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Zimbabwe police's 'shoot to kill policy' raises alarm
LAWYERS have raised alarm over increasing cases of fatal shooting of suspects by police officers under controversial circumstances saying taking the life of the suspected criminals before trial was un...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:58hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals get air ambulance training
Officials from the Ministry of Health and Child Care yesterday, begun receiving user training for the 12 air ambulances that Government bought from Russia ahead of their deployment and distribution am...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ex-killer cop Muvevi claims insanity
A HARARE magistrate yesterday ordered that former Criminal Investigations Department officer, Jaison Muvevi, be taken to a psychiatrist for a mental examination.Muvevi, who faces four counts o...Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Killer cop back in court
JAISON Muvevi, accused of killing four people including a police officer, was yesterday back in court for routine remand pending indictment to the High Court for trial on charges of murder.Muv...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muvevi murder case: State withdrew charges against wrong suspect
Free at last: Nyasha Eusen had his case withdrawn before plea by Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi after spending two months in remand prisonA HARARE man who was arrested for allegedly murderin...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Slain cop's mother berates ZRP
EMOTIONS ran high during the burial of former Hwedza Police Station officer-in-charge, Inspector Maxwell Hove, in Mberengwa district, Midlands province, over the weekend with the deceased's mother Loi...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Slain Madzibaba 'foretold' own death
The Hwedza apostolic church leader who was allegedly killed by former police detective Jaison Muvevi met his death while conducting rituals at his shrine to forestall the tragic events of January 13, ...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
6 more murder cases for Muvevi
Police are investigating leads linking former police detective Jaison Muvevi to six other murder cases that took place in and around Harare and Chitungwiza over the past three years.The 42-yea...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 12:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Muvevi was a feared man in the police service sector
JAISON Muvevi, the ex-cop who gunned down three people in Wedza last week was a feared man in the police service sector, former colleagues have reportedly told one of his victims' nephew.Muvev...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
4 murders, jammed guns and fleeing cops
POICE Hove, the mother of the late office in charge of Hwedza, Inspector Maxwell Hove who was allegedly shot dead last week by Jaison Muvevi, has urged police to improve its vehicle fleet after it eme...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Killer cop hit with another charge
MURDER suspect, Jaison Muvevi who made headlines last week after he shooting and killing three people, including a police officer in Wedza has been hit with another murder charge.Muvevi ...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Vote ED to live peacefully, Zanu-PF warns mourners at slain prophet's funeral
A Zanu-PF official in Wedza has threatened villagers that they risk living in political turmoil if they do not vote for President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the up-coming elections.The Zanu-PF orga...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop killer's family pleads for forgiveness
THE family of killer cop, Jaison Muvevi yesterday approached two families of the three victims that he shot dead in Hwedza last week and apologised for the heinous crime.They roped in police d...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police to 'shoot to kill' armed robbers
Police will bring the full force of the law to bear on those who possess unregistered firearms, as they will be deemed to have criminal intent to harm, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-Gene...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 21:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Killer cop claims former colleagues hung him up all night
FORMER detective, Jaison Muvevi, who killed three people in Wedza last week, was further detained by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), for him to make indications on how he allegedly committed the c...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 20:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive ex-killer cop repatriated back to Zimbabwe
FORMER Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officer, Jaison Muvevi, who shot and killed three people in Wedza last Friday before his arrest in Mozambique Tuesday, is now custody of the Zimbabwe Re...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 15:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mozambique decline to hand over fugitive Wedza triple murder suspect to Zimbabwe?
