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KFC robbed US$50 000, R30 000
SIX armed robbers raided KFC fast food restaurant in Msasa around midnight and got away with US$50 000, R30 000 and $19 000 after manhandling a security guard at the premise.The six who were w...Published: 6 hrs ago | 889 | by Staff reporter
Who is Nemaisa?
A new version of Bruce Lee was born in Zimbabwe as little known Nemaisa gunned single handedly gunned down robbers at his house in Chadcombe, Harare....Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 11:49hrs | 3172 | by Shelton Muchena and Desmond Nleya
Chamisa's lawyer piles pressure on High Court judge
Advocate Thabani Mpofu is piling pressure on embattled Zimbabwean High Court judge Justice Webster Chinamora, who is facing a series of accusations ranging from conflict of interest, judicial miscondu...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 20:40hrs | 2185 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers send shockwaves abroad
A series of robberies in homes and highways in Zimbabwe have stoked fears in the diaspora community planning to return home for holidays.Local media reports say as many as 200 families in Zimb...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:21hrs | 620 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe Army sentences soldiers to 40 years in prison
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces General Court Martial has sentenced two soldiers, Lance Corporal Dzimbanhete Tatenda and Trooper Munesi Wilfred to 40 years imprisonment each for armed robbery. The convict...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 13:47hrs | 3678 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Blitz nets 7 700 motorists in 5 days
The blitz on unregistered or plateless vehicles and illegal public transport operations continues with police in the first five days arresting more than 7 700 motorists between Saturday and Wednesday....Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:31hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
No going back on unregistered, plateless vehicle blitz - police
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned motorists against driving unregistered vehicles, which face being impounded.The police say unregistered vehicles were being used to commit crimes ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:39hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Transport blues resurface
Police say the operation came after it was realised that many unregistered vehicles were being used as getaway cars in the commission of dangerous crimes, including armed robberies.As part of ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
'No storage fees on impounded vehicles'
Police have said they don't charge storage fees on cars that are being impounded during the ongoing blitz that has netted 6 000 cars.The operation is targeting unlicensed, uninsured, unregiste...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Fake number plates scam exposed
POLICE have said some motorists are using fake temporary vehicle number plates to avoid being arrested during the ongoing blitz on unregistered vehicles.Unregistered vehicles and those without...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:18hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Azania Azania Azania! You are not an Island
Bulawayo - The first time I entered my primary school, 1988 at the assembly point after singing the national anthem, it was a mandatory to sing a song called Azania sympathising with our fellow contin...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 19:48hrs | 961 | by Enos Denhere
2 escaped Zimbabwean prisoners re-arrested, 3 on the run in South Africa
Four Zimbabwean prisoners being transported to a South African court escaped after armed men ambushed a police van and sprung them free on Friday.Augustine Nqobani Moyo, Nkululeko Nkomo, Mbong...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:40hrs | 2433 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle number plates distribution decentralised
Twelve post offices and seven Zimra tax offices will today start distributing the bulk of the 12 183 sets of number plates now available, with just a small batch going through the Central Vehicle Regi...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Motorists warned against picking up passengers
POLICE in Matabeleland South have warned motorists driving along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway to avoid picking up passengers as they risk being robbed.This follows an increase in armed robb...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Rebranding is a matter of life and death for MDC-Alliance
WILLIAM Shakespeare, the 16th century English playwright who once prominently featured on the Zimbabwean Ordinary Level and Advanced Level English literature school curriculum, once rhetorically asked...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:16hrs | 908 | by Taona T. Denhere
The last great war might have begun
The tongue can be a powerful weapon.It can build and destroy. It also can excite, spite and incite.And when a sharp tongue is mixed with potent ideas, it is easy to concoct a nuclear w...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:50hrs | 144 | by Bishop Lazi
Kezi couple loses 1 000 Kgs of gold to robbers
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that it is investigating a case of Armed Robbery which occurred on Friday at Maphisa, Kezi, Matabeleland South.According to the police in which six u...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 14:15hrs | 1375 | by Mandla Ndlovu
6 Zimbabwean prisoners escape from SA prison transport, on the run
