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ZimDaily recycling a discredited historical myth
While most progressive Zimbabweans are genuinely outraged by renegade political activist Sengezo Tshabangu's calculated and determined assault on democracy at the behest of forces of darkness by disru...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 09:32hrs | | by Dumisani Muleya
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
Armed robbers blow open bank safe
AN armed robber who is part of a five-man gang that used explosives to blow open a safe at Agribank Lupane branch is recovering in hospital under police guard after he was shot.Police national...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:09hrs | 9 | by Staff rporter
Tonderai Ndira's widow carries heavy heart
THE mere mention of the word "elections" has a chilling effect on Plaxedes Mutariswa Ndira.Memories of her late husband, Tonderai Ndira, who was a staunch MDC-T activist, immediately engulf he...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:58hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
How Mine robbers unmasked
POLICE in Bulawayo have linked armed robbers who raided a cash-in-transit vehicle transporting nearly 12kg of gold worth US$675 000 from How Mine to Fidelity Printers and Refiners to four other armed ...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA border tiff calls for urgent introspection
THE ongoing tiff between Zimbabwe and South Africa over border jumpers from this side of the Limpopo River does not only make sad reading, but demonstrates the gravity of the economic mess that the ci...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Shooting at AFM
THERE was drama at the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church in Marlborough on Thursday after security guards allegedly hired by the church's splinter group led by Reverend Cossam Chiangwa fired gunsho...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
R1,2m heist victim turns to madzibaba to nab robbers
THE arrest of a 32-year-old man suspected to be part of a gang that recently robbed a Beitbridge businessman of R1,2 million and US$3 500, reportedly came after the businessman allegedly consulted a l...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Robber arrested, 4 guns recovered
A suspected armed robber believed to be part of gang that robbed a Beitbridge businessman of R1,2 million and US$3 500 last month, has been arrested, leading to the recovery of four pistols and 21 rou...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Border jumpers robbed
NINE people lost cash amounting to R28 850 and US$90 and other valuables after they were attacked by gun-wielding robbers while they were on their way to South Africa, through an illegal entry point a...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers in daylight raid
A GANG of armed robbers yesterday stormed wholesale outlet, Bulk Cash and Carry, located on Basch Street and Khami Road in Bulawayo, and viciously assaulted staff and customers before getting away wit...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun-totting land barons terrorise vapositori
Unrepentant gun-wielding lands barons have beyond reasonable doubt become a menace in Harare's Budiriro high-density suburb where they invade land earmarked for Johane Masowe Nyenyedzinomwe low income...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 15:01hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Mnangagwa's political dialogue immobilises Chamisa's divisive politics
While Zimbabweans have largely moved on with life, following the 30 July 2018 harmonised elections, which President ED Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF won resoundingly, MDC- Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has a...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Armed robbers hit Lupane bank
SIX gun-wielding robbers raided a bank and shop in Lupane in two separate incidents and got away with more than $1 200 and undisclosed groceries. Police spokesperson for Matabeleland North, Ch...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 22:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers take money changer's cash-laden BMW
THREE gun-wielding men clad in balaclavas attacked an illegal money changer in Bulawayo's City Centre before getting away with his BMW vehicle which had R80 000, US$5000 and $ 8 000 bond notes among o...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF responsible for terror, says Chamisa's MDC
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's spokesperson, Nkululeko Sibanda has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga cannot be absolved from the reign of terror that happened in the p...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun-wielding soldiers assault Daily news staff
Gun-wielding members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) yesterday assaulted Daily News drivers who were distributing the country's leading independent paper in and around the capital city.The...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabweans shot dead on camera in SA
A MAN believed to be from Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb was shot dead in South Africa in a botched robbery, an incident that was captured on camera. The incident occurred on Monday at about 10AM...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'assassinator' sentenced to 16 years in prison
Harare - President Emmerson Mngangagwea's ‘would be' assassinator who is also a self-proclaimed prophet has been sentenced to 16-years behind bars by a Harare magistrate.The gun-wielding bog...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 16:17hrs | | by Margaret Matibiri for Mail & Telegraph (mailandtelegraph.com)
Toy gun-toting robbers caged
TWO toy gun-wielding robbers have been caged in Beitbridge after way-laying three villagers at the Limpopo River and robbing them of R1 200.Godfrey Mbedzi (29) and Never Sibanda (23), both of ...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 11:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun-wielding Zanu-PF-linked thugs invade Grace Mugabe's property
Former first lady Grace Mugabe's gold mine in Mazowe was reportedly invaded by suspected Zanu-PF gunmen who drove out security guards who were guarding the property.According to Daily News, th...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 11:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Punish Zimbabwe's rogue soldiers'
The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) has called on government to punish rogue soldiers behind the August 1 killing of civilians in the capital.In a recent report, HRT said the demolition of market...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 13:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti relates epic capture by 'balaclava and gun-wielding soldiers' - who mourns povo, victims of his greed
Tendai Biti was hurried and haunted out of Zimbabwe and he almost escaped to Zambia only to be nabbed at the last minute and brought back to Zimbabwe. He has been telling us his adventure and we will,...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 20:21hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Biti claims extra-judicial arrest, deportation
MDC Alliance co-principal Tendai Biti yesterday narrated his harrowing experience at the hands of State security agents who allegedly applied extra-judicial means to arrest him at Chirundu Border Post...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'new dispensation' that never was!
