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An open letter from a concerned Bulawayo motorist
My job forces me to frequently drive along Masiyephambili Drive, past Nkulumane. Complex. I'm particularly concerned about the level of corruption & greed perpetrated by the police manning the roa...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 2141 | by Concerned Bulawayo motorist
High noon for Zimbabwe's most wanted criminals
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police is actively pursuing criminals that have been evading the clutches of the long arm of the law for a long time.Their latest mission involved a joint operation with ...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:02hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's close aide up for robbery
A CLOSE aide of President Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday on charges of robbery.Ardon Chipangamati (28) who works at Munhumutapa Building appeared before ...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:21hrs | 5209 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers rob pedestrian at gunpoint
TWO Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) members allegedly robbed a pedestrian of his US$200 after pointing him with an AK 47 and ordering him to surrender all the money he had.The matter came to ligh...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 21:37hrs | 4959 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe army revenges for the shooting of 2 soldiers
TWO yet to be identified people who shot Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers, killing one and seriously injuring another in Chivhu on Saturday were yesterday gunned down by security forces in a dram...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 2353 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa prison visit caused trouble for Ngarivhume and Chin'ono
#JULY31 protests organiser, Jacob Ngarivhume says MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's recent visit to Harare remand prison angered authorities who ordered he and investigative journalist Hopewell Chi...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:35hrs | 4251 | by Staff reporter
Elderly couple murdered in beautiful village home
A PROMINENT elderly couple from Mangwe District in Matabeleland South was gruesomely murdered by suspected robbers who raided their homestead on Tuesday night before burning their bodies in the house ...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:11hrs | 2387 | by Staff reporter
'Cops' raid village
EIGHT robbers, three clad in police uniforms, three in army uniform and two in civilian attire last week went on a robbing spree in Filabusi, stealing money, property and a car.National police...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:32hrs | 1257 | by Staff reporter
4 robbery suspects arrested in Gwanda
POLICE in Matabeleland South province have arrested four suspects who are alleged to have committed a series of robberies in Gwanda.Provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philisani Nd...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 21:47hrs | 1585 | by Staff reporter
We are our own liberators, says Chamisa
Zimbabwe's socio-economic and political crisis has received the attention of regional political players and civil society, with many calling for SADC and the African Union (aU) to intervene. envoys se...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1467 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers arrested for 'robbery' at gunpoint
TWO soldiers stationed at 1.2 Infantry Battalion in Hwange have been arrested after they allegedly robbed a man they had offered a lift in Victoria Falls and took US$150 cash at gunpoint. Prom...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:34hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for raping thigh vendor
A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed 15 years for raping a sex worker and robbing her of R200 and her cellphone. Thobani Moyo from Ntabenende area in Esigodini pleaded not guilty to rape and robb...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1896 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man up for carjacking in Botswana
A ZIMBABWEAN national has been arrested in Botswana on carjacking and robbery charges after he allegedly ganged up with locals to steal from a villager.Thabani Moyo recently appeared before Fr...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:17hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean 'robber' murdered in Mozambique
A suspected Zimbabwean robber who allegedly pounced on a Mozambican homestead on a robbing spree was gruesomely murdered on Monday.The now-deceased Nyasha Chibwe's body was transported to Mvur...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 22:12hrs | 6922 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Protect the rural poor from unscrupulous businesses
The pricing system by some traders seem well calculated and calibrated to circumvent SI 185 that compels using forex auction rate. To avoid being on a collision course with the law, shop owner...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 18:10hrs | 397 | by Thomas Tondo
WATCH: South Africa's ANC takes Mnangagwa head on over human rights abuses
South African liberation Movement the African National Congress has dispatched Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa to confront ZANU PF leader and Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa over the alleged...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 13:25hrs | 6634 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Soldiers, police brutally assault Chitungwiza mayor
Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko was on Sunday evening allegedly assaulted by four soldiers and two police officers on his way to park his vehicle after rushing to a local clinic with a resident who n...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1798 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man pours petrol on his son and ex-wife...sets them on fire
Police in Bulawayo have arrested a 32-year-old man from Lobengula who attempted to kill his ex-wife and son. According to reports, the accused person poured petrol onto his son and ex-wife thr...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:58hrs | 2206 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Perrance Shiri's death: A double loss to Gukurahundi victims
The Matabeleland All-Stakeholders People's Convention (known as Phutheho) has described the passing away of former 5TH Brigade Commander Perrance as a double loss to victims of the Gukurahundi Genocid...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:33hrs | 1468 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police empowered to impound vehicles
GOVERNMENT has gazetted a statutory instrument authorising law enforcement officers to impound vehicles being used to violate lockdown restrictions with owners or drivers of the vehicles liable to pro...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 19:26hrs | 6588 | by Staff reporter
Movie-style robbery at Harare private hospital
OVER a dozen suspected armed robbers pounced movie-style on the affluent Borrowdale Hospital Trauma Centre yesterday -an incident that was captured on CCTV. National police spokesperson Paul N...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:19hrs | 1880 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers rob Bindura resident at gunpoint
TWO members of the Zimbabwe National Army appeared before a Bindura magistrate on Monday after they allegedly robbed a resident at gunpoint.Privilege Munetsi (33) and Achievement Mandishara (3...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:47hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Robbers arrested after warning shots
FOUR suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a gang that was targeting people after offering them a lift, have been arrested in Harare following a high speed chase with police officers....Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 17:47hrs | 2896 | by Staff reporter
Criminals pounce on desperate commuters
POLICE have warned Bulawayo commuters against boarding private vehicles after it emerged that criminals were now driving around offering transport to desperate commuters and robbing them.Last ...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:21hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter
MDC council allocates stand in middle of road
Chitungwiza Municipality officials allegedly altered a stand layout plan in Unit N Extension around the Try Again shops, before allocating a residential stand in the middle of the road in existence si...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:37hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Thousands return to Zimbabwe as COVID-19 bites
OVER 11 000 Zimbabweans living in foreign lands have returned home since the COVID-19-induced lockdown, with thousands more still en-route and due to arrive over the next few weeks, official data show...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 16:00hrs | 3238 | by Staff reporter
Thousands tracing their footsteps back home as Covid-19 bites
OVER 11 000 Zimbabweans living in foreign lands have returned home since the Covid-19-induced lockdown, with thousands more still en-route and due to arrive over the next few weeks, official data show...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:26hrs | 433 | by Staff Reporter
Police to impound cars not displaying registration plates
POLICE yesterday said they have launched an operation to impound all cars that move around without displaying registration number plates.Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:12hrs | 2146 | by Staff reporter
Armed soldiers raid Hurungwe hospital...steal US$1 500
Detectives of the Zimbabwe Republic Police are said to have arrested commandos and paratroopers who raided Chidamoyo Mission Hospital in Hurungwe and stole US$1 500.Media reports say that the ...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 11:44hrs | 5363 | by Mandla Ndlovu
7 soldiers rob hospital
SEVEN armed soldiers and five civilians were arrested in Chinhoyi after raiding Chidamoyo Mission Hospital in Hurungwe and getting away with US$1 500 and other valuables.The armed robbery reported...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:21hrs | 3128 | by Staff reporter
Give Us Confidence Cde President
Dear Cde President, I know chances of you reading this letter are next to zero but all the same I write to you on the basis of you being "a listening President". Cde President it is crystal cl...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 18:24hrs | 3373 | by Munya Shumba
Killer arrested after staging suicide
A GWANDA miner has been arrested for allegedly strangling his workmate before dumping the body on a railway line, where it was crushed by a train to conceal the murder. The matter was initiall...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 16:52hrs | 3996 | by Staff reporter
Man tries to disarm 2 soldiers
A BEITBRIDGE man has appeared in court for allegedly attacking two soldiers controlling traffic at the border post before trying to disarm them in separate incidents.This was heard by Beitbrid...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 2971 | by Staff reporter
'Ethanol is making Zimbabwe petrol expensive while destroying engines'
