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Police hunt for Bombshell
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is hunting for war veteran Blessed Geza in connection with three criminal cases.According to police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi, Geza is wanted and anyon...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 14:07hrs | 913 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZRP, ZPCS own informal bus terminus, pirate taxis
Officers from both the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) and some government officials are operating parallel ranks with their immune-to-arrest fleet (M...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 14:20hrs | 1633 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zimbabwe's street currency traders to switch to WhatsApp
Zimbabwe's street currency traders are abandoning their regular spots in city centres for messaging platform WhatsApp to evade arrest as the central bank and police crackdown on the unofficial market ...Published: 20 May 2024 at 17:02hrs | 73 | by AStaff reporter
SA authorities launch 'Operation Vala Umgodi' along the Limpopo River
THE smuggling of goods between Zimbabwe and South Africa has become a perennial headache forcing authorities in both countries to tighten screws on crime and at times running collaborative operations....Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 16:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Land barons share the loot with ZRP officials to evade arrest
In a clear sign of disregarding the law, evading arrest and extending influence, land barons from the ruling party, Zanu-PF have illegally resorted to both share the loot and parcel out land earmarked...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 13:44hrs | 20 | by Paul Ndou
1,940 Zimbabwean motorists arrested on first day of police operation
On the inaugural day of an operation aimed at addressing "roadway lawlessness," law enforcement took into custody almost 2,000 motorists.This nationwide inter-agency initiative, which runs fro...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 12:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Serial rapist arrested
A SUSPECTED serial rapist, who has been allegedly terrorising women and girls in Hurungwe, was arrested on Monday after a manhunt by the police.Lucky ran out on the suspect identified as Brigh...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 08:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Killer cop' granted bail
ONE of the Highglen police officers charged with causing the death of a pedestrian, Trymore Chinyamakobvu as they wrestled with a commuter omnibus driver has been granted $40 000 bail.Job Mapf...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
186 000 arrested for bribery, smuggling
MORE than 186 600 people have been arrested countrywide on the three targeted crackdowns against cross-border crimes, bribing police and operating in machete gangs.The suspects have been arres...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
23 arrested for bribing police
POLICE on Friday turned down bribe offers by 23 motorists they had nabbed for traffic offences at a roadblock in Norton and arrested them for an additional crime of bribery.The four hours blit...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Thieving' deputy minister spends weekend behind bars
AGRICULTURE deputy minister Douglas Karoro will spend the weekend behind bars after he was denied bail yesterday in a case where he is facing charges of stealing presidential agricultural ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time to protect people from their churches
VERY little is known about one of the worst religion-related mass murders and tragedies that occurred in Uganda in 2000 in which 700 Ugandans died. More is known about the 1978 Jonestown massacre in G...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Man fakes accident to conceal hit and run
A 25-YEAR-OLD hit and run suspect tried to evade arrest by faking an accident minutes after fleeing from the scene.Ngqabutho Brian Sibanda of Nkulumane, Bulawayo was arrested by the police aft...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Dreams made and dreams shattered at West Nicholson's 'Entabeni yegolide'
"Intaba yeWest" or "Entabeni yegolide", the soaring mountain with impervious vegetation along the Gwanda-Beitbridge highway in West Nicholson is not for the faint hearted.From afar, the mounta...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police not acting on cabinet lockdown regulations
Dear Editor, Government efforts to curb the spike in Covid 19 cases is being frustrated by the Zimbabwe Republic police ZRP who are allowing shops and nightclubs to open until 5am the followin...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 16:26hrs | 3 | by Gugugu Magorira
Man hospitalised after alleged ZRP brutality
A Masvingo ‘illegal' money changer was left ruing his actions to evade law enforcement agents after being hospitalized at Masvingo Provincial Hospital following an alleged attack by a Zimbabwe Repub...Published: 22 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
SA soldiers in shoot-out with vehicle smugglers at Beitbridge
VEHICLE smugglers on Wednesday engaged in a shootout with South African soldiers at an illegal entry point in Beitbridge, forcing them to flee and leave behind three stolen vehicles which were destine...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ex-policeman turned serial armed robber seeks bail
One of the country's serial armed robber and former Masvingo Central police officer Rudolf Kanhanga alias Tapiwa Munatsi (29) who exchanged gunfire with a police crack team in an attempt to evade arre...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi: Tale of a brave man knocked down by ruinous sex
LIKE many of his contemporaries, Kembo Dugishi Campbell Mohadi - who hails from Mtetengwe area 40 kilometres west of Beitbridge border town along the Bulawayo highway - belongs to a generation which w...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Banned kombis devise new ways of operation
Banned kombis have devised new tricks and methods of illegally operating as they evade arrest in Harare and its satellite towns. The kombis compete for passengers with Zupco buses as transport...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Blessings Chidakwa
High Court robber denied bail
ONE of the eight suspects linked to the recent botched armed robbery at the Bulawayo High Court has been denied bail pending trial. Linience Clifford Nyoni (38) of Makokoba suburb in Bulawayo ...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man hangs self over stolen property
A MAN from Nkulumane suburb who had an argument with his mother over property that he had stolen decided to hang himself in his bedroom.A family member who spoke on condition of anonymity said...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Criminals soiling Mnangagwa's clean record, says Matemadanda
ZANU-PF national political commissar, Victor Matemadanda has sprung to the defence of the President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the First Family describing Zimbabwe's leader as a reformist, who ushered in ...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:27hrs | 3 | by Staff writer
'Dragnet closes on corrupt Zimbabwe officials'
THE Government will swoop on all corrupt and criminal elements in society despite some of them adopting modern and sophisticated ways of trying to evade arrest and milk the country's resources, Presid...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lauds public on Chivhu shooting
GOVERNMENT will not tolerate anyone who attacks, harms or kills any member of the security forces and anyone who dares cross the line will be severely punished, President and Commander-In-Chief of the...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa's MPs unite to demand obscene salary packages and perks?
