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ZRP starts recruitment
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has begun a recruitment exercise as it continues to undergo major transformation in adopting a new structure and re-branding to win back public confidence.However,...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Chopper border patrols deter smuggling
The introduction of helicopter patrols by security officials has resulted in reduced cases of smuggling along the country's border with South Africa.National police spokesperson Assistant Comm...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1296 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe orphanage challenges search warrant
THE trustees of the Grace Mugabe Foundation have filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to bar the police from seizing property at the former First Lady's Mazowe orphanage....Published: 15 hrs ago | 1822 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chefs, police clash over gold claims
RULING Zanu-PF party officials in Gokwe North district have accused local police officers of leading an illegal mining syndicate and blocking locals and traditional leaders from mining following a gol...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists invade Anglican Church farm
Zanu-PF activists, who invaded the Anglican Church owned Cyrene Farm in Figtree, Matabeleland South province, have been accused of invoking the ruling party's name to resist eviction.Anti-riot...Published: 15 hrs ago | 821 | by Staff reporter
Police block Mthwakazi demo
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday blocked an anti-government demonstration organised by the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP).The MRP wanted to take to the streets to protest the persecut...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1001 | by Staff reporter
'Parliament must closely monitor security sector'
PARLIAMENTS have been urged to strictly monitor the security sector in their countries especially in times of conflict to avoid human rights violations.This came up during debate last Thursday...Published: 15 hrs ago | 273 | by Staff reporter
Cop piles misery on injured MDC Alliance activists
AN investigation officer in the matter involving MDC Alliance youths, one of whom was allegedly burnt with suspected sulphuric acid on the face while in police custody, yesterday said he did not know ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 576 | by Staff reporter
Concern over Matabeleland South Covid-19 cases
On Monday, Matabeleland South Province recorded a staggering 101 cases of Covid-19 infections out of the 108 cases recorded countrywide. This is hardly surprising. There has been a widespread ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 193 | by Staff reporter
Man mauled by crocodiles
A SILOBELA man was reportedly mauled to death by crocodiles while fishing along the Gweru River. Midlands police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko could not be reached for comment but Sil...Published: 15 hrs ago | 821 | by Staff reporter
Bail ruling on MDC-Alliance activists today
Two MDC-Alliance activists who, with accomplices still at large, allegedly grabbed bales of rubbish and burnt them in central Harare on Thursday last week as a protest, should hear today whether or no...Published: 15 hrs ago | 204 | by Staff reporter
Identity theft fraudsters arrested
Fraudsters responsible for the identity thefts that allowed them access to WhatsApp groups and EcoCash accounts of others to con people into foreign currency deals had not hacked into the phones of th...Published: 15 hrs ago | 394 | by Staff reporter
Woman sparks gold rush
A gold rush spawned by discovery of ore by a woman in Gokwe North District has seen more than 8 000 people descending on Tongogara community a fortnight ago to illegally extract the mineral. ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 514 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over wife at a party
AN Independence Day illegal party in Hwange ended in tragedy after a villager who grabbed a married woman to dance with her allegedly stabbed her protesting husband to death. Matabeleland Nort...Published: 15 hrs ago | 846 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo urges police to engage army to deal with pirate taxis
LOCAL Government Minister, July Moyo has urged police to enlist the services of the army in operations meant to get rid of private transport operators who are plying various routes in cities and towns...Published: 16 hrs ago | 745 | by Staff reporter
ZRP CID mineral department in Chegutu taking law into their own hands
A chegutu mining Syndicate has raised a red flag against four CID police detectives from minerals department for taking the law into their own hands again...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 21:55hrs | 1024 | by Shelton Muchena
Jailed Mthwakazi activists in freedom bid
LAWYERS representing incarcerated Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists have applied for bail at the High Court. The application comes after several efforts to secure the freedom of the sec...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:23hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi leader fears for his life
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo said his family is now living in fear of being abducted after suspected Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives were spotted in the vicin...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:35hrs | 3068 | by Staff reporter
$6m 'theft' haunts Mwonzora
MDC-T activist Patson Murimoga is lobbying party members to demonstrate against their leader Douglas Mwonzora on Thursday this week to compel him to account for over $6 million which he allegedly stol...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:31hrs | 2760 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wades into Hwange coal mining saga
CHINESE firm, BEIFA Investment (Pvt) Limited has petitioned the ruling Zanu-PF party to rein in its shadow MP Reed Dube after he allegedly visited the disputed coal mine project in Dinde, Hwange, in a...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:28hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Robbers storm Zanu-PF official's home, burn his backside
POLICE in Mutoko have arrested five suspected armed robbers who besieged the home of a top Zanu-PF official and renowned businessman, Zano Kahuni, and tortured him with a hot iron before robbing him o...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 1503 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma arrested for concealing US$2,7m robber
A BUHERA traditional healer (sangoma) has been arrested for providing shelter to a robber wanted in connection with a US$2,7 million heist.The sangoma, Shadreck Tadira (58), his wife Margaret ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | 1984 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in domestic violence storm
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa tried to get the police to drop a domestic violence investigation involving lawyer Advocate Sylvester Hashiti, whose wife Emma made a formal police report of alleged s...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | 2783 | by Staff reporter
Strong warning sent to Police officers
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned its overzealous members against smashing vehicle windscreens and use of metal spikes in order to effect arre...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 20:56hrs | 3989 | by Shelton Muchena
Mavima bullies Smeĺly, vows to send her to jail
Midlands Provincial Minister, Larry Mavima has come under fire from women groups for allegedly openly boasting causing recent arrest of Gweru busine...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 18:19hrs | 3143 | by Paul Ndou
'41 years of Independence or 41 years of ZANU PF Oppression?'
