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Man arrested for axe murder
Police in Matabeleland North have arrested a Mbembesi man for fatally striking another with an axe in a fight over money. The poli...Published: 11 mins ago | 22 | by Staff Reporter
15 machete wielding gangsters raid gold mine
TWO men who were part of a 15 men gang armed with machetes, axes and logs have been arrested for allegedly raiding and stealing gold ore at a mine in Colleen Bawn. Mqhelisi Moyo (26) and Edmor...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1281 | by Staff Reporter
Man up for stealing over US$2000 from car
A Bulawayo man has appeared in court facing charges of breaking into a vehicle and stealing cash amounting to US$2 300 and other valuables.Wambe Noah Zvikomborero was not asked to plea...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1750 | by Stephen Jakes
'Mnangagwa plotting a genocide using Mashurugwi gangs'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is planning a genocide under the guise of crushing the rogue Mashurugwi gang political analyst Dr Dinizulu Macaphulana has said.Mashurugwi gangs have been wreaking...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 10:14hrs | 8021 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ex-Defence accountant labelled a flight risk, denied bail
A former accountant in the Ministry of Defence, who is facing charges of stealing US$20 million from the ministry, was last week denied bail. Simbarashe Zvineyi (36) lost his bail application ...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:17hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter
Man caught shoplifting books
There was drama at Candy shops, Harare this morning as John Muzukuru a resident of Southlea park was caught stealing exercise and counter books.Muzukuru was unaware that the shop was secured w...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 16:53hrs | 5976 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Police seize journalist's phone
Chiredzi based journalist Patrick Chitongo's phone was seized last week by ZRP Chiredzi, the gadget was suspected to have been used to steal a classified document from the Police force's district head...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 16:42hrs | 1927 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Job scam resurfaces in Bulawayo streets
Less than five minutes after meeting a smooth-talking stranger at the corner of George Silundika Street and 9th Avenue in Bulawayo, a dazed Nomalanga Masina feels like she has just woken up from a bad...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:42hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
Man loses US$4 000 to hooker
A PROSTITUTE from Bulawayo has appeared in court for allegedly stealing over US$4 000 and a cellphone from her client after they had spent a night together. Enelles Tshabangu (26) of Entumbane...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:42hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
ZACC closes in on fuel smugglers
Investigations and Special Reports Editor FORTY-TWO local fuel companies have been asked to explain their dealings as the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), in conjunction with foreign law en...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:35hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed 18 months for stealing household property worth $37 000
A man from Bulawayo has been slapped with 18 months jail term for theft of property worth $37 000 from a house in the city.Arnold Ndlovu (19) pleaded guilty to unlawful entry into premises and...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 09:57hrs | 979 | by Staff Reporter
Matebeleland South police extend ban on machetes
POLICE in Matebeleland South province have extended the three-month ban on the carrying of machetes imposed in the province following a wave of crime linked to machete terror gangs that has hit the co...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:16hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa faces fresh fraud allegations
EMBATTLED former Zifa president, Philip Chiyangwa faces fresh allegations of fraudulently forcing the broke football governing body to fund his personal expenses.It has emerged that he caused ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:05hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
'Human flesh to goat meat' wizard finally convicted
A self-proclaimed wizard who claimed in court that he can "change human flesh to goat meat" after being accused of stealing a goat has been finally convicted.Zivai Lusuious (32) of Summerdale,...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 11:31hrs | 2052 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
The moment is ripe for Zimbabwe to deal with the elements of terrorism
Zimbabwe is the most peaceful and stable country in southern Africa. Over the past few months the wave of terrorism just emerged in Zimbabwe. Terrorist gang running under moniker name "Mashurungwi" st...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 09:11hrs | 2133 | by Matora Hupile
5 men nabbed for vandalizing network boosters
FIVE Harare men were arrested on Wednesday in Mount Darwin after vandalising three mobile base stations (boasters) in Mashonaland Central and stealing 14 batteries worth ZWL$250 000.The five a...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 09:52hrs | 2821 | by Paul Ndou
Woman attempts to drink poison after busting hubby cheating
