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Security guard goes on goat stealing spree

A security guard who turned livestock theft into a full-time enterprise has been sentenced to eight years in jail after preying on villagers' goats for several months.Charles Munayi (38) of Makotopeya Village in Chipinge was convicted on f…

Published: 17 Sep 2025 at 09:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Prominent businessman remanded over US$208,000 fraud allegations

Harare businessman Never Mhlanga, chairman of the Zimbabwe Insurance Brokers, has been remanded in custody following allegations of fraud involving US$208,500.Mhlanga appeared before Harare Regional Magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa, who asked t…

Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 23:01hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter

Security guard among suspects in US$40,000 armed robbery

A security guard and his accomplices allegedly robbed a Chinese businesswoman of more than US$40,000 at her Harare home over the weekend.Raison Kambarari, employed by Sapphire Security Company, and Tinashe Muguti appeared before Harare Mag…

Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 23:00hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter

Security guard steals US$6,865 from Delta

A 36-year-old woman, Barbra Chaleka, has been arrested in connection with the theft of US$6,865 in trust funds from the Delta Beverages depot in Rusape.Acting Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Wiseman Chinyoka,…

Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 12:57hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter

Guard escapes jail time for community service after accidental fatal shooting

A 21-year-old security guard, Anthony Mutefara, has been spared jail time after the High Court convicted him of culpable homicide over the accidental shooting that resulted in the death of a miner at Sengy Mine last year.Mutefara was initi…

Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 06:18hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter

Presidential Guard chief's wife leads Tagwirei campaign

Nyasha Mhonda, wife of Presidential Guard Commander Brigadier General Fidelis Mhonda, emerged as the main co-ordinator of Kudakwashe Tagwirei's land tenure event held in Masvingo on Friday. She was seen at the event wearing a beret emblazo…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:18hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter

Security guards arrested after fatal shooting

A security guard at Eastern Highlands Tea Plantation Estate in Honde Valley has been arrested following the fatal shooting of an unidentified man during a late-night ambush aimed at thwarting suspected theft.Lovemore Matsanura (53) is now …

Published: 10 May 2025 at 17:51hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter

Guard fired for being HIV positive

A Bulawayo widow has been left humiliated and jobless after Seasec Security Company allegedly forced her to prove she was HIV positive before firing her for attending a routine medical review.The 40-year-old woman, who resides in Entumbane…

Published: 10 May 2025 at 16:08hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter

Brave security guards foil armed robbery

Two Real Star Security guards have been hailed as heroes after they bravely thwarted an armed robbery at a Petrotrade Service Station in Mabvuku early Thursday morning.Bhekimpilo Sibanda and Isaac Nhamo were honoured for their courageous a…

Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:42hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter

Robbers kill guard, steal US$95, phones

Three robbers attacked and killed a security guard, Elliot Mudzingwa (32), at a construction complex in Msasa, Harare, stealing US$95 and four cell phones. The incident occurred on July 16, 2024. The assailants entered through an unlocked …

Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 05:56hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter

Man kills 'attacker', faces murder charge

Kelvin Kagondo, a Harare man, has been remanded in custody until July 22, 2024, on a murder charge after allegedly using deadly force in self-defense against assailants. Harare magistrate Apollonia Marutya advised him to seek bail from the…

Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:54hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services recruiting

THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services is recruiting physically fit correctional officers, who should be aged between 18 and 30 years.In a statement, ZPCS said applicants should submit certified copies of academic certificates, bir…

Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 20:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Security guard dies after elephant attack

A 30-year-old woman who was on guard duty succumbed to injuries sustained when she was attacked by an elephant while at work in Hwange on Friday.The woman, Lydia Dube (30) was pronounced dead on arrival at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulaway…

Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:21hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Mohadi guard charged with murder

A police officer who was on duty at Vice President Kembo Mohadi's residence in Harare has been charged with murder after a man suspected of stealing building materials died from a severe assault. Blessing Zadzi, aged 28, was brutally beate…

Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 06:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Man breaks in school to see girlfriend

A 30 year-old sex starved Plumtree man was sent to jail for breaking into a school in a bid to see his girlfriend.Kudakwashe Munatsi was jailed two years by Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware for unlawful entry.Nembaware conditionally su…

Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

SA Border guard kills Zimbabwean man

THE trial of a member of South Africa's Border Management Authority (BMA) who recently shot and killed a Zimbabwean man on the New Limpopo Bridge has been postponed to May 26 when he appeared at Musina magistrates' court.Sebatjana Jonas Na…

Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Anxiety grips Zanu-PF old guard

Panic and anxiety has gripped many Zanu-PF bigwigs ahead of the party's elective congress this week with most of them unsure where they will stand after the event.Sources said the old guard, previously sidelined in President Emmerson Mnang…

Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's Presidential Guard soldiers arrested in Beatrice gun robbery

Two soldiers from the Presidential Guard have been arrested after a family was robbed at gunpoint at a farm in Beatrice, Mashonaland East.Police are also holding a third man, who retired from the same army unit.Munyaradzi Munyuki, 27, Busa…

Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Guard arrested for losing firearm while drinking

A 30-year-old security officer has been arrested after losing a service firearm and failed to report to the police, while a suspected house breaker has been arrested in Concession where a police uniform and handcuffs were found.The securit…

Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Guard shoots dead gold thief

A SECURITY guard at a mine in Filabusi has been arrested for killing a man for stealing gold ore.Police, on their twitter page, said Thokozani Ncube, who works at Lyn Mine in Filabusi shot Martin Sibanda on the knee and he fell into six-me…

Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Who will guard the guards?

EVER wondered "who will guard the guards themselves?" This age-old political question, which raises concern over the conduct of those who are charged with enforcing rules on others, is interrogated in the latest joint publication by the Zi…

Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 12 | by CHRA

Guard beheaded, body burnt with tyres

IN a gruesome murder that has shocked residents in the faming town of Chiredzi, a security guard was murdered, his head cut off before the rest of the body was thrown at a scrap yard and burnt with tyres and plastics.The burning body of 60…

Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Armed robbers rape guard

POLICE have launched a manhunt for six armed men who stormed a security company in Harare, disarmed guards, robbed the premises and raped a female guard. The robbers got away with cell phones, cash and a television set. National police spo…

Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Guard 'kills' wife over affairs

A security guard in Silobela allegedly brutally killed his wife whom he accused of having multiple extra-marital affairs, police have confirmed. Acting Midlands province police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende said the inci…

Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Guard forgets firearm in toilet

WHAT a relief!A seemingly absent-minded security guard with a local security company who was deployed at a bank landed himself in trouble when he allegedly forgot his service firearm in the toilet where he was relieving himself.It is repor…

Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

We've failed to guard our independence

ZIMBABWE's independence in 1980 did not come on a silver platter but it came at a huge cost and most of the people who made sure this day became a reality are long gone.But for those who were lucky to remain behind, we should ask if they a…

Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Harry Peter Wilson

School female security guard 'molests' pupils

A 26-year-old female security guard from Zvishavane has been arrested for allegedly molesting primary school pupils under the pretext of teaching them sex lessons. Choice Muzeti of Maglass Compound in Zvishavane allegedly molested young gi…

Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:07hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Ex-bodyguard bares all on Nikita Mangena

THE late Zipra commander, Rogers Alfred Nikita Mangena, was recently honoured by the Government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa by naming a cantonment area which houses Zimbabwe National Defence University after Mangena in recognition of h…

Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:05hrs | 4 | by Staff rpeorter

Ex-convict drags prison officer to court

An ex-convict who was recently released from Mutimurefu Prison under the Presidential Amnesty has sued a prison officer at the prison for allegedly assaulting him while he was still serving his six year sentence for unlawful entry, theft a…

Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

Guard against hostile nations, says #Zimbabwe army

A Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander has urged the country's uniformed forces are there to protect the country at all cost.These officers and non commissioned officers have just finished some top courses in communication at this school of s…

Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

Armed robbers hammer security guard

TWO armed robbers pounced on a Redan Fuel Station in Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb and got away with $150 and a cellphone after attacking a security guard with a hammer.Police sources said the Monday night robbery followed a similar attack at …

Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili

BCC introduces palisade fencing, to get rid of security guards

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has introduced palisade fencing, doing away with security guards, in a development expected to save the municipality about $1 million a year in overtime allowances. The municipality installed palisade fences…

Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili

Woman tries to flee with 100ml Vaseline bottle

A 39-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman caused a scene in Plumtree Town when she tried to flee from security guards with a 100ml Vaseline bottle she stole from a local supermarket. Buhlebenkosi Mpofu of 3882 Gwabalanda suburb dashed out of a supermar…

Published: 28 Mar 2014 at 16:22hrs | 2 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube

Fugitive killer guard in threatening calls

33-YEAR-OLD Fugitive Mavhudzi High School guard Joseph Zvikumva, who callously shot and killed his subordinate Itai Mutasa at close range accusing him of dating and siring a child with his widowed live-in girlfriend Fiona Muchichwa, is all…

Published: 18 Jan 2014 at 06:14hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter

Guard points firearm at police officer, fined $200

A security guard from Inyathi in Bubi District has been fined $200 for pointing a firearm at a police officer in a "fight" over the right of way along the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road.Senzile Nhliziyo Moyo (51) employed by Safeguard Security Compan…

Published: 23 Oct 2013 at 11:14hrs | 1 | by Court Reporter

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