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Police officer arrested over armed gold mine robbery
A serving Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer is among ten men arrested in connection with a violent armed robbery at the MMC Mining Syndicate gold mine in Mbire, Mashonaland Central. The raid, whi...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:28hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Harare teacher fined US$200 for assaulting learner
A 35-year-old Harare teacher, Brian Muza, has been fined US$200 after he was convicted of assaulting a 12-year-old student at ZRP Support Unit College in Chikurubi, an incident that left the learner w...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 12:52hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Chaos erupts at Beitbridge as travelers clash with Zimra officials
Beitbridge's Dulibadzimu Bus Terminus turned into a scene of chaos on Monday when travelers clashed with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials during an operation targeting smuggled goods. ...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:50hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe security firms rope in Police Support Unit
In response to a recent spike in nationwide robberies, security companies are partnering with the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Support Unit to enhance protection for cash-in-transit (CIT) deliveries...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 06:58hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Ex-top cop, wife in court for kidnapping
A FORMER senior police officer and his wife appeared in court yesterday after a two-month-old baby girl was allegedly kidnapped in Southview suburb in Gweru on Friday.Mekia Tanyanyiwa, who hea...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop jailed 24 years over teen rape
A Harare-based police officer was slapped with a 24-year jail term for raping a 17-year-old girl twice during a party at his friend's house in Mahatshula North suburb in Bulawayo.Farai Mzengez...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 18:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Suspected robber shot dead
POLICE gunned down a suspected armed robber and arrested five others during a crackdown after the suspects raided a gold mine in Shurugwi in Midlands Province and went away with 400kg of crushed gold ...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
No bail for corruption accused border officials
EIGHTEEN security officials drawn from members of the national security cluster were yesterday denied bail by a Beitbridge Magistrate after they were arrested for taking a R2 000 bribe from a cross-bo...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
18 border security officials in court for corruption
EIGHTEEN security officials drawn from members of the national security cluster deployed to combat crime at the border with South Africa have been arrested on corruption related charges after an anti-...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chadcombe shootout: 2 fugitive robbers nabbed
Police yesterday arrested the two armed robbers who escaped during the Monday night raid on the Chadcombe home of retired CID Homicide detective Mr Joseph Nemaisa, during which their three fellow gang...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:51hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Cop killer arrested
AN armed robber who shot dead a policeman during a foiled robbery in New Luveve suburb in Bulawayo has been arrested.The policeman, Constable Gibson Tafara Madzimure (35), was shot in the head...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 18:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police officer shot dead while foiling armed robbery in Bulawayo
A police officer died after being shot in the head by armed robbers in Bulawayo's Luveve suburb on Monday night.Constable Gibson Tafara Madzimure, 35, was shot at the home of an illegal foreig...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 10:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Police officer in soup over smuggling
A senior police officer, Inspector Elias Mawomba (47), has been arrested for conniving with one of his subordinates to divert two vehicles from offloading smuggled goods inside the Beitbridge Border P...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top cops steal smuggled goods
TWO top Beitbridge cops are in trouble after they allegedly connived to smuggle and steal goods that were later intercepted.The pair, Inspector Elias Maomba (force number 047527J), attached to...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested carrying 540kg of cannabis
A Zimbabwe Republic Police ZRP support unit officer was nabbed carrying 6 bags of dagga weighing 540 kilograms on Thursday.Constable Be...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Violent death in Emganwini
AN unidentified man, who appeared to have been brutally assaulted was found dead in front of a house in Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo yesterday morning, ratcheting up distress in a community that says ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZRP Support Unit embroiled in farm dispute
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police Support Unit in Shamva has been accused of invading a farm belonging to one Cyril Gunda, in a matter that spilled into the courts yesterday.Gunda is seeking an order t...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Senior cop 'eats' junior's wife
A police officer's photographs kissing his junior officer's wife leaked and are circulating on social media.Inspector Meza Malunga's romantic pictures with his junior officer Constable Mafunga...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 19:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cop threatens to shoot family after losing court case
THERE was drama at the Chivhu Magistrates Courts yesterday after a police officer threatened to shoot his family members when his mother was granted a protection order against him.Moses Manoma...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police kombi shooting: Fresh details emerge
POLICE have arrested the driver of a fleeing unregistered kombi and two cops following the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman which occurred in Gletwyn, Harare, on Wednesday.National police...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Joint police, army operation to flush out illegal miners raises stink
The police and army recently mounted a joint operation to flush out violent illegal miners throughout the country, but the officers have quickly seized the opportunity to make dirty money, it has been...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops, accomplices mine robbery case postponed to next Friday
GWERU regional magistrate Pathekile Msipa last Friday postponed to next Friday the trial of two police officers based in Mberengwa, who allegedly ganged up with 14 accomplices and raided a Chinese min...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mine robbery gang members denied bail
The trial of eight Zvishavane men, who allegedly raided a Chinese mining company in Zvishavane recently failed to kick off in Gweru on Friday as the State is waiting for documents from their court of ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Cops in 16-man mine armed robbery
EIGHT armed robbers, among them two police officers allegedly raided a Chinese mining company in Zvishavane and went away with an Isuzu pick up, 48 grammes of gold, US$8 820, $6 800 bond notes and 2 1...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Police demand $3,6m for rebranding
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, who admitted in Parliament yesterday to selective application of the law by members of the police force, said they required at least $3,6 million for rigoro...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 10:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Policeman caught stealing meat using fake ecocash