There are only two times when MPs in Zimbabwe come together across the political divide and speak with one voice: When it comes to their salary packages and perks.This is not just true of the ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:43hrs | | by Paul Kaseke
'Man behind Milosevic ouster, Arab Spring in Zimbabwe'
A panicked Zimbabwe government claims foreign agents are in the country to help the opposition overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime during protests set to begin on Friday.Home Affai...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:41hrs | | by ZimLive
Magistrate dismisses Mnangagwa plotters' application
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for temporary release of the passport for one of the seven human rights activists who are facing charges of trying to subvert a constitutionally-...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa plotters' trash State's investigation report
The seven human rights activists facing charges of trying to subvert a constitutional government after attending a workshop in Maldives yesterday trashed an investigation report presented to court des...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt readies itself for possible mass protests
THERE has been an unusually heavy police presence in Harare's central business district since Tuesday as government readies itself for possible mass protests over the deteriorating economic situation....Published: 30 May 2019 at 10:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'We used juju to evade arrest'
A NOTORIOUS five-member gang of Mozambican armed robbers who broke into several houses and raped women on 21 different occasions in Mutare's low-suburbs used juju to try and evade arrest and foil dog ...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Money changers desert Bulawayo streets
ILLEGAL money changers in Bulawayo have devised new tricks to evade arrest following President Emmerson Mnangagwa's promulgation of new regulations that may see offenders being jailed for up to 10 yea...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 soldiers appear in court
Three members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) appeared today before Concession magistrate on three counts of assault in bid to do illegal mining at Sommersat farm in Concession.Aleck...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
GNU is not good for both Zanu-PF and MDC-Alliance
Chamisa has shown that he is a bad loser and so how can this bad loser become a useful partner? Albert Einstein would say: "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with i...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:27hrs | 20 | by Bishop
Grace, Robert Mugabe hypocrisy shocking
Land invasions were pushed into fashion by the Zanu-PF government way back in the year 2000 as the party desperately tried to find other ways to placate an increasingly restive population.Then...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 19:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Wizard with hyenas, snakes arrested
A MBERENGWA self-confessed "wizard" and his side kick who appeared on ZBCtv news hour bulletin alleging that he can send hyenas and snakes to recover his clients' debts and can assist criminals evade ...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 06:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Vendors, touts jostle for sangoma with juju to evade arrest by municipal police
There was commotion at Fourth Street bus terminus in Harare as people jostled to see a local sangoma who was reportedly invited by touts and vendors to assist them with juju to evade arrest by the mun...Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 15:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bid to smuggle vehicles from South Africa foiled
A joint team of security agencies from South Africa has intercepted four vehicles worth a combined R1,2million which were being smuggled into Zimbabwe through illegal crossing points along the Limpopo...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 22:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hit and run driver kills 73-year-old
A 73-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo sustained internal injuries resulting in his death following a hit and run incident which occurred along Nketa Drive in the city.Ben Mberi of Sizinda Flats was ...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fleeing robbery suspect shot by police
A suspect facing over 10 counts of armed robbery, unlawful entry and theft, was recently shot by the police while trying to evade arrest after cops had pounced on him at his safe house in Chinamhora....Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-wife murdered for refusing to reconcile
A 26-year-old man from Gweru, Dignity Masvimbo allegedly murdered his 22-year-old ex-wife after she refused to reconcile with him.Oripa Mashayamombe of Mkoba Village 14 was found stabbed sever...Published: 01 May 2017 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Minister defends use of spikes by traffic police
Home Affairs deputy minister Obendingwa Mguni yesterday said police officers should only use metal spikes to control traffic and not to the extent of endangering motorists and passengers.R...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Serial thief attempts to hang himself
A BULILIMA serial thief attempted to hang himself in a bid to evade arrest after his girlfriend threatened to report him for theft, but members of an apostolic church praying nearby cut the rope t...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 05:31hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Suspected thief, rapist brutally murdered
A suspected rapist cum thief from Missouri Farm on the outskirts of Gweru got more than he bargained for when he was kidnapped and brutally killed by four villagers who suspected that he wanted to...Published: 04 Sep 2016 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New Year's Day cop killer gets 25 years in the cage
A MAN who stabbed a police officer to death as he tried to evade arrest on New Year's Day, was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in jail. Proud Dlamini (26), of Mzola 6 Village in Jotsholo, tendered a l...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 07:04hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Cops shoot rape, robbery gang leader
POLICE have shot and captured a man suspected to be the ringleader of a gang of rapist robbers who are allegedly behind at least 200 crimes committed over two years across the country. Sibangi...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 09:26hrs | | by Richard Mwinde
Man blame his ancestors
A TSHOLOTSHO man has been arrested after he was found in possession of four elephant tusks.He claimed he was a traditional healer and his ancestors had led him to the place with dead elephants...Published: 14 May 2016 at 09:37hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
First Oil directors flee
The two First Oil Company (Private) Limited directors who are wanted on allegations of obstructing the course of justice after they allegedly connived with CMED (Pvt) Ltd managing director, Davison Mh...Published: 02 May 2016 at 11:42hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Soldier fined only $500 after raping teen maid
A 31 year old soldier based at Darwendale routinely sneaked into his maid's bedroom at night, lift her up taking her to another room to rape her.Seven Munetsi did this on two occasions on his ...Published: 22 Apr 2016 at 11:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Rape suspects further detained
POLICE were yesterday granted permission to further detain nine rape and armed robbery suspects who allegedly wreaked havoc at Luveve High School and Cowdray Park suburb, gang raping women and stealin...Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 05:17hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo/ Nqobile Tshili
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