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'We have criminals among us,' says Bulawayo police boss
POLICE Officer Commanding Bulawayo Province, Commissioner Patton Mbangwa has said the first step towards ending the scourge of crime in Bulawayo was for residents to accept that "we have criminals amo...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:24hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Paranoid Zimbabwe regime that sees enemies everywhere can't be trusted with solving country's problem!
In our growing up, we were told of individuals who were always prone to accusing their enemies (whether real or imagined) for everything that went wrong in their lives.When they fell sick, in ...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 09:27hrs | 599 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean man arrested for burglary, theft in Botswana
BOTSWANA police have arrested a Zimbabwean man accused of 27 counts of housebreaking and theft of property worth P85 000.The accused, Leonard Ndebele (36), was arrested in the Kazungula area, ...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Urban home-seekers invade rural area land
The rising cost of land in urban centres such as Harare has pushed desperate home seekers to invade adjacent rural areas, which are now experiencing increasing pressure on demand for social services....Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:00hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
2 more expecting mothers raped at Maphisa Hospital
THE Health ministry has tightened security at Maphisa Hospital in Matobo district, Matabeleland South province, after the institution experienced a series of break-ins at its maternity ward where preg...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Police search corners wanted criminals
A decision by police to search two men in Bulawayo revealed that they had property stolen in Nyamandlovu and were on the wanted list for attempted murder in Pumula.The two, Michael Ndlovu (28)...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Mayor's relocation angers Bulawayo residents
BULAWAYO residents have lambasted a council resolution to relocate Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni from his Nkulumane house to a council property in Burnside, describing it as an insult to the people w...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents fume as mayor relocates
BULAWAYO United Residents Association (Bura) has rapped the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for allocating a double-storey mansion to mayor Solomon Mguni in North End suburb.Mguni, who currently r...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo pampers Mayor with double storey mansion
IN a first for Bulawayo, the city council is set to pamper the Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni, with a mayoral mansion located in the exclusive Hornung Golf Club in the leafy suburb of Burnside, Sunda...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Machete-wielding robbers get away with US$900
THREE machete-wielding robbers allegedly pounced on a Mt Darwin man and robbed him of US$900 on Sunday.Paul Gata (40) was assaulted with machetes all over the body by the unknown assailants wh...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Violent death in Emganwini
AN unidentified man, who appeared to have been brutally assaulted was found dead in front of a house in Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo yesterday morning, ratcheting up distress in a community that says ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Thief' beaten to death
SEVEN men from Pumula South in Bulawayo have been arrested for heavily assaulting a suspected thief they caught at a house in the suburb, leading to his death in a cell at Pumula Police Station on the...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
7 arrested for fatally assaulting suspected burglar
SEVEN men from Pumula South in Bulawayo have been arrested for heavily assaulting a suspected thief they caught at a house in the suburb leading to his death in a cell at Pumula Police Station on the ...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Neighbour sells out housebreakers
POLICE have arrested four men from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo who were involved in a spate of break-ins and thefts. The four ran out of luck when a neighbour anonymously tipped off police...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZRP deploys more officers
POLICE have increased deployment of officers to curb festive season-related road accidents and crimes including robberies, theft and break-ins. The police have also urged members of the public...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mukuru loses US$35K to robbers
FIVE armed robbers ambushed and attacked a cash-in-transit vehicle carrying at least US$35 000 meant for a Mukuru outlet in Chivi on Monday in a daring heist that has left the police astonished....Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zacc commissioner challenges suspension
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) Commissioner, Frank Muchengwa, has approached the High Court seeking nullification of the verbal suspension from office, which he received from com...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspended ZACC commissioner fears for his life
A Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) commissioner who was suspended earlier this month over "corruption allegations" says he fears for his life after his gun and police guards were withdrawn f...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Security Minister left exposed by State Agents, claims Jonathan Moyo, Zhuwao
FORMER cabinet ministers Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao have made sensational claims against National Security Minister Owen Ncube alleging Special Forces (SAS) recently, and on two occasions, broke...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Safeguard urges extra vigilance in certain parts of Harare, Bulawayo
Safeguard Security has highlighted several areas in Harare and Bulawayo where extra vigilance is needed to guard against robberies, break-ins and thefts. It has also called on women in particular to b...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 14:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bonyongwe suffers strange break-ins
POLICE are investigating two cases where unknown assailants broke into former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director-general Happyton Bonyongwe's offices and vehicle, getting away with docum...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 5191 | by Staff reporter
MP subjected to series of suspicious car break-ins
FORMER president Robert Mugabe and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director of security Albert Ngulube, now Zanu PF MP for Beitbridge East, has been subjected to a series of suspicious break-i...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 19:59hrs | 3850 | by Staff reporter
Car burglar triggered US travel warning on Zimbabwe
A HARARE man whose CCTV footage of him breaking into a vehicle prompting the United States embassy to issue a travel warning to Zimbabwe appeared in court yesterday.The CCTV footage captured t...Published: 28 May 2019 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers terrorise Marondera residents
Daring armed robbers have besieged Marondera, with the gun-totting gang reportedly terrorising residents, money changers and businesspeople, a local businessperson has said.The gang is reporte...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We used juju to evade arrest'
A NOTORIOUS five-member gang of Mozambican armed robbers who broke into several houses and raped women on 21 different occasions in Mutare's low-suburbs used juju to try and evade arrest and foil dog ...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:09hrs | 1272 | by Staff reporter
Alick Macheso impersonator arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested Aleck Nkandla (32) alias Alick Macheso together with his accomplice Cynthia Ncube in connection with 12 counts of unlawful entry and theft.Bulawayo police spok...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:38hrs | 3617 | by Staff reporter
