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Menstrual cycle saves university student
A Bindura-based university student was lucky to escape being gang raped after the suspects found her on her monthly periods.The matter came to light at Bindura regional magistrates courts on F...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:23hrs | 1861 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Zimbabwe police hunt for armed robbery suspect
Bulawayo police are seeking the public's assistance in locating a suspect in connection with attempted murder and armed robbery cases that occurred in Gwanda and Bulawayo in June and July 2023....Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 13:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Police in Zimbabwe hunt for 12 robbers
POLICE in Harare yesterday said they were still looking for two gangs totalling 12 robbers who raided a company premises in Mbare and a school in Westlea last week before stealing nearly US$73 000, R4...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers raid churches
FOUR armed robbers yesterday night pounced on two churches in Cowdray Park suburb, getting away with a vehicle, cash and other valuables.The gang raided Holy Trinity Catholic Church and House ...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 15:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers kill shop owner
A suspected armed robber who allegedly shot dead a shop owner in Chiweshe has been arrested while his four accomplices are still at large.Tanzima John Alias Nyambekah was dragged to Concession...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 16:09hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bogus cops arrested for armed robbery
FOUR armed robbers who were terrorising bar patrons and families while pretending to be police detectives in Mvurwi have been arrested after committing a spate of crimes around the area.Police...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC, Zanu-PF activists clash in Umguza
CITIZENS Coalition for Change activists in Umguza, Matebeleland North province, clashed with Zanu-PF activists while conducting a door-to-door campaign as violence escalates going into the election pe...Published: 18 May 2023 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robber pounce on Mazowe gold mine
Three unknown machete-wielding suspected robbers allegedly pounced on Mazowe (Jumbo) mine and robbed over US$2000 on Sunday.Sources familiar with the incident allege the suspects tied two secu...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 07:19hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Lustful man rapes sister-in-law
A 40-YEAR-old Chinhoyi man has been jailed 15 years for raping young sister to his brother's wife out of lust.Luckson Petros of Village 20, Chikuti, pleaded not guilty to rape when he appeared...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pays Pomona ‘investor' - even after US$320m contract cancelled
The government is paying millions of dollars to a company corruptly awarded a €304 million (about US$320 million) contract to turn Harare's waste into energy – even after the local authority cance...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man knifed to death in fight over 'powers' of a sangoma
An argument over the prowess of traditional healers turned bloody as a fight broke out between two Nkayi men leading to a fatal stabbing.Melinkosi Ndlovu who was aged 32 at the time, of Koto v...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupils cheat death as commuter omnibus overturns
NINETEEN Drake High School pupils cheated death after a commuter omnibus they were travelling in overturned and landed on its roof, leaving three pupils hospitalised.Three pupils sustained ser...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Robbers force man to sleep with mum
In a strange incident, six robbers who broke into a house in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb allegedly forced a 22-year-old man to perform sexual acts on his mother after they reportedly stole a plasma...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Remembering gukurahundi genocide
The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 9 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Armed robbers ambush Company, get away with US$105 410
A 43-year old man from Gwanda's Magwe Irrigation Scheme under Chief Mathe and his accomplices have been accused of raiding Poly Packaging Pvt Ltd in Bulawayo at gunpoint and getting away with US$105 4...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police advised businesses to tighten security
MIDLANDS police have advised businesses to tighten security at their premises following a surge in robberies.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko yesterday said daring robb...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce at Hamara, steal US$13,000
Two armed robbers pounced at Hamara fruit and vegetable supermarket along Fife street between 3rd and 4th avenue in Bulawayo, yesterday and got away with over US$13 000 and R8 000, police have confirm...Published: 31 May 2022 at 13:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda, Beitbridge, Botswana villagers beat up, kill rustlers
A GROUP of 23 villagers from Gwanda and Beitbridge districts allegedly ganged up with 11 Botswana nationals and brutally assaulted seven suspected stock thieves, killing one of them during skirmishes....Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers kill farm security guard
Police in Mashonaland Central have launched a manhunt for a gang of 11 robbers that pounced on three security guards at Harvey Farm in Glendale annd fatally assaulted one them.Provincial polic...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Serial armed robber arrested
A suspected serial armed robber who was also wanted for rape was arrested on Wednesday, as police continue to put their foot down in the fight against rising armed robbery cases.The suspect, T...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
CID launches manhunt for suspect
Police have roped in the International Police Organisations (Interpol) with a view to track down one of Zimbabwe's most wanted armed robbery suspects, Conwell Junior Kasambarare (26), believed to be p...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Show us criminals that surrounded Gushungo
My People,Ignatius Chombo, the man who was branded the biggest criminal around Gushungo, is now a free man.Chombo was seized by soldiers on the night of the infamous coup while sleepin...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Dr Stop It
Deaf male rapes minor
A minor was on Monday raped by a deaf dump man in Plumtree at Hingwe area, after he had invited her to his homestead.The girl aged 12(name withheld) who is also an orphan was allegedly raped b...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 19:15hrs | 9 | by Shelton Muchena and Desmond Nleya
Two police officers in court for armed robbery
Two police officers have been arrested for allegedly committing a series of armed robbery cases in Bulawayo.The officers were apprehended at Makhado, Beitbridge while attempting to flee the co...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 10:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Queen Lozikeyi: The force behind Ndebele uprisings
THE grave of a matriarch viewed by many historians as one of the major forces behind the second Umvukela (uprising) that culminated in independence for the country is situated at KoNkosikazi in Matabe...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soldier in US$60 000 armed robbery