JOHANNESBURG - Six prisoners are on the run in Boksburg on Friday afternoon.It's alleged that the prisoners were released by a gang of armed men from the prison truck that they were being tran...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 14:56hrs | 2590 | by Staff Reporter
Commuters raise concern over Zupco buses
COMMUTERS in Bulawayo have raised concern over the early knock-off time of Zupco buses and kombis which leave them at the mercy of private commuters who charge double in the evening.Over the p...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:19hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Police targets unregistered, unlicensed vehicles in operation
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has warned motorists driving unregistered vehicles that they have embarked on an operation with effect from tomorrow targeting such cars.The operation comes after ...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:17hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
On the persecution trail with Ngarivhume: trailing the harassment of human rights leaders/activists by Zimbabwe regime
I called Jacob Ngarivhume the previous day and asked if I could be with him from morning to end of day. I wanted to get into his world, I wanted to follow up on the stories of harassment he has been c...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 17:13hrs | 210 | by Fungai Muridzo - a freelance journalist
Toy gun robbers arrested
TWO armed robbers who robbed a taxi driver last year using a toy gun have been arrested in Mutare.The pair, Brighton Kasamba from Chitungwiza and Kelvin Maunde from Mutare today appeared in co...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:34hrs | 1493 | by Staff reporter
Police not acting on cabinet lockdown regulations
Dear Editor, Government efforts to curb the spike in Covid 19 cases is being frustrated by the Zimbabwe Republic police ZRP who are allowing shops and nightclubs to open until 5am the followin...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 16:26hrs | 744 | by Gugugu Magorira
Hi Mzansi, have we seen justice?
Apartheid was "legal". Jim Crow laws in the United States were "legal". Colonialism was "legal". Even the Nazis were "legal". So, what does it mean to have the rule of law? And whose law is it anyway?...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 19:44hrs | 2915 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
'Zimbabwe sliding back to 2008 crisis'
ZIMBABWE is in economic and political crises which are threatening peace, particularly ahead of the 2023 elections.Observers say corruption and looting of public resources have reached alarmin...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:02hrs | 3701 | by Staff reporter
Rule of law vs historical imbalances
CRIMINALS broke into a homestead and stole everything, taking over the family means of livelihood. They pushed everyone to the periphery of the homestead and ordered them to remain there and obey thei...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 524 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Serial armed robber arrested
A suspected serial armed robber who was also wanted for rape was arrested on Wednesday, as police continue to put their foot down in the fight against rising armed robbery cases.The suspect, T...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners prey on sex workers
MACHETE-WIELDING gold panners in the Midlands province are reportedly terrorising commercial sex workers, beating them up and refusing to pay for services rendered.Women rights groups say some...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:06hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
'Armed robberies linked to 2017 coup'
EXILED former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa has sensationally claimed that soldiers and police officers implicated in recent armed robbers could have stolen the firearm...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 4283 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA border tiff calls for urgent introspection
THE ongoing tiff between Zimbabwe and South Africa over border jumpers from this side of the Limpopo River does not only make sad reading, but demonstrates the gravity of the economic mess that the ci...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Criminals break in at Andrea The Vocalist's home
Victoria Falls based budding star Andrea Sibanda (also known as Andrea The Vocalist) had his parents' home invaded by unkown criminals on Saturday, his management has alleged. Andrea rise to b...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 10:18hrs | 1349 | by Mandla Ndlovu
2 robbers up for kidnapping
TWO suspected armed robbers were arrested in Kadoma on New Year's Eve, a few minutes after they had kidnapped a 27-year-old man at Waverly Bus Stop and robbed him of US$82 cash while another man was a...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:54hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Police roadblock saves kidnapping victim
WHILE some motorists view police roadblocks as an annoyance, one man has a blockade to thank after police manning a roadblock in Kadoma rescued him from a kidnapping.The incident took place on...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:08hrs | 2724 | by Staff reporter
Shooting death of white farmer a robbery incident, say police
A white farmer has been killed in Zimbabwe, but police believe her death came during a botched robbery, and is not the latest incident of farm killings which peaked in the early 2000s during Zimbabwe'...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:59hrs | 2955 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army generals feel the heat over soldiers' criminal activities
