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Man jailed for torturing, robbing usiphatheleni
A MAN who was part of a seven-men gang that raided an illegal money changer at his Pumula home before torturing him into revealing where he had hidden cash has been sentenced to an effective 10 years ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Osiphatheleni run out of money
Most Illegal foreign currency dealers popularly known as Osiphatheleni ran out of money to service their customers today, Monday.The reason, they alleged, was that the government mopped up for...Published: 20 May 2019 at 22:22hrs | 1 | by Methuli Ncube
Armed robbery suspects arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two men suspected to be part of a gang that shot, robbed and assaulted residents in Tshabalala and Nkulumane suburbs last weekend. The gang is said to be on th...Published: 02 May 2019 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe black market rates tumble
PARALLEL market rates plummeted in Bulawayo yesterday after Government guaranteed the 1:1 convertibility value of Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) balances into the United States dollar as well as av...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman beats up four robbers
AN usiphatheleni (illegal forex dealer) from Bulawayo beat up four iron-bar-wielding robbers who had invaded her home in the middle of the night, forcing one of her attackers to drop his cell phone as...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Usiphatheleni spared jail for false robbery report
A BULAWAYO illegal money changer who owed her colleagues more than $30 000 and falsely reported to the police that she had been robbed at gun point to cover up for her failure to meet the debt repayme...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Usiphatheleni 'robbers' acquitted
WHERE'S the proof?Gad McDonald Brewer and Lot Virimai walked out of the Bulawayo magistrates court not guilty of robbery.The two faced a charge of robbing a Bulawayo forex dealer Hamun...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex dealers go underground
Illegal foreign currency dealers disappeared from the streets yesterday and immediately went underground following the promulgation of harsh regulations that criminalise cash vending without permissio...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 13:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maid fingered in usiphatheleni robbery
INSIDE job?A maid has been fingered in a robbery where a forex dealer lost $4 000 in April.Gud McDonald Brewer and Lot Sam Virimai the accused claimed that the complainant's maid Agnes...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun shots in Cowdray Park as gunmen rob Siphatheleni of over $7K
THREE masked, gun-wielding robbers raided a suspected 'Siphatheleni' (illegal currency trader) as she arrived at her home in Bulawayo on Thursday night, seizing $7 800 and R2 000 after firing two shot...Published: 29 Jul 2017 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Married ex-cop kills self over lover
A married ex-police officer residing at Ross Camp in Bulawayo allegedly committed suicide in Beitbridge after finding his girlfriend in bed with another man.Walter Musakaruka allegedly drank p...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 14:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cheating lover drives married ex-cop to suicide
A married ex-police officer residing at Ross Camp in Bulawayo allegedly committed suicide in Beitbridge Town after finding his girlfriend in bed with another man.Walter Musakaruka allegedly dr...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbery gangs arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two gangs of armed robbers, one of whom is suspected to have killed a security guard at a Seventh Day Adventist church-run primary school in Pelandaba suburb....Published: 25 Jan 2017 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Money changer robbed of R15 000
FIVE gun-toting robbers at the weekend raided the house of an illegal foreign currency dealer in Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb and got away with R15 000 and $70.The gang gagged family member...Published: 23 Jan 2017 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teenager 'sells' stolen baby for $150
A FOREIGN currency dealer commonly known as usiphatheleni allegedly bribed a 17-year-old girl with $150 to steal an 18-month-old baby for her, a magistrate heard yesterday.This came to lig...Published: 26 Oct 2016 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Usiphatheleni loses $10 000
AN usiphatheleni (illegal forex dealer) allegedly lost more than $10 000 to thieves who broke into his car outside his flat in Bulawayo's Paddonhurst suburb. Benard Moyo is said to have parked...Published: 23 Jul 2016 at 13:11hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Gun battle as robbers shoot money changer
AN illegal money changer - popularly known as Usiphatheleni - yesterday cheated death when a suspected armed robber shot him twice on the arm at a Bulawayo hotel while his accomplice got away with R30...Published: 23 Feb 2016 at 05:23hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Businessman nabbed for Siphatheleni death plot
A BUSINESSMAN has been arrested in Bulawayo for allegedly plotting to kill an illegal money changer and rob her of $8,000. Vincent Sibanda of Planet Timbers in Kelvin North Industrial site, al...Published: 23 Feb 2016 at 05:16hrs | | by Temba Dube
The Ultimate power of the 'minority card' in Zimbabwe! (Part 1)
My friend, you better pay attention now because no one else could ever tell you this truth and SECRET, or rather make sure you read this article word for word! There is an age-old secret which is...Published: 09 Jun 2014 at 16:52hrs | | by Mvukela Mzilikazi-Khumalo
Policeman granted $500 bail after allegedly murdering lover
The policeman who allegedly killed a flea market vendor from Cowdray Park last month has been granted $500 bail with stringent conditions which include reporting to the police three times a week....Published: 05 Sep 2013 at 12:22hrs | | by Newsbite
Cowdray Park woman killed, dumped in storm drain
A 35-year-old flea market vendor from Cowdray Park in Bulawayo was allegedly brutally killed before her undressed body was dumped in a storm drain, in an incident that has left residents of the high-...Published: 20 Aug 2013 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gold dealers assault, rob money changers
THREE illegal money changers popularly known as osiphatheleni were allegedly assaulted and robbed of about R75 000 by suspected gold dealers at a Bulawayo hotel.The women, who usually conduct ...Published: 12 Apr 2013 at 03:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Usiphatheleni robbed at gunpoint
A BEITBRIDGE illegal money changer popularly known as usiphatheleni was robbed of R32 000 at gunpoint by two men inside a bus at Dulibadzimu Bus Terminus. Matabeleland South acting police spo...Published: 31 Aug 2012 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bogus policeman beaten up by two women (osiphatheleni) in broad daylight
A Bulawayo fake policeman was on Monday given a thorough hiding after attacking two illegal female foreign currency dealers (osiphatheleni).The incide...Published: 05 Dec 2011 at 20:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
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