Victims of triple murder suspect Jaison Muvevi could wait for many months, even years, to get justice after Mozambican authorities said they would try him on gun charges.Muvevi was on the run ...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 18:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Notorious Muvhevhi arrested in Mozambique
Notorious murder suspect Jaison Muvhevhi who fatally shot three people in Wedza before playing hide and seek with the police has been arrested....Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 14:09hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean police officer's gun jammed during shootout
A police firearm jammed during a shootout as police tried to intercept an armed man who went on a killing spree in Wedza on Friday gunning down a self-styled prophet, a police officer and another vict...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 14:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Brig-Gen Mabenge
President Mnangagwa has described national hero Brigadier-General Benjamin Mabenge (Retired) as an intelligent and principled cadre who never deviated from the cause of the revolution from the time of...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Dubai billionaire to invest in Zimbabwe’s health sector
THE visiting Dubai billionaire and businessperson, Nawab Shaji Ul Mulk has expressed interest in investing in Zimbabwe's health sector.With a keen interest in diagnostics and radiology, the Du...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 22:07hrs | 54 | by Staff Reporter
UN donates 4 ambulances to govt
THE United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) yesterday donated four fully equipped ambulances to boost government's disaster preparedness in areas vulnerable to natural disasters.Spe...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Tight screening at borders for new Covid-19 variant
Border testing and movement controls in place for many months are being tightly enforced for travellers crossing into Zimbabwe, especially on the southern and western borders, in the wake of the disco...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe takes delivery of more vaccines
Zimbabwe has today taken delivery of 800 000 Sinopharm vaccines bought from China. Tomorrow another batch of 700 000 doses is expected to be delivered to Government at the Robert Mugabe Intern...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 19:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors, nurses banned from striking
DOCTORS and nurses working in public health institutions will no longer be allowed to go on strike for an uninterrupted period spanning more than three days under proposed changes to the Health Servic...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 vaccine poser for Mnangagwa govt
The government has admitted that it is struggling to meet demand for Covid-19 vaccines at a time the country is recording a surge in infections and deaths.Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri, wh...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Kariba, Hurungwe placed under lockdown
THE Government has announced a two-week localised lockdown for Hurungwe and Kariba districts to contain the spread of Covid-19 following a spike in infections in the past three days.The Govern...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe private sector vaccination takes off
While Zimbabwe has so far avoided a third wave of high levels of Covid-19 infection, public health experts stress that everyone has to stick to all the prevention measures since complacency can allow ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'3rd wave already in Zimbabwe'
HEALTH experts yesterday warned that the third wave of COVID-19 had already hit the country as evidenced by the surge in new infections in the past few weeks, a situation which poses a huge challenge ...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants told to shift approach
CIVIL SERVANTS have been challenged to adopt a paradigm shift and execute their duties diligently with a desire to prosper the country as opposed to the old mentality of working under supervision. ...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
10 Chinese specialist doctors arrive
A 10-member Chinese team of specialist doctors has arrived in the country and will be stationed at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals for the next 12 months. The doctors will be assisting their c...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors end strike?
Striking public sector doctors have agreed to return to work with immediate effect after an agreement with Government on a plethora of grievances that had witnessed the health practitioners' stay away...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
1 August killings: Army did not consult me says Police Boss
The Chief superintendent for Harare Central District‚ Albert Ncube said the army did not meet him to get orders before firing at the protestors. Ncube was giving evidence in front of the Commission ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 11:49hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mujuru's death will remain a mystry
Opposition leader and former vice president Joice Mujuru is not pinning her hopes on the Coroner's Office Bill to finally bring closure to the mysterious death of her husband, Solomon, who died in an ...Published: 24 Sep 2017 at 16:52hrs | 11 | by Staf reporter
'Zimbabwe legal system hostile to pathologists'
ZIMBABWE's legal system is so hostile to expatriate forensic scientists to the extent that the pathologist who handled the politically-charged Cain Nkala case was forced to flee the country, a med...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors afraid to testify in court
THE fear by doctors of being grilled in court over complex inquests has resulted in the country not having Zimbabwean forensic pathologists, a development that has seen some murders not being solv...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Only 5 pathologists in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has only five qualified pathologists and officials say such professional are difficult to attract. Pathologists carry out post-mortems on bodies to determine the cause of death.Direct...Published: 23 Feb 2016 at 09:24hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Chinese doctors deployed to Zimbabwe
The Chinese government has been commended for aiding Zimbabwe's health sector following its recent deployment of 14 medical doctors to the country's biggest referral hospital.The Chinese docto...Published: 27 Jul 2015 at 19:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ethanol tanker explosion victims' mass burial dramatically halted
There was drama in Chipinge yesterday as the mass burial of 17 of the 24 Chisumbanje ethanol tanker explosion victims was dramatically halted.Relatives of the deceased had initially demanded ...Published: 03 Nov 2013 at 02:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Patients being asked to personally deliver their specimen samples
Chief Government Pathologist, Dr Maxwell Hove says private medical practitioners are fuelling the dehumanising practice whereby patients are being asked to personally deliver their specimen samples to...Published: 06 Jun 2012 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
DP Khupe's illness: Copac Stops!
THE ongoing Constitution making process ground to a halt today amid reports that members of the Parliamentary Select Committee charged with a duty of overseeing it all left Harare to Bulawayo to pray ...Published: 01 Oct 2011 at 10:58hrs | | by Bekithemba Nhlanhla Ncube
Air Zimbabwe board given a lifeline for incompetence
The government has extended the Jonathan Kadzura led Air Zimbabwe board’s tenure by six months after the Board of Directors’ term expired on the 7th of August this ...Published: 15 Sep 2011 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Violence at MDC-T Bulawayo elections
Sporadic incidents of violence broke out at the MDC-T provincial elections centre in Bulawayo where youths aligned to feuding camps have been engaged in running battles....Published: 10 Apr 2011 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Thabani Ndlovu
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