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Cattle rustler caught slaughtering stolen cow
A cattle rustler was caught red-handed, while slaughtering a beast he had stolen from a farmer. According to the police Twitter page, the cattle thief Elson Chimupengo had stolen three oxen fr...Published: 10 hrs ago | 120 | by Staff reporter
Hooker lands drunk client in trouble
An unknown lady of the night who hooked up with a drunk in a bar got the man in trouble after he was allegedly assaulted by a gang of people who invaded the room she took him to with one of them claim...Published: 22 hrs ago | 507 | by Staff reporter
Rtd Brig General's wife kills goat thief
Wife to retired Brigadier General Urayayi Morgan Munava, (Gloria) is in soup after she allegedly bashed a suspected goat thief to death....Published: 20 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | 3546 | by Simbarashe Sithole
WATCH: Villagers arrest notorious Silobela thief
Notorious suspected Silobela thief Thulani Siwela was arrested by villagers in paka village 2, Silobela yesterday.Villagers effected citizen arrest on him and he implicated his brothers Khaula...Published: 15 May 2023 at 11:04hrs | 1521 | by Simbarashe Sithole
SA reporters fear arrest after exposé links businessman to Zimbabwean president
Journalists Sam Sole, Micah Reddy and Dewald van Rensburg, of the amaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism believe they are under threat of arrest because of an exposé they wrote implicating b...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:56hrs | 1617 | by Staff reporter
Jack hammer thief bashed to death
A suspected jack hammer thief was bashed to death by an angry mob on Independence day at Tilas Mine in Bulawayo....Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:42hrs | 163 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe politics: Lineaments of stock characters
What are stock characters?LET me be basic so I am accessible to many of my readers, whatever level of education, and from whichever discipline they hail.In literature we have what are ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:00hrs | 81 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Suspected thief busted in shop ceiling
A SUSPECTED thief was arrested on Saturday after he was busted inside the ceiling of an accessories shop located along 10th Avenue in the Central Business District of Bulawayo.When a Sunday Ne...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 18:59hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa scolds son Edmund for 'stealing property'
A leaked audio has exposed a fierce dispute between businessman Phillip Chiyangwa and his son Edmund over ownership of a property.Chiyangwa is heard shouting at his son accusing him of fraudul...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 17:17hrs | 3556 | by Staff reporter
Fawcett Security guards up for stealing US$12,000 from thief
Two Fawcett Security guards appeared in court for allegedly stealing over US$12,000 cash from a theft suspect they had just apprehended with his loot from Total Energies in Hillcrest, Bulawayo....Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:46hrs | 1392 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa likely to feature in Al Jazeera exposé episode two
AL JAZEERA finally dropped its explosive documentary exposing how hundreds of millions worth of gold was being smuggled out to Dubai by a well knit circle of high ranking officials who include Ambassa...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:50hrs | 2969 | by AFP
Daring thief breaks into girlfriend's landlord's house
A daring Chiweshe thief broke into his girlfriend's landlord's house and stole cellphones and money after failing to locate his girlfriend.Takunda Banda (20) of Mupandenyama village, Chiweshe ...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 00:26hrs | 1272 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Prayer warrior catches Zesa cable thieves
A 32-YEAR-OLD copper cable thief ran out of luck when he was spotted trying to pack the stolen cables, in a bushy area by a man who was conducting prayers.Tyson Ncube from Nketa 7 was driving ...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 16:05hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspects on the run
THREE men are on the run after they allegedly teamed up and beat up a man to death for stealing from a shop.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Loveness Mangena confir...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 15:00hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Thief bashed to death
A 28-YEAR-OLD Mazowe man was bashed to death by five assailants after they accused him of stealing money on Wednesday. Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe co...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 17:17hrs | 259 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mazowe
Drunk cell phone thief jailed 4 years
A 37-YEAR-OLD Cellphone thief who stormed a villager's house in Chiweshe and stole 26 cell phones was today sentenced to four years behind bars by Concession magistrate Joshua Nembaware.Fogert...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 13:13hrs | 830 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Copper cable thief jailed 20 years
Lucky ran out of a Rushinga-based copper thief who was electrocuted whilst stealing ZETDC cables as he sustained burns which sold him to the police when he went for treatment at the hospital.T...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 15:42hrs | 495 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Car thief caged 10 years
An unlicensed driver who stole a relative's Mercedes-Benz in Bindura and drove to Bulawayo was sentenced to 10 years behind bars by a Bindura magistrate today.Alington Ambulance (24) will howe...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 12:58hrs | 805 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gold thief killed at girlfriend's house
A group of illegal miners allegedly bashed a suspected gold thief to death in Mazowe before setting the cabin of his girlfriend ablaze on Sunday.The now deceased Llyod Ncube (32) was fatally a...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:33hrs | 707 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mazowe
Suspected wizards/witches usually found at people's homes suffer from mental health
THE grey-haired, half naked and stumbling elderly individuals who are usually found at people homes in the wee hours are not all wizards and witches but some suffer from mental health.A family...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:54hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa scared of polls?
CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has demonstrated his fear of elections as seen by his avoidance of establishing internal structures in his party, and his imposition of candidates for national polls, Zanu-PF...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Mob beats up Zesa cable thief
A 22-year-old man from Bulawayo's Nguboyenja suburb escaped death by a whisker after residents meted instant justice on him for stealing copper cables worth US$1 800.Mbekezeli Soleka was caugh...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:50hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Makokoba trio beats suspected thief to death
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested three men from Makokoba suburb who allegedly beat a suspected thief to death.Kelvin Sakungani (23), Thulani Ndlovu (29) and Tanyaradzwa Mangani (21) beat up Ni...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:48hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Gold ore thief bashed to death
A 27-YEAR-OLD Rushinga man who allegedly stole gold ore at pit number 6 SOS East Mine, Jumbo, Mazowe was bashed to death over the weekend.Sources close to investigations told Bulawayo24.com th...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 10:11hrs | 930 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Villagers beat 'thief' to death, arrested
POLICE in Matabeleland South have arrested nine men from Matobo, Ntunjambili area for beating a suspected to death.The now deceased identified as Nkosana Ndlovu (28) was reportedly a habitual ...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 20:29hrs | 1455 | by Staff reporter
Securities registration fees in 500% jump
GOVERNMENT has announced increases in securities and exchange registration and licensing fees by 450% .Under the newly-gazetted Securities and Exchange (Registration, Licensing and Corporate G...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:41hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Cheeky thief steals Bible from motor vehicle
A CHEEKY Harare thief broke into a motor vehicle and stole a Bible, among other valuable items.Shepherd Madaka (31) yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi charged with thef...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:40hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chief whip attacks regime change CSOs
Zanu-PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi has accused civic society organisations (CSOs) of opposing the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, which is now before Senate because they are "g...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:14hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC, Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF unite to 'loot' State coffers
GIVEN the fluidity of Zimbabwean politics, one can only second guess President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 elections strategy.Cabinet ministers have been offered US$500 000 "loans" they have not...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 438 | by Sibanengi Mswazi Dube
Opposition 4ED crumbles like a deck of cards
It never rains but pours for MDC-T leader Mr Douglas Mwonzora. The centre is not holding at his party which he unconstitutionally grabbed from Nelson Chamisa with the help of President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 13:25hrs | 2847 | by Leonard Koni
Electrical cable thief bashed to death
A suspected electrical cable thief from Budiriro, Harare was fatally assaulted by four men at Mukaradzi mining site in Mount Darwin yesterday....Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 16:42hrs | 1106 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mount Darwin
ZANU PF has been in power for 42 years so let's not pretend as if we've new government!