As the violence, persecution, and repression of Zimbabwean opposition figures - most recently, Tendai Biti of the MDC Alliance, who had to flee to neighbouring Zambia - continue unbated, people from a...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 13:48hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's Vanguard leader threatens to 'kill someone' for MP seat
Leader of the infamous MDC-T Vanguard, Shakespeare Mukoyi has threatened to "kill someone" if he is not elected as Member of Parliament for Kuwadzana East in the forthcoming elections. Mukoyi,...Published: 26 May 2018 at 18:04hrs | | by Nicole Hondo
Death threats as osiphatheleni fight
A NASTY fight has erupted between two illegal foreign currency dealers popularly known as osiphatheleni after one of them who was robbed of cash by gun-wielding robbers in July accused her colleague o...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun shots in Cowdray Park as gunmen rob Siphatheleni of over $7K
THREE masked, gun-wielding robbers raided a suspected 'Siphatheleni' (illegal currency trader) as she arrived at her home in Bulawayo on Thursday night, seizing $7 800 and R2 000 after firing two shot...Published: 29 Jul 2017 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: White cop fires at black protesters in SA
Just moments after Magistrate Makgaola Foso granted bail to the two men accused of killing a 16-year-old boy in Coligny, fire-fighters were battling flames at a farmhouse not far from the fields where...Published: 08 May 2017 at 14:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC President Tsvangirai sheds tears for a fallen national Hero
New York, United States - "A great star has fallen waileth myself, there is a bereavement in the only community and ideological family to which I belong."Who shall comfort me in the distant la...Published: 15 Apr 2017 at 20:07hrs | 3 | by Dr. Wangu Mazodze
Gun-toting gang ties up priest, steals $11,000 & car
THREE gun-wielding robbers allegedly struck at a Roman Catholic Church, tied up a priest and got away with about $11,000 and a Toyota Hilux. The robbery occurred on Saturday around 9PM at St Charles L...Published: 18 Jul 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu
Armed robber abandoned by crew pleads guilty
A GUN-wielding robber who allegedly shot and injured two people as he tried to escape from an angry mob has appeared in court facing robbery charges. Thokozani Zulu, 39, allegedly robbed and t...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 05:39hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Christian Prophetic Voice of Zimbabwe condemns illegal eviction of Philip Rankin from Farm
The Christian Prophetic Voice of Zimbabwe has condemned illegal eviction of Philip Rankin from their Kingston Deverill farm.In a statement the organisation described the move by Zimbabwean aut...Published: 04 Feb 2016 at 14:36hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Soldiers bash ex-ZBC workers
There were skirmishes at the ZBC Pockets Hill head office on Friday when a group of about 30 ex-workers tried to storm the Highlands premises to inquire about their packages following their dismis...Published: 16 Nov 2015 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA returnees resort to sex work
Sex work is on the rise here, with desperate women who returned home in the wake of attacks on foreigners in South Africa resorting to extreme measures to deal with their financial hardships, civil so...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 12:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean history that is nothing
THE War of the Axe had ended, serving the Xhosa nation a stunning defeat. And the British treachery had settled that war expectedly through characteristic British deceit.The year was 1847,...Published: 13 Dec 2014 at 11:15hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Prostitute sells out robber
A GUN-WIELDING Harare man who terrorised Victoria Falls residents last Thursday shocked the Hwange Magistrates Court when he claimed he had committed the robberies to raise money for bus fare to retur...Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 10:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim congregants beat church robbers in SA
Johannesburg - Armed robbers who stormed into a church at the end of a prayer meeting and started demanding phones and money last night got the beating of their lives from the enraged congregation....Published: 02 Sep 2014 at 16:27hrs | | by iol
Boy (14) shot in Chitungwiza
A 14-year-old Chitungwiza boy is battling for life after being shot when a bid to disarm a gun-wielding man by a member of the Air Force of Zimbabwe went horribly wrong.National police spokes...Published: 13 Oct 2013 at 02:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police evict 300 Zanu-PF farm invaders
About 300 Zanu PF supporters were last Friday left homeless after their structures were allegedly demolished by the police, while several others who resisted eviction were arrested.The land i...Published: 10 Sep 2013 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
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