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How Mutare and Manicaland were annexed from the Portuguese
First - a tributeIn carrying out the background research I have been greatly impressed by the articles written by J.C. Barnes, who taught at Umtali Boys' High School and published both in Rhod...Published: 6 hrs ago | 192 | by Zimfieldguide
Operation Dudula members arrested
Three women associated with Operation Dudula have been arrested in Diepkloof, Soweto, after allegedly storming a medical facility and demanding patients produce identity documents to verify their nati...Published: 11 hrs ago | 177 | by Staff reporter
RBZ crackdown on money laundering
Following an intensive investigation into smuggling, money laundering, and financial externalisation, Zimbabwean authorities have launched a crackdown targeting several businesspeople and companies im...Published: 19 hrs ago | 458 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally disburses nearly US$200K to Zanu-PF affiliates
Special Advisor to the President, Dr Paul Tungwarara, has disbursed nearly US$200,000 from the Presidential Revolving Fund to eight Zanu-PF-affiliated groups in Masvingo Province, urging beneficiaries...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 13:33hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Man loses more than US$40,000 in broad daylight
A 48-year-old man from Greendale lost a staggering US$40,000 to suspected thieves in Highlands on Tuesday afternoon while he was buying lunch, police have confirmed.The man, identified only as...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 09:06hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Fake car parts flood Zimbabwe
The Central Mechanical Equipment Department (CMED) has issued a strong warning about the increasing circulation of counterfeit motor vehicle spare parts and maintenance products in Zimbabwe. The depar...Published: 06 Aug 2025 at 22:07hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Magunje cement plant licence sparks corruption fears
Government officials have raised alarm over the controversial licensing of a Chinese-owned cement plant in Magunje, Mashonaland West, amid allegations of corruption, regulatory breaches, and community...Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 08:29hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
5 arrested after armed robbery spree
Five men have been arrested in connection with a violent string of armed robberies that left residents of Bulawayo's Killarney suburb living in fear. Armed with machetes, knives, and even medieval-sty...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 19:39hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
Police arrests 2 long-time fugitives in drug raid
A routine drug raid in Budiriro, Harare, on Monday led to the dramatic arrest of two fugitives who had been on the police wanted list since 2023 for unrelated criminal offences.The suspects, A...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 19:13hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi condemns police's unconstitutional ban of meeting
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has strongly condemned the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) for cancelling its planned public meeting in the Midlands province, originally scheduled for Saturday, Augu...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 11:29hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Chinese national shot dead in armed robbery at Zimbabwe mine
Zimbabwean police have confirmed a fatal armed robbery that occurred last Friday at Pin 3 Mine, a Chinese-owned operation in Shurugwi, Midlands Province, amid reports that a Chinese employee was fatal...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 10:13hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt chefs scramble to save cement project
Senior government officials have stepped in to rescue a multi-million-dollar Chinese-run cement plant in Magunje, Mashonaland West, as mounting community resistance and environmental concerns threaten...Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 09:38hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Robbery suspect buys house, kombi with proceeds from heist
Another suspect linked to the high-profile armed robbery in which prominent businessman and former Dynamos chairman Rafik Adam was robbed of US$600,000 has been arrested, with police alleging he used ...Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 08:56hrs | 1626 | by Staff reporter
Police smash cattle rustling syndicate
Police in Beitbridge, with vital assistance from vigilant community members, have dismantled a notorious cattle rustling syndicate that had terrorised livestock farmers in the district for over a year...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 18:59hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
ZRP arrests 6 for assault and kidnapping police officers
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has dismissed reports circulating on social media suggesting police involvement in land-related disturbances at Lea Farm in Nyabira, clarifying that the matter is un...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 09:58hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
ZRP arrests over 1,000 in Harare road crackdown
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested 1,050 people in Harare since launching a major operation targeting pirate taxis, touts, and reckless drivers, in an effort to restore sanity on the capi...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 08:46hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Arrests in plane haunt airports firm
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has summoned the Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) to explain the circumstances surrounding the forcible removal and subsequent torture of three activists ...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 11:19hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to establish drug control agency
