Search / Zrp
Chihuri's dodgy deals exposed
An up-market housing scheme in north-eastern Harare meant for top police officers was allegedly hijacked by former Police Commissioner-General Dr Augustine Chihuri in its final phase, and he allocated...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:02hrs | 3128 | by Staff reporter
Police seal off Mazowe's Jumbo Mine
Police have sealed off Jumbo Mine in Mazowe, a move aimed at restoring sanity to the area which has been invaded by thousands of illegal miners from across the country. The mine has been decla...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:20hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, police clash in Mazowe
ZANU-PF leaders in Mazowe on Saturday confronted the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Support Unit over some rogue officers who were illegally mining and issuing travel passes to residents staying at Ju...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:56hrs | 336 | by Staff rpeorter
Chiwenga sends condolence message to bereaved families following Mutare accident
ACTING President, Retired General Constantino Chiwenga has sent a message of condolence to bereaved families following the death of 16 people on Saturday in an accident along the Mutare - Harare road ...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 17:10hrs | 2500 | by Staff Reporter
Harare-Mutare highway accident: Two bodies not yet identified
Relatives of the people who died in a road accident that claimed 16 lives along the Harare-Mutare highway at the weekend have been collecting bodies of the deceased for burial while two of the victims...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 17:02hrs | 2116 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF, Police clash in Mazowe
Zanu-PF leaders in Mazowe on Saturday confronted the ZRP over some rogue officers who were illegally mining and issuing travel passes to residents staying in Jumbo Mine while the blitz against illegal...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 09:23hrs | 2857 | by Staf reporter
Police seize journalist's phone
Chiredzi based journalist Patrick Chitongo's phone was seized last week by ZRP Chiredzi, the gadget was suspected to have been used to steal a classified document from the Police force's district head...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 16:42hrs | 1939 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Matanga, Kazembe sued for $783,000
Police Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe have been slapped with a $783 100 lawsuit by a Chitungwiza man who was shot and injured by Zimbabwe Republic Polic...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:17hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Notorious machete gang members arrested
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed the arrest of eight notorious machete gang members known as Maketo brothers, who terrorised residents in several mining towns.The machete gangs popular...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:23hrs | 3335 | by Staff reporter
Police raid Chamisa's headquarters
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday raided MDC-Alliance's headquarters in Harare after obtaining a search warrant to search for offensive weapons meant for criminal use. The party had...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:35hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Police provocative (mis) behavior a recipe for political instability
The MDC Youth Assembly condemns in strongest terms ZRP's unprofessional conduct and misbehavior as exhibited by the recent new low where men in uniform besieged our headquarters, attacked employees an...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 18:42hrs | 1098 | by Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
Cops raid Tsvangirai house
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) raided the Movement for Democratic Change HQ in Harare on Friday. ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 17:49hrs | 2850 | by Staff Reporter
Court acquits Good Samaritan Journalist over anti govt protest
A ZIMBABWEAN court has acquitted Doubt Asima, a freelance journalist, who had been on trial on charges of committing public violence after he was arrested when he tried to rescue an elderly woman, who...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 11:07hrs | 1307 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa's HONA will solve nothing
The ban of opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's so called Hope of the Nation Address (HONA) by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is justified as it was meant to disrupt smooth opening of first term schools...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 09:25hrs | 2048 | by Christopher Makaza
Copper thief arrested
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested a suspected copper thief in Harare's Central Business District.Malvern Mushawatu (40) who was apprehended by police on Tuesday was caught after tryin...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:38hrs | 1011 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa appoints Jestina Mukoko's abductor CIO boss
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed one of Jestina Mukoko's abductors in 2008, Brigadier-General (Retired) Asher Walter Tapfumaneyi as the Deputy Director in the much feared Central Intelligenc...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:58hrs | 251 | by newzimbabwe
Police seek teen girl missing since December
