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'Zacc officials' remanded in custody
Five men, who masqueraded as Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officials and allegedly moved around Mashonaland East Province terrorising farmers and kidnapped a fuel dealer in Marondera, app...Published: 12 hrs ago | 212 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army vows 'snap search for its uniforms'
IN a move that could raise fears of a fresh crackdown, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has said it will flush out "rogue members of society" using military regalia and other material that resembles a...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1604 | by newzimbabwe
Cops charged with assault
Four police officers have appeared in court facing charges of assault following a High Court ruling that ordered them to pay $17 000 as compensation for brutality.The four officers, George Puk...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1328 | by Staff reporter
Jailed robbers face fresh charges
THREE armed robbers recently jailed to 35 years for robbing buses were last week back in court, charged with another two counts of robbery.Jobson Shonhe (39) of Gokwe, Samuel Moyo (29) of Chip...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:28hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
5 'Zacc officials' in trouble
Five people who masqueraded as Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officials and allegedly moved around farms in Marondera, terrorising farmers before kidnaping and robbing a fuel dealer have a...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
4 armed robbers in army uniform arrested
FOUR suspected armed robbers who allegedly targeted businesses in Harare, Chegutu and Chinhoyi and made off with more than $200 000 cash, appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court on Friday charged wi...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:03hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Zimta CEO earns around $10 000 before deductions?
THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has come under fire from members of the public after it emerged in a leaked pay slip, alleged to be of its chief executive officer Mr Sifiso Ndlovu that he ea...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:54hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
NPA declines to prosecute CIO, MI, police 'armed robbers'
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Tuesday declined to prosecute a team of police officers, Military Intelligence and Central Intelligence Organisation agents arrested for armed robbery....Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:16hrs | 2401 | by ZimLive
Teen's body burnt after rape & robbery
A Shurugwi man allegedly broke into a tuck-shop where he raped and murdered a 16-year-old attendant, pulled her body out of the building, doused it with engine oil and setting it on fire. Afte...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:59hrs | 4891 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers take money changer's cash-laden BMW
THREE gun-wielding men clad in balaclavas attacked an illegal money changer in Bulawayo's City Centre before getting away with his BMW vehicle which had R80 000, US$5000 and $ 8 000 bond notes among o...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:39hrs | 2585 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce on Brooklyn bus
About 31 passengers who were travelling in a Brooklyn bus from Bulawayo to Mussina lost valuables worth thousands of dollars when armed robbers aboard the bus pounced on them Monday night.Acco...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:36hrs | 3528 | by Staff reporter
Army uniform saga: Suspect in U-turn
A SUSPECTED protestor who initially told prosecutors during vetting for initial appearance at the Harare Magistrates' Courts that he was given army uniform at the Zanu PF headquarters, yesterday chang...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
'ZANU PF Youths are untouchable' says Mliswa
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says ZANU PF Youths seem to be untouchable hence the failure of police to arrest them when the have been reported to be in possession of guns.Mliswa wa...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 10:13hrs | 6064 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bus robbers jailed 51 years
THREE HIGHWAY armed robbers who targetted long distance buses have been jailed for a combined 51 years.Jabson Shonhe (39) of Chief Mkoka's area near Manoti, in Gokwe South and his accomplice F...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:57hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown alarms Amnesty
A new briefing by Amnesty International documents how the Zimbabwean authorities have mounted a brutal crackdown and violence against protesters, using killings and torture, among other serious human ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | 402 | by Amnesty International
'Zanu-PF gave us army uniforms'
A Harare man has told a court that he got a military uniform he used to terrorise residents from the Zanu-PF headquarters in a case that might shed some light on recent disturbances that rocked the co...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:16hrs | 3734 | by Staff reporter
Bushiri, Magaya and the gospel of prosperity
IT was perhaps the most striking picture that came from the spectacle that accompanied Shepherd Bushiri's appearance at the Pretoria Special Commercial Crimes Court last week.It was the pictur...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:50hrs | 1447 | by Staff reporter
Army uniform ban imposed to avoid revenge attacks by civilians
A recent army crackdown on civilians has brought problems for the country's servicemen whose superiors been banned them from putting on camouflash on their way home to avoid revenge attacks by civilia...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:45hrs | 2012 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa bans soldiers from wearing camouflage outside barracks
