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Police use arrested car thief to catch accomplices

Harare police have arrested four men in connection with a stolen vehicle from South Africa, after one of them was caught relaxing in the car at a hotel in Waterfalls.Geoffrey Chihuri was apprehended inside the unregistered white Nissan Mag…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 15:18hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter

Thief caught wearing stolen clothes

A 23-year-old man from Mt Darwin in Mashonaland Central has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after being convicted of unlawful entry and theft.Tinashe Chiwara appeared before the Mt Darwin Magistrates Court, where he was handed a one-…

Published: 17 Aug 2025 at 15:06hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean serial thief locked up in Botswana

A ZIMBABWEAN man residing in Botswana illegally, who is facing multiple car theft charges, has been denied bail.Clement Passmore Gondo (40) was not asked to plead when he appeared before Francistown magistrate Ditebogo Ntuli.Gondo faces ch…

Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 09:02hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter

Car thief caught using stolen vehicle as pirate taxi

A CHEEKY Mutare man who had in the morning stolen a parked car in the city was nabbed while using the vehicle as a pirate taxi later that same day.Philip Mandeya (28) of Mandeya Two Village, Honde Valley under Chief Mutasa was arrested whi…

Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 14:29hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter

Laptop thief busted by 'Find My Phone' App

A would-be clever thief from Thorngrove found out the hard way that in the digital age, stolen gadgets can fight back.Prince Nyahwa (30) thought he had made a smooth getaway after slipping into a Paddonhurst home and stealing electronic ga…

Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:43hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter

Unlicensed driver arrested for causing death of passenger

A 34-year-old man from Ntalale, Gwanda, has appeared in court following the tragic death of a woman who fell from a trailer attached to a moving tractor he was driving.Large Sibanda pleaded guilty to charges of driving without a license an…

Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 15:49hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter

Harare crowd fatally assaults 'thief'

A tragic incident of mob justice unfolded on December 1, 2024, in the Belvedere suburb of Harare, claiming the life of Bla Odza. The 36-year-old was brutally assaulted by a group of people who accused him and a younger companion, Onias Mar…

Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 15:49hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter

Burglar steals pots with isitshwala and beans

Carlos Ncube, a 26-year-old from Makwika Village in Hwange, found himself in trouble after a late-night craving led him to commit two break-ins, stealing two pots of isitshwala and beans along with a stash of fizzy drinks.The incident occu…

Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 15:54hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter

Trio bashes cellphone thief to death

THREE men allegedly beat a suspected cellphone thief to death using a handbrake cable and a fan belt in Zvishavane.The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) in a statement on X said, "Nyasha Zimuto (23), Tawanda Masimba (51) an…

Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:09hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter

Thief scurries through window to escape angry residents

In a dramatic incident recently witnessed in Bulawayo's Gwabalanda suburb, an unidentified thief narrowly evaded a mob attack after being caught stealing inside a house.According to reports, the homeowner's child stumbled upon the intruder…

Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:57hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Suspected thief bashed to death

A suspected Bindura thief was bashed to death by his colleague with a railway line over money dispute.The now-deceased Livinson Nyaunga died days later at Parirenyatwa after being assaulted by his friend Admire Sauti.According to police on…

Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:12hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Businesswoman-cum-shoplifter faces legal battle over violent incident

A well-known businesswoman, Mutsa Nyahuye, has found herself entangled in legal proceedings after a shocking incident of shoplifting and verbal assault at a local shoe store. Nyahuye, who allegedly claimed affiliation with President ED Mna…

Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 07:55hrs | 17 | by Nkululeko Nkomo

Suspected donkey thief tortured to death

CLOSE to 20 residents of Dumba village near Beitbridge allegedly kidnapped and tortured to death a fellow villager accused of stealing a neighbour's donkey.A police report indicated that Austin Sibanda (25) was on January 8 this year clobb…

Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 12:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Thief forced to eat raw, unplucked chicken

A MAN from Pumula suburb in Bulawayo will forever rue his love for chicken when a vigilante group in the neighbourhood forced him to eat the raw meat of the bird that he had been caught stealing.He tore into the bird sending feathers flyin…

Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Man mistaken for a thief, beaten to death

POLICE in Kwekwe are investigating a case where a 25-year-old man died while admitted at hospital after being beaten by two men after being mistaken for a thief. Sylvester Ncube had visited his girlfriend in Mbizo suburb when he was thorou…

Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 23:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

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 thief who has been terrorising villagers and wa…

Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 20:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF: The thief screaming robber

Zanu-PF youths have decided to name and shame corrupt individuals within the party made news in past days .Not to be left out was Simon K Moyo promising the nation that the President has decided to have a Commission that will seriously loo…

Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 23:21hrs | 1 | by AT Kadada

NetOne cable thief jailed, 3 others await sentence

A 26-YEAR-OLD telecommunication cables thief, Allion Musakwa, was last week sentenced to 10 years in prison for vandalising telecommunication cables while his three other accomplices were convicted of the same offence and now await sentenc…

Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter

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