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4 Chitungwiza men in court over vehicle arson attacks
Four Chitungwiza men have appeared in court facing charges of malicious damage to property after allegedly setting vehicles on fire at various business premises in Harare and Goromonzi last Friday....Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 15:46hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Cars firebombed outside Chivayo, Tagwirei's properties
A series of deliberate firebomb attacks rocked Harare's central business district overnight, targeting commercial properties linked to influential businessmen Wicknell Chivayo and Kudakwashe Tagwirei,...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 11:40hrs | 3578 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loyalists 'targeting' diaspora activists propping Chamisa?
Reports have emerged of a clandestine campaign by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's loyalists to crack down on diaspora activists allegedly funding opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's efforts to form a ne...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 18:56hrs | 1474 | by Staff reportetr
Suspected Arson Attacks Target National Railways of Zimbabwe Premises
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has reported a series of suspected arson attacks on its premises, with fires breaking out at key sites in Bulawayo...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 20:13hrs | 529 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo family homeless after arson attack
A family in the Queens Park East suburb of Bulawayo has been traumatized by a house fire caused by arson. An unidentified man used petrol and a mop to set their house ablaze, destroying possessions wo...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Hands off King Lobengula, he was not a Zimbabwean!
Unformed, ignorant and reckless Zimbabwe satirists, journalists, whatever they call themselves, should be advised that His Majesty, King Lobengula of Matabeleland was not a Zimbabwean. Ingqungqulu Ema...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 09:46hrs | 22 | by Israel Dube
Zuma gets 12-year prison sentence
The Pietermaritzburg Magistrate's Court has sentenced Mdumiseni Zuma to 12 years' imprisonment for instigating the July 2021 civil unrest following the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma.Th...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 11:27hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slams violence in Shurugwi
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has directed the police to hunt down and bring to book all perpetrators linked to the reported incident of suspected political violence in Shurugwi, Midlands Province, and urged Zi...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Sex-crazed uncle takes own life after killing four children in shock arson attack
A 43-year-ol Muzarabani man went berserk on Saturday, killing his niece's four children in a shock arson attack after the woman had turned down his sexual advances.In a statement, police confi...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 21:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Truck arson attacks spark sabotage fears in South Africa
South African police said on Wednesday 21 trucks have been torched in a series of mysterious attacks that President Cyril Ramaphosa has described as acts of "economic sabotage".Unknown assaila...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 20:34hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Musengezi vows life threats will not force dumping of Mnangagwa challenge
Zanu-PF activist Sybeth Musengezi has vowed the weekend arson attack that damaged his home and also destroyed property will not deter him from seeking justice in his court challenge against President ...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 21:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
CIO training centre gutted in suspected arson attack
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)'s training centre in Harare's Msasa suburb along St Patrick's Road across Chiremba Road from Hatfield has been burnt down by fi...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man shot dead after break-in at CIO deputy chief's Harare home
A man was shot dead during a break-in at the Harare home of Central Intelligence Organisation deputy director Gatsha Mazithulela, ZimLive can reveal.The incident took place at around 2AM on Th...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police 'desert' station after CCC candidate turns up to report arson, claims party
Police in Bindura have been accused of refusing to take a criminal complaint by a Citizens Coalition for Change election candidate whose house was burnt down last Saturday, allegedly by a Zanu PF-link...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pastor survives an arson attack
Villagers from Enaleni area in Bubi ward 1 were left shell shocked after unknown assailants petrol bombed a local pastor's house.The pastor, Ephraim Ndlovu who is also the Habakkuk Trust Commu...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 12:12hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Buses torched in Cape Town
Police are investigating a potential arson attack after two buses were set on fire in Cape Town on Thursday morning, eNCA reported.According to Metro Police Spokesperson, Ruth Solomons, police...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 12:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man locks family inside, petrol bombs house
A 42-year-old Gweru man handed himself to the police after locking seven family members, including his wife and kids, in a house before petrol-bombing it after a domestic dispute. Midlands pro...Published: 08 May 2021 at 07:59hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
2008 terror leader dies
ZAKA residents say they are not sorry about the recent death of a Zimbabwe National Army colonel, Christopher Rufu Mayoyo, who led a murderous terror campaign against opposition supporters in the dist...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Man doused with petrol, set on fire
A 36-YEAR-OLD man from Kezi, Matabeleland South died after he was doused with petrol and set on fire by yet to be identified suspects, police have confirmed.Abednego Ndlovu from Bhidi Village ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
$143,000 medicines, vehicle burnt in demos
Medicines, laboratory sundries and a cold storage truck all valued at about US$143 000 were destroyed in an arson attack at Makoni Police Station in Chitungwiza, during the MDC Alliance led violent de...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 16:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe violent protests 'false flag' operations by ZANU PF to suppress opposition?