Zimbabwean soldiers will be banned from wearing their camouflage outside the barracks unless when on deployment, ZimLive can exclusively reveal.In an internal memo, obtained by this website, t...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:05hrs | 3326 | by Staff reporter
Soldier in court for robbing forex dealers
A 29-YEAR-OLD serving Zimbabwe National Army officer yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate facing two counts of robbery after he teamed up with two accomplices to rob foreign currency dealers ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:43hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man jailed for life for killing SA doctor
A 29-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man was on Wednesday condemned to life imprisonment by a Lephalale High Court in Limpopo province for killing a South African doctor.Petrus Standford Moyo, was also se...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 12:21hrs | 2665 | by Staff reporter
Bogus Zanu-PF activist soldier nabbed
A BOGUS soldier who was arrested while clad in Zimbabwe National Army apparel appeared in court yesterday facing two counts of robbery.Shepherd Magorimbo, a Zanu-PF activist whose picture went...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:45hrs | 1465 | by Staff reporter
Soldier arrested for kidnapping and robbery
Police are holding a soldier after a foreign currency dealer was kidnapped and robbed in Chitungwiza.Norest Nyasoro, an Air Force of Zimbabwe officer, is due to appear before a court on Thurs...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 16:20hrs | 8384 | by ZimLive
Cops, accomplices mine robbery case postponed to next Friday
GWERU regional magistrate Pathekile Msipa last Friday postponed to next Friday the trial of two police officers based in Mberengwa, who allegedly ganged up with 14 accomplices and raided a Chinese min...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police hunt 4 armed, masked robbers
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for four armed robbers who attacked a family in Mahatshula on Sunday, and got away with some money and goods.Bulawayo police spokesperson Chief Inspe...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1445 | by Staff reporter
Gang of robbers subjects Bulawayo family to torture
FOUR masked men armed with iron bars and an axe subjected a family from Mahatshula North suburb in Bulawayo to a horrifying ordeal, torturing them before getting away with R18 000 and $400 in bond not...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:38hrs | 1189 | by Staff reporter
'Armed robber' businesswoman in court
A GWANDA based businesswoman has been arrested after she allegedly threatened to shoot a group of mine workers before stealing mining equipment worth $3 760 and $200 cash. Siboniso Sayi (40), ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:27hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers on the loose
Police have launched a manhunt for 15 armed robbers who are masquerading as members of the uniformed forces after stealing uniforms from law enforcement agencies and soldiers, the Daily News reported....Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 11:37hrs | 2088 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces global isolation
Workers' unions from Botswana, Nigeria and South Africa have threatened to lobby the international community to shutdown Zimbabwean embassies over alleged human rights abuses. This came after State se...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2389 | by Staff reporter
3 men up for $20 000 airtime robbery
THREE Dzivarasekwa men appeared in court on Friday, facing allegations of robbing a local businessman of Econet recharge cards worth $20 000, a laptop and mobile phones during last month's violent pro...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:03hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Mine robbery gang members denied bail
The trial of eight Zvishavane men, who allegedly raided a Chinese mining company in Zvishavane recently failed to kick off in Gweru on Friday as the State is waiting for documents from their court of ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:58hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian labour body protests at Zimbabwe Embassy in Abuja
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Friday picketed the Zimbabwean Embassy in Abuja, demanding the immediate and unconditional release of leaders of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade unions arrested whi...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1534 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths force down bread price
Shop owners last week went into an overdrive raising the price of bread from $1.50 to between $3 and $4 even though the wholesale price had not changed, prompting the Zanu-PF youth league led by provi...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 06:19hrs | 1615 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean police files implicate army in widespread abuses
Internal Zimbabwean police documents passed to the Guardian suggest the army has been responsible for murder, rape and armed robbery during the ongoing brutal crackdown in the southern African country...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 18:57hrs | 2126 | by The Guardian
Robbers shoot two in bus heist
Two passengers travelling in a Zambia-bound Kabor Bus were last night shot and injured by robbers at Lion's Den near Chinhoyi.Police say the robbery involved four suspects all of whom were par...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 15:58hrs | 4180 | by Staff reporter
Robbery syndicate busted after 65 felonies
A ROBBERY syndicate from Lower Gweru has been busted after racking up 65 felonies in the Midlands Province last year.Knowledge Nkomo (26), Hlonipani Sibanda (28) and Jabulani Sibanda (35) appe...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:59hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
What does the future have in store for me as a tobacco farmer or mukorokoza?
