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9 robbers shot as cops name 20 most wanted criminals
NINE suspected robbers sustained injuries after they were shot by police in Harare on Thursday in a crackdown, while the hunt is on for 20 suspects whom detectives have named as Zimbabwe's most wanted...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbery cases increased in 2021
Cases of armed robberies increased countrywide this year with criminals targeting cash-in transit vehicles, individuals and business people with large amounts of cash.Schools and cross-border ...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
16 in court over sex party
FIFTEEN of the 16 Harare residents arrested on Saturday for engaging in a sex orgy at a private house in Kuwadzana 2 were yesterday released on free bail and remanded to today.Magi...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's anti-graft crusade a facade'
WHEN he took over power in a November 2017 coup, President Emmerson Mnangagwa won the hearts of many sceptics after he pledged to deal with corruption, a vice widely believed to be stalling developmen...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa lied on police corruption the officers he said are fired are all at work
"False Accusations without recrimination. When does it stop?" Complaints about lies are nothing new to elections. Zimbabwe must have a Legislation which prohibits certain types of false st...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 09:48hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Things fall apart when senior officer challenges the authority
The police are expected to be in the fore front of fighting corruption. Ironically but not surprisingly corruption suspect POLICE Commissioner Douglas Jabulani Nyakutsikwa, who is facing charges relat...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
A plot to dethrone Matanga from police exposed
Once again social media was abuzz with Twitter messages spread by Temba Mliswa attacking the Police Commissioner-General Godwin Tandabantu Matanga. Themba is a big mouth and an attention seeker who ha...Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 23:12hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Police seek to seize ill-gotten assets
Police are now seeking to apply the law to seize and impound cars and other property used to commit crimes and property believed to have been bought through proceeds of crime by seven suspected serial...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police shoot most wanted robber
A SUSPECTED notorious armed robber, who is part of a gang led by Musa Taj Abdul, is nursing wounds at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital in Harare after being shot by police while attempting to flee....Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Sacu completes 1 case in 3 years
THE Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) has completed only one graft case since its inception in 2018, amid concerns over rise in high-profile corruption cases.According to a Sacu dashboard up...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top Cop Erasmus Makodza was granted bail in less than 24 hours after his arrest
Prisca Mpfumira, Douglas Tapfuma, Henrietta Rushwaya, Job Sikhala, Hopewell Chin'ono, Alan Moyo and several others have had to apply for bail from the High Court.Who is Erasmus Makodza and why...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 10:21hrs | 2 | by Anonymous
Top cop challenges Sacu constitutionality
COMMISSIONER Douglas Jabulani Nyakutsikwa yesterday challenged the constitutionality of the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) following his arrest on allegations of abusing his office to get three s...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top cop challenges SACU legality
POLICE Commissioner Douglas Jabulani Nyakutsikwa, who is facing charges related to corrupt allocation of housing stands, yesterday said he wanted to challenge the constitutionality of the establishmen...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corruption trials to be speeded up
Corruption cases will now be expedited within two months after a suspect is arrested with nine of the 27 recently opened court cases ready for trial a departure from the previous trend where accused p...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe linked top cops retired
THREE deputy police commissioner-generals - Innocent Matibiri, Josephine Shambare and Levi Sibanda - together with two commissioners were on Friday reportedly retired from the force amid indications t...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: A dictator in the making
"A dictator is someone who has absolute power or who at least behaves as if they do by bossing others around". This is exactly what the MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa is turning himself into sinc...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 13:50hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwe police shake-up
In the second major shake-up of the police force since the ouster from power of Robert Mugabe, authorities have promoted close to 500 senior cops, the Daily News reported.The latest shake-up c...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
A double-faced opposition
There is a problem when a crab, which tends to move sideways, starts complaining that snakes slither. The local opposition is behaving pretty the same way like a crab.The MDC Alliance and smal...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 20:49hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Zec's old habits dying hard
Last Friday, the European Union head of delegation in Zimbabwe, Philippe Van Damme, took to Twitter to participate in the broad conversation on the freeness and fairness of the coming elections. His t...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 17:56hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
ZEC stewing in massive legal bills
With the clock ticking towards make-or-break harmonised polls on July 30, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is stewing in massive legal bills following an increase in the number of election-rela...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 15:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Electoral court to hear residents' challenge of ZEC's clandestine constituency shift ahead of elections
THE Electoral Court will on Tuesday 05 June 2018 preside over the hearing and determination of an application filed by some Harare residents seeking to stop their clandestine transfer from voting in M...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 10:26hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission sued for gerrymandering
Mount Pleasant Heights residents have dragged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and its chairperson, Justice Priscillah Chigumba, to the High Court, accusing the electoral body of clandestinely ...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mt Pleasant Heights transferred to Mazowe South constituency
RESIDENTS of Mt Pleasant Heights in Harare have taken the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to court challenging the electoral management body's decision to unilaterally transfer them to Mazowe Sout...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
41 senior cops transferred
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has rung another shake-up, with the law enforcement agency transferring 41 senior police officers and 19 juniors.The move is one in many redeployments effected i...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 14:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
More changes loom at ZRP
Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu says government would bring more changes in the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) as it seeks to reform the force.The police minister, who torched a storm after ...Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 14:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police saga exposes Mnangagwa, Chiwenga rift
The mass dismissal of top police officers on Thursday and the surprise about-turn by government, rehiring most of them less than 24 hours later, has exposed a possible rift and simmering conflict with...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 10:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt reduces number of top cops to 11
Government has reduced the number of senior police officers to be retired from about 30 to 11.On Thursday, there were reports that the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) had retired 30 senior offi...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bloodbath in ZRP, more than 3,000 fired?
FORMER President Robert Mugabe's nephew and Deputy Police Commissioner-General (administration) Innocent Matibiri and hordes of other top police commanders were yesterday fired from the force....Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
30 top cops sacked - 3 months notice for officers, more heads to roll
GOVERNMENT has dismissed more than 30 senior police officers from the rank of senior assistant commissioner and above as it moves to transform the Zimbabwe Republic Police.Sources within the Z...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP overturns ban on BVR
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has overturned its surprising decision to temporarily ban all police officers from registering to vote in next year's elections — a move which had raised fears tha...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP dismisses 'voting ban' reports
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has dismissed reports in some local media that members of the force were not likely to vote during next year's elections as factually incorrect and false. The force said l...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops not allowed to register as voters
Cops may not vote next yearThe jury is out on the recent move by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to temporarily ban all police officers from registering to vote in next year's crunch elections ...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 13:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bogus Malayitsha disappears with woman's property
A Zimbabwean woman living in South Africa, Celine Eunice Nyakutsikwa,has appealed through a Facebook post on Facebook, asking people who know or have seen Gideon Tseriwa to report him to police....Published: 30 Sep 2016 at 22:02hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zim police reshuffles senior cops
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has reshuffled 45 of its police officers who were recently promoted. The 45 are mostly assistant commissioners and senior assistant commissioners who have been tra...Published: 09 Jan 2014 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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