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Residents defy Mnangagwa's lockdown order
THERE was widespread defiance yesterday of the Government directive for people to stay home during the 21-day lockdown period that came into effect on Monday. Government has come up with a num...Published: 3 hrs ago | 255 | by Staff reporter
19 arrested for breaching lockdown restrictions
POLICE in Harare have arrested 19 people for illegally opening bottle stores and operating shebeens during the 21-day lockdown. The lockdown is a principal measure to contain the spread of Cov...Published: 3 hrs ago | 236 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soccer player 'steals, kills' woman
A FORMER footballer from Bulawayo allegedly killed a shopkeeper in the city as he fled from her shop after stealing peanut butter. Leniency Mpofu (30) who once turned out for a club that has s...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1461 | by Staff reporter
Don't abuse Covid-19 materials: ZACC
THE Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC) has warned public officials against abuse of Covid-19 donations, saying all corrupt elements will be arrested. In a statement yesterday, ZACC cha...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:50hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Police warn shebeen operators
POLICE have warned people illegally setting up shebeens in the country's suburbs during the 21-day lockdown, saying offenders will be arrested. The lockdown, a principal measure announced by P...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:50hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa, why is Frank Buyanga not arrested by ZR Police?
Dear Mr President,I hope I find you well Mr. President. I am putting on ice serious differences I have with you for the sake of the young life: the son to Ms Chantelle Muteswa and Mr. Frank Bu...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 12:34hrs | 3887 | by Nomazulu Thata
WHO warns of 'dramatic evolution' of virus in Africa
The World Health Organisation's regional director for Africa on Friday warned the continent faced a "dramatic evolution" of the coronavirus pandemic. Of the 47 countries in the WHO Africa regi...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:15hrs | 1135 | by AFP
Police urge lockdown compliance
POLICE yesterday encouraged Zimbabweans to comply with the requirements of the national 21-day lockdown that begins today saying failure to do so will result in them being arrested and prosecuted. Pre...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:11hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Judge's son appears in court
THE son of High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze, who was arrested along with his two accomplices on accusations of murdering a cellphone dealer in Harare last week, claimed detectives poured hot...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 07:56hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabweans who defy lockdown to be detained for 21 days
Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi has encouraged Zimbabweans to stay at home and not loiter around during the 21 days lockdown which commences today.In an audio that has gone viral ...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1414 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Top MDC official recounts prison 'hell'
A top MDC official, who was incarcerated together with 11 party youths in connection with protests in Chitungwiza last month, has described conditions under which they were held as hell.Stephe...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:38hrs | 1333 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean cocaine pusher jailed
A drug dealer from Slough has been jailed for four years after he took over the Canterbury home of an elderly vulnerable man to peddle crack cocaine and heroin. Nyasha Mushayandebvu (25), of B...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:38hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
British police mistake man's isitshwala /pap for drugs
A man arrested after a crash on the A419 and admitted dangerous driving had his drugs charges dropped after police found he was carrying sadza. Appearing before Swindon Crown Court, Tinashe Nd...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:37hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Gono pleads for arrested thieves
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono was at the Murambinda Magistrates' Courts on Thursday where he pleaded for the release of four of his workers who face prison terms for stealing pr...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 12:28hrs | 9072 | by Staff reporter
Breaking Covid-19 rules in Zimbabwe can get you a year in jail
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has enacted a law that allows the arrest of people who defy his Covid-19 lockdown measures, but the public seems unfazed.Under statutory instrument (SI)...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 08:21hrs | 1861 | by Staff reporter
6 MDC youths arrested over Kwekwe demo
MDC Midlands provincial youth chairperson Sekai Marashe and five party activists were brought to court yesterday following their Saturday arrest for leading a flash protest against President Emmerson ...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:46hrs | 1039 | by Staff reporter
2 notorious immigrants deported
TWO illegal immigrants who have been evading deportation for years through threats of violence and supplying authorities with false identity information, have been deported. The Immigration De...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1594 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops set up Covid-19 reaction teams
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has set up reaction teams in various provinces and districts that will help in enforcing the ban on public gatherings of over 50 people, following revelations that a...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:14hrs | 1288 | by Staff reporter
Death row inmate challenges sentence at Supreme Court
A LUPANE man who was sentenced to death in 2014 for killing two workmates at the late Vice-President John Nkomo's Winterblock Farm in Insuza in Matabeleland North has approached the Supreme Court chal...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:13hrs | 1496 | by Staff reporter
Presidential amnesty ex-convict kills two relatives
AN ex-murder convict from Binga, who was released from jail though the Presidential Amnesty in 2018, has appeared in court for killing his two nephews.Themba Muleya (38) of Sikhalala Village u...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:12hrs | 2684 | by Staff reporter
Artisanal miners up for murder
TWO artisanal miners at Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South allegedly assaulted a villager to death with an okapi knife and electrical cord in a dispute over an unspecified issue.Kwanele Promise ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Power abusing CID boss put to defence
THE officer-in-charge of CID Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges for allegedly releasing a stolen vehicle has said he had no obligation to consult...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:24hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest Bulawayo armed robbery victim
PROMINENT Bulawayo socialite Mike Marata (38) who was allegedly robbed of nearly US$76 000 and 168 grammes of gold at gun- point by four unidentified men, was arrested while making a report at Kumalo ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Judge's son up for murder
THE son of a High Court judge and his two friends allegedly robbed a Harare cellphone dealer of his four handsets and fatally stabbed him before dumping the corpse in a bush in Ruwa. Munyaradz...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1867 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's cellphone stolen
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's driver appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterday facing allegations of stealing the President's mobile phone, which had been donated during a field day at his ...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:11hrs | 2669 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cops extort panners
