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Zimbabwean nurse aid robs Ireland pensioners
"LOCK them up for a long time because they are evil," were the words of one of six vulnerable pensioners preyed on by their former carer for Euro 34 000 in violent burglaries in Athlone, Co. Westmeath...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:13hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to President Mnangagwa to Commission an Inquiry into Redcliff Municipality
Dear President Mnangagwa, It was with such great pleasure and a long overdue move that we learned of Your Excellency's instituting a Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of the City of Harar...Published: 17 May 2024 at 14:09hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Redcliff council defrauding residents!
It never rains but pours for residents of the small town of Redcliff.We face the dilemma of the proverbial smoking pipe – burnt on one en...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 07:13hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Add Cyber awareness, security studies to school curriculum
Do you know your neighbour? Criminals like armed robbers, murderers, rapists, pedophiles, etc live within our communities in Zimbabwe. There is nothing frustrating like waking up to a sitting room whe...Published: 09 Dec 2023 at 10:33hrs | 5 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Safeguard takes measures to help neighbourhoods stay safe
With the increase in burglaries and robberies throughout the country, particularly in Harare, Safeguard Security has embarked on a number of community-based services to help keep neighbourhoods safe. ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 12:11hrs | | by Agencies
British football great condemns 'awful' decision to deport footballer to Zimbabwe
Gary Lineker has condemned an "awful" decision to deport a promising footballer who has lived in Britain his whole life.Christopher Arundell, who was accepted into Staines Town Football Club's...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 12:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean with football dreams to be kicked out of UK
Christopher Arundell, who grew up in the UK and once dreamt of playing professional football, is set to be deported to Zimbabwe, despite a cross-party appeal to the home secretary to stop his removal ...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police demand stiffer penalties for robbers
POLICE are lobbying the Judiciary and Legislature to come up with stiffer penalties on armed robbers following a surge in violent robberies in recent weeks.This comes at a time when notorious ...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police act on armed robberies
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has instructed all his provincial commanders to deploy special units to robbery hotspots in an effort to tackle increasing armed robbery cases. Comm-...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police probe ZACC office break-in
POLICE are investigating a case in which unknown people reportedly broke into the office of Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo over the weekend at Mt Ple...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA police net 1 796 in border patrols
South African police have intensified crime prevention operations along the border with Zimbabwe and the entire Limpopo province. Limpopo police spokesperson Colonel Moatshe Ngoepe said they a...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman falls into Limpopo as border jumper escapes crocodiles
Business nearly came to a standstill at Beitbridge Border Post on Wednesday morning when a suspected illegal migrant slipped and fell into the crocodile-infested Limpopo River, while walking on an eng...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Collin Nyabadza Children's Voice Charitable Trust in financial need
The Collin Nyabadza Children's Voice Charitable Trust (CNCVCT) is seeking financial assistance to finish a classroom block worth $25 000 at Sishawe Primary School in Bubi District, Zimbabwe. The organ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:12hrs | | by Buhle Nkomo
Armed robbers attack farmhouse, steal $25 000
POLICE in Marondera have launched a manhunt for suspected armed robbers who besieged Thursfield Farm, Bromley, owned by Cocker Peter, and got away with $25 000 in cash on Wednesday.Mashonaland...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corruption damaging Zimbabwe recovery
TRANSPARENCY International's 2017 corruption perception index ranked Zimbabwe number 157 out of 180 countries. Using a scale of 0 to 100 (where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean), Zimbabwe has...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 06:03hrs | | by Paddington Masamha
'Burglars' raid two churches
SUSPECTED burglars raided two Bulawayo churches in a space of two days, getting away with Public Address System speakers and decorating materials with the police noting a surge in church burglaries in...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Public urged to be security conscious
Public urged to be security conscious Safeguard Security has urged people to give greater thought to their security and to lock up early in the light of burglaries and robberies.In a bulletin ...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Agencies
SA cops warn against attacks of foreigners
POLICE in South Africa have warned against mob attacks and killings against foreigners following attacks on suspected Zimbabweans that occurred in Thohoyandou and Makhado leaving one dead.Sour...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman bites rapist's privates
Police in South Africa are hunting for an alleged rapist who sustained an injury inflicted on him by the woman he raped. A statement from the police service said operatives were "looking for a man app...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:37hrs | | by AFP
Safeguard reinforces police plea for increase security measures
Safeguard Security has come out in support of a call by police in Bulawayo for businesses and individuals to take increased security measures, following an armed robbery last week at a betting shop in...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 12:48hrs | | by Agencies
Mnangagwa bays for G40 blood
The Zanu-PF faction rallying behind embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which has been at the receiving end of savage mauling over the past few months by its avowed party foes, the Genera...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 10:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Detectives corner sex worker into giving out notorious thieves
Two notorious burglars have been jailed for 17 years in prison each and they should rue their immoral association with a Masvingo commercial sex worker.Masvingo Mirror reported that the burgla...Published: 21 Mar 2016 at 10:16hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Boy, 14, faces 13 counts of robbery
A 14-year-old boy from Chitungwiza has been arrested for allegedly committing a spate of burglaries in the town over the past three months.The Chitungwiza Magistrates Courts were last week tol...Published: 10 May 2015 at 09:47hrs | | by Debra Matabvu
Crime spikes as economy worsens
Suburban crime, especially house burglaries has hit the roof over the past few years as the Zimbabwean economy and the unacceptably high joblessness among the populace continue to worsen. ...Published: 02 Feb 2015 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notorious robbers repent, apologise
REMEMBER the deadliest combination of criminals in America - Clyde Champion Barrow and Bonnie Parker, simply known as Bonnie and Clyde. The two were suspected of committing numerous killings, murders...Published: 09 Aug 2014 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
The second coming
Qiuck question before I get into my discussion: who owns the Sunday Mail and The Chronicle? Zanu PF or the government? And while we are at it, is the police part of a private company or what? And furt...Published: 20 Jun 2014 at 14:45hrs | | by Ashirai Mtirikwi Mawere
Break in at Jet shop
THIEVES broke into a Jet shop in Harare and got away with clothing worth more than $5 000 early Sunday morning. They smashed a front window of the shop and cut the burglar bars to gain entry. ...Published: 17 Dec 2013 at 02:20hrs | | by Crime Reporter
Njube has recorded the highest number of house breaking cases this year
According to police, HOUSE-BREAKING cases in Bulawayo have increased by about 16 percent, to 2 594 between January and August this year, from 2 241 for the same period last year. Apparently mo...Published: 13 Sep 2013 at 12:04hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Housebreaking cases on the rise in Emganwini, Nketa, Nkulumane and Tshabalala
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo's Emganwini, Nketa, Nkulumane and Tshabalala suburbs have raised concern over an increase in cases of housebreaking and appealed to police to patrol the suburbs at night....Published: 15 Feb 2013 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean re-arrested after escaping from police cells in Botswana
Botswana Police reportedly arrested one of the two Zimbabwean suspects who escaped from Mogoditshane Police Station last week, the NewsDay reported.Police said the re-arrested suspect, Tawanda...Published: 17 May 2012 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
8 years behind bars for habitual thief
Bulawayo magistrate Mrs Rose Dube has sentenced to eight years in prison a serial housebreaker who had terrorised Bulawayo residents in a series of burglaries in the company of two other men....Published: 07 Dec 2011 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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