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Zimbabwe military police nabs another bogus recruitment agent
ANOTHER fake recruitment agent who duped prospective army recruits was arrested yesterday by the Zimbabwe National Army Military Police with the army stressing that it neither uses any agents nor thir...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:49hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Tik Toker fined ZW$3 000 for cyberbullying police officer
A USER of popular short video sharing platform, Tik Tok, landed himself in soup after posting a clip in which a uniformed Chinhoyi police officer on duty, is jeered while hoisted in the air.Da...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 1842 | by Staff reporter
'We are militarised, so what?, asks ZEC
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) said there was no law prohibiting the elections management body from being run by the military."You talk about the militarisation of the commission, I w...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Anti-smuggling blitz nets 200 luxury vehicles
So far 200 top-of-the-range vehicles, all probably stolen and smuggled into Zimbabwe, have been impounded under a joint operation between the Zimbabwe Republic Police and Interpol targeting vehicles s...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:19hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Negligent ZRP pays the price for tear-gassing woman
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) has paid more than ZWL140 000 as compensation to a Harare woman who was tear-gassed by some law enforcement agents three years ago.Fifty eight-year-old Mavis Muz...Published: 23 May 2022 at 14:21hrs | 1847 | by Stephen Jakes
7 dead, 32 injured in Zupco buses head-on collision
Seven people died while 32 others were injured this morning after two Zupco buses collided head-on along the Harare-Chirundu Road.The accident occurred around 7.45am at the 101km peg.N...Published: 23 May 2022 at 12:44hrs | 1916 | by Staff reporter
ZRP, Saps in joint cross-border operation
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and the South African Police Services (Saps) have embarked on a joint cross-border operation against crime between their two countries.This follows a spate o...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:43hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Police conduct awareness campaigns on gender-based violence and Human trafficking
The Zimbabwe Republic Police last week, conducted an awareness campaign against Gender-based violence with a bid to create more cognizance and reduce cases rape targeting mostly women and children in ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 13:41hrs | 173 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe police recognised for excellence
Zimbabwe's police officers seconded to the Egyptian Police Academy have distinguished themselves well over the past few years.Director of the Egyptian Peacekeeping Operations Training Centre, ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:27hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Man waves organ at women in church
A man from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly exposing his privates to two women who were at a church in North End suburb.Gabriel Tshalibe, whose age and address were not given, was arre...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:26hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Blitz targets top-of-the-range cars
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is conducting a joint operation with the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) targeting top-of-the-range vehicles believed to have been stolen in ne...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:55hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Police name Colleen Bawn mine collapse victims
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has named the seven miners who lost their lives Saturday after hoisting ropes to a cage bringing them up the shaft snapped at Bucks Mine in Collen Bawn, Gwanda, Mata...Published: 19 May 2022 at 19:02hrs | 1135 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activist jailed 12 years
NOTORIOUS Zanu-PF member and businessman, Mike Mhangura, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for raping a Chinhoyi woman last December.He will, however, spend an effective nine years i...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2661 | by Staff reporter
ZRP releases names of accident victims
Police have released the names of five people who were killed in a road traffic accident last Thursday when a Toyota Wish they were travelling in rammed the back of a stationary Iveco Truck which had ...Published: 17 May 2022 at 19:57hrs | 1261 | by Staff reporter
ZRP ranked most corrupt govt dept
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has been ranked as the country's most corrupt government department, according to Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ).This was revealed in TIZ's latest...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:24hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Sigh of relief for commuters
THE upward review of hire fees for commuter omnibuses that are contracted under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise has helped ease transport challenges for the travelling public....Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Wadyejena threatens to sue Borrowdale Brooke Homeowners Association
GOKWE Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyejena has threatened to drag the Borrowdale Brooke Homeowners Association (BBHOA) to court for illegally deactivating his vehicle tags and relegating him ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 19:41hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Mtetwa ordered to stop disposing of controversial US$57k cash
MTETWA and Nyambirai Legal Practitioners have been ordered by the High Court to stop disbursing US$57 000 cash that was found in one of their strong rooms during an investigations into a trust funds t...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:14hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Police buckles under pressure; bans use of hand-held spikes
In a turn of events, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has with immediate effect banned the use of hand-held spikes by its members.In a statement, police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga s...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:07hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
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 | 515 | by Simbarashe Sithole
MPs demand action on stolen COVID-19 funds
THE Public Accounts Committee (Pac) has called on the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and police to investigate the abuse of US$89 million COVID-19 relief funds by government officials....Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Daring thief raids police and prison camps
A DARING thief admitted to breaking into houses of police and prisons and correctional services officers residing at the neighbouring Chimoio Police Depot and Harare Central Prison staff housing and s...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
87-year-old man goes missing
Police in Matabeleland South province are appealing for information that may lead to the location of an 87-year-old man from Filabusi who went missing on March 2.Matabeleland South provincial ...Published: 10 May 2022 at 17:34hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Armed security thwarted protests?
