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Zimbabwe crime wave increases 33,7% in Q1
More than 310,800 criminal cases were reported across Zimbabwe between January and March 2025, marking a sharp 33.7% increase compared to the 232,593 cases recorded in the last quarter of 2024, accord...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 12:40hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tops crime charts amid surge in daylight robberies
Bulawayo residents have raised alarm over a growing wave of daylight robberies, as new crime statistics reveal the city now leads the country in reported criminal activity.Victims and eyewitne...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:04hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police warn of potential crime spike during festive season
As the festive season approaches, Bulawayo police have issued a warning of a potential spike in criminal activity, citing a concerning rise in armed robberies over the past month compared to the same ...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 13:00hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Bank card fraud chaos in South Africa
In 2023, card-not-present (CNP) fraud accounted for over 68% of all card fraud committed in South Africa, costing citizens over R700 million.This is according to the South African Banking Risk...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 16:31hrs | 2240 | by Staff reporter
Woman steals US$24 000 from employer
A 35-year-old woman from Barham Green, Bulawayo, appeared in court yesterday facing charges of stealing US$24,000 from a steel manufacturing company where she worked. The accused, Nothando Banana, all...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:47hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe crime rate surges
ZIMBABWE has recorded a 21,5% jump in crime to 221 596 from 182 427 previously recorded in the last quarter, latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) figures have revealed.Th...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
I will fight crime, decongest Bulawayo: Mujeyi
The Zanu-PF national assembly member for Cowdry Park, Aurther Mujeyi has warmed up to tirelessly fight high crime rate and industrialise his constituency in an effort to decongest city of Bulawayo by ...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 08:47hrs | 8 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Bulawayo
Mnangagwa's gun amnesty fails to bring down violent crime
A PRESIDENTIAL amnesty on illegal firearm holders has done little to stop violent crime as Zimbabwe continues to witness armed robberies.President Emmerson Mnangagwa in August last year de...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:25hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tops national crime rate
BULAWAYO residents are at a higher risk of being exposed to crime compared to any other citizen in other provinces in the country.This was revealed in the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa voices disquiet over criminal tag on nationals in South Africa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ministers say they are worried by the continued portrayal of Zimbabweans in South Africa as the biggest criminals in the neighbouring country.The subject f...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 21:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Over R500m lost in SA debit card scams
Gross losses due to fraud committed on South African-issued debit cards amounted to R520,5 million in 2020 – an increase of 26.5 percent compared to 2019.This is according to 2020 crime stat...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
State of Cyber laws in Zimbabwe and what needs to be done Now!!!
Cybercrimes are a growing concern for governments and nations, Zimbabwean government has been pushing for universal access of the Internet, encouraged the use of social media and is pushing for the us...Published: 23 May 2019 at 16:06hrs | 14 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Minister assures police of Government support
THE Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Ambassador Cain Mathema yesterday said Government will continuously support police with modern equipment and funds to carry out their duties effectiv...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mbalula in fresh Zimbabweans attack
SOUTH African Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has claimed that undocumented Zimbabwean farm workers are behind a spate of robberies among other crimes committed in the neighbouring country, drawing reb...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Don't employ illegal Zimbabweans,' says Mbalula
A SOUTH African cabinet minister has warned local farmers against employing Zimbabwean illegals and then blaming the police when robbed and or killed by the foreigners.South Africa's police Mi...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Daily Academic Sociology Questions and Answers with Mwiinde Laison
Question Discuss the contributions sociologists have made to the understanding of crime and deviance [25] Com...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 18:50hrs | 3 | by Mwiinde Laison
The most hijacked cars and car brands in South Africa
Vehicle tracking company Ctrack has released it hijacking and crime statistics, detailing which passenger vehicles, SUVs, trucks and vehicle manufacturers are being targeted by criminals in South ...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 14:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ex-notorious gangster turns to motivational speaking
Founder of the notorious terror gang Star Force that terrorized the residents of Bulawayo in the 90s Casper Maphosa has launched a new career as a motivational Speaker.Maphosa ...Published: 11 May 2016 at 11:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bosso cash lost in South Africa
HIGHLANDERS secretary-general Emmet Ndlovu says he is thankful to be alive after surviving an armed robbery next to Edenvale Hospital in the east of Johannesburg, South Africa, on September 29....Published: 06 Oct 2015 at 06:40hrs | | by Ricky Zililo
Bosso SG robbed in South Africa
HIGHLANDERS' secretary-general Emmett Ndlovu lost cash and other valuables in a brazen armed robbery at Longmeadow in the Johannesburg suburb of Edenvale on Tuesday last week.According to an a...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Sports Reporter
Zimbabweans among foreigners nabbed by SA cops
ZIMBABWEANS are among foreign nationals from 13 countries that have been tracked down by police for committing crimes in South Africa, SA's National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega ...Published: 29 Sep 2015 at 11:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP Tsholotsho Officers forced to resign
07:38, 5 Feb - +263 7* *** ****: ZRP Tsholotsho Officers forced to resign.As the Commissioner General of Police'sports Gala is moving closer, Officer ...Published: 05 Feb 2015 at 14:46hrs | 10 | by Concerned Citizen
Police warn drunk drivers
Police has warned drunk and other errant drivers who are wrecking havoc on the on the capital's roads this festive season to desist from doing so or face the full wreath of the law.The 2013 fe...Published: 29 Dec 2013 at 12:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA govt's approach to crime is not working says ISS
Cape Town - An increase in serious and violent crime in South Africa shows that government's approach to crime is not working, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) said on Thursday."After ...Published: 19 Sep 2013 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
South Africa awaits national crime statistics
Johannesburg - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa is expected to release the national crime statistics on Thursday.Last year the figures released by Mthethwa showed that the actual murder rat...Published: 19 Sep 2013 at 03:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Airtime dealer loses $10 000
Three armed robbers at the weekend got away with $10 000 cash and two cellphones after raiding an airtime dealer's shop in the city centre. The three, two of them armed with pistols and the other...Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 03:48hrs | | by Crime Reporter
825 women raped in Harare
Nearly 900 women and girls were raped in Zimbabwe's capital Harare in 2012, with child rape spiralling out of control, police warned yesterday.Officer commanding Harare province, senior assis...Published: 08 Apr 2013 at 11:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time for Buy Zimbabwe Campaign is now
A common cry at the launch of the Medium Term Plan (MTP) was that the nice words so eloquently captured in the document be followed by real action on the ground.Without implementation, it was...Published: 19 Jul 2011 at 11:11hrs | | by Munyaradzi Hwengwere
Bearing the brunt: Labour and structural adjustment in Zimbabwe
This article is found in the Southern Africa Report Vol 8, No 5, 1 May 1993, we extracted it from the internet and we think it adds value as to the reason why Zimbabwe is where it is today. Many peopl...Published: 16 Jul 2011 at 19:40hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Sachikonye
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