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has been forced to publicly denounce its officers for their engagement in criminal activities following a spate of robberies and casual shootings by and involving sold...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:58hrs | 2199 | by Staff reporter
Tracker on SA-registered car leads cops to armed robbers in Zimbabwe
A South African-registered car with a tracker helped police in Zimbabwe hunt down an armed seven-member gang.The KwaZulu-Natal-registered Toyota Fortuner with personalised registration plates ...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:55hrs | 993 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Defence Forces speaks on recent shootings
People must report any member of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) engaging in criminal activities or unbecoming behaviour, the ZDF said in a statement yesterday after seven people died in three recen...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:54hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Robbers shoot dead farmer's wife
Police have launched a manhunt for two men who yesterday stormed Mant Lavina farm in Beatrice where they shot and killed the farm owner's wife Ren Mitchell and seriously injured her husband Mr Graham ...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 18:57hrs | 3270 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe army commanders urged to deal with rogue soldiers
SERVICE chiefs must urgently find effective ways to end the rampant armed robberies and other criminal activities involving uniformed forces, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) President Paddington Ja...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 07:29hrs | 2369 | by Staff reporter
Midlands police launch crime awareness campaigns
MIDLANDS police have launched crime awareness campaigns in the province following a surge in criminal activities during the festive season.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector ...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:07hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Makomborero Haruzivishe out of notorious Chikurubi: Halleluiah
My mother, Mrs Sihwa sat in Chikurubi accused of the same accusations that sent what could be her grandson Makomborero to prison: same length of time. When she was released on grounds of ill-health, s...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 11:14hrs | 1402 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu-PF Elections Director Bars Intelligence Officers From Vote Counting Venue Amid Rigging Storm
INTELLIGENCE chiefs have reported a massive rigging plot in the party's Mashonaland Central provincial chairmanship election involving a senior staffer, Collen Mharadzano, to President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 19:54hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Police name six alleged Macheke child-killer robbers after arrests
Police have named six of the seven suspected armed robbers who shot dead a 10-month-old tot in Macheke on Tuesday morning.Police said the men robbed a family of US$500 and a Toyota Fortuner in...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 19:54hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
US$40k heist: Two solders appear in court
TWO soldiers, who gunned down a man in a US$40 000 heist in Hatfield, Harare, appeared in court yesterday facing murder and armed robbery charges,Lameck Kabara and Christopher Charuma, both 39...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:24hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Woman accused of hiring out guns to armed robbers
Police are on the hunt for a Harare woman who allegedly rented out guns to armed robbers.Investigators recovered two pistols during a raid at Norest Kufa's Glendale residence in Harare after a...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 18:59hrs | 2015 | by Staff reporter
Robbers shoot dead 10-month-old baby
A 10-month-old infant was shot and killed by armed robbers who had pounced on a Macheke family in Mashonaland East Province earlier today.It is alleged that seven suspects armed with guns poun...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 18:57hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
2 soldiers to appear in court for murder, US$40 000 robbery
TWO soldiers are due to appear in court today facing charges of murder and armed robbery after they got away with US$40 000 in heist at a Hatfield house in Harare.Lameck Kabara from the Zimbab...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:14hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Armed bus robberies worry police
POLICE have said bus crews must ensure that they compile a passengers list amid concern of increasing robberies targeting passengers, the recent ones being two bus robberies in a space of a week....Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:11hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest man illegally selling ammo
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 31-year-old man for illegally selling ammunition raising concerns that his activities could be aiding armed robbers.Police raided Langelihle Nyathi who is em...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:09hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
2 robbers pose as cops
TWO men have been brought to court for allegedly masquerading as police officers and robbing unsuspecting people on five occasions.Nelson Madhevere (23) of Chibara Farm and Edwin Muchagwa (42)...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:04hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
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