Police in Bulawayo are appealing for information that may lead to the location of a juvenile who went missing in Bradfield in December. Acting Bulawayo police spokesperson Assistant Insp...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1784 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Kamambo gets CAF post
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo, who has been battling to contain a domestic storm, was smiling yesterday after being appointed a member of the CAF AFCON organising committee.He follows in the f...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
BCC grants ZRP, BACFOZ free use of city hall car park
Bulawayo City Council recently granted the police and the Business Against Crime Forum of Zimbabwe (BACFOZ) free use of the city hall car park for their event.This is revealed in the council's...Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 09:45hrs | 1584 | by Stephen Jakes
Judiciary system must be transparent, says Chief Justice Malaba
THE judiciary system should act in a transparent and accountable manner in the execution of its judicial functions, chief justice Luke Malaba has said.Chief Justice Malaba said this when he pr...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 18:50hrs | 1394 | by Staff Reporter
Human rights violation decline in the country
Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that human rights violation incidents have declined in the country especially for the month of December."ZPP recorded a total of 119 human rights violations...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 09:00hrs | 906 | by Stephen Jakes
Over 700 000 people used Beitbridge border during festive season
A total of 708 179 people passed through Beitbridge Border Post during the just ended festive season, after authorities put in place border efficiency and management systems that facilitated ease of m...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 21:19hrs | 2392 | by Staff Reporter
Head-on collision claims two
TWO people died on the spot, while four others were seriously injured after a Harare bound bus collided with a Toyota fun cargo near the 320 kilometre peg along the Harare-Bulawayo highway this Wednes...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 21:50hrs | 5480 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF official in court for illegal gold mining
Zanu-PF legislator Dexter Nduna, the party's Mashonaland West provincial youth chairman Vengai Musengi and police acting officer commanding Chegutu District Superintendent Wonder Chisikwa allegedly il...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 07:34hrs | 2952 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: Indian embassy goes up inflames
PROPERTY worth thousands of dollars was allegedly destroyed this morning at Indian embassy premises in Harare.The fire started around 9am and it was due to an electrical faulty.When Bu...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 12:42hrs | 4079 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
ZRP shot a vendor hides the case
It has come to our attention that on the 16th of September 2019 at around 18:40hrs some overzealous police officers fired live bullets randomly in the process shooting in the head a vendor Sinikiwe Nd...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 09:23hrs | 2113 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Chitungwiza businesses construct ZRP base to help curb crime
Members of the business community in Chitungwiza's Tilco industrial area have constructed a police base there for the Zimbabwe Republic Police in an effort to combat increasing crime within the area. ...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 08:59hrs | 827 | by Agencies
Cop on the run for stealing state funds
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer stationed at Rushinga police station in Mashonaland Central is on the run after stealing ZWL$1620 state funds on ...Published: 05 Jan 2020 at 09:55hrs | 4226 | by Paul Ndou
Zimbabwe Republic Police must ask retired officers to return to work for their skills and experience
Retired officers should be asked to return to work for their 'skills and experience' this was said by several retired senior officers who are horrified by the Mashurugwi menace and the out of plan sec...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 21:15hrs | 3480 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Police shooting victim appeal for help
A victim of police shooting that occurred during the protests on the day when a Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni was jailed has appealed for assistance in funds so that she gets medic...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 10:15hrs | 2112 | by Stephen Jakes
Mashurugwi strike again in Mvuma with impunity
While the police took action to deal with the Makorokoza menace led by the Mashurugwi the violence has spread to Mvuma. A man was brutally sliced and left with hashing wounds which led to his death. A...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 08:49hrs | 3163 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
ZRP warns machete gangs
POLICE Commissioner General Godwin Matanga said yesterday that police had arrested two members of a machete wielding gang that allegedly killed a police officer who was on duty. Commissioner G...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1276 | by Staff Reporter
Machete cop killers nabbed
TWO suspects believed to be part of a gang that allegedly killed a policeman last Saturday and seriously injured his colleague at Good Hope Mine in Battlefields have been arrested. Police say ...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 14:41hrs | 4783 | by Staff Reporter