A woman from Cowdray Park left her neighbours shaken when she attempted to drink rat poison as a way of putting an end the trauma of busting her husband cheating with another woman in the same neighbo...Published: 11 Jan 2020 at 20:03hrs | 3085 | by Staff Reporter
Teachers need to be economically empowered so as to fearlessly stand up against government enslavement
A few days ago I was talking to my neighbour - who is a teacher - on the collective job action proposed by the two main teachers' unions in the country - who have called upon their members not to turn...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 12:12hrs | 1295 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Two grannies loot burial society funds
TWO elderly women from Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly stealing US$17 160, R4 800 and RTGS$14 000 from their burial society. Dorcas Machengo (72) and Evelyn Chapepa (78) from Magwegw...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 14:28hrs | 2616 | by Staff Reporter
NetOne reclaiming Market Share
The year 2019 has seen mobile telecommunications companies jostle for customers and experience challenges relating to service delivery. The strength of an...Published: 05 Jan 2020 at 20:33hrs | 3448 | by Simbarashe Meandipendaa
Guruve South legislator bemoans loss of life at Eureka
GURUVE SOUTH legislator Patrick Dutiro has condemned the police and security guards for chasing away artisanal miners at Eureka mine ,Guruve which resulte...Published: 05 Jan 2020 at 19:49hrs | 2576 | by Paul Ndou
Cop on the run for stealing state funds
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer stationed at Rushinga police station in Mashonaland Central is on the run after stealing ZWL$1620 state funds on ...Published: 05 Jan 2020 at 09:55hrs | 4224 | by Paul Ndou
ZCP expresses disgust over murder of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani
The Zimbabwe Communist Party has expressed its disgust over the foul murder of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani sanctioned by the president of the United ...Published: 05 Jan 2020 at 09:30hrs | 2396 | by Stephen Jakes
Man (25) steals perfume to please girlfriend
Security guards had to send for reinforcements to subdue a muscular 25-year-old man who tried to make off with a $29 bottle of perfume from a supermarket in Bulawayo."All I wanted was to get m...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 16:53hrs | 2786 | by Staff Reporter
Double burglary and arson suspect nabbed
A MVUMA man has been arrested after he allegedly broke into two premises in Gwanda and stole property worth $42 000 before burning property worth $15 000. Robert Raymond Manyimo (26) allegedly...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1197 | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo says 'enough is enough... Mnangagwa fails to take annual leave'
#Zim2020EnoughIsEnough Compatriots, much as I would like to, sadly I'm unable to wish you a happy & prosperous new year not because of anything personal but because happiness & prosper...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 08:58hrs | 17908 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Two Zimbabweans steal R3 million fuel in SA
Two Zimbabwean men ion South Africa have been arrested for allegedly stealing fuel worth more than R3 million at a Transnet station in Warden, Free State. A Hawks team arrested the pair, aged ...Published: 31 Dec 2019 at 10:06hrs | 3649 | by Staff Reporter
Cop 'steals wife's underwear 'for ritual purposes'
A Bulawayo-based cop was shamed for "stealing" his wife's underwear supposedly to take them to a sangoma for ritual purposes.The disgrace was made public at the Bulawayo Civil Court where Loca...Published: 26 Dec 2019 at 08:51hrs | 4508 | by Staff Reporter
2 women, juvenile steal 33 chickens from police camp
WO WOMEN and one male juvenile from Bulawayo have appeared in court for allegedly stealing 33 chickens worth $2 310 from Ross Camp Police in Bulawayo.Siphilisiwe Francisco (35) Isabel Nyon...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:48hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Women and son steal chickens
A woman (35) and her son (15) are in trouble after they broke into a neighbours fowl run and stole 13 live chickens.The chickens stolen were worth $78-00.Francisco Sipilisiwe (35) and ...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 09:20hrs | 2224 | by Stephen Jakes
Man tries to kill colleague at drinking spot
A Bulawayo man tried to kill a colleague following a dispute at a drinking spot.Kelvin Ndlovu (32) of Pumula was not asked to plead to attempted murder when he appeared before magistrate, Glad...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1560 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa to go in 5 months, says Chamisa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said his party was going to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa from power in the next five months of the new year if dialogue fails to yield positive re...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 12:37hrs | 11469 | by Staff Reporter
Marry Chiwenga attempted to murder General Chiwenga
Marry Mubaiwa the estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga attempted to murder the former Army General on June 2019, the state has alleged. In a charge sheet seen by this publicat...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 10:14hrs | 5959 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Trio nabbed for stealing Telone Zim copper cables