The Government has approved the National Drug and Substance Abuse Control and Enforcement Agency Bill, a landmark development that will establish a specialised body to spearhead the fight against drug...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 09:09hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Zacc faces resistance as anti-corruption efforts stall
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is facing stiff resistance in its fight against graft in the border town of Beitbridge, with insiders revealing that some State agencies, suspected to be...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 09:25hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious car fires destroy 4 vehicles
A wave of mysterious vehicle fires has struck the Chiwaridzo suburb of Bindura again, leaving four cars destroyed on Thursday morning and raising alarm among residents who fear they are being targeted...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 20:56hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
BCC, police patrol nets 13 gold panners in Esigodini
A JOINT operation conducted by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) rangers and police in the city's catchment areas in Esigodini, Matabeleland South province, recently netted 13 gold panners, bringing total a...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 09:01hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Zacc arrests Zimra official over fraud
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) official and four clearing agents for their alleged involvement in a fraudulent smuggling syndicate ope...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 08:46hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
1.5 million people are homeless in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has renewed its call for the repeal of the colonial-era Vagrancy Act, arguing that the law unjustly criminalises homelessness and continues to infring...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:12hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers join night-time gold rush
In a startling development highlighting Zimbabwe’s worsening economic crisis, teachers from Fusira, Musvovi, and Madzivanyika schools in Masvingo South have reportedly joined illegal gold panning ac...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:11hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Court officials arrested by ZACC
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested Beitbridge prosecutor Beatrice Pedzisayi, court interpreter Bridget Mudau, and an unnamed prison officer on charges of conspiring to commit ...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:28hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Scottland FC employee caught in VVIP ticket fraud
Six individuals were arrested on Sunday at Rufaro Stadium for allegedly attempting to enter a Premier Soccer League (PSL) match between Scottland FC and Caps United using counterfeit VVIP access cards...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 08:04hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
'Vumbunu brothers have been a thorn in our side'
The dramatic arrest of the notorious Vumbunu brothers, Abraham and Elijah Temayi, in South Africa has reignited public interest in the sensational US$4 million Ecobank armed robbery that stunned Bulaw...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 09:42hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Gory murder near church in Bulawayo
Police have launched an investigation into the fatal stabbing of a 24-year-old man, Prince Ndlovu, whose body was discovered near a church in Njube suburb on Friday.The Zimbabwe Republic Polic...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 20:07hrs | 1199 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead near tuckshop after cellphone dispute
Mazowe - Mystery surrounds the death of a Gokwe man who was found murdered in a trench near a tuckshop in Chiweshe Village, Jumbo, Mazowe, after a late-night visit to collect his cellphone on July 1, ...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 18:02hrs | 779 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Armed robbery charges dropped
After intense back-and-forth between the police and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), prosecutors have dropped armed robbery charges against two men previously linked to the sensational US$4 m...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 04:02hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
No one is above criticism - not even the President
Democracy has always been too heavy a burden for weak, insecure leaders.The recent arrest of The Zimbabwe Independent editor, Faith Zaba, on allegations of "undermining the authority of the pr...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 22:44hrs | 617 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man stabbed to death in Southwold
Police have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a 29-year-old man's body with stab wounds along Stratford Road in Southwold in the early hours of Sunday.The deceased, id...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 18:13hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Security guard arrested in $4 million Ecobank cash heist probe
Police have made a breakthrough in Zimbabwe's largest-ever cash heist, arresting a suspect linked to the dramatic US$4 million robbery at an Ecobank branch in central Bulawayo last year.Bulawa...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 14:32hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest suspects in Zimbabwe's biggest-ever cash heist
Police have made a significant breakthrough in the investigation into last year's US$4.4 million armed robbery at EcoBank in Bulawayo - the largest cash heist in Zimbabwean history.Bulawayo pr...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 10:48hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
