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Crime hits Nketa suburb
Councillor Aleck Ndlovu of Ward 25 has issued a public appeal to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to intensify both day and night patrols in his ward, citing a surge in criminal activities, includin...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:09hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Lodge guest sentenced for stealing towels, bedsheets and bulbs
A 24-year-old man from Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo has been sentenced to 315 hours of community service after breaking into two city lodges and stealing property worth US$480.Witness Sibanda ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:09hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Police to arrest fake news peddlers after spate of online hoaxes
Police have issued a strong warning to the public against sharing unverified information on social media, cautioning that such actions are causing unnecessary panic and could lead to arrests. The advi...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:14hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Gunfire and fear: Bulawayo grapples with a surge in deadly crime
The streets of Bulawayo have become a theatre of escalating gun violence, with a recent spate of chilling incidents raising alarm over public safety and law enforcement's growing vulnerability. The br...Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 08:38hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Brother frequently rapes own sister
In a bizzare incident derived from sharing solitary bedroom as siblings, a 29-year-old Kezi man was dragged to court after raping his own juvenile sister ...Published: 31 Jan 2025 at 07:25hrs | 921 | by Gideon Madzikatidze recently in Kezi
Killer cops' application for discharge dismissed
The Bulawayo High Court has dismissed an application for discharge by two police officers and two neighbourhood watch committee members who are facing charges related to the fatal shooting of a man in...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 08:25hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Neighbourhood watch member jailed for releasing detained suspects
A 56-year-old member of the neighbourhood watch committee in Hurungwe, Mashonaland West, has been sentenced to three months in prison after he was found guilty of releasing two detained suspects and d...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 14:33hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Student murdered for identifying robber
A 23-year-old Bulawayo Polytechnic student, Inobubele Mhlanga, tragically lost her life on Monday evening after being brutally stabbed by two robbers in Cowdray Park, following a mugging incident in w...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:58hrs | 1034 | by Staff reporter
Trial begins for Zimbabwe police shooting
The trial of four men accused of fatally shooting Paul Munakopa in Bulawayo's Hillside suburb four years ago has commenced at the Bulawayo High Court. Munakopa, 34, was shot during a high-speed chase ...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 15:04hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Man promises to bribe rape witness with a tin of baked beans
A 64-YEAR-OLD man from Tsholotsho, Jahe Village was sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping a mentally challenged girl.Zakeu Mpofu appeared before Bulawayo's Magistrate Mr Matthew Mutiro on...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 19:44hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Farmers demand no amnesty for cattle rustlers
Farmers in Matabeleland have called for cattle rustlers to be excluded from the Presidential amnesty and denied bail, as livestock theft devastates their communities.The call was made during a...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 12:05hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe never acted like a maniac as Sadc and AU Chair
I am still struggling to wrap my head around this madness. What is it about hosting a SADC heads of state and government meeting in Zimbabwe that can drive the host leader to go off the rails?...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 16:56hrs | 513 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Please stop lying over Zimbabwe's SADC chairmanship!
To say I was shocked would be an understatement. I was dumbfounded. In fact, I was filled with indescribable revulsion!I came across a video of an address by an unnamed ruling ZANU PF ...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 20:42hrs | 1082 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man rapes visually impaired woman in Zimbabwe
A 32-year-old man from Filabusi has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping a visually impaired woman. The incident occurred on March 28, 2024, when the victim, who lives alone, went t...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 06:56hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Roman Catholic Priest fires gun in church
A Bulawayo man suspected to be part of a gang of robbers that has terrorised Roman Catholic churches in the city was reportedly sold out by a priest's finger ring that was stolen in one of the churche...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 12:13hrs | 84 | by Erick Matotoba
Father from hell impregnates daughter
AN EVIL man strangely bizarrely claimed before a magistrate that he was in love with his biological daughter whom he sexually attacked on several occasions before impregnating her.The 51-year-...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Farmer loses 50 head of cattle to thieves
AN organised cattle rustling syndicate has reportedly descended on Umguza District on the outskirts of Bulawayo where one farmer has been left counting losses after the thieves raided his farm and sto...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn textbook pirates
In a brief but strongly worded statement, Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Abednico Ncube, said the law enforcement agents will soon descend on perpetrators without fear or favour....Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 500 Cowdray Park houses connect to Zesa
FOR almost two decades, Mrs Juliet Sithole was not able to use a fridge while her children were somewhat divorced from watching cartoons on television and playing video games. They would use t...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cop drove robbers getaway car
A DETECTIVE based in Bulawayo who was a getaway driver in a planned armed robbery spree in Victoria Falls has been arrested.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi in a...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 15:47hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Man kills brother over US$20
A 19-YEAR-OLD man from Mabutweni bludgeoned his elder brother to death after accusing him of spending his share US$20 that came from rentals of their home.Bulawayo police spokesperson Assistan...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Police brutality victim's family demands 'supernatural' justice
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has been accused of covering up its officers' attack on a handcuffed suspect, who later died in holding cells at Banket Police Station, last month.The now de...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 05:07hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police brutality exposed
Three members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) special constabulary details are facing severe criticism for allegedly beating a suspect to death inside the holding cells at Banket Police Station....Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes mother
IN apparently the rarest of rare cases, a 31-year-old man from Esigodini in Umzingwane District, Matebeleland South province left the entire area reeling in shock after he allegedly raped his 64-year-...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:24hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes girlfriend's daughter
