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'Bogus syndicates preying on public,' ZACC, ZRP
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) have confirmed co-ordinated criminal operations by fake syndicates posing as genuine officers who are targeting unsuspecting me...Published: 09 Apr 2025 at 15:23hrs | 1438 | by Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's regime forces police officers to sign loyalty forms
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have been compelled to sign loyalty forms affirming their commitment to Commissioner General Stephen Mutamba, NewZimbabwe.com has learned. The forms, which are ...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 09:10hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police break up flash protest
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have forcefully dispersed a group of protesters who had gathered at Robert Mugabe Square, also known as Freedom Square, to demonstrate against President Emmerso...Published: 31 Mar 2025 at 10:39hrs | 2846 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament slams police over deadly pirate taxi pursuits
Parliament has expressed concerns over the high-speed chases between the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and pirate taxis, commonly known as "mushikashika," as well as commuter omnibuses, which have in...Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 07:12hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
90% of Zimbabwe adults in the informal sector
Millions of adult Zimbabweans have been driven into the informal business sector due to the declining formal market, according to a recent statement from the Coalition for Market and Liberal Solutions...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:53hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
ZRP officers off to Abyei on peacekeeping mission
At least two members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) are set to leave the country for Abyei, an area on the border with Sudan whilst five others from contingent 22 have returned home from United...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 08:07hrs | 816 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Vendors sjambok municipal police officers
Last week, two Harare municipal police officers were hospitalized at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after being assaulted with wooden sticks and sjamboks by vendors in the central business district....Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:14hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers rescue detained toddler, pregnant woman
POLICE have set free a toddler and a pregnant woman who were detained alongside other aggrieved villagers after they had protested maladministration by some school authorities at Sagambe Primary Schoo...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Police sued for wrongful arrest, torture
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have been ordered to pay US$2 500 in damages to a Masvingo woman for wrongful arrest and to...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
44 vehicles impounded in crackdown on errant kombis
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) in conjunction with police yesterday launched a blitz against pirate taxis and errant kombis defying a directive to move to the newly upgraded Egodini bus terminus and othe...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mafume's mayoral victory exposes infighting in Chamisa's camp
WE close the year with a circus at Town House in Harare, where Jacob Mafume last week bounced back as Harare mayor.He was elected as the capital city's third mayor in just four months and this...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:28hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
ZIM man languishes in jail over anti-Mnangagwa jibe
A ZIMBABWEAN man has been languishing in prison for close to one month after he was arrested last month by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers and charged with undermining authority of or insultin...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 13:58hrs | 12 | by Stephen Jakes
Lawyer and seven residents acquitted over repressive MOPO Act
CHIREDZI Magistrate Vimbai Mtukwa on Monday 4 December 2023 acquitted eight Chiredzi residents, who had been on trial for allegedly contravening the provisions of the Maintenance of Peace and Order (M...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 16:13hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
Hooliganism cannot be part of the beautiful game.
If my memory serves me well, not long ago ZRP was allocated some state-of-the-art helicopters to assist in their policing duties which at times can be quite challenging. One would think those ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:23hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Chamisa ally not on the list of people arrested over Bosso - Dembare violence
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy spokesperson and legislator, Gift Ostallos Siziva is not on the list of people arrested in Bulawayo facing charges of inciting violence during the Highlander...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 10:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa party spokesperson arrested over Bosso - Dembare violence?
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy spokesperson and legislator, Gift Ostallos Siziba, was arrested in Bulawayo on Wednesday on charges of inciting violence. Siziba has since been released and ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Home team fails to provide enough security at Barbourfields
IT is a match that had all the ingredients for a spectacular afternoon.The rivalry between old foes, Dynamos and Highlanders had been renewed setting the stage for a bruising battle.In...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man sues Zimbabwe police over unlawful arrest
A HARARE man is suing Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga over unlawful arrest after he was detained for two nights for buying whisky at a local supermarket.Acco...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Village mob assaults fhief
Villagers believed to have been hired have allegedly assaulted Chief Murinye, Mr Ephias Munodawafa, accusing him of refusing them permission to bury a deceased relative at a place of their choice in h...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cops in trouble for torturing woman
FOUR Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers are being sued by a Zaka woman whom they tortured as they coerced her to reveal the whereabouts of her son.The police officers, Constables Mavis Si...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe workers' rights brutally suppressed, says US embassy
ZIMBABWEAN workers are reeling under deteriorating conditions underlined by serious violations of fundamental rights by parastatals, security forces and Chinese companies amid a clear pattern of intim...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 19:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police told to uphold high standards on UN missions
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) officers undertaking United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions in various countries have been challenged to continue exhibiting high levels of commitment, discipline and...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZRP officer faces grim prospect of his pay being garnished for torturing civilian
A ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) officer could soon have his monthly salary garnished to pay up ZW$400,000 damages to a Chitungwiza man, Ednock Dube, who he tortured for violating Covid-19 curfew regu...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police to be sued over spike throwing deaths
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) says it will sue police over a case where four lives were lost and 10 people were injured in Mutare, after police threw spikes on a speeding commuter omnib...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC officials escape through back exit as Zanu-PF youths besiege press conference