'Unregistered pharmacies serious health threat'
A growing number of pharmacies in Bulawayo and the Matabeleland North and South provinces are reportedly operating without licenses from the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ), raising ala...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 09:21hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Police arrests 12 in Harare car theft and robbery crackdown
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested 12 suspects linked to a string of car thefts and violent robberies that have gripped Harare and surrounding suburbs in recent weeks, in a major operatio...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 18:19hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Another heavy blow for Zimbabwe's 'Patriotic Act'
In a significant blow to Zimbabwe's controversial Patriotic Act, the High Court has ruled that sections of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act which impose harsh penalties on those ac...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:25hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
7 executives arrested over illicit ethanol-laced brews
Police have arrested seven company executives suspected of producing and distributing illicit brews containing ethanol, which were supplied to the public and shops across the country. The Zimbabwe Rep...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:24hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Faith Zaba arrested over satirical article attacking Mnangagwa
Faith Zaba, the editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a satirical article published in the weekly newspaper, reigniting deep concerns over the state of press f...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 20:39hrs | 1724 | by Staff reporter
Kumalo headmistress' fraud case postponed to August
The trial date for Kumalo Primary School headmistress Stella Mhlanga remains uncertain after the State once again requested a postponement, citing incomplete police investigations. The case has now be...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 18:28hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutors arrested in US$500 bribe scandal
Two prosecutors employed by the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) have been arrested for allegedly demanding a US$500 bribe from a traditional healer in a shocking abuse-of-office scan...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 08:59hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
Thieves steal US$7,000 tobacco at farm
Police in Rusape have launched a manhunt for five armed robbers who attacked Riplemade Farm on Monday night and made off with 12 tobacco bales valued at US$7,039.The robbery, which occurred ar...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 18:52hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
If Chiwenga is genuine about fighting corruption, then we need action - not just words
There's a saying: action speaks louder than words. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's recent bold remarks against corruption have stirred debate across Zimbabwe. To direct...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 18:23hrs | 246 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Job Sikhala reunites divided Zimbabwe opposition leaders
In a historic and unprecedented gathering, Zimbabwe's long-divided opposition leaders came together on Friday night, sharing the same stage and microphone in a unified call to end Zanu-PF's decades-lo...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:18hrs | 2270 | by Staff reporter
Robbery cases increasing across Zimbabwe
A surge in violent armed robberies has gripped Zimbabwe, with police confirming two major heists in Mt Darwin and Bulawayo that have left authorities scrambling to track down suspects behind the braze...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 18:22hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
South Africans, Zimbabweans pray together after xenophobic attacks
Last month's killing of a South African man in Valencia, Addo, ignited devastating xenophobic revenge attacks that left at least four immigrants dead, dozens injured, and hundreds of families displace...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:08hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Smugglers dump vehicle, contraband after ZRP chase
MUTARE - An anti-smuggling crack team deployed in Zimbabwe's Manicaland peripheral borders intercepted and foil an attempt by unknown assailants to smuggle second-hand clothing bales from Mozambique i...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 08:01hrs | 352 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Bulawayo fake ID syndicate busted
Two men who operated a fake identity card manufacturing scheme from inside a government registry office in Bulawayo have been jailed following a sensational exposé and police crackdown.Brian ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 12:37hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Man assaulted for refusing to visit Tsikamutanda
A disturbing incident involving a self-styled traditional healer, or Tsikamutanda, has sent shockwaves through the Zaka community under Chief Bota, after a local man was allegedly assaulted and forcef...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 12:36hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Lake Kariba black market fish trade fuels illicit financial flow
A booming black market fish trade along Lake Kariba, driven by the illegal use of cheap twine nets, is undermining Zimbabwe's formal fishing economy and fuelling millions of dollars in illicit financi...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:08hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
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