A 55-YEAR-OLD member of the neighbourhood watch committee (NWC) in Bulawayo's Kensington suburb allegedly raped his girlfriend's 13-year-old daughter on three occasions, a magistrate heard on Friday....Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:03hrs | 14 | by Erick Matotoba
Mentally-challenged man mistaken for thief, killed
A MENTALLY-CHALLENGED man from Chinhoyi succumbed to injuries suffered in an assault by four members of a neighbourhood watch committee members in Harare who mistook him for a thief.Dona...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 20:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
As guns flow into Zimbabwe, armed robberies spike
CHRISTOPHER Holland believed he had done all he could to secure his home: two vicious dogs permanently stationed in the front yard and wall-to-wall security. But as he arrived home from work one day a...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wrong man arrested after LONE gunman senselessly attacks
YOU would expect women and school children to be the only ones who walk home in groups to protect themselves from a violent armed robber but in the Empandeni area in Mangwe District, men can also be s...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
POLICE WARNING: Private security firms potential criminals
POLICE have warned Bulawayo residents against hiring private security companies to patrol in their suburbs as that could expose them to criminals.The officer Commanding Bulawayo Province Commi...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 23:08hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Gold panners impose curfew
RESIDENTS of Esigodini in Matabeleland South province are living in fear of suspected illegal panners who are terrorising them and have reportedly imposed some form of a ‘7 pm curfew' in the a...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'We have criminals among us,' says Bulawayo police boss
POLICE Officer Commanding Bulawayo Province, Commissioner Patton Mbangwa has said the first step towards ending the scourge of crime in Bulawayo was for residents to accept that "we have criminals amo...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$100k property recovered as cops raid Bulawayo machete gang
BULAWAYO residents say they are now afraid to sleep at night because of machete-brandishing robbers who have injured and killed people in the city.Last week, Langelihle Dube (53) from Bulawayo...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Man waves organ at women in church
A man from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly exposing his privates to two women who were at a church in North End suburb.Gabriel Tshalibe, whose age and address were not given, was arre...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:26hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records three murders in one day
WALKING in Pelandaba West suburb in Bulawayo after 6PM is a dangerous gamble as the new neighbourhood has marauding armed criminals who axe or stab and sometimes kill their robbery victims. Th...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 notorious armed robbers arrested
POLICE in Mutare have arrested four armed robbers who terrorised Destiny of Africa Network residents of Lot 1 in Dangamvura in the eastern border city.Acting Manicaland police spokesperson ass...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
690 arrested on New Year's Eve
WHILE the world was ushering in the New Year, grateful for the gift of life, Josphat Sibanda from Pumula allegedly drowned his girlfriend in a sewer pond over an undisclosed dispute.He was spo...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills hubby in infidelity brawl
A 35-year-old Harare woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband over infidelity.The woman, Leoba Muzondo retaliated after her husband, Farai Tsatse (39), who accused her of infi...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zesa blames thieves for vandalising infrastructure
ZIMBABWE Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has blamed the power outages affecting Bulawayo on thieves that were allegedly vandalising its electricity infrastructure to steal copper cables.Th...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:04hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
2 more expecting mothers raped at Maphisa Hospital
THE Health ministry has tightened security at Maphisa Hospital in Matobo district, Matabeleland South province, after the institution experienced a series of break-ins at its maternity ward where preg...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers arrested for robbery
Two soldiers have been arrested for allegedly assaulting and robbing two brothers of their hard-earned cash after they accused them of violating Covid-19 regulations.The two soldiers are Mboni...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide after allegedly killing wife
A GOKWE man who had been on the run after allegedly killing his wife last month has committed suicide by hanging himself in a police cell in Lupane where he had been detained after being arrested. ...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
2 Mutare men in court for assaulting cops
TWO Mutare men have appeared in court for assaulting two members of the police neighbourhood watch committee, who wanted to arrest them for not wearing face masks.Stanley Chifamata and Aaron S...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Two workers arrested for stealing 100kg gold ore
TWO general workers at a mine in Gwanda have been arrested for allegedly stealing 100 kilograms of gold ore from their workplace. Qhubekani Ndlovu (25) from Gwanda and Elias Sibanda from N...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 23:17hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Youths demand justice for rights defenders
A YOUTH pressure group in Matabeleland South province has demanded justice for human rights defenders, including slain MDC Alliance member Joseph Mazwi Ndlovu, who was reportedly killed in July for qu...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
75 year old thief arrested
A 75-YEAR-OLD Colleen Bawn man has been fined $1 500 for stealing two bicycles from his neighbour and barbed wire from a nearby farm.Hassan Phiri was convicted on his own plea of guilty to the...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border donkey rustlers on the prowl
To new arrivals, "Dip 27" is no different from any other rural service centre in Madabe communal lands south of Plumtree in Zimbabwe.Yet locals know that the daytime semblance of law-abiding p...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Oscar Nkala
Robbery suspects placed off remand
A SOLDIER based at the One Indeep Barracks, Beitbridge, who together with his alleged accomplice - a neighbourhood watch committee (NWC) officer, who are facing robbery charges, were last week removed...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 car batteries recovered from theft gang
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two men for theft of car batteries and unlawful entry cases at Barham Green suburb. Police recovered more than nine car batteries and property which Kudakwashe Mapare ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cable thief electrocuted in Bulawayo
Residents of Burnside suburb in Bulawayo woke up to a strange sight overhead: a dead man suspended on ZESA electricity cables.The unidentified man is suspected to be a copper cables thief elec...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 16:58hrs | 2 | by ZimLive Cite
'Public loses confidence in police force'
POLICE recorded an increase of 26 percent in road accidents and 20 percent in crimes of national concern in 2018. According to the Auditor General Mrs Mildred Chiri in her 2018 report, the fai...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
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