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) officials have been forced to escape through a back exit at the Media Centre in Harare, where they were addressing journalists, after Zanu-PF youths besieged and co...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 19:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 ZRP officers arrested over US$200 bribe
THREE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have found themselves in hot soup after extorting US$200 from an unsuspecting civilian.The three,Taonga Fambirai, John Matonhodze and Thomas Musha...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Police probe Matobo political violence
POLICE have launched investigations into political violence that rocked Matobo ahead of council by-elections to be held on Saturday.Apart from the election that will be held in Ward 2 in Matob...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex workers 'rob' client
FIVE sex workers plying their trade in Harare's Avenues red-light district have been charged with robbery after they reportedly accused their client of messing their sheets and forced him to pay US$80...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabwe cops off to South Sudan
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday dispatched five police officers to South Sudan for peace-keeping duties.The five police officers deployed consist o...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police fighting Mnangagwa
CHEGUTU West Member of Parliament (MP), Dexter Nduna says the police have questioned his legitimacy as legislator and vowed to back the opposition in attempts to eliminate Zanu-PF making Chegutu distr...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 20:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mazowe Villagers to receive USD $30K
More than 20 villagers who lost property at Arnold Farm in Mazowe after being evicted by former First Lady Grace Mugabe are set to receive US$30 000 in compensation.The villagers lost property...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 19:40hrs | 13 | by Shelton Muchena and Desmond Nleya
Zimbabwe police accused of causing death of woman
A ZIMBABWEAN court has faulted some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers and ruled that foul play could have been committed which led to the death of Sharai Mukaro, a Chivhu woman.Mukaro, a...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 15:27hrs | 11 | by Shelton Muchena
ZRP instantly outlaws use of spikes
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has banned outlawed the use of hand held metal spikes by law enforcements agents follow...Published: 13 May 2022 at 16:57hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tortured and abused teacher wins compensation
A ZIMBABWEAN court has ordered authorities to pay $200 000 to a teacher who was arrested, tortured and abused by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers three years ago.Munyaradzi Masiyiw...Published: 01 May 2022 at 20:41hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Masiyiwa wins $200 000 lawsuit against Kazembe Kazembe
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) is celebrating after its Deputy Secretary General Munyaradzi Masiyiwa was granted ZWL200 000 compensation fees by a Harare court for bein false...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 09:47hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Killer' cops face grilling
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have commenced an inquest into circumstances surrounding the death of a Chivhu woman who succumbed to injuries following severe assault and torture by police in September last y...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC terminates 19 ZRP investigators
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has terminated nearly two dozen investigators seconded by the Zimbabwe Republic Police, it says because they are no longer required.Police source...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 16:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupils' lawyers give police ultimatum over alleged brutality
Lawyers representing the Gokomere High School pupils who were arrested on November 7 have given police a seven-day ultimatum to release names of officers involved in alleged brutality of some of the s...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:37hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Liberation war veterans detained in prison over anti-govt protest
THIRTY-NINE liberation war veterans will spend the night in prison detention after Harare Magistrate Barbra Mateko deferred her ruling on their application seeking to be set free citing violation of t...Published: 29 Oct 2021 at 14:31hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Hwange MP accused of power project sabotage
MDC Alliance Member of Parliament for Hwange Central Mr Fortune Daniel Molokele last week allegedly forced himself into a meeting between Sinohydro management and employee representatives before he wa...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Anti-govt protest cases crumble
NINE Harare and Chegutu residents have been set free after being hauled before the courts on charges of committing public violence for allegedly participating in last year's anti-government demonstrat...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 13:19hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
Midnight release for war vets persecuted over bread crumbs protest
ZIMBABWEAN police on Friday 27 August 2021 set free nine liberation war veterans whom they had arrested and detained for allegedly protesting against low pension payouts.The liberation war vet...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 12:41hrs | 9 | by Stephen Jakes
Evicted cop drags Matanga to court
POLICE Commissioner General, Godwin Matanga, has been dragged to court by a former police officer, Tadiwa Chadiwa, after he sent ex-colleagues to evict him out of a house in St Mary's, Chitungwiza....Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Award winning poet drags Kazembe Kasembe, Matanga to court over police brutality
AWARD winning Victoria Falls based poet Obert Dube is suing Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, Police Commissioner General and five police officers who assaulted him for loitering in January...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe ordered to pay $175 000 to assault victim
HOME Affairs minister Kezembe Kazembe and Police commissioner General Godwin Matanga have been ordered by Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba, to pay $175, 000 damages to Lilian Chinyerere who was unl...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Matanga ordered to pay US$10 000 for police brutality
A HARARE magistrate has ordered Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to pay more than US$10 000 to a couple that was roughed up by law enforcement agent...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matanga ordered to pay US$10K for police brutality
A HARARE magistrate has ordered Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to pay more than US$10 000 to a couple that was roughed up by law enforcement agent...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 14:12hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Security forces deep in gold smuggling: Report
MEMBERS of the security forces and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) officials tasked to maintain order and security in the mining sector have been accused of the smuggling of the precious mineral outsid...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:38hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
ZACC widens dragnet to curb minerals smuggling
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has widened the scope of its investigations into the smuggling of minerals out of the country, with the anti-corruption watchdog adopting a collaborative...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'ZRP officers corrupt'
It is not arguable that Zimbabwe Republic police officers are the most corrupt people in the country.FOUR police officers in Bulawayo were arrested for demanding and receiving a posh car as a ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:10hrs | 11 | by Shelton Muchena
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