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Zimbabwe's Justice Minister part of drug cartels
In a clear sign for miscarriage of justice and security institutions porosity, Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi Ziyambi has been fingered by one of his close associates, L...Published: 17 May 2024 at 11:42hrs | 114 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zimbabwe police smoke out Mbare violence leaders
POLICE yesterday went door-to-door arresting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and Zanu-PF suspects who have since Friday been causing mayhem at Mupedzanhamo flea market in Mbare, Harare — b...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes Koefman estate ownership
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission is now digging into reports that some people are jostling to grab the Mbare property popularly known as "Kwa Koefman" some, 89 years after the death of the owne...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Police stop MDC Alliance clean-up exercise in Bulawayo
POLICE on Sunday dispersed and threatened with arrests, dozens of MDC Alliance supporters who were conducting a clean-up exercise in the city's Magwegwe high density suburb.Party provincial sp...Published: 31 May 2021 at 18:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Ngarivhume arrested for picking litter in Mbare
TRANSFORM Zimbabwe President and the founder of the July Movement, Jacob Ngarivhume has been arrested in Mbare.He is currently detained at Matapi Police Station.Ngarivhume had notified...Published: 04 May 2021 at 19:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt has no strategy beyond lockdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has no comprehensive Covid-19 plan beyond the strict 30-day lockdown triggered by a recent spike in cases, spelling trouble in the health sector for his broke...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mbare cops suspended over New year's Eve gig
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has suspended four police officers from Mbare for failing to execute their duties on New year's Eve gig held in Mbare.The gig was held by Anord Kamudyariwa p...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 18:31hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole / Tarisai Mudahondo
DJ Fantan arrested
Zim dancehall producer DJ Fantan and music promoter Dammer have been arrested for organising a Covid-19 super spreader New Year's Eve party in Mbare. Fantan - real name Arnold Kamudyariwa and ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa: a hero or villain?
The firebrand Norton legislator Temba Peter Mliswa is a refreshing and entertaining contributor to every Parliamentary session he attends. He has won the admiration of many hearts in Norton over his d...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:12hrs | 4 | by Nicholas Ncube
'Mnangagwa plotters' trash State's investigation report
The seven human rights activists facing charges of trying to subvert a constitutional government after attending a workshop in Maldives yesterday trashed an investigation report presented to court des...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Supa Mandiwanzira granted $2,000 bail
The Former Minister of Information and Communication Technology has been granted $2 000 bail after spending yesterday night at Matapi Police Station in Mbare pending trialHe is bei...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 15:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Supa Mandiwanzira spends night at Matapi
Nyanga South Member of Parliament and former Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security Minister Supa Mandiwanzira was yesterday arrested on allegations of criminal abuse of office and sp...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU honours 2006 torture victims
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has honoured its members who were brutally tortured by police on September 13 2006 after spearheading countrywide protests against social injustices by for...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rivals clash
TENSION between Zanu-PF winning candidate Tendai Savanhu and losing candidate Emmanuel Mahachi has escalated ahead of the nomination court's sitting on Thursday, raising fears that the ruling party co...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 10:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How Mugabe's ZANU-PF and Chihuri's police created the MDC-T Vanguard
In December 2010, Augustine Mahute (26), an MDC-T activist from Matapi Flats in Mbare, was brutally attacked by ZANU-PF youths before they handed him to Matapi Police station.Mahute subseq...Published: 30 May 2018 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Felix Mbonderi Chiroro
Mugabe to act on illegal price hikes
Government will look into the artificial shortage of some basic goods and arbitrary price hikes by some shops and dealers, with a view to taking corrective measures, the President has said.Add...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 23:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Free sex at thief's funeral
THERE was FREE sex galore in Mbare on Monday and Tuesday nights as prostitutes mourned a serial thief. They described the late thief, who succumbed to tuberculosis, as a sex maniac. Th...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 19:06hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Cop shoots himself in the head over 'maintenance'
A man believed to be a police officer allegedly gunned down himself over maintenance issues.A photograph of the dead body lying next to a gun on a heap of sand with the head shot has emerged o...Published: 03 Jan 2017 at 21:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Support Unit cop robbed of his gun
A member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Support Unit was attacked and robbed of his gun in Zvishavane on Monday.According to police papers, it is alleged a cop only identified as consta...Published: 01 Nov 2016 at 19:11hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe opens gates of hell
I ended this column last week by asking the tormented question of who will protect us "from a vengeful police force so emboldened by a culture of impunity that they can break people's skulls in br...Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 15:49hrs | 2 | by Joram Nyathi
