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Zimbabwe govt official in US$1,5m land scandal
A senior official from the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works, Everest Nyamadzawo, appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday facing allegations of extorting over US$1.5 million fro...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 06:52hrs | 3939 | by Staff reporter
Public hospitals now death traps, says residents
Residents in Bulawayo have expressed growing frustration with the deteriorating state of service delivery at government hospitals, citing long delays, misdiagnoses, and a rising wave of corrupt practi...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:57hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Harare suspends 10 employees for corruption
The Harare City Council has suspended eight municipal police officers and two water department employees following allegations of corruption, including extortion and bribery, according to an announcem...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 06:47hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
CIOs get bail in Chinese national extortion case
THREE State security agents attached to the Presidential Guard were yesterday granted US$100 bail in a case they stand accused of extorting and robbing a Chinese national of US$2 800.The suspe...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 07:09hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Hackers gain access to financial information for a large number of South Africans
Attackers claiming to be from N4ughtySec, a cyber extortion gang that took responsibility for an attack on TransUnion in March 2022, have said that they have infiltrated most of South Africa's banks....Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 12:46hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
CIO trio in court on robbery, extortion charges
Three state security agents attached to the Presidential Guard appeared in court yesterday, facing serious allegations of extorting and robbing a Chinese national of US$2,800.The accused, Cham...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:43hrs | 1345 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP accused of extorting funds from land-seeking citizens
BUHERA North legislator Philip Guyo (Zanu PF) is facing accusations of looting and extorting funds from desperate land-seekers in Chitungwiza to finance his 2023 electoral campaign, according to membe...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 15:08hrs | 438 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
'We are in extreme poverty' - Village heads
Over seventy village heads from Mhondoro have complained that they are living in abject poverty, with most of them incapacitated to an extent of compromising traditional disputes (both civil and crimi...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 09:22hrs | 722 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Mhondoro
Fake doctor spotted at Mpilo Hospital days after release on bail
Taurai Prosper Vanhuvaone, the 29-year-old alleged fake doctor, was reportedly seen at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo on Monday, just days after being released on bail following his arrest for ext...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 16:05hrs | 2505 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police detective accused of terrorizing miners
The Kadoma business community has lodged an urgent complaint against Detective Sergeant Hardline Maisiri, accusing him of extortion and corruption. Business owners, particularly in the mining sector, ...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 16:19hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
Suspected mine extortionists in court
Two of the five suspects involved in a mining extortion scandal in Matabeleland South appeared before the Bulawayo Magistrate's Court on Friday, where they were granted bail set at US$300 each. The su...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 09:46hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Cop in court for extorting bribe from kombi driver
A 38-year-old police officer stationed in Bulawayo, Memory Sayi, has been charged with criminal abuse of office. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Sayi, along with another...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 10:09hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Another extorting Zanu-PF bigwig faces suspension, petition served
The restive Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial leadership, central committee and some politburo members have unanimously agreed and endorse petition to suspend and ouster of the province's national chairpers...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 09:35hrs | 2456 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Girl lures teacher into kidnap ordeal
A Chitungwiza woman, Rumbidzai Tauro (40), has been arrested for kidnapping and extorting over US$5,000 from Gerald Madamombe, a 52-year-old former teacher. Tauro is accused of holding Madamombe capti...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hijacks food aid in Insiza
In Insiza district, members of the ruling party Zanu-PF are accused of manipulating the food aid distribution process. Villagers have pointed fingers at Zanu-PF councillor Sindiso Ndlovu of Ward 17 fo...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 11:19hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
CIO agents released on bail
Four members of the President's Department, accused of extorting US$1,000 from Brian Dziwandi, director of Dopsa Energy (Pvt) Ltd, were granted bail of US$100 each yesterday.Appearing before H...Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:53hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimra officer in court for extorting US$1,900 from trucker
A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) officer has been dragged to court accused of demanding and receiving US$1,900 bribe from a trucker whom he caught smuggling fuel.Kespa Chabata, 57, appeare...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
CCC in uncertain waters
WE are only a month into the new year, but it already feels like it has been long. The political year has started in earnest, lending credence to the counsel of political sages: A day is a very long t...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | 1 | by Ntando Dumani
Zimbabwe police crack down on marshals, touts
POLICE have issued a stern warning to rank marshals and touts who have taken control of bus terminuses in Harare, causing chaos and disrupting business operations.In a bid to restore order, po...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stop road carnage
More than 20 lives have been lost in road traffic accidents, stealing the cheers from the festive season for the affected families.The major cause of these road traffic accidents has largely been ...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Police investigate corrupt Beitbridge detectives
Matebeleland police detectives have been accused of extorting money from travellers at Beitbridge Border Post.It also emerged that junior officers are bribing their superiors stationed at the ...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 08:01hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers terrorise Beitbridge residents
POLICE have admitted challenges in fighting cases of armed robbery that have rocked Beitbridge over the past fortnight.This is despite a new crop of officers in the Criminal Investigation Depa...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
A cabal of looters cooling off in Nyanga
According to a report yesterday, the Nyanga jaunt will cost the city ZWL$132 411 577,16 and US$12 000 for eight councillors, five executives, two drivers and one aide to attend the workshop.TH...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 15:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
3 in court over US$100k extortion