Former legislator Norman Mpofu has questioned the rationale behind Ethanol being added into fuel if it makes the fuel so expensive as it is in Zimbabwe."Zimbabweans there are questions asked a...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:40hrs | 2113 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe economy run by master criminals fleecing the poor
Ordinary Zimbabweans have suffered for years as a result of currency manipulation and corruption by the elites who have siphoned US dollars away into their overseas bank accounts. Now, a recent ruling...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1517 | by Thandekile Moyo
Machete gangs resurface
ARMED robbery cases involving machete-wielding gangs have resurfaced in Matabeleland South province, invoking memories of terror-filled moments linked to the thugs that traumatised communities....Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:01hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers offer $15 bribe to police
An attempt to bribe police detectives by four armed robbers landed them in soup.The matter came to light at Guruve magistrates courts o...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 13:29hrs | 3177 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Robbery syndicate hit Bulawayo
Parking in Bulawayo's city centre has turned into a nightmare for motorists who risk having their cars broken into or being robbed at gunpoint. A robbery syndicate is targeting unattended cars parked ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
A skeletal cow 'knocking at the butcher's door'
They will stumble those who hurry, true to that saying, the tobacco farmers who rushed to the auction floors hoping to be the early birds catching the fattest worms are now regretting the decision. ...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 2106 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
When govt steals your car and gives you back only one wheel - the charade of civil servants' 'salary increments'
Whenever I hear the Zimbabwe government announce a civil servants' salary increment, I can not help being thoroughly perplexed, if not downright bewildered, by the proud and self-congratulatory manner...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 16:37hrs | 1592 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man jailed 25 years for killed security guard
A BULAWAYO man who ganged up with two accomplices and choked a security guard to death at a flea market in the city centre in 2013, was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in jail. Ignatius Mehlul...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:44hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Cops bash Gwanda magistrate
GWANDA magistrate, Ndumiso Khumalo, who was battered by police in April following his arrest over suspected robbery, has lodged a complaint for the violation of his rights.Khumalo filed his compla...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:38hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean trio gets bail in SA armed robbery case
A Sekhukhune Magistrate Court has granted bail to three Zimbabweans accused of teaming up with six South Africans to rob a post office in Atok under Apel policing area on Wednesday last week. ...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:12hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
The children of politicians should not be judged on their parents' actions
Political leaders are always under the eyes of the nation. Moreso in politics politicians are constantly watched by those who wish them bad so that they can faulter, they are equally watched by those ...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:36hrs | 2785 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Prison inmate up for guard's murder
A BULAWAYO man who was about to be released from prison appeared in court for allegedly participating in the gruesome killing of a security guard at a flea market in the city centre in 2013. I...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers fire warning shots,rob gold dealer
A 45-YEAR-OLD Harare based man has appeared before the Bindura Magistrate Maria Msika yesterday facing charges of robbery involving property and cash in e...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 21:46hrs | 2490 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Duo up for armed robbery
Two Bulawayo men have appeared in court facing charges of armed robbery involving 1170 grams of gold at gunpoint. Thandazani Dube and Zamani Moyo whose ages are not stated on the court papers ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 13:16hrs | 776 | by Stephen Jakes
6-man robbery gang released on bail
THE High Court has released on bail a gang of six men that allegedly attacked five small-scale miners with machetes and metal bars before robbing them of gold and over $23 000, all in one day. ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:13hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Magwegwe murderer jailed for life
A MAN who waylaid two lovers in Bulawayo while they were out for an evening stroll before striking them with a brick resulting in one the victims succumbing to the injuries has been sentenced to life ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:12hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Miners' boundary dispute escalates into armed conflict
A Penhalonga gold concession boundary deteriorated into an armed underground gold ore heist after a rival miner burrowed through an underground tunnel into a neighbour's claim taking away 92 sacks wor...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 10:47hrs | 1266 | by Ngoni Shumba
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