One of the most efficient and effective strategies of dictatorships - that has been used since time immemorial - to suppress any form of opposition, has been the employment of 'false flag' operations,...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Taurai J. Pachena
Chamisa calls for SADC intervention in Zimbabwe crisis - Fulltext
Text of speech by MDC leader Nelson Chamisa as prepared for delivery at a news conference in Harare on Tuesday, January 29:THE situation in the country...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Nelson Chamisa
Jilted man torches girlfriend's pigs
A JILTED Chipinge man torched a pigsty belonging to his ex-girlfriend in an arson attack and reduced her four pigs to ashes.This was heard by Chipinge magistrate Joshua Nembaware during the tr...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Voting machines impress Zec delegation
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) which recently deployed an observer mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ahead of the Southern African country's general election today - believes ...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The untold horror stories of the July 30 Zimbabwe elections
Forty-three-year-old Givemore Madziva Kanyurira looked dejected when he recalled his "worst experiences" ahead of the July 30, 2018 harmonised elections that exposed Zanu-PF's coercion and intimidatio...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 12:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance accused of recent fire outbreaks
MDC-Alliance sent some of its members for military training in some southern African countries ahead of the July 30 harmonised elections and the recent outbreak of fires in several cities could be the...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance election agents continue to report victimisation
MDC Alliance activists, particularly those who acted as polling agents continued to report cases of victimisation that include intimidation, assault and arson against their properties.This eme...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 09:30hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mutoko MDC Alliance polling agent's homestead set ablaze
MDC Alliance polling agent, David Chamanga's homestead in Chihwayi village in Mutoko East, was on Monday night set ablaze by unknown persons as post-election violence intensifies.Chamanga (55)...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is gone - but the machinery of repression is alive and well
Tendai Biti, a member of the opposition MDC Alliance, is a constitutional lawyer who served as Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance from 2009 to 2013.The June 23 explosion at a campaign rally that k...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 18:37hrs | | by Tendai Biti
Bulawayo White City explosion: Dereliction of duty
In every election, be it in Zimbabwe, Africa or any other country, there are pre-election furores, these are events and pronouncements that either shock or intrigue the masses before the election....Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:55hrs | 6 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Buhera attacks affected my health - Khupe
MDC-T deputy president Dr Thokozani Khupe has said she has not recovered from the attempt on her life that occurred at the burial of the late party's leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Buhera two weeks ago t...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 17:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF factions clash over land in Epworth
Zanu PF factional fights over land issues were recently reported in Epworth at Overspill area in ward 7.Zimbabwe Peace Project in its latest report said it is alleged that Zanu PF provincial c...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 08:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Family survives arson attack
A SIX-MEMBER Hwange family escaped death by a whisker after a stranger allegedly stormed their homestead at night and locked their hut from outside, before setting ablaze their grass-thatched bedroom....Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland electorate be careful about evil intentions of Jonathan Moyo on social media
We are indeed weary of Jonathan Moyo's tweets. At best he should give the electorate a break and he shuts up from wherever he is. The tweets relay the same message: GUGURAHUNDI! We shall lose this cau...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 21:10hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
The creation of a new Zanu-PF
The Zanu-PF party, initially formed as Zanu on August 8 1963 when the likes of Ndabaningi Sithole, Henry Hamadziripi, Mukudzei Midzi, Herbert Chitepo, Edgar Tekere and Leopold Takawira decided to spli...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 09:58hrs | 1 | by Conelia Mabasa