I am always flabbergasted when listening to senior government officials in their attempts at convincing the citizenry that development cannot be expected to occur overnight, as the country was being b...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 12:43hrs | 1001 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mob fatally assaults thief
MIDLANDS police have appealed to members of the public to help in identifying the body of a suspected thief who was assaulted to death by a mob in Zhombe a fortnight ago.Provincial police spok...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
Maid arrested for kidnapping baby
Police in Bulawayo yesterday arrested a maid who had kidnapped her employer's 20-months-old son and drove off in their car.Kimberly Ncube (19) was employed by a family in Paddonhurst suburb an...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Paul Kagame: Cruel Betrayal of Matebeleland
In the first week of September 2022, Emmerson Munangagwa visited the Rwanda Genocide Memorial while he was attending a continental African Green Revolution Forum Conference in that country. Many peopl...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 08:56hrs | 2150 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Businessman up for murder
Mutare businessman Daniel Magaisa has been arrested and charged with murder.It is alleged that over the weekend Magaisa teamed up with his security guard, a patron and a person only identifiel...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
Cellphone thief bashed to death
Three Mutare men are in soup after they allegedly took turns to assault a cellphone thief to death yesterday.Sources close to investiga...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 05:51hrs | 768 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF plans to weaponise gold in dirty 2023 elections campaign
Zanu-PF officials in Manicaland have devised a plan to rope in smallscale gold miners and their workers in a dirty 2018 elections campaign that will see the party supporting them in the plunder of the...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 17:21hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Irrigation pipe thief bashed to death
Six Bindura men are in trouble after they bashed a suspected irrigation pipe thief to death.Takudzwa Mumba (22), Maphios Mu...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 17:17hrs | 798 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Ramaphosa called a 'criminal', 'gangster' as opposition demand release of Phala Phala report
Opposition political parties described President Cyril Ramaphosa as a "gangster", "thief", and a "criminal" as they demanded acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka release her report into the Phala P...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:28hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
CCC urges Zimbabweans in SA to go home and register to vote
Citizens Coalition for Change members in South Africa Alexandra are in a mobilization drive urging people to go home in their numbers and register to vote...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 23:02hrs | 675 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
The changing landscape of Makokoba suburb
MAKOKOBA, the oldest township and the first black African suburb in the City of Queens and Kings was named after the actions of one Mr Fallon, the native commissioner at the time, who used to walk aro...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Well done Phophi Rhamathuba for calling a spade a spade!
It is surprising that the most cruel, genocidal, segregative and oppressive government in Southern Africa, has come out guns blazing in attack of the Limpopo MEC, Phophi Ramathuba for exposing t...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 21:36hrs | 1319 | by Israel Dube
Harare family clashes with cops over arrest
A Harare man and his two nephews were over the weekend arrested on allegations of assaulting and apprehending two thieves they had caught stealing at their orchard/nursery in Braeside area, a move whi...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 20:58hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Deathbed confession leads to arrest of suspect
A suspected cattle thief from Somnene Plot in Plumtree, Matabeleland South province, was arrested in a dramatic fashion after his accomplice made a stunning confession on his deathbed. Before he died,...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:03hrs | 1405 | by Staff reporter
Suspect in Emganwini murder commits suicide
A 28-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo sought by police in connection with the murder of a woman whose body was found in her brother's car in Emganwini suburb, has committed suicide. Farai Michael Mutasa of ...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1256 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt must fix healthcare system
THE Zimbabwean government has been challenged to fix the country's ailing healthcare system, which has forced citizens to cross the border to neighbouring South Africa to access better health services...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Zec director assaults subordinate
A DIRECTOR at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) Rejoice Sibanda has been reported to police for allegedly assaulting her subordinate after accusing him of stealing an unspecified amount of money...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Mr Mnangagwa what's stopping you from arresting criminals?
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, never has the yearning for freedom manifested itself with intensity. Although citizenry has been gradually concerned by the progressive fall ...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1897 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
5 security guards arrested for killing suspected thief
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed the arrest of five unidentified security guards in Harare for allegedly fatally assaulting a suspected thief Saturday morning.The now dec...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:15hrs | 1265 | by Staff reporter
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