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Police arrest 1 of 6 armed robbers in farm heist
In a breakthrough following a violent armed robbery at Pircy Farm in Goromonzi, police have arrested one of the six suspects captured on CCTV as they ransacked the property, escaping with US$3,000 and...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 11:39hrs | 1694 | by Staff reporter
Chinese mine robbed US$120,000
A man accused of participating in a syndicate that allegedly robbed Dahwe Chrome Mine of $120,000 appeared in court yesterday, facing charges of armed robbery. Taurai Pangai, 33, was brought before Ha...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 06:51hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
5 in court for armed robbery
Five individuals have appeared before a Harare magistrate, facing multiple counts of armed robbery involving firearms and axes to intimidate victims and steal valuables.The accused - Talkmore ...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:42hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's son wins appeal against rape conviction
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's son, Siqokoqela, has successfully appealed his conviction and 20-year prison sentence for the rape of his niece. The Bulawayo High Court judges, Bongani Ndlo...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 09:02hrs | 1057 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho thief's luck runs out
A 20-year-old man from Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North, has been sentenced to over six years in jail after being convicted of unlawful entry, escaping from custody, and assault. The accused, Bukhabo Si...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 16:20hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
16 pregnant pupils fail to write Grade 7 exams
At least 16 pupils from Monozi Primary School in Mbire District were unable to sit for their Grade Seven Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) examinations last week after falling pregnant. Th...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Security guard robs bank he was guarding, makes off with US$130,000
A security guard who was on duty at a Sanyati banking hall robbed the same bank he was guarding, escaping with more than US$134,000 in cash.Police confirmed the bizarre incident and appealed f...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 14:18hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Cowards must stop quacking, come out of the closet and fight like man! - VAAZ
While known state functionaries and regime enablers have been waging a protracted onslaught on the persona of Advocate Nelson Chamisa, we the advocates of change have unmasked the grand plot by regime...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 19:24hrs | 1113 | by Mandava Blessing - Veterans Activists Association Zimbabwe (VAAZ) National Spokespers on
Chamisa exposes back stabbers
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has hit back at critics accusing him of failing to take decisive action against Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu PF government.In a post ...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 11:31hrs | 2572 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe treasury defends transit fuel tax
THE new import duty for fuel tankers in transit, paid on entry and refunded on exit, was necessary to curb the abuse of the electronic cargo tracking system, the Permanent Secretary for Finance, Econo...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 06:28hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
SA police offer R20k reward for information on Zimbabwean criminal
LOVEMORE Musoyi, a Zimbabwean national believed to be about 35 years old, is wanted by Limpopo police in connection with more than 10 criminal cases, including murder, attempted murder, armed robberie...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:51hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's 'super' Presidency slammed
Various political parties represented in Parliament have slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa for creating a super presidency concentrated in his office.This week, uMkhonto weSizwe Party Parliame...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:31hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
600 motorists escape with wheel clamps
In Bulawayo, over 600 motorists have evaded paying fines by escaping with clamps placed on their vehicles by Tendy Three Investments (TTI), the city's parking firm. These incidents have prompted TTI t...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Inter Africa bus catches fire on Mutare-Masvingo road
Forty people are fortunate to be alive after escaping unharmed when an Inter Africa Bus caught fire along the Mutare-Masvingo highway early Tuesday morning.Miraculously, the pre-dawn fire resu...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 07:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police investigating Beitbridge murder case
Police in Beitbridge are investigating a murder that occurred on Saturday along the Beitbridge-Panda Mine Road near Tongwani village. Zimbabwe Republic Police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Ny...Published: 25 Jun 2024 at 10:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts Autoquip Complex in Bulawayo
Goods worth over Z$2 million were destroyed in a fire at the Autoquip complex on Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Street in Bulawayo, leaving shop owners devastated. The complex, which housed a variety o...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 16:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
6 years in jail for cop buttocks stabbing
Three men, Nkosilathi Ngwenya, Mduduzi Sibanda, and Melusi Ngwenya, have been sentenced to six years in jail each for assaulting and stabbing Constable Simbarashe Mhembere, a police officer stationed ...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 08:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants two more years via backdoor
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his close political allies are now weighing the best constitutional and legal options to secure an additional two years in power outside an election when his second te...Published: 20 May 2024 at 16:41hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean has highest migrants in southern Africa
Zimbabwe has been identified as the largest source of migrants residing in southern Africa, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). This was announced during an official event...Published: 18 May 2024 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Return Home affairs ministry to Zapu officials: Ex Zipra cadre
THE SECOND Republic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been challenged to return the Home Affairs ministry to Zapu in honour of the unity accord that was signed by late former Vice President Jo...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 15:10hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwean jailed for life in SA
A ZIMBABWEAN man who committed a series of crimes in South Africa, including murder, armed robbery, rape, kidnapping, housebreaking, escaping from jail and unlawful possession of a firearm, was yester...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Met office warns of heatwave
The public must guard against a heatwave from today until March 12, with temperatures rising as high as 41 degrees, although some isolated thundershowers are expected this week, the Meteorological Ser...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU demands inclusion in Gukurahundi resolution process
ZAPU and its former military wing, ZIPRA, have declared that as the primary victims of the Gukurahundi genocide, they should be involved in finding a solution arguing that current efforts to resolve G...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 16:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa unwittingly creating a future president in Sikhala through his persecution!
