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Harare warns of criminals posing as municipal officers

The City of Harare has issued a warning to residents following a rise in cases of criminals impersonating municipal police officers and harassing members of the public.In a statement, the council emphasised that all municipal officers in t…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 08:45hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter

BREAKING: Mawarire says Mnangagwa now part of the criminals

Jealousy Mawarire, former spokesperson to the late President Robert Mugabe, has launched a blistering attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa, accusing him of surrendering executive power to a clique of close family members and business ass…

Published: 14 May 2025 at 19:13hrs | 4613 | by Staff reporter

Emmerson Mnangagwa and the 26 criminals around him

In November 2017, former President Robert Mugabe was removed from office and his crime, according to the putschists who ousted him in a coup, was that he had allowed himself to be surrounded by criminals. Sadly, we have now morphed to an e…

Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 15:51hrs | 1752 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Why would a head of state prefer the company of criminals?

It is not surprising at all coming across photographs of a national president posing with various individuals. These could be anything from other heads of state, foreign envoys, public personalities, and prominent business people.This is a…

Published: 26 May 2024 at 13:53hrs | 4 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Criminals invade Bulawayo's Rangemore

RESIDENTS of Rangemore in Bulawayo have raised alarm over rising crime in the community.Speaking during a recent meeting between residents and the Zimbabwe Republic Police at Rangemore's Shiriyekutanga shopping centre, the residents talked…

Published: 20 May 2024 at 08:16hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Shopping Shock: Over a third of customers scammed on popular shopping sites across Europe and beyond

While price comparison sites are a popular tool for finding deals and secure retailers, a new study reveals a disturbing truth: online shopping might not be as safe as we think. According to the report, over a third of customers across Eur…

Published: 17 May 2024 at 12:14hrs | 75 | by Staff Reporter

Unrepentant fake Prophet swindles US$11k, recruits more criminals

An unrepentant fake prophet has been reportedly on the run after duping unsuspecting people of their hard-earned money amounting to US$11 000, impregnating former fellow congregants and recruiting criminals in most parts of Manicaland and …

Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 09:26hrs | 39 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Mutare

9 robbers shot as cops name 20 most wanted criminals

NINE suspected robbers sustained injuries after they were shot by police in Harare on Thursday in a crackdown, while the hunt is on for 20 suspects whom detectives have named as Zimbabwe's most wanted criminals.Misheck Takawira Njowa (24),…

Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Lets approach all crimes with the same zeal

While we are focusing on drug dealers and drug pushers, we should put in the same effort to stop the collaboration between criminals at our bus stops and the ZRP who look away while travellers are being robbed. Zimbabwe's crime hot spots a…

Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 21:13hrs | | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

Use tech to stop tout menace

Zimbabwe's crime hot spots are bus stops and bus ranks where we catch our long distance buses and the biggest criminals are the touts that take advantage of innocent travellers by insulting, harassing and assaulting these innocent travelle…

Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 09:39hrs | 3 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi

'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 among us" and to admit to themselves that …

Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe criminals go hi-tech

ZIMBABWEAN criminals are not being left behind by technology. They are using technology to enhance their trade, just like everybody else.Technology is a useful tool as it can bend to the whims of any hand. Cyber-crime is becoming a menace …

Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:37hrs | 21 | by Miriam Tose Majome

Criminals hijack Zimbabwe land reform

Investigations EditorCriminal gangs are taking advantage of those who still believe corruption is rife in Government circles, despite the evidence that it is not tolerated, to sell fake offer letters of farms for bribes ranging from US$350…

Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Fears, drama as 14 Zimbabweans return home

AT least 36 Zimbabweans, who stayed behind in the United Kingdom, raised fears of persecution by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, citing human rights violations in Zimbabwe.Only 14 out of a possible 50 people touched down at the …

Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

If I were President Mnangagwa, unfortunately I'm not !!!

Apparently, I woke up at 3 am, I'm just thinking of the November 27, 2017 event, and I can safely conclude the phrase " New dispensation, has just been eroded, by a flood of events ".Can you believe that we have a CEO of National Broadcast…

Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 20:29hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo

Criminals around Mnangagwa will surely bring him down

ONE night in November 2017, a chubby soldier donning a red beret and military fatigues appeared on ZBC-TV. It was immediately clear something was amiss. His demeanour immediately betrayed what mischief he was up to.For those old enough to …

Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

High noon for Zimbabwe's most wanted criminals

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police is actively pursuing criminals that have been evading the clutches of the long arm of the law for a long time.Their latest mission involved a joint operation with other security services where they tracked and …

Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Criminals pounce on MSU

THE Midlands State University (MSU) has, for the second time, adopted stringent security measures at its campuses following a spike in criminal activities within its premises."It has come to management's attention that our campuses are bei…

Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Plain clothes officials at Beitbridge expose border post to criminals

ADRIAN Ndhlovu (not his real name) is stranded after his car, a 2018 Toyota D4D twin cab on hire purchased in South Africa, has been placed under seizure by the Customs and Excise Department.He has lost the car, or it will take weeks if no…

Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Prison break criminals face more charges

THREE hard-core criminals who allegedly assaulted prison officers while on transit before jumping off a moving prison truck, were convicts with a combined jail term of 126 years, The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has sa…

Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe elections never reflect will of the people, but that of soldiers and criminals

Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said Zimbabweans have always cried that the elections usually do not reflect the will of the people without taking measures to make them do so."If you cry about the similar mistake for more than 18 y…

Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

Mugabe warns criminals against abusing Zanu-PF

Zanu-PF should not tolerate little criminals who move around beating up people in the name of the party as this tarnishes the brand of the revolutionary party, President Mugabe has said.He said this while addressing youths on the fourth le…

Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean criminals in SA target visiting compatriots

FARAI (not real name) migrated to South Africa in 2007 when he had just finished his printing course at a local technical college in Zimbabwe.A 35-year-old breadwinner in a family of 11, said he had no option, but to take the bold decision…

Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 09:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

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