfriend whose body was found locked up in his lodgings.Confirming t...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Mushikashika robberies increase
Five sets of passengers accepting lifts from what they thought were mushikashika lost cash and phones on Friday and Saturday last week in Harare, while a man who offered three men a lift last week los...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
CCC secretary general arrested
CITIZENS Coalition for Change secretary general for Manicaland was Sunday arrested for addressing a political gathering in Doradombo at Mambondiyani mountain.Godfrey Mubatsa, was reportedly pi...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:44hrs | 4038 | by Staff reporter
'We'll get him dead or alive': Reid's Mpiranya trail to Zimbabwe
A BESPECTACLED white man of medium height probably in his early 60s walks into the hotel restaurant where I am seated outside on patio couches basking in the sunshine while surfing social media platfo...Published: 22 May 2022 at 11:20hrs | 2841 | by Dumisani Muleya
Man murdered for cautioning imbibers at funeral wake
A Gokwe man was allegedly fatally stabbed while his two brothers are battling for life at Gokwe General Hospital after they were attacked for cautioning siblings who were drinking beer during a funera...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
12 Mugodhi church members on the run
POLICE in Wedza, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for 12 Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church members over the violence that erupted at the church's headquarters during Easter.The ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:16hrs | 1548 | by Staff reporter
Man thrashes wife to death
A man from Tsholotsho has been arrested after he thrashed his wife with a Mopani stick, kicked her and stomped her throat resulting in her dying after he busted her sleeping on her alleged lover's bed...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:20hrs | 1326 | by Staff reporter
Sex addict at chief's court
A SEX addict from Horongodo Village in Gokwe has been dragged to Chief Mkoka's traditional court for allegedly having sexual affairs with married women in the community.Samson Choga (43) has c...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:30hrs | 1422 | by Staff reporter
Man killed with hammer in cigarette fight
A dispute over a cigarette ended in murder after a Filabusi man struck another with a hammer on the head.Police on their twitter page confirmed the incident which occurred at Sidzibe Business ...Published: 01 May 2022 at 14:14hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for attempted murder suspects
POLICE are hunting for two suspects accused of attempting to kill two villagers using dangerous weapons.Matabeleland South police spokesperson, Loveness Mangena said police were looking for Ma...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 14:13hrs | 572 | by Stephen Jakes
Filabusi man killed over cigarette
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that it is investigating a case of murder in which one Lucky Dube (26) allegedly struck Talent Tshuma (35) once on the head with a hammer after a misundersta...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 12:26hrs | 482 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean smugglers abandon R1.7m worth of illicit cigarettes in Limpopo
Members of a cigarette-smuggling syndicate transporting illicit cigarettes worth almost R2 million in a four-car convoy abandoned their vehicles and ran away from members of the SAPS in Limpopo....Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 09:57hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Police on manhunt for fake US$ conmen
CONMEN dealing in fake United States dollars were last Thursday forced to flee in a getaway vehicle in Karoi, which they later dumped during a chase by the police.The fraudsters are still on t...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
13-day marriage ends in tragedy
WHAT started as a normal holy matrimony early March this year, ended prematurely as the couple's misunderstanding ended on a tragic note.Simon Jackson (45) of Zvamano Village under Chief Nhere...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 1027 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to protest over Elvis Nyathi's murder
Front for Economic Emancipation in Zimbabwe (FEEZ) has threatened to protest over the murder of Elvis Nyathi by South African vigilant group i...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 12:24hrs | 1591 | by Tarisai Mudahondo/Simbarashe Sithole
22 Gwanda villagers on the run after rampage
POLICE in Matabeleland South province have launched a manhunt for 22 villagers alleged to have kidnapped and assaulted fellow villagers whom they accused of stocktheft.This was revealed in a G...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:28hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt most wanted habitual criminal
Police have launched a manhunt for one of the country's most wanted suspects Cornwell Junior Kasambarare, who is believed to be masterminding a spate of armed robbery and housebreaking cases in and ar...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers kill farm security guard
Police in Mashonaland Central have launched a manhunt for a gang of 11 robbers that pounced on three security guards at Harvey Farm in Glendale annd fatally assaulted one them.Provincial polic...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:54hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
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