Festive season accidents death toll hit 91
AT least 91 people died, while 414 others were injured in 1 141 road traffic accidents which occurred since December 15. Police said the major causes of the accidents were speeding, reversing ...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 12:47hrs | 947 | by Staff Reporter
ZRP launch manhunt for mine armed robbers
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a pistol brandishing eight-man gang that raided a mine in Sun Yet Sen and left with 22 grammes of gold, R7 000, US$130, $50, a gold scale and a detector.Nati...Published: 27 Dec 2019 at 21:13hrs | 3271 | by Staff reporter
Cop 'steals wife's underwear 'for ritual purposes'
A Bulawayo-based cop was shamed for "stealing" his wife's underwear supposedly to take them to a sangoma for ritual purposes.The disgrace was made public at the Bulawayo Civil Court where Loca...Published: 26 Dec 2019 at 08:51hrs | 4523 | by Staff Reporter
Zim police urge citizens to be responsible on the roads
Zimbabwe Republic Police has urged Zimbabweans to be responsible on the roads and ensure that road safety is of utmost importance to every motorist.The Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner-Ge...Published: 25 Dec 2019 at 08:59hrs | 730 | by Staff Reporter
Police to mount 24-hour traffic blitz during holidays
TRANSPORT minister Joel Matiza says there will be a 24-hour traffic blitz by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) to minimise road carnage during the holidays...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:16hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
'Cop bosses deal in drugs'
TWO female police detectives based in Bulawayo have approached the High Court challenging their superiors' decision to move them to other stations. The two cops, only identified as Detective S...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:08hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
High costs hit police station project
A PROJECT to build a police station in Woodlands, Vungu, spearheaded by Chiwundura MP Livingstone Chimina (MDC Alliance) together with community leaders, has stalled due to inflation that has deflated...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:50hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
ZRP warns corrupt cops
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has warned police officers against demanding bribes from the public, insisting that those found on the wrong side of the law would be prosecuted. In his Christmas ...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:41hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Cop rapes colleague
A 34-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer is in soup after allegedly raping a colleague in the dark in the absence of her husband.Philani Ncube of ZRP Madlambuzi was arrested after ...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 17:02hrs | 9025 | by Simbarashe Sithole
CIO, police pay assault victim $7 000 compensation
THE Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have paid $7 000 to a victim of assault after he successfully sued them with the assistance of Zimbabwe Lawyers for H...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 11:44hrs | 2179 | by Stephen Jakes
ZRP no longer visible in communities
Today I sent representatives to participate at the Njube - Lobhengula Constituency local peace committee that works under Zimbabwe Christian Alliance, where I am also an active member of the committee...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 19:24hrs | 2974 | by Presia Ngulube, MRP Vice-president
Not enough breathalysers for festive season - Zim Govt
The Zimbabwean government says it does not have adequate breathalysers to test suspected drunken drivers, who have been blamed for causing accidents, during the festive season. Transport Minis...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 18:42hrs | 819 | by Staff Reporter
ZRP strikers bag Harare darts league championship 2019
The Harare Darts Association league championship season curtain came down last week. This was barely fourteen days after another triumph in the Jewel Cup and it comes in the heels of another triumph i...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 19:17hrs | 856 | by Collen Maenda - Harare
FULL TEXT: Marry Chiwenga's alleged crimes detailed
TO : COMMISSIONER INVESTIGATIONSFROM : MR MASIMBA AND TEAMDATE : 14/12/19SUBJECT: ARREST OF MARRY MUBAIWA FOR EXPORTING CU...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 08:08hrs | 6572 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Member of Parliament arrested in Harare
Police in Harare have reported that they have arrested a Member of Parliament for reckless driving after he was caught driving his vehicle against the flow of traffic.The unnamed MP was observ...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 11:13hrs | 7628 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police beat up people in Harare CBD
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police are reported to have gone on arampage asnd wantonly assaulted citizens in Harare on Thursday night Human Rights Lawyer Douglas Coltart has reported. ...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 13:45hrs | 7872 | by Mandla Ndlovu
5 killed, 11 injured as haulage truck rams into pick-up van in Harare
Five people were killed early Thursday after two vehicles collided at a traffic-light-controlled intersection in Harare.Police said the traffic lights were not working at the time owing to ong...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:12hrs | 1936 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