A two Binga and one Bulawayo men have been taken to court for stealing copper cables belonging to the telecommunications company, TELONE Zimbabwe US$1 365.Prince Gumbo (22), Sabelo Dhlamini (1...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 09:21hrs | 552 | by Stephen Jakes
Handcuffed thief drowns at police station
A SUSPECTED Bindura copper cable thief tried to escape from police custody with his hands cuffed and reportedly drowned in a sewage pond next to the police station on Monday.Mashonaland Centra...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:07hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier jailed for stealing $18 536 meat
A FORMER soldier has been sentenced to four years in prison for breaking into a butchery twice and stealing meat worth $18 536. Tafadzwa Mahlahla (35) from Pumula East suburb in Bulawayo, who ...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:02hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Two teens jailed for theft of phone
TWO Bulawayo teenagers have been slapped with 15 months in jail after they stole a mobile phone worth 6000 Rands so that they sell it to buy food.Emmanuel Tedius Ndlovu (18) and Brian Moyo (18...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 09:16hrs | 1074 | by Stephen Jakes
Chiyangwa faces fresh Zifa headache
FORMER Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president Philip Chiyangwa has been reported to the police for allegedly milking tens of thousands of dollars from the organisation, with documents showing ...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:58hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Cops hunt for rapist burglar
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a man who broke into a house in Lobengula, raped a 17-year-old girl before stealing $3 and disappearing from the scene early Sunday morning.Bulaw...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:29hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Woman in court for 'stealing' car, cash
A WOMAN from Bulawayo has appeared in court for allegedly stealing a motor vehicle and cash only to dump the car after crashing into a water drain. Aneludo Dube (25) of Sauerstown suburb stole...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:25hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
The MDC once again demands an end to political persecutions
MDC Secretary for Justice and Legal Affairs Innocent Gonesehas said the MDC is once again demanding an end to political persecutions after the trial of party's National Organizing Secretary Amos...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 10:49hrs | 1184 | by Stephen Jakes
Welshman Ncube dragged to court over Mphoko money 'theft'
MDC Alliance deputy president Professor Welshman Ncube was on Wednesday ridiculed over a court case where former Vice Phelekezela Mphoko is accusing the law professor of stealing his US$1,5 million....Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1777 | by Staff Reporter
MDC official 'embezzles' burial society funds
MDC Alliance Makokoba Constituency MP James Sithole together with three accomplices allegedly embezzled more than US$4 000 and R10 000 belonging to a local burial society he chaired, a magistrate hear...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1051 | by Staff Reporter
Chiyangwa in trouble over $30,000 Zifa withdrawals
FORMER Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa is in trouble following a cocktail of allegations in which he is accused of stealing money from the association's bank account, fraud, abuse of office and misapp...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:50hrs | 3510 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda threatens to dissolve Zanu-PF Midlands
MERCURIAL Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has threatened to dissolve the party's Midlands provincial leadership led by chairperson Daniel Mackenzie Ncube on allegations of slee...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:44hrs | 2912 | by Staff reporter
Pair jailed for robbery
Two Chitungwiza men were yesterday sentenced to seven years in prison, each, for stealing two motor vehicles and cash from taxi drivers, while pretending to be genuine clients. Kudakwashe Tino...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 06:53hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's 2018 'rigging' book out
FORMER Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo (pictured right) will this week launch a book that will allegedly demonstrate how last year's elections were rigged in favour of President R...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:53hrs | 1535 | by Staff reporter
Decoloniality: Did somebody say China?
The name "China" invokes mixed reactions from a mixed bag of many different people from varied interests and locations in the world. For others China represents the alternative to Euro-America...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:47hrs | 223 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
The worse ever political year in Zimbabwe
As we come to the wire of the year 2019, there is nothing to write home about as poverty, hunger and unemployment continue to sting the ordinary people in the country.Looking at the political ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:55hrs | 2406 | by Leonard Koni
The guilty are always afraid
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is a scared man, seeing shadows everywhere he looks as succession battles loom in his ruling Zanu PF party, a faltering economy condemning many into abject poverty and a d...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:31hrs | 2373 | by Staff reporter
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