A Harare policeman has been arrested for defrauding a butchery using a fake Ecocash transfer message, we can reveal. The accused Jacob Zengeya from Mabvuku is an employee of the Zimbabwe ...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 09:47hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Killer cop granted bail'
THE family of a three-year-old boy from Bulawayo who was allegedly strangled by his police officer father is locked in a bitter wrangle with the cop who allegedly hid the body and tried to conduct a b...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Killer cop': Wife goes into hiding
THE mother of a three-year-old boy who was allegedly killed by his police officer father has gone into hiding saying she fears the cop could kill her as well. Albert Nhenda (33), a Constable i...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Anti-riot cop 'kills' son (3)
AN anti-riot police officer from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly strangling his three-year-old son and claiming the boy died due to injuries sustained after falling off the stairs. Al...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa divides police, military
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has reportedly suspended 16 top police officers, accusing them of allowing MDC Alliance activists to freely demonstrate in Harare's central business district on Wedn...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police are MDC, says Mukupe
Outgoing Finance deputy minister Terrence Mukupe has hit out at police, accusing them of being sympathetic to the opposition MDC Alliance.The outspoken former Zanu PF legislator also claimed t...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Army should descend on the streets to deal with protestors - Mukupe
The losing Zanu PF candidate for Harare East, Terence Mukupe has questioned why the police were sent to stop the demonstration of MDC Alliance activists instead of the military."How do we send...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 16:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Matanga hails ZRP-run schools
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday applauded schools run by the police force for excelling in last year's Grade Seven public examinations, urging members of s...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Interpol stopped Mnangagwa from fleeing Zimbabwe
There are reports that former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa had to walk back to the Zimbabwean border as Interpol and police searched the Mercedes Benz ML he was trying to skip the country in.&nbs...Published: 08 Nov 2017 at 10:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZRP intensify patrols along Plumtree Border Post
POLICE have intensified patrols along the Plumtree Border Post as most of the fuel that is being sold on the black market is being smuggled into the country through undesignated entry points along tha...Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chihuri defends roadblocks
THE Commissioner General of Police Dr Augustine Chihuri yesterday fired a vitriol at people criticising high police presence on national roads, saying such characters had sinister motives and ev...Published: 12 Jul 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri forces junior cop to fund bosses projects via salary deductions
A DISGRUNTLED Bulawayo-based junior cop has taken Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo and Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri to court for allegedly forcing him to "unlawfully" contribute ...Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 07:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Police 'hire out guns to poachers'
Police in Gokwe have come under fire for allegedly hiring out unregistered firearms and selling ammunition to poachers in a syndicate that is threatening elephant population in the area.This f...Published: 17 May 2017 at 13:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop shot dead by colleague
A member of the police force identified as a Sgt Major was allegedly shot dead by another police officer in Marondera on Saturday morning.Sources familiar with the situation told Bulawayo24.co...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 13:58hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Persecution of Mazowe villagers exposes first family
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have let the cat out of the bag after explicitly revealing and confirming the First Family’s interests in a fertile farm in Mazowe in Mashonaland Central province, where sever...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 20:44hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Cop jailed 6 years for $258 armed robbery crime
A POLICE officer who robbed a Total Service Station in Bulawayo was on Wednesday slapped with a six-year effective jail term after he was convicted of robbery.Amos Hlori (38), who was stat...Published: 02 Apr 2017 at 17:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Hippovalley villagers live in fear after police launched anti-poaching patrols
People in Hippovalley Chiredzi are reportedly living in untold fear, as police have launched a terrible anti-poaching campaign that can be equaled to a curfew in a war time situation.Sources f...Published: 04 Apr 2016 at 12:37hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Gushungo bombing had army backing, says accused
One of the suspects accused of attempting to petrol-bomb the First Family's Alpha Omega Dairy Farm yesterday maintained that it was a military- sanctioned operation, and he had been tasked by his supe...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 05:47hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Policeman jailed 7 years over for 25 cents change fight
A BULAWAYO-based police officer, who struck a colleague with a brick on the head and inflicted life threatening injuries over 25 cents change during a beer binge, has been sentenced to seven years in ...Published: 18 Jan 2016 at 05:23hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
11 elephants killed in cyanide attack
Eleven elephants have been found dead at Number Nine area and Deka Safari area in the past week in a case suspected to be cyanide poisoning.The first batch of elephant carcasses comprising fou...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 14:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are overpaid - Callisto Jokonya
The past president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) Mr Callisto Jokonya says that Zimbabweans are over paid and are the highest paid workers in the region.Speaking at a li...Published: 20 Dec 2013 at 20:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zim police won't tolerate any form of political violence says Matibiri
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police says it will not tolerate political violence in national elections scheduled for this year and has warned perpetrators that they will face the full wrath of the law regar...Published: 10 Jan 2013 at 23:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZRP smash cigarette smuggling syndicate
Beitbridge police have smashed what appears to be a well-organised smuggling syndicate when they raided a local businessman’s homestead in Tshapfutshe village and recovered more tha...Published: 03 Nov 2012 at 04:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Soldiers arrested for killing a donkey thief
THREE soldiers and a police officer have been charged with murder after a suspected stock thief was beaten to death.Mpokiseng Moyo, 36, of Siboza Village in Beitbridge, met his fate after try...Published: 14 Aug 2012 at 11:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim cop guns down workmate
In a cold-blooded murder that has left residents shocked, a 24-year-old Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) constable allegedly gunned down a fellow cop at a primary school in yet unclear circumstances....Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 07:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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