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Farmer loses cattle to rustlers
A Mvurwi farmer is counting losses after three of her cattle were stolen from her cattle pen before being slaughtered meters away from her house.Magret Manyika (56) of Plot 33 Prangamere farm ...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 21:55hrs | 464 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mashonaland man arrested for stealing aunt's 11 cattle
Police in Mashonaland West have arrested a man accused of stealing 11 cattle from his elderly aunt and selling them to fund his mining activities.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) provincial spok...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 22:50hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Who shall tame the wayward youths?
Teenage delinquency has descended on rural business centers and high school institutions, creating a situation as alarming as it is frightening. Drug snorting, "apprentice" harlotry, and general resis...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 11:17hrs | 191 | by Tondo Thomas Murisa
Police arrest suspected cattle rustlers at Bulawayo abattoir
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested three individuals in connection with a suspected stock theft case at an abattoir in Belmont, Bulawayo. The suspects were apprehended on December 17, 202...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 08:43hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP appeals for motorbikes for rural policing
Gwanda South legislator Omphile Marupi (Zanu PF) has urged the government to provide motorbikes to rural police in his constituency to address challenges in patrolling areas with poor road infrastruct...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:33hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP engages IT experts to curb stocktheft
Gwanda South legislator, Omphile Marupi (Zanu-PF), has taken a proactive step in addressing the rampant issue of stocktheft affecting communal farmers in his constituency by engaging information techn...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 14:46hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Surge in crime puts police under spotlight
An alarming 11 percent rise in robberies and a 6 percent increase in road traffic accidents, which have resulted in 1,352 fatalities, have raised urgent concerns for Zimbabwe's law enforcement agencie...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 09:05hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Granny 'cattle rustler' denied bail
A daring 71-year-old woman from Ntabazinduna, Umguza District in Matabeleland North, has been denied bail after allegedly masterminding a complex cattle rustling operation involving the theft of 20 ca...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 08:08hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Farmers demand no amnesty for cattle rustlers
Farmers in Matabeleland have called for cattle rustlers to be excluded from the Presidential amnesty and denied bail, as livestock theft devastates their communities.The call was made during a...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 12:05hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree villagers lose cattle due to damaged border fence
Villagers in Ward 16, Dombodema and Dombolefu areas of Bulilima District, Plumtree, are losing cattle due to a damaged fence on the Zimbabwe-Botswana border.The fence is believed to be comprom...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 17:29hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions driving Zimbabweans to commit crime in Botswana
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi says targeted sanctions imposed by the West on ruling Zanu-PF officials, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa, are forcing desperate Zimbabweans to commit crime ...Published: 24 May 2024 at 08:23hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu hits out at incompetent leaders, corrupt police officers
ZANU-PF secretary-general Dr Obert Mpofu came out guns blazing against unscrupulous law enforcement officers in Nyamandlovu, Matebeleland North Province yesterday, as he addressed concerns by villager...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
John Nkomo's son loses 42 cattle
THE late Vice President John Landa Nkomo's son, Mr Jabulani Nkomo, lost a herd of 42 cattle in a suspected cattle rustling syndicate involving his two former workers who are now on the run.The...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 03:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Farmer loses 50 head of cattle to thieves
AN organised cattle rustling syndicate has reportedly descended on Umguza District on the outskirts of Bulawayo where one farmer has been left counting losses after the thieves raided his farm and sto...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South declares war on rustlers
LIVESTOCK farmers in Matebeleland South, operating under the Beitbridge-Gwanda Anti- Stock Theft Association (BB-GASTA) are intensifying their campaign against cattle rustlers following rampant stock ...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:01hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Communities uses WhatsApp in stocktheft fight
SOCIAL media network application WhatsApp is helping villagers in Kezi-Maphisa, Matebeleland South, in the fight against stocktheft.The villagers say they have taken advantage of the instant c...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Two cattle thieves nabbed
The Zimbabwe Republic police arrested two suspected cattle rustlers in Matebeleland South, Figtree today. The duo Thamsanqa Ncube ...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 16:32hrs | 12 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Suspected cattle rustler arrested in Esigodini
A MAN from Esigodini suspected to be part of a cattle rustling syndicate was arrested last week after over 18 cattle were reportedly stolen by the suspect now in police custody.One of the vill...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF violence victims speak out
Victims of political violence in Midlands yesterday shared harrowing tales of political violence at the hands of Zanu-PF activists.Zanu-PF activists went on the rampage in Kwekwe's Tigereef ar...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustler caught slaughtering stolen cow
A cattle rustler was caught red-handed, while slaughtering a beast he had stolen from a farmer. According to the police Twitter page, the cattle thief Elson Chimupengo had stolen three oxen fr...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 18:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notorious cattle rustler arrested over 4 beasts
Notorious alleged cattle rustler Elson Chimutunga (40) from Marondera District, was arrested yesterday after being found with two slaughtered beasts, while two live animals were tied to a tree....Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South records increase in crime
Police in Matebeleland South say the province recorded a 10% increase in crime during the first quarter of the year.Acting provincial spokesperson Assistant Inspector Thandolwenkosi Moyo said ...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustler gets 9 years behind bars
A Guruve-based cattle rustler was sentenced to nine years in jail after stealing two cattle from the grazing lands.Willard Castern (36) was jailed by Magistrate Ruramai Chitumbura after full t...Published: 09 May 2023 at 13:06hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Heavy police deployment during Easter
Police are being extensively deployed countrywide during the Easter holidays to protect the public from criminals and to ensure traffic rules and regulations are enforced to keep the roads safe. ...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers accuse police of protecting criminals