As Zimbabwe celebrates 41 years of independence from British colonial rule on April 18, many Zimbabweans look back and question were everything went wrong. The once promising and flourishing Southern ...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 08:14hrs | 731 | by Prince Njagu
MDC Alliance activist burnt with acid in police cells
ONE of the two MDC Alliance activists arrested last week soon after attending party vice-chairperson Job Sikhala's trial in Harare, claims he sustained facial burns when suspected State security agent...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1335 | by Staff reporter
13-year-old boy hangs self
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy from Maphisa, Matobo District in Matabeleland South was found hanging from a tree branch after going missing for five days. Busisa Lunga left home on April 11 around 4PM to r...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:11hrs | 1140 | by Staff reporter
Opposition MPs confront Ziyambi
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has denied opposition claims there was selective application of the law in the country.Opposition MPs Wednesday accused government of arbitrary arrests and det...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:09hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Minor drowns in a well
A one year old girl allegedly fell in a 30 metre deep well and drowned while following her father at Charles claim mine, Bindura on Wednesday....Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 14:59hrs | 1154 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Why are you allowing Chief Justice Luke Malaba to be made a fool of?
When the present government successfully carried out its coup against the tyrant Robert Mugabe, I applied for a temporary position in public relations. I had lined up a group of professors, we had our...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:26hrs | 1718 | by Ken Mufuka
Police arrest Hwange community leader
POLICE in Hwange, Matabeleland North province on Thursday arrested a Dinde community leader for leading a protest the previous day against a Chinese coal-mining project in the area.Never Tshum...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:07hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Italy offers cyber security training in Zimbabwe
THE pervasive use of ICTs in the world, including Zimbabwe, has presented enhanced opportunities for achieving economic development and wealth to people and institutions joining the cyberspace....Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:03hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Police chief sued over 'fishy' arrest
POLICE commissioner-general Godwin Matanga has been dragged to court over "unlawful arrest" involving a former Bulgarian diplomat, who now claims the police are complicit in a case of fraud involving ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:02hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Police brutalise MDC Alliance activists
Two MDC Alliance activists were badly tortured by police in Harare following their arrest while attending a court appearance by the party's vice-chairperson Job Sikhala last week.Lengwani Mavh...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:01hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi vows to proceed with Independence Day protest
FIREBRAND pro-Matabeleland opposition, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has vowed to go ahead with planned protests in Bulawayo Sunday over alleged inequalities that have not gone in the region's favour...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:59hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Father kills son (3) in domestic dispute
A ZIMBABWEAN man has appeared in a South African court to answer allegations of killing his three-year-old son following a domestic dispute.Dzingirai Tapera (27) of Zaka, who is a migrant work...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:33hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance councillor arrested for organizing football tourney
MDC Alliance Councillor for Ward 33, Bernard Chimwango was recently arrested for allegedly organizing a football tournament sometime in March, contravening the set Covid-19 regulations which prohibit ...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:17hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
MDC members blast Zanu PF MP for hijacking Zupco
MDC officials have blasted Mazowe North legislator Campion Mugweni for allegedly hijacking the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) bus that was allocated to Mvurwi, for his publicity-seeki...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 12:46hrs | 962 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Father kills 3-yr-old son in domestic dispute
A ZIMBABWEAN man has appeared in a South African court to answer allegations of killing his three-year-old son following a domestic dispute.Dzingirai Tapera (27) of Zaka, who is a migrant work...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 10:13hrs | 1076 | by Staff Reporter
Khaya Moyo says 'old politics' is dead
THE ruling Zanu-PF is no longer practising "old politics" and is pushing committedly for unity and tolerance among all Zimbabweans, party spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo has said.Speaking to the...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:18hrs | 2667 | by Staff reporter
Matanga sued over wrongful arrest
A HARARE man has filed a lawsuit against police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga, at the High Court claiming that he was wrongfully arrested and is seeking to be released from custody. Bori...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:14hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Man severely assaulted, thrown into flowing sewage
THREE Victoria Falls men have been arrested after they severely assaulted their neighbour until he lost consciousness before dumping his body in a nearby drain filled with sewage. Mr Khaliphan...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Prisoners freed under Presidential Amnesty
SCORES of prisoners who qualified for release under the Presidential Amnesty on Tuesday were freed from various prisons yesterday afternoon. Government gazetted the legal instrument that saw s...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance, activists warned over violent demos
Political activists and civic organisations sponsored by the MDC Alliance to engage in illegal demonstrations dubbed "The Winter Jest" over the Independence Day weekend have been told that security se...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Black Lives Matter (BLM) campaign: Human Rights Orgs /institutions & Churches conflict of interest
Many doubting Thomases think that the Black lives Matter (BLM)campaign has no genuine cause. Some evil people who are proracist are trying to denigrate that campaign or vilify it, so that they d...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:36hrs | 363 | by Njabulo
'Nothing must be left to chance' declares Mnangagwa, mobilising his vote rigging juggernaut
President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to mobilise Zanu PF's vote-rigging juggernaut in preparation for the by-elections and 2023 harmonised elections. Two weeks ago he called on the war veter...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:23hrs | 670 | by Nomusa Garikai
Road accident claims 3
Three Lobels Limited employees died in a road accident that occurred today along Harare-Chirundu highway when their delivery truck collided with a haulage truck.The accident occurred 15 kilome...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:16hrs | 1111 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Soldier killed with shovel in gold dispute
A Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) member Richard Makoto (32) of Inkomo baracks was allegedly murdered on Tuesday at Amatola farm, Mazowe in a gold dispute....Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:02hrs | 1766 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man steals national flag
A student on attachment at the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has been arrested after he stole a Zimbabwe national flag.Munyaradzi Chingowo (25), a student at Bulawayo Polytechnic College...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 09:20hrs | 1680 | by Staff reporter
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