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Mnangagwa turns instruments of repression into weapons against coronavirus
Zimbabwe's police began using water cannon on Friday to disinfect markets and bus ranks, turning instruments associated with repression into weapons against the new coronavirus.Zimbabwean poli...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 18:55hrs | 1418 | by Reuters
Man on the run after fatal stabbing
A GWANDA man is on the run after he allegedly stabbed his elder brother to death while trying to stop him from assaulting their friend. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangsters go underground
Hundreds of militias in the gold mining sector who were responsible for waves of terror nationwide have significantly retreated after a recent police clampdown.The militias were notorious for ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:41hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu under fire over Nkomo
THE opposition Zapu has said the late vice-president Joshua Nkomo could be turning in his grave because of the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whom it accused of persecuting the veteran na...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:38hrs | 1461 | by Staff reporter
The owner of Zimbabwe Parliament building revealed
One of the most enduring legends in Zimbabwean politics is the historical ownership of its current Parliament building.There are three narratives in this regard. The first, is that the buildin...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 10:22hrs | 13562 | by Innocent Batsani Ncube
Police fight and subdue machete gang
POLICE in Bulawayo had to fight to subdue four suspected illegal miners who were resisting arrest for possessing machetes. In January this year, police effected a ban on carrying dangerous wea...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Police, army robbers denied bail
TWO Support Unit police officers and a soldier who stole weapons from the armoury and went on a robbing spree targeting money changers and other Harare residents robbing them of cash and goods were ye...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1437 | by Staff reporter
Man beats best friend's lover to death
A MAN from Gokwe beat his best friend's girlfriend to death after he found her in a compromising position with another man. George Ndebele (29) of Kufazvinei Village under Chief Jiri in Gokwe ...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 05:57hrs | 1282 | by Staff reporter
Why I wept bitterly when Robert Mugabe died!
I wept bitterly when Robert Mugabe died, leaving me discombobulated and severely pained. Indelible, agonizing, stabbing, chronic pain! Pain that eats into my liver, intestines and buttocks. The ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 08:59hrs | 6914 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Chamisa and Job Sikhala masters of violence
Political violence is violence perpetrated by people to achieve political goals. Non-action on the part of a government can also be characterized as a form of political violence, such as refusing to a...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 14:41hrs | 1226 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Selous Scouts were led to Nyadzonya by sellout Nyati
WE continue our interview with Retired Major Wurayai Levis Masimbi pseudonym Simbi Dzewondo who on 9 August 1976 was one of the survivors of a callous raid by a column of 84 Rhodesian Selous Scouts le...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:24hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Read 'Udonga luka Tatiyana'
This novel is about the dangers of unchecked ambition and is based in the land of the Kaffirs in the eastern part of South Africa.There are several tribes in Kaffirland : the Swazi, the Undwan...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 10:28hrs | 909 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Chamisa must stop inciting his supporters, says govt
THE government yesterday said the Nelson Chamisa- led MDC must stop inciting its supporters to engage in violent demonstrations, adding the police will descend heavily on hooligans.The warning...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 05:53hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF wants to retain power through proposed amendments'
Government gazetted the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2) Bill last year in December, which comes with 27 proposed amendments.Addressing civic society during a symposium held in Bulaw...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 14:35hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Police, MDC youths in violent clashes over Sikhala
HEAVILY-armed police yesterday fought running battles with MDC youths, following a raid on the Chitungwiza residence of the main opposition party's national vice chairperson Job "Wiwa" Sikhala....Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:41hrs | 2563 | by Staff reporter
27 machete killings in Silobela alone
HOME Affairs deputy minister Mike Madiro on Thursday told Senate that machete-wielding gangsters committed 27 murders in Silobela alone from January 2019 to date.He was responding to a questio...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 09:08hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
The pupil who survived the dreaded Selous Scouts raid
ON 9 August 1976 a column of 84 Rhodesian Selous Scouts led by Captain Rob Warracker attacked Nyadzonya Camp in Mozambique, a facility that was populated mainly by non-militants and massacred over 1 0...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 08:50hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