VILLAGERS in the Mbembesi area of Matabeleland North province have accused the police of protecting criminals after some arrested cattle rustling suspects were reportedly released from police custody ...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustler jailed 18 years
A notorious Mudzi cattle rustler was sentenced to 18 years in jail by Mutoko magistrate Elijah Sibanda yesterday.Thomas Chingate (21) pleaded guilty to six counts of stock theft.Prosec...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 19:04hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Reservoirs from Beitbridge to Plumtree
GOVERNMENT working with its development partners is setting up water reservoirs along Shashe River stretching from Beitbridge to Plumtree border posts as part of efforts to control cattle movement bet...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA registered car caught trying to ferry stolen cattle in Zimbabwe
A South African registered car has been caught trying to transport stolen cattle from Mberengwa. According to a message circulating on social media, it is believed the cattle were stolen in th...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 20:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana tighten noose on cattle rustlers
ZIMBABWE and Botswana have joined forces to deal with cross-border stocktheft.Speaking today at the mid-term review of the third session of the Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC), ...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:41hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Jumbo, croc attack victim seeks help
A BINGA man who miraculously survived an elephant and crocodile attack that left him clinging onto the straws of life is appealing for financial assistance to enable him to undergo further treatment o...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
135 years imprisonment for stealing cattle
FIVE cattle rustlers have been sentenced to a total of 135 years imprisonment for stealing five head of cattle from Irisvale in Umzingwane District.The cattle rustlers first stole three cattle...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustler jailed 63 years
A 38-year-old serial cattle rustler from Mashonaland Central was sentenced to 63 years in jail after he was convicted by a Bindura magistrate.Dzingai Kambanje of Marine village, Madziva pleade...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Rustler forced to eat raw goat meat
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is investigating a case in which law enforcement agents forced an elderly suspected cattle rustler to eat raw stolen goat meat.The incident allegedly occurre...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustlers sell stolen bull to the police
LUCKY ran out for two Shamva cattle rustlers who attempted to sell a stolen bull to the police and were arrested. Norman Makoto (3...Published: 02 Jul 2022 at 21:50hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cattle rustling riles Botswana, Zimbabwe
CONTINUED cattle rustling activities along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border are baffling and riling authorities despite intensive joint police operations to curb the vice.Recently the two countrie...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Esigodini villagers nab cattle rustlers
ESIGODINI villagers recently ambushed four cattle rustlers and effected a citizen's arrest on one of them, while his three accomplices fled.The rustler was arrested after being found in posses...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
9 arrested for stealing 66 cattle
POLICE in Beatrice, Mashonaland East province, have arrested nine suspected cattle rustlers over possession of 66 stolen beasts.The cattle were stolen from different farms in, and around the B...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Villagers, cattle rustlers in bloody clashes
MASHABA area in Matabeleland South province was the scene of bloody clashes at the weekend after Botswana cattle farmers teamed up with Gwanda villagers to attack suspected cattle rustlers.The...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rogue cops linked to cattle rustling syndicates
LIVESTOCK farmers in Matabeleland South have raised concerns over the failure by police top brass to arrest and discipline officers accused of running organised cattle rustling syndicates in the provi...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustler cops arrested
GOVERNMENT has launched a crackdown on police officers linked to organised cattle rustling syndicates that operate along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border leading to the arrest of some suspects and their s...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police recover cattle stolen from Botswana
POLICE have recovered four out of 118 cattle stolen in Botswana at Hampden Farm in Gwanda.This comes after cattle rustlers from Zimbabwe were last month accused of stealing the cattle from Bot...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 07:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - Botswana agree on electronic tags for cattle
ZIMBABWE and Botswana have agreed to electronically tag cattle for communities living along the border and the programme is set to be pioneered at Mlambaphele border area in Gwanda District, Matabelel...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rustlers pounce on Botswana cattle
CATTLE rustlers from Zimbabwe have been accused of stealing 118 heads of cattle from Botswana's Semolale area in the past three weeks.The Botswana farmers claimed that efforts to track down th...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustlers jailed 18 years
A Notorious Muzarabani based senior citizen was arraigned before Guruve magistrates courts on Friday facing stock theft charges.N...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 16:12hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police, soldiers implicated in cattle rustling racket
CATTLE farmers in Matabeleland South province have been losing their livestock to rustling syndicates that they believe were working in cahoots with soldiers and police officers.Farmers told S...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sand poachers degrade Bulawayo
RAMPANT sand poaching and chopping down of trees is causing environmental degradation in and around Bulawayo amid revelations that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) only has five rangers instead of 74 n...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Livestock rustler caught with 11 beasts, 2 donkeys
POLICE have recovered 16 cattle and seven donkeys after a weeklong operation against cattle rustlers in Gwanda District that have terrorised farmers and villagers over the last few months.A su...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police recover hundreds of stolen cattle in Shanyawugwe and Makhado
GWANDA police have launched a blitz targeting cattle rustlers who have been terrorising farmers in the district.In the past weeks, farmers who lost their cattle managed to locate some of their...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 20:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustlers wreak havoc in Matebeleland South
VILLAGERS in Matebeleland South province have raised concern over the increase in livestock theft in their area, and have blamed the police for failure to curb the vice.The most affected areas...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop acquitted of attempted murder
A BULAWAYO police officer has been acquitted of attempted murder charges after he shot and injured a suspected cattle rustler at a farm on the outskirts of the city.Enerst Dzinzi (35) from the...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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