Having been a tobacco farmer for the last three years and my young brother being an artisinal gold miner, mukorokoza for a longtime we have nothing to show from our exploits except that we are wallowi...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1503 | by Henry Madiro
Captured prison escapee battling for life
ONE of the three prisoners who jumped off a moving vehicle in transit from Chikurubi Maximum Prison to Whawha Prison over a fortnight ago, before being captured last week, is battling for life due to ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Scores of women raped in police, army crackdown
SCORES of women from Harare's Hopley area alleged they were raped by soldiers during the ongoing crackdown against opposition activists linked to last week's protests against fuel price hikes which tu...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:09hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Taxi driver murdered in cold blood
A TAXI driver was murdered in cold blood allegedly by three suspected carjackers who had hired him from the Central Business District (CBD) in Gweru pretending to be going to Woodlands suburb. ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:04hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Border jumpers kill gun totting robber
A man believed to be part of a gang terrorising border jumpers and smugglers along the Limpopo River was last week fatally assaulted by a group of illegal immigrants he had attempted to rob at gunpoin...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:10hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
The mis-narrating of Zimbabwe's opposition riots
We are not surprised at all, are we? The recent violence by the opposition MDC-Alliance and its civic society partners has dominated the headlines putting Zimbabwe on the spotlight once again. ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 22:44hrs | 1469 | by Editorial - The Herald
Armed robber disarmed, killed
A 24-YEAR-OLD man was on Friday morning fatally assaulted by a group of illegal immigrants he attempted to rob at gun point at the confluence of Umzingwane and Limpopo rivers. It is reported t...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
'Third hand behind Zimbabwe disturbances'
The government has confirmed the presence of a third hand in the well-choreographed violent disturbances and acts of sabotage by the motley host of opposition outfits led by the MDC Alliance, Zimbabwe...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 15:50hrs | 2202 | by Staff reporter
Money changer loses US$4 000 to armed robbers
AN illegal money changer from Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo lost more than US$4 000 to seven gun-totting robbers who raided his home while he was sleeping early yesterday morning. The suspects,...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:18hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
ZRP heightens crackdown against criminals
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has increased crackdown efforts on crime which has seemingly been rampant and on the rise in Zimbabwe.In a statement, ZRP Senior Assistant Commissioner Chari...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:07hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's pronouncement was not the whole truth
Since Saturday last week, Zimbabwe is one of the world's most expensive places to buy fuel from.That's after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced new prices that showed an increase of over 1...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 08:02hrs | 3011 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive prisoner arrested
Police have arrested one of the three hard-core criminals who escaped after they allegedly assaulted prison officers while in transit, before jumping off a moving prison truck. Timothy Muhari ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:04hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
War veterans threaten businesses against price hikes
War veterans have threatened to "deal" with business people who are they alleged were making massive profits through "unjustifiable" increase of prices.This comes after President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:23hrs | 2106 | by Staff reporter
Cops in 16-man mine armed robbery
EIGHT armed robbers, among them two police officers allegedly raided a Chinese mining company in Zvishavane and went away with an Isuzu pick up, 48 grammes of gold, US$8 820, $6 800 bond notes and 2 1...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
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