This morning, my eyes could not move from the image of opposition activist Job Sikhala as he disembarked from a prison truck. This was on his arrival for his conviction hearing two days ago, w...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 19:32hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Handcuffed suspect outruns cops for a kilometre
THERE was drama when a man who had been arrested for unlawful entry and theft escaped from police cells before officers on duty gave chase and apprehended him after a breathless pursuit that spanned c...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 09:46hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man steals police car in leg irons
A Harare based man allegedly stole a police car in leg irons and sped off from the police in a movie style in Plumtree.Kundai Chinhoro ...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 06:58hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
UK care work visas to Zimbabweans up 170% this year
The number of Zimbabweans who moved to the United Kingdom to do health and care work rose by 169% in the year to September, deepening the skills crisis in the country.Migration is rising as Zi...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 20:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man says he fears son more than a lion after he tries to kill him in fire
A man told a court on Tuesday that he fears his 26-year-old son more than a lion after escaping the latter's attempt to burn him and his wife alive.Themba Mathe, of Tsholotsho, pleaded guilty ...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
School expels 30 pupils over violence
Reportedly, 30 students have been expelled from Chemhanza High School in Hwedza, Mashonaland East province, following allegations of bullying and physical fighting, including the severe assault of a s...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says his life has not been an easy one
President Mnangagwa has defied death on three separate occasions in his life, including a notorious poisoning incident in Gwanda six years ago and narrowly escaping the death penalty due to a technica...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama in court as convict assaults prison officer
An unapologetic offender who caused a commotion by assaulting a prison officer in front of a magistrate and attempting to escape before being apprehended has been sentenced to jail.Banele Ncub...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 20:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean escapes from SA prison
SOUTH AFRICAN police in the Waterberg district in Limpopo province have launched a manhunt for a 32-year-old Zimbabwean man who last Thursday escaped from holding cells at the Lephalale Police Station...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 18:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa can work a crowd
WITH all the drama of the Pentecostal preacher that he is, Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa can work a crowd.He will now put that charisma to the test in the general election o...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:43hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Withdrawal of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits is discriminatory and inhumane'
New research has indicated that the biggest challenge in documenting immigrants is procedure, which increasingly excludes people who are considered 'not useful' to the South African economy.Th...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man escapes from SA prison
Limpopo police have launched a manhunt for an awaiting trial prisoner that escaped from Lephalale Police Station on Tuesday.According to provincial police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 23:54hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Dog bite victim sues brick-making company over savage attack
A ZIMBABWEAN man is suing a brick manufacturing company for more than US$15 000 in damages after he sustained severe injuries when he was brutally mauled by some vicious dogs owned by the Harare-based...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 13:09hrs | 9 | by Stephen Jakes
Malema providing 500 buses for Zimbos 'to home and vote. They are welcome back.' Juju will flip flop if Zanu PF rig and win
Julius Malema, the leader of SA's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party is a demagogue and, like all demagogues, one cannot reason with him. He does not have the intellectual incapable of compre...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:49hrs | 9 | by Wilbert Mukori
Sex-crazed uncle takes own life after killing four children in shock arson attack
A 43-year-ol Muzarabani man went berserk on Saturday, killing his niece's four children in a shock arson attack after the woman had turned down his sexual advances.In a statement, police confi...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 21:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean multimillionaire changing lives in the UK
AS the elections in Zimbabwe approach, I am speaking with one of the millions from that country in greener pastures far from home.Despite the enduring difficulties of her homeland, Guernsey-ba...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
7 armed robbers wanted for high profile cases
SEVEN suspected armed robbers who are on police's most wanted list for committing a spate of high profile criminal cases countrywide are believed to be operating and hiding in South Africa where most ...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man beats up mother-in-law
A 29-YEAR-OLD Filabusi man has been slapped with a five-year jail term for beating up his mother-in-law following a dispute over US$50, and escaping from police custody.Polite Ncube of Chief M...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 18:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man arrested in South Africa over Thabo Bester escape
A ZIMBABWEAN man has been arrested in South Africa in connection with the escape of Thabo Bester from a South African prison.According to the South African media, the man's identity was not re...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko Released from Prison
Former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's son, Siqokoqela has been granted ZWL$200k bail pending appeal by the Bulawayo High Court.Mphoko's son, has been serving a 20-year jail term after&nbs...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 21:25hrs | 9 | by Desmond Nleya
High Court to rule in Mphoko bail pending appeal application
Bulawayo High Court Judge, Justice Evangelista Kabasa is this week expected to give a ruling on an application for bail pending appeal by former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's son, Siqokoqela. ...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 17:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jail escapees in soup
Two Guruve prisoners who tried to escape after working at the prison farm are in soup after they were caught and charged for escaping lawful custody.Never Chirenje (42) and Sam Maiteni (34) we...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 15:11hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Mnangagwa grants non-violent prisoners amnesty
AN amnesty has been granted to a range of prisoners serving time for non-violent offences with President Mnangagwa exercising executive clemency to release inmates who had served at least one third of...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corruption tarnishing Zimbabwe's image
ON April 18, 2023, Zimbabweans from all walks of life thronged different venues across the country to celebrate Independence Day.The day is a milestone in the history of the country as it acco...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Thabo Bester's R3,5m Mercedes still stuck in Beitbridge
THE Mercedes Benz worth at least R3,5 million that is understood to have been used by captured South African murder convict and escapee Thabo Bester is still stuck at Beitbridge Border Post after it w...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean prison breaker re-arrested in SA while targeting game reserve for rhino poaching
One of the seven inmates who escaped from Makhanda correctional facility in October 2022 was this week rearrested in a private game reserve.Zimbabwean Abraham Moyane appeared at the Makhanda m...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 17:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wanted SA rapist Thabo Bester skipped the country to Zimbabwe?
Thabo Bester skipped the country to Zimbabwe to lay low after escaping from the Mangaung maximum security prison where he allegedly paid R5 million to at least nine prison warders who helped him escap...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 16:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
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