Zanu-PF official loses property in inferno
PROPERTY worth $20 000 was destroyed when a gazebo and outbuilding belonging to Zanu-PF Manicaland vice-chairman Joseph Mujati was burnt to ashes at his Nyazura home in a yet-to-be-explained fire....Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
University of Limpopo students fully behind the wisdom of Dr Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC Alliance
The student community remains one of our undistinguished pillars of the Movement for Democratic Change. In fact, they are the founding fathers of our movement. The constituency has remained faithful t...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 10:47hrs | 1 | by MDC T South Africa Province
Woman dies in arson attack
A woman died when two men allegedly locked her in a hut before setting it alight.The men disappeared after the act suspected to have been triggered by witchcraft allegations.Matabelela...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duriro Bar re-opens for business
Duriro Bar trading as Kays Nightshift bar which was set ablaze recently by yet unidentified thugs in an apparent malicious arson attack a few weeks ago reopened for full and normal business operations...Published: 18 Aug 2017 at 15:06hrs | 2 | by Alfred Towo
Mugabe admits the existence of Zanu-PF militia groups
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday admitted the existence of Zanu-PF militia groups unleashing terror against political opponents, but absolved the ruling party of the crime, describing the militias as...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 10:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri blames Zanu-PF for arson attack
MDC-T co-vice-president, Elias Mudzuri has blamed Zanu-PF members for the alleged arson attack at his bar in Harare on Tuesday night."For me, this is nothing less than malice. It cannot be the...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ditched man 'bombs' girlfriend's house
IF I can't have you, no one can!A Gwanda man allegedly petrol-bombed his girlfriend's lodgings after she dumped him for another man.Emmanuel Mathuthu (46) allegedly carried out the ars...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T official house burnt
A house belonging to a Alice Shumba, an MDC-T official in Mberengwa, was burnt in a suspected arson attack.According to the Zimbabwe Peace Project, rival Zanu-PF youths are blamed for the atta...Published: 24 May 2017 at 15:51hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Zimbabwe city honours prostitutes who made the town popular
Chiredzi - A town in Zimbabwe has set tongues wagging after honouring prostitutes who plied their trade in the 1960s and 1970s. Chiredzi, a small sugar-growing establishment in the Southern Region, is...Published: 15 May 2017 at 15:00hrs | 3 | by Garikai Mafirakurevai
Tajamuka trial faces collapse
LAWYERS representing 22 Tajamuka members accused of burning ZBC and police vehicles during a protest last year, have threatened to apply for refusal of remand if the State continues to dither....Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti's home destroyed in arson attack
PDP President Tendai Biti's homestead in Murewa was on Sunday night razed to the ground in a suspected arson attack.Although no-one was injured in the arson attack, all the property at the hom...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 10:24hrs | | by PDP
Tension ahead of Mujuru homecoming
Tension has gripped Mashonaland Central ahead of former Vice President and Zimbabwe People First leader Joice Mujuru's star rally at Aerodrome Shopping Centre in Bindura on Saturday. ZimPF...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T unleashes reign of terror
The MDC-T, through its National Youth Assembly, has unleashed terror attacks in the country targeting law enforcement agents. The terrorist arson attack on the police truck in central Hara...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CSO activist arrested for possessing copy of the constitution of Zimbabwe
A members of a civil organization was recently arrested by police for possessing a copy of Zimbabwean constitution which the arresting officer claimed was illegal for it to be owned by a general me...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 05:49hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
10 village vigilantes arrested over Matshetshe arson attacks
POLICE in Gwanda have arrested 10 people from Matsheshe area under Chief Masuku who were part of more than 200 villagers who went on a rampage armed with machetes and axes on Wednesday and burnt down ...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Richard Muponde
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