THREE people have appeared in court on allegations of extorting US$100 000 from a suspected thief to stop them reporting her to the police.Elizabeth Nyamande (35), Evernice Nyamande (30) and E...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa connections spared Rushwaya jail
A FORTNIGHT ago, we boldly declared "Rushwaya exhausts nine lives" in one of our headlines. How wrong we were!At the time, it seemed the chickens had finally come home to roost for Henrietta R...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Security personnel' target motorists
POLICE are looking for a syndicate of bogus police officers, soldiers and intelligence officers driving around in a black Toyota Wish "arresting" and extorting money from motorists after accusing them...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Dembare burns
DYNAMOS will use their National Sports Stadium offices for the hearings against three members of their technical team currently on suspension.Coach Herbert Maruwa, manager Richard Chihoro and ...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CIO operative convicted for extortion
A SENIOR Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer was yesterday convicted by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna for extorting a Chinese businessman.Patrick Badza, who was initially charged t...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
The Sad State of Zimbabwe: A Nation in Crisis
You know it's bad in our country Zimbabwe fellow citizens wax nostalgic for the time when they were governed by a white, racist elite.This is a country that was once the breadbasket of Africa,...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 16:16hrs | | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Bogus soldiers arrested for extortion, impersonation
SEVEN people have been arrested for impersonating security forces and extorting money from unsuspecting ordinary people, Zimbabwe National Army has revealed.In a statement, public relations Ar...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop, colleagues extort US$3,000 from Chinese businessman
A Zimbabwe Republic Police officer stationed at Rhodesville police station in Harare has been dragged to court facing charges of extorting US$3,000 from a Chinese national she accused of illegal forei...Published: 13 May 2023 at 20:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra official jailed 18 months
GWERU magistrate Progress Murandu yesterday sentenced a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official to a wholly suspended jail term after convicting her of criminal abuse of office.Mercy Dzvuk...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean detectives arrested for US$1 000 extortion
TWO detectives from CID Bindura appeared in court yesterday on allegations of extorting money from a suspected armed robber whom they had helped secure bail, but then started demanding more money unti...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Freddy surrenders Benz
ZBC presenter, Rutendo Makuti, who was being accused of extorting Prophet Tapiwa Freddy, has been found not guilty of the offence.Makuti, who was being charged together with Witness Bungu (Chi...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 11:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Poor salaries haunt journalists'
Media Alliance of Zimbabwe chairperson and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists national secretary-general Perfect HlongwaneLOW wages and delays in payment of salaries are reportedly fuelling brown e...Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 detectives in court on charges of extortion
FOUR more members from CID Minerals Fauna and Flora Unit DHQ in Harare appeared in court yesterday on allegations of extorting US$10 000 from owners of Shengiang Investments, which buys, processes and...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 bribe-sniffing cops arrested
FOUR police officers have been charged with theft and criminal abuse of duty after being caught red-handed soliciting for a bribe from a motorist and stealing his phone in Harare on Thursday last week...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Four in soup for masquerading as detectives
Four suspects were arrested yesterday for impersonating CID Drugs and Narcotics detectives. Liberty Chigwida(74), Nyaradzai Chikoore(37), Fungai Matinenga (32) and Savious Mbewe (46) are the four in c...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
CIO operative jailed 12 months for extortion
A MEMBER of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) based in Harare has been slapped with a 12-month jail term for extorting two vehicles from a land developer as payment for personal security....Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops in court for extortion
TWO police officers attached to the ZRP PPU Diplomats department are expected to appear in court on allegations of extorting US$500 from a motorist whom they had arrested at the intersection of Samora...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CIO agent convicted of extortion
A Central Intelligence Organisation officer accused of extorting two vehicles from a land developer on the pretext that he would provide personal security services to him was yesterday convicted after...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 ZRP officers arrested over US$200 bribe
THREE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have found themselves in hot soup after extorting US$200 from an unsuspecting civilian.The three,Taonga Fambirai, John Matonhodze and Thomas Musha...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF youths extort miner
ZANU PF Shamva district youth chairperson Ryan Dhokwani (31) and his accomplice Josphat Zvomuya (32) were dragged to Bindura magistrates...Published: 15 Oct 2022 at 17:45hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Former senior cop in murder storm
AN inquest is set to be held for a woman who was allegedly poisoned to death in a fight over inheritance in which a former Assistant Commissioner in the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), Mrs Marian Tige...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 13:58hrs | 43 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Land barons arrested for extorting cash in Mnangagwa's name
Police say they have arrested some land barons and other criminals who have been abusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name as a licence to extort cash and other expensive property from unsuspecting ...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's name used to commit crimes
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has warned some criminal elements who are abusing President Mnangagwa and the First Family's names to commit fraud, extort and theft that they will be arrested and prosecu...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bogus Zimra officials on the prowl
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has said a group of people masquerading as its officials and purporting to be conducting audits are on the prowl.In a notice on Thursday, the revenue aut...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC: A Triple Legacy for Zimbabwe
Dying for European perspectiveAMUSING if it was not tragic. The European Union, EU, has granted Ukraine candidate status. It's a remote stage along a very long continuum to eventual EU&n...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Jamwanda
Zimbabwean drivers fear being targeted by a xenophobic groups in SA
"I prayed for them to let me live because some who found themselves in similar circumstances, were reported dead," says Richard Mudhara, a Zimbabwean truck driver working in Johannesburg.He wa...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zacc arrests 3 bogus officers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has arrested three people including a police officer, who masqueraded as their officials and duped a cross-border trader of US$2 000.The trio, Su...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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