$10 bribe lands cop in court
A POLICEMAN based at the Police Protection Unit's Tomlinson Depot in Harare appeared in court on Monday for soliciting a $10 bribe from the driver of a commuter omnibus he had impounded.Fredli...Published: 24 Mar 2016 at 05:32hrs | | by Prosper Dembedza
Man fondles 14 year old neighbour
A Mbare man in Harare has been dragged to court for fondling breasts and buttocks of his neighbour's daughter aged 14 before assaulting her.Wellington Chatambarara aged 31 is facing indecent a...Published: 23 Jul 2015 at 12:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe threatened over Dzamara
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Zimbabwe are threatening to lobby for the dethronement of President Robert Mugabe from both his Africa Union and Sadc chairmanship posts unless government brings ...Published: 16 Mar 2015 at 21:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's description of Mutasa spot on
EDITOR,The testing of President Robert Mugabe's political acumen by desperately twisting his speech in a bid to buy sympathy for Didymus Mutasa who is faced with the ignominy of political obsc...Published: 03 Feb 2015 at 09:46hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba
Temba Mliswa found with 7 AK 47 rifles
Embattled former Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial chairman Temba Mliswa has been arrested for illegally possessing seven AK47 assault rifles, with the police still to establish the intention for...Published: 02 Feb 2015 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Walter Nyamukondiwa
Nothing amiss on Mugabe's description of Mutasa
The testing of President Robert Mugabe's political acumen by desperately spinning his speech in a bid to buy sympathy for Didymus Mutasa who is faced with the ignominy of political obscurity is just ...Published: 29 Jan 2015 at 13:57hrs | 2 | by Caitlin Kamba
Top cop up for fines theft
Zimbabwe Republic Police Matapi officer-in-charge Inspector Linia Zvobgo and another police officer Tawanda Dube yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Courts on allegations of stealing $3 000 ...Published: 23 Apr 2014 at 08:15hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Man found dead near flea market
A 28-year-old man was found dead in a park near Mupedzanhamo Flea Market along Simon Mazorodze Road, police said yesterday. Harare Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tedius Chibanda conf...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Newspaper vendor threatened, copies seized
Emmanuel Mhorombe, a newspaper vendor with the privately-owned NewsDay was on Tuesday, 18 June 2013 reportedly threatened with unspecified action by suspected ZANU-PF supporters in HarareÂ’s...Published: 20 Jun 2013 at 03:48hrs | | by Nyasha Nyakunu
BBC journalists stage-manage Zimbabwe political violence, say police
TWO British Broadcasting Corporation journalists on Saturday stage-managed political violence in Mbare with the aid of MDC-T officials which they then flighted on their channel in an attempt to trash ...Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 04:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BBC news crew assaulted in Zimbabwe
The Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai alleges that a British Broadcasting Corporation Africa correspondent, Andrew Harding, and nine of its members were this afternoon as...Published: 15 Mar 2013 at 17:41hrs | | by MDC-T
Sangoma bashes former aide for visiting shrine without removing shoes
A 31-year-old Epworth traditional healer attacked a 68-year-old man for refusing to remove shoes at his shrine. The two fought until the traditional healer sought help at an apostolic sect in Granites...Published: 20 Feb 2013 at 14:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCTU stages demo against torture in Bulawayo
Hundreds of Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) members on Thursday staged street demonstrations in Bulawayo against the torture of union leaders by police.The trade union members defied a...Published: 23 Sep 2012 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smallhouse dumps baby at married boyfriend's workplace
A marriage is under threat after a suspected smallhouse dumped a baby at her boyfriend's workplace in Mbare. This incident has caused cracks in the man's marriage as the wife feels burdened.Th...Published: 13 Jul 2012 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arrested 'gunman' sodomises two in cells
A SOLDIER who was arrested accused of sodomising a teenager pulled a shocker when he allegedly sodomised two other men while in police holding cells at Matapi police station in Mbare.Tawanda C...Published: 27 Feb 2012 at 16:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Policeman cuffs and rapes lover's daughter (12)
A Harare 28-year-old pedophile policeman, after watching a porn video, handcuffed his lover’s 12-year-old daughter before raping her, a Harare magistrate has he...Published: 21 Feb 2012 at 09:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official rapes supporter
A Zanu-PF Mbare branch chairman has appeared in court for allegedly raping a party supporter in a classroom during a meeting in the area last year. Joshua Nkomo branch chairman Modern Numel Ch...Published: 24 Jan 2012 at 21:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Adulterous couple caught mysteriously stuck to each other
In a suspected use of 'runyoka' - the famed so-called Central Locking System, a cheating couple was caught mysteriously stuck to each other at Matapi Flats in Mbare yesterday. They were believed to be...Published: 24 Nov 2011 at 07:49hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Theresa Makone suffers a minor stroke
On Monday evening the co-minister of Home Affairs, Theresa Makone was admitted into hospital for a minor stroke which she suffered a day after attending a meeting with senior party offici...Published: 25 Aug 2011 at 22:49hrs | | by Moyo Roy
MDC-T activist remanded in custody on cop murder charges
Tendai Chinyama, the MDC-T Kambuzuma district organising secretary was yesterday remanded in custody by a Harare magistrate.Chinyama, who is facing allegations of murdering a police officer ...Published: 28 Jun 2011 at 07:46hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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