MaShurugwi kill 35, rape 15
AT least 35 people were killed while 15 women were raped in the last 13 months by infamous machete wielding gangs commonly known as MaShurugwi, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Deputy Minister Micha...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1266 | by Staff Reporter
Woman arrested for trying to sell a gun in Harare
Details of the Zimbabwe Republic Police in Harare have arrested a woman who was trying to sell a CZ pistol type of gun. She was working with two men who are her co-suspects. Reporting on the m...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 15:39hrs | 3165 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Machete gangs run riot in Zhombe, Mangwe
MACHETE-WIELDING gangsters linked to the infamous MaShurugwi on Saturday stormed two schools in Zhombe and Silobela and got away with valuables belonging to teachers after detonating explosives to sca...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1737 | by Staff reporter
Gold dealer pastor robbed
THREE Zvishavane men have been arrested for allegedly robbing a pastor who doubles as a gold dealer after they got information that he was processing his gold ore. Lawrence Mbizo (23), Michael...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:37hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
35 killed by machete wielding gangs
THE government has intensified efforts to bring sanity to the mining sector, amid revelations that a total number of 35 people have been killed by machete gangs since the beginning of the year....Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 18:16hrs | 1234 | by Staff reporter
Wife clobbers soldier hubby
A SOLDIER left many hearts sore and eyes teary when he revealed that he is tired of being beaten up by his wife who always comes back home drunk and in the company of males.This came out at th...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 06:04hrs | 1121 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa was not a ZPRA founder member'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was not one of the founding members of Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) as he recently claimed, former high ranking ZPRA and Zapu cadres have revealed.L...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 16:32hrs | 3851 | by Staff reporter
'Machete gangs threaten Kwekwe Hospital staff'
KWEKWE General Hospital medical superintendent, Patricia Mapanda on Monday appealed to government to tighten security at the institution to protect its staff from marauding machete gangs who usually m...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala brings Masvingo to a standstill
IT was Valentine's Day without much love in Masvingo's central business district this year.For those who know Masvingo, the morning of February 14 was anything but normal.Not even the ...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:37hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Land Reform: Zimbabwe's biggest independence milestone
ON 18 April this year, Zimbabwe will be celebrating 40 years of self-rule from British colonial domination. It is the right time for the country to take stock of its achievements, developments and cha...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:34hrs | 265 | by Vincent Gono
UK-based Zimbabwean gets 17 years for machete attack
TAFADZWA Katsande, a Zimbabwean man based in the United Kingdom (UK), has been sentenced to 17 years imprisonment after he, and his gang used machetes to attack a driver.Another gang member, a...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:32hrs | 1369 | by Staff reporter
Family in nasty fight over witchcraft
A NASTY fight has rocked a family at a plot in Fairbridge in Bulawayo with accusations of witchcraft flying among family members. A sick Ndaniso Ndlovu who was being represented by his son Nko...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:41hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
Passenger fatally stabs driver after 'uncomfortable ride'
A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Filabusi has been arrested for fatally stabbing a man who had offered him a lift. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele con...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:16hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's legacy and Shona triumphalism: Zimbabwe's case for a two-state solution
ZIMBABWE, which was called Rhodesia before its attainment of independence in 1980, is a former British colony.Although there are over ten tribes that inhabit the country, Zimbabwe can neatly b...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 17:59hrs | 4751 | by George Mkhwanazi
Zifa unveils new national team coach Zdravko Logarusic
The Zimbabwe Football Asociation (Zifa) on Thursday unveiled the new Zimbabwe national team ‘Warriors' coach Zdravko ‘Loga' Logarusic at a media conference held at a local hotel in the capital....Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 19:49hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
AK-47 shots fired as gang raids Bulawayo home
THREE men wielding an AK-47 rifle allegedly raided a suspected illegal money changer from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo and got away with $5 000 and US$700 after firing some shots. The suspe...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1694 | by Staff reporter
Makorokozas arrests top 2 500
At least 206 more illegal miners were arrested over the weekend, bringing to 2 529 the number nabbed countrywide under the ongoing "Operation Chikorokoza Ngachipere/No to Machete Gangs". The o...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:30hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed to death over transport fare