HEAVILY armed security detachments yesterday thwarted a nationwide shutdown called by university students, teachers and nurses.Government deployed armed security forces in the capital and othe...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:47hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 10 000 motorists in blitz
At least 10 400 motorists have so far been arrested in the ongoing police operation named "Respect other Road Users", which is targeting those who continue flouting traffic rules and regulations....Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:03hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers in US$300,000 cash heist
THREE armed robbers pounced on a Harare company where they stole US$300 000 Friday morning.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed the matter in a Twitter post."The ZRP is investigati...Published: 07 May 2022 at 19:55hrs | 3311 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sucked into land dispute
The ongoing land dispute in Budiriro between land developer Fifty Angels Company and one Hebert Senda, popularly known as Madzibaba Enock, has reached a boiling point with Senda now accused of droppin...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:28hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
UFP statement on the Mutare fatal accident caused by police spikes
The United Freedom Party (UFP) notes with great concern the fatal accident where four people died and eight were seriously injured when police threw a spike on a moving commuter omnibus near Mutare on...Published: 06 May 2022 at 13:34hrs | 1216 | by UFP
Witness in Mamombe, Chimbiri falsehoods case vanishes
A police officer who is set to stand as a witness in a case in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) officials, Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri are being accused of publishing falsehoods has va...Published: 06 May 2022 at 06:57hrs | 1930 | by Staff reporter
Police warn drivers of unregistered vehicles
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has reiterated that all unregistered vehicles whether Government-owned or belonging to any political will be impounded during the ongoing operation aimed at restoring orde...Published: 05 May 2022 at 21:14hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Police releases disputed Gweru mayoral car
Police in Gweru have today released the mayoral pool car which was being held at Gweru Central Police following a dispute between former Mayor Josiah Makombe and council.The vehicle was set to...Published: 05 May 2022 at 20:37hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Zec abandons polling station at Zanu-PF torture base
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will no longer be using a polling station in Kwekwe situated in an area where there is a traditional Zanu-PF torture base manned by the party's violent terror s...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:30hrs | 1967 | by Staff reporter
ZRP blitz claims four lives as Kombi overturns after cop throws spike
THE ongoing police blitz against commuter omnibuses and pirate taxis has claimed its first victims after a police officer threw a spike at a moving minibus, resulting in it overturning and killing fou...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:07hrs | 1996 | by Staff reporter
Car with 2 dead bodies found inside Runde River
Details of the ZRP The Sub-Aqua unit, with the help of villagers from Chilonga in southern Chiredzi, have retrieved the two bodies stuck in a pickup truck which drowned in Runde river on Saturday.&nbs...Published: 02 May 2022 at 19:52hrs | 2541 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shock as human body without head found in Norton
In an incident that left residents of Norton shell-shocked, Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that they are investigating circumstances surrounding a suspected murder case in which the body of an...Published: 02 May 2022 at 11:23hrs | 1715 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 719 | by Stephen Jakes
Man killed with hammer in cigarette fight
A dispute over a cigarette ended in murder after a Filabusi man struck another with a hammer on the head.Police on their twitter page confirmed the incident which occurred at Sidzibe Business ...Published: 01 May 2022 at 14:14hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Politicised military threatens 2023 poll
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is abusing state institutions, including the military, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and judiciary, to maintain his tight grip on power ahead of the...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:39hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
Hit and run driver kills 30-year-old Bulawayo man
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has reported that it is investigating a suspected hit and run road traffic accident in which the body of a 30-year-old man was found lying in the middle of the road near S...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:17hrs | 915 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe cops resist 'punishing' transfers to rural outposts
AT least nine junior police officers have gone AWOL after resisting transfers to rural outposts.Confidential documents seen by NewZimbabwe.com indicate that the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:00hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
2 shot dead as robbers, police exchange gun fire
TWO armed robbers died upon admission at Kadoma General Hospital after they were shot during a shootout with police detectives in Kadoma Tuesday.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed the sh...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:59hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Kombis are not coming back for good, says Moyo
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo yesterday said commuter omnibuses (kombis) are not coming back despite transport woes that are affecting many urbanites. Speaking to the Daily News, Mo...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:58hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
2 robbers shot and killed
TWO suspected armed robbers who were part of a gang that has been terrorising residents in Kadoma, Chegutu and Norton were shot and killed after they attempted to attack police officers with machetes ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:46hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Suicide death spikes in Bulawayo
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has urged the public to seek councelling following a spate of suicide cases in Bulawayo this month. ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 15:36hrs | 1700 | 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 | 2305 | by Mandla Ndlovu
15 supporters arrested after violence erupts at Mandava
POLICE arrested 15 people in connection with the violence that rocked Mandava in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match between FC Platinum and Highlanders on Saturday.Violence erupted a...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:25hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Mandava violence: Police arrest 15 hooligans
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested 15 people in connection with acts of hooliganism that occurred during the Castle Lager Premiership football match between FC Platinum and Highlanders at Mand...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Bosso blame police for Mandava violence
BULAWAYO giants Highlanders have blamed the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) for the violence that led to abandonment of their Castle Lager Premiership football match against FC Platinum at Mandava Stad...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 18:01hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
Bosso condemn pitch invasion
HIGHLANDERS have condemned pitch invasion by a section of fans and lashed out at "overzealous" police details for firing tear smoke resulting in abandonment of their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:47hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
37 year old man rapes his 19 year old friend
The Zimbabwe Republic Police in Budiriro has reported that it has arrested a 37 year old man for rape after he sexually assaulted his 19 year old friend.According to the police, the suspect lu...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 17:24hrs | 2805 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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