POLICE in Wedza, Mashonaland East province, have arrested two bogus cops who camped at Wedza Mountain and extorted from miners claiming it was protection fee.Nomatter Nhambirwa (23) and Belove...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:10hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa drags driver to court
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken his driver to court for stealing his cell phone which the former gave to his son to use.Chamunorwa Tapa, 45, was hauled before Harare magistrate, Joy Chi...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:50hrs | 5816 | by newzimbabwe
Police to enforce Covid-19 regulations
POLICE in Bulawayo have said they will arrest any persons who violate new regulations aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19. Government has come up with a number of measures, including the gazettin...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1314 | by Staff reporter
Compulsory testing powers gazetted
As Zimbabwe confirms its third Covid-19 infection, the infection has been declared a formidable epidemic disease in terms of the Public Health Act, allowing the Minister of Health and Child Care to ma...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:41hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Prominent Bulawayo socialite arrested after reporting armed robbery
A PROMINENT Bulawayo socialite who was allegedly robbed of nearly US$76 000 and 168 grammes of gold at gun point by four unidentified men was arrested while making a report at Kumalo Police Station, f...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 16:56hrs | 2296 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls man up for rape, robbery
A VICTORIA Falls man, who gave a lift to a woman from Bulawayo and allegedly raped and robbed her of her mobile phone, was yesterday granted $500 bail.Hendricks Ncube (23) was not asked to ple...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:39hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Man loses wife, kids to friendly neighbour
A MAN from Romney Park, Bulawayo lost his wife to his friend who lives next door, a year after the two apologised for having an illicit affair. Mr Mehluli Ndlovu said his wife Ms Nkosiyapha Ng...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:34hrs | 2211 | by Staff reporter
Merchant code holders duped of thousands
Several people and companies with Econet merchant code facilities lost varying amounts of money to two suspected fraudsters. The Harare Magistrates Courts heard yesterday that the suspects wou...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:30hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Army disowns robbery gang 'soldier'
THE Zimbabwe National Army has said one of the six notorious masked armed robbers, arrested in Gweru last week facing over 30 robbery cases involving over $500 000 in the Midlands capital, Value Mutiz...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 06:00hrs | 2665 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 700 illegal forex dealers
Police in Bulawayo arrested more than 700 suspected illegal forex dealers and vendors in a four-day blitz to restore sanity in the central business district of the city. About 80 percent of the suspec...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:59hrs | 2369 | 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
Man breaks into car, steals over US$2000
A MAN from Nketa in Bulawayo allegedly broke into a parked vehicle and stole a satchel containing R20 000, US$2 300 and $3 000 local currency....Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1865 | by Stephen Jakes
Dou in trouble for stealing NRZ signal cables
National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) worker has appeared in court charged with vandalism of the parastatal's signal copper cables.Steyn ...Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 07:19hrs | 738 | by Stephen Jakes
'MDC hoping sanctions will starve masses into rebellion' lied Dr Mavaza - what some do for 30 pieces of silver
I believe in freedom of expression but not when the exercise of that right means freedom to offend, to brainwash and stifle debate and/or, worse still, to incite, lawlessness and thuggery!"The...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 19:30hrs | 2226 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Suspected thief bashed to death
A suspected Guruve thief was bashed to death on Thursday by an angry mob while his accomplice is battling for life at Guruve hospital Bulawayo24.com....Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 12:57hrs | 3798 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
$579 290 'fraudster' arrested
A Bulawayo man allegedly conned three people of nearly $600 000 on separate occasions after he claimed he could source United States dollars for them at affordable rates. Batsirai Ganyau...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:50hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs hooker in dispute over payment
A VICTORIA Falls man who allegedly stabbed a hooker three times with an okapi knife for refusing to have sex with him has been charged with attempted murder and the woman has been hospitalised. ...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Pastor 'smuggles' dangerous drugs
A PASTOR from Bulawayo allegedly smuggled heroin, morphine and codeine weighing more than one kilogramme and worth $130 000, wrapped in a parcel that contained a small Bible, bottles of holy water and...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
South African armed robbers killed by Zimbabwe police in shoot-out
Two of the five armed robbers killed in a shoot-out with police along Glenara Avenue in Harare yesterday were South Africans, while the other three who were captured alive were Zimbabweans; but the ga...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:44hrs | 3539 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala trailed by security agents?
MDC vice chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has written to the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) to register his fears about suspected security agents he says are trailing him.This comes as Sikhala ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:51hrs | 1334 | by Staff reporter
'Scorpions' terrorise Gwanda villagers
TERROR has gripped Nhwali village in Gwanda, Matabeleland South province, where a marauding gang has unleashed a wave of violence, viciously assaulting villagers and leaving many nursing broken limbs....Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:40hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Soldier in masked armed robbers gang
POLICE in Gweru have arrested six notorious masked armed robbers among them a soldier who were allegedly behind more than 30 robbery cases involving over half a million dollars in the Midlands capital...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:39hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
5 armed robbers killed in shoot-out
FIVE armed robbers accused of robbing two Harare businessmen - Messrs Tawanda Nyambirai and Rodney Dangarembizi - of over US$220 000, were yesterday killed in a shoot-out with detectives. Two ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:36hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers killed in shoot-out with
FIVE armed robbers accused of robbing two Harare businessmen - Messrs Tawanda Nyambirai and Rodney Dangarembizi - of over US$220 000, were yesterday killed in a shoot-out with detectives.Two o...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 17:42hrs | 1990 | by Staff Reporter
Police 'kill' villager
POLICE in Silobela have come under fire over the alleged extra-judicial killing of a villager they wanted in connection with a case of assault.The incident allegedly happened at Cross Roads on...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 17:44hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
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