A 21-YEAR-OLD Filabusi man has been arrested for fatally stabbing a man, who had offered him a lift in a dispute over transport fare, with an Okapi knife.Matabeleland South provincial police s...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 15:09hrs | 1747 | by Staff reporter
Protection order over false rape report threats
A BULAWAYO man has been granted a protection order against his co-tenant who threatened to stab him and make a false rape report against him. Mr Ezekiel Phakathi said he was living in fear as Lovegirl...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 05:43hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's apocalyptic end as Zimbabwe President
BERLIN - President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is reportedly going to be viciously toppled from power in a catastrophic manner, that will include a combination of mass civil revolts and militia-like insurrect...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 11:14hrs | 22866 | by Itai Mushekwe
Robbers ransack Sikhala judges' Harare house, steal US$1 500
MACHETE gangs pounced on Masvingo High Court Judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze's Waterfalls house in Harare where they severely assaulted his son, and left him for dead. They also stole US$1 500 and ot...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:06hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa outlines 2020 plans
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Government's focus this year will be on increasing productivity, growing the economy and employment creation, and directed leaders to spend more time with their comm...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:59hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Top cop, residents collide
CHIREDZI residents have accused top local police officer Simangaliso Dube of double standards after she labelled their meetings "a national security threat" and banned them while allowing council to h...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:08hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa escalate fight
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his opposition counterpart MDC leader Nelson Chamisa have gone on parallel diplomatic offensive campaigns in pursuit of their diametrically opposed positions regarding...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 09:11hrs | 5528 | by Staff reporter
'Ziga Clan' members still on the run after murdering cop
Kadoma: Police here have launched a manhunt for five suspected members of the notorious machete wielding gang called the ‘Ziga clan' who are on their wanted persons' list for murder, robbery and ass...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 14:40hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Man threatens mum with machete
A MAN from St Peters Village near Bulawayo's Old Pumula suburb has been arrested for allegedly threatening to attack his mother with a machete forcing her to sleep at a neighbour's house. Lizw...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:17hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Police intensify raids on illegal miners
SIXTY-THREE more illegal miners have been arrested this week in Mashonaland Central Province. Police have also impounded three vehicles carrying gold ore and recovered compressors and generators at Ki...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:08hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
'Machete violence organised, premeditated'
MACHETE violence cases being perpetrated by artisanal miners in the country are not happening randomly, but are premediated and organised, High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese has said.Off...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 12:52hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Courts promise stiff sentences for machete gangs
THE courts will hand down stiff penalties on convicted machete wielding gangs to deter would be offenders in the wake of a surge in cases of violent machete attacks on ordinary citizens, miners and bu...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 12:35hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
7 machete suppliers locked up
Seven machete makers, who were arrested last week at Siyaso in Mbare, Harare, on suspicion of supplying machetes to armed robbers and criminals in mining communities, were on Saturday remanded in cust...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 12:27hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Machete violence organised and premeditated, says High Court judge
MACHETE violence cases being perpetrated by artisanal miners in the country are not happening randomly, but are premediated and organised, High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese has said.Off...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 06:58hrs | 3567 | by Staff Reporter
1 621 gold panners arrested
POLICE in Mashonaland Central province have arrested 1 621 illegal miners in Mazowe and Shamva under the ongoing "Chikorokoza Ngachipere" blitz.Addressing Bindura residents under a crime aware...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 19:19hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Harare police raid underground machete suppliers
Police have recovered 31 machetes and arrested seven people suspected to be in the business of making and supplying them to gangs that are terrorising mining areas and towns. This followed a r...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 13:08hrs | 4358 | by Staff Reporter
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