Cops smash house & car breaking syndicate
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested one suspect while his accomplice is still at large for a spate of break-ins into houses and cars around the city. Criminal Investigation Department (CID) spoke...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Special Forces Commando foils armed robbery
A COMMANDO in the Zimbabwe National Army heroically dodged a bullet before disarming and manhandling an armed robbery suspect who, alongside two accomplices, had broken into his home in Magwegwe North...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 07:10hrs | 2497 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 9 lives of a cat
THEY say there are many ways of killing a cat.But for President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured), who has survived several attempts on his life in different formats, the old cliche does not ring ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:33hrs | | by Tatenda Chitagu
Mnangagwa's escape: Dark symbolism, darker plot
The apparent attempt on the life of President Mnangagwa at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday is a twist to a story that was already fraught with symbolism. Mnangagwa addressed thousands of Za...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mnangagwa says he was fired by Grace Mugabe
Preisdent Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he was sacked as the country's vice president last year by Grace Mugabe, using her influence on former president Robert Mugabe, whom he said was no longer in a po...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 15:21hrs | 3003 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean students arrested in Cyprus
GOVERNMENT is concerned with the arrest of Zimbabwean students in Northern Cyprus, who are not on government scholarships, a cabinet minister has said.Eight Zimbabwean students were arrested l...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 17:39hrs | 2555 | by Staff reporter
Retracing Mnangagwa's Zambian connection
President Mnangagwa is an interesting character with a fascinating history. His story reads like a Hollywood script where the main actor should not die for the continuity of the film.As the ma...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 10:08hrs | 1630 | by Tendai Mugabe
Police boss calls for new work ethic
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday rued the day police were booed at the National Sports Stadium during the inauguration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa while admitting they need to ...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Safeguard responds to increased number of break-ins in Harare
Safeguard, one of the country's leading security firms, is increasing the number of rapid response vehicles it has in Harare in response to an increase in the frequency of break-ins and thefts through...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 07:58hrs | | by Agencies
Businesswoman loses $60 000 goods to security guard
Harare businesswoman Ms Zodwa Mkandla allegedly lost property worth more than $60 000 to her security guard who on separate occasions used duplicate keys to enter her Domboshava house to loot various ...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 05:43hrs | 1492 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's dismissal of Mnangagwa nullified by court
JUDGE President George Chiweshe yesterday nullified the decision by former President Robert Mugabe to fire his deputy and successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.In his urgent application file...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa poisoning saga deepens, Mugabe tried to conceal medical findings
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe initially wanted Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa to conceal medical findings in his poisoning saga, fearing the issue could rock the boat in the ruling Zanu PF party, but the...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 09:39hrs | 13911 | by Staff Reporter
Self-proclaimed (Goliath) Mugabe plot to kill (David) Mnangagwa flops, Fraud probe now preferred
Grace Mugabe and G40 strategy to eliminate, decapitate, debilitate and eradicate Emmerson Mnangagwa from any slightness chance of him succeeding the geriatric incumbent President Robert Mugabe was pla...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 05:57hrs | 21092 | by Themba Mthethwa
Mnangagwa's fate in Mugabe's hands?
Like one at the end of a bungee rope, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa always springs back while those who love the nerve-wrecking sport talk of their experiences.After falling sick in Gwanda...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'poisoning' Sekeramayi, Parirenyatwa fight to clear their names
Cabinet ministers Sydney Sekeramayi and David Parirenyatwa have written to Energy Mutodi signalling their intention to sue the controversial businessman for sensationally claiming that they were behin...Published: 02 Sep 2017 at 19:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa back at work after poison saga
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned to work after spending weeks away from his official duties following emergency surgery prompted by a suspected and alleged poison attack at a youth inter...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 13:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, Mukupe tiff explained
ZANU-PF Harare East legislator Terrence Mukupe (TM) has stirred controversy in the ruling party since he came into the political limelight in 2015 after winning the parliamentary seat in a hotly-conte...Published: 29 Aug 2017 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa breaks silence
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa ended weeks of silence on his alleged poisoning by thanking God for sparing his life during the sudden illness in Gwanda which saw him being airlifted to South Africa...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Safeguard warns of increase in armed robberies
Safeguard Security has warned of a noticeable increase in crimes involving firearms, particularly in remote areas, and of an increase in break-ins in Harare's northern suburbs. It has urged th...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 17:00hrs | 1227 | by Agencies
Jonathan Moyo challenges Mnangagwa on poisoning
HARARE - Cabinet minister and Zanu PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo waded into the saga involving the alleged poisoning of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday; suggesting that police shou...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border Post security tightened
STATE Security agents and immigration officials sealed the Beitbridge Border Post yesterday amid speculation they were tightening the noose on suspected smugglers and touts.Only genuine cross-...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 06:54hrs | 4512 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ingested potent, non-radioactive poison
FRESH details have emerged that South African doctors - who performed a minor surgery on Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) last Wednesday - reportedly detected traces of palladium poison wh...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa poisoning saga deepens
HARARE - The discord between Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies and his employer - the government - burst into the public domain yesterday as the two sides took diametrically opposite position...Published: 18 Aug 2017 at 15:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa poisoning: Zimbabwe govt breaks silence
Government has launched a fully-fledged investigation to smoke out those behind the suspected poisoning of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is recovering at a private hospital in neighbouring Sou...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 14:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
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