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3 suspects arrested after high-speed chase
A major police operation in Headlands last week culminated in the arrest of three suspected copper cable thieves and the seizure of two vehicles, including a Toyota GD6 truck loaded with stolen cables...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:19hrs | 826 | by Staff reporter
Cable crooks arrested with loot worth over US$1,500 in Bulawayo
Two suspected copper cable thieves were left dumbfounded after their apparent smooth heist ended in handcuffs and confiscated loot valued at over US$1,500.The suspects, identified as Khumbulan...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:15hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Police concerned over bail conditions abuse
POLICE have raised concern over the abuse of bail conditions by suspects and will be approaching the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on the matter, national police spokesperson Assistant Commisioner...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Copper cable thieves electrocuted
Two suspected cable thieves are nursing injuries sustained from electrical shock after they tried to steal ZETDC copper cables at a farm in Mazowe.Lawrence Chimedza of Epworth Harare and Tinot...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 08:16hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
POLICE WARNING: Private security firms potential criminals
POLICE have warned Bulawayo residents against hiring private security companies to patrol in their suburbs as that could expose them to criminals.The officer Commanding Bulawayo Province Commi...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 23:08hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Copper cable thieves jailed 60 years
Six copper cable thieves were sentenced to a combined 60 years in jail by Bindura regional magistrate Amos Mbobo yesterday. ...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 16:39hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Copper cable thieves in trouble
TWO Harare based suspected thieves allegedly hatched a plan with a security guard in Mazowe to steal copper cables were arrested last week....Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 19:43hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Copper cable thieves fall in the hands of detectives
TWO Glendale based copper cable thieves' luck ran out when they stopped a team of police detectives seeking transport around 3:00 am.Th...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:28hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zesa launches campaign against vandalism
POWER utility Zesa Holdings has embarked on an awareness campaign against the vandalism and theft of its infrastructure.Yesterday, Zesa officials met the business community, churches and vendo...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vandals switch off Mnangagwa's State House
DARING copper cable thieves recently cut electricity cables to State House in Bulawayo as the city witnesses a surge in vandalism cases.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abedni...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:46hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Copper cable thieves in trouble
THREE Madziwa copper cable suspected thieves who were on a vandalizing spree in farms around Mashonaland Central province were finally arrested and dragged to Bindura magistrates courts on Friday....Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 21:42hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Copper cable thieves leave suburb in darkness for a month
SOME Luvuve suburb residents in Bulawayo have gone for a month without electricity due to theft of copper cables.Bulawayo has of late witnessed an increase in theft of copper cables which has resu...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Transport shortage cripples Zesa
NATIONAL power distributor, Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), says it is failing to execute its mandate due to an acute shortage of vehicles, with the current fleet b...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt tightens border security ahead of Easter
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it would strengthen surveillance at the country's border posts during the upcoming Easter holidays to minimise transmission of the COVID-19 virus.This was said by Inf...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Six soldiers arrested for murder
SIX soldiers from 5:2 Infantry Battalion at Battelfields were arrested on Sunday after they besieged a village, assaulted villagers and shot at individuals who intervened in Guinea Fowl, Gweru....Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Six soldiers in gruesome murder case
Six members of Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) deployed at Guinea Fowl base claimed a life during their target on copper cable thieves in Gweru on January 16.Fortune Mambure (30), Shaibhu Ndara(2...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 14:15hrs | 3 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Getaway car catches fire
TWO suspected copper cable thieves were recently arrested after their getaway car caught fire during a high-speed chase along Harare-Nyamapanda Road. The two were fleeing the police after stea...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspected copper cable thieves electrocuted
Three suspected copper cable thieves were early this morning electrocuted at Chestgate shopping centre in Chegutu while trying to steal electricity conductors.Two died on the spot while the ot...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 15:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zesa explosion worker dies
ONE of the four Zesa employees who were hospitalised after they were severely burnt following an explosion that occurred while they were working on an electric fault in Bulawayo's city centre, has die...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZESA employee electrocuted in Bulawayo
A Bulawayo ZESA employee who was fixing a power line along 6th Avenue at the city centre was electrocuted and sustained minor injuries.According to eyewitnesses, the employee was fortunate eno...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 15:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
$4,000 offered to nail notorious copper cable thieves
MATABELELAND South police and the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority are offering a $4 000 reward to anyone with information leading to the arrest of seven notorious copper cable thieves....Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 09:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Concern over reliance on SA, Botswana mobile networks
BEITBRIDGE West MP Metrine Mudau has expressed concern over the reliance on mobile service providers from South Africa and Botswana by most people in the district due to failure to upgrade local commu...Published: 13 Nov 2015 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
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