A SERVING soldier yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate on an armed robbery charge after he allegedly attacked a Chinese national and got away with US$60 000 in cash and US$25 000 in valuables...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers desert school over machete gangs
TEACHERS at Mangwande Primary School in Lower Gweru have reportedly deserted the learning institution for security reasons after machete gangs terrorised the area since July 2018.As a result, ...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
GMAZ boss loses US$100k to armed robbers
GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) national chairman and businessman, Tafadzwa Musarara has lost US$108 000 to armed robbers.According to one of Musarara's employees who rushed to th...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 19:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man sets armed thugs on mum & sister
A BULAWAYO man bit the hand that feeds him when he connived with three men armed with machetes and knives to rob his mother and sister who had just arrived in the country from the United Kingdom....Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police shoot most wanted robber
A SUSPECTED notorious armed robber, who is part of a gang led by Musa Taj Abdul, is nursing wounds at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital in Harare after being shot by police while attempting to flee....Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Petrol attendant shot as violent crime wave sweeps Bulawayo
A petrol attendant was shot in the chest on Friday after armed robbers targeted a Flo garage in Bulawayo's Tshabalala suburb – the latest in a series of violent robberies in Zimbabwe's second city....Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sangoma faces extortion charges
A 54-year-old female Mutoko traditional healer was last week arrested after allegedly demanding five more beasts from some of her patients she had assisted a decade ago, claiming she was instructed by...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machete gang terrorises Mabuthweni, Njube residents
GANG of robbers wielding machetes and axes is terrorising Bulawayo residents at their homes and shopping centres.Some of the affected suburbs are Njube, Rangemore and Mabuthweni where women ha...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robbers storm Zanu-PF official's home, burn his backside
POLICE in Mutoko have arrested five suspected armed robbers who besieged the home of a top Zanu-PF official and renowned businessman, Zano Kahuni, and tortured him with a hot iron before robbing him o...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco conductor gang-raped, robbed
A ZUPCO bus conductor was gang-raped and robbed of her belongings while on her way to work in the wee hours of Tuesday morning in Bulawayo. The 23-year-old woman was waylaid by four perpetrato...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
3 robbed at knife point during visit to cemetery
THREE Bulawayo residents were on Saturday robbed at knife point by two men and two women at West Park Cemetery.The robbers, who are still at large, went away with US$90, cellphones and a lapto...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:54hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers tie up staff, sell fuel for 3 hours
ARMED robbers raided two service stations in Bulawayo, tied attendants' hands before getting away with cash in dramatic incidents that occurred within two days. In the first one on Monday at a...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance officials exposed to Covid-19 in police cells
THERE are fears that 11 of the 12 MDC Alliance officials, recently arrested for holding a meeting in defiance of Covid-19 regulations, could have contracted the deadly virus while detained at Chinhoyi...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers raid business centre
FIVE armed robbers last week pounced on Lundi Business Centre in Mwenezi, Masvingo province, where they robbed two businesspeople at gunpoint and got away with close to US$20 000, R120 000 a Toyota D4...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa arrested at his press conference
CONTROVERSIAL Norton MP Temba Mliswa has been arrested at his Borrowdale residence in Harare in full view of over a dozen journalists.Mliswa was addressing journalists following his messy brea...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbery case drags for 2 years without trial
A MUTOKO gold miner who was attacked by armed robbers at his homestead, losing a gun, gold, phones and cash in the process, has filed a complainant to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for the ...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cash heist probe stepped up
Police yesterday said they were still working out how much money was stolen by six armed robbers who attacked two security guards delivering Zupco's weekend cash collections at CBZ Eighth Avenue Branc...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
CBZ armed robbers strike in Kezi
THE six-man armed gang that on Monday robbed a Fawcett Security cash-in-transit van of undisclosed amount of money at the Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ) branch in Bulawayo, on the same day robbed a...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's farm turned into war zone
OLD Citrus Farm in Chinhoyi owned by controversial businessman-cum-politician Phillip Chiyangwa was Monday afternoon turned into a war zone after illegal settlers stormed the property and disarmed fir...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Abductions, intimidation spike in Zimbabwe: ZPP
Zimbabwe has of late recorded an upsurge in incidents of abductions and intimidation of citizens by State security agents as government becomes increasingly intolerant of discontent, human rights watc...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teen tied to tree, sjamboked to death
FOUR Tsholotsho villagers allegedly teamed up and assaulted a teenage neighbour with a sjambok after tying him to a tree before detaining him overnight leading to his death, police confirmed yesterday...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reprter
Couple loses $17 000 to armed robbers
A CHIPINGE businessman and his wife are lucky to be alive after being attacked by armed robbers who got away with a vehicle and ZWL$17 000, among other valuables.Manicaland police spokesperson...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO officer up for kidnap & robbery
A CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative and four accomplices allegedly kidnapped two suspected illegal forex dealers and hired people to attack them before robbing one of the victims of hi...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rapist prays for fainted victim
A MAN from Bulawayo raped a 45-year-old woman until she fainted, prayed for her and raped her again when she regained consciousness.Haston Phiri (37) of no fixed abode was sentenced to 15 year...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 22:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop acquitted of brutally assaulting teen suspect
A POLICE officer, together with his two accomplices, who were facing charges of brutally assaulting a Msitheli High School student (16) in April, have been acquitted by a Bulawayo magistrate due to la...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
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