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Senator Mupfumira's car seized at gunpoint in Harare
A vehicle belonging to Mashonaland West senator and former cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira was hijacked at gunpoint in Harare's Avondale West on December 11, police have confirmed.The incide...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:46hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
Armed hijackers strike in Bulawayo
A dramatic carjacking occurred in Bulawayo on Wednesday night when three armed men hijacked a white Ford Ranger Twin Cab at gunpoint. The vehicle, valued at over US$40,000, was stolen at Chigumira Sho...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 07:04hrs | 803 | by Sgtaff reporter
Zimbabwe content creator found murdered following a hijacking in Delft
A digital content creator and pastor who graduated just days ago has been found murdered following a hijacking in Delft.Marshall Ganyau, 30, was pictured smiling in his graduation gear after c...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 08:05hrs | 1295 | by Staff reporter
Is your Zimbabwe property safe from property hijackers
This is a follow up article of title deeds fraud which I wrote in January 2022 that went viral. There is now a new fraud trend called Property Hijacking happening in South Africa. Property hijacking i...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 22:32hrs | 766 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Nelson Chamisa is Zimbabwe's political antbear (Isambane)
It takes a few seconds for an animal called an antbear (Isambane) to dig a barrow and abandon it in seconds to start a fresh one. Like a controversial antibear, Nelson Chamisa has mesmerized Zimbabwea...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 09:36hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
'Sikhala detention, a serious violation of rights'
HUMAN rights defenders have expressed concern over alleged weaponisation of the police, Judiciary and prison services, citing the continued detention of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator ...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chair jailed for carjacking
Zanu-PF Filabusi district chairperson Arthur Nhliziyo from Lobela village has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for hijacking at gunpoint two Zambia-registered haulage trucks carrying copper....Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Car hijackers jailed
TWO serial Concession car hijackers were sentenced to an effective five year jail term each by Bindura magistrate Ruramai Chitumbura on Friday....Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Truck driver vanishes
A TRUCK driver, Masimba Murombo (48) working for Biltrans Transport, went missing last Friday while transporting a consignment of copper from Chirundu to Harare.Preliminary investigations indi...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe true liberation heroes need to finally unshackle themselves from those who hijacked the struggle
This past week has been a most painful one for all of us who respect and honour the history of our beloved country, its legacy, and the struggle that brought about its liberation.Firstly, ther...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 17:55hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The Emergence of 5th Columnists in Matebeleland
Matebeleland has come a long way and still has a long way to go before any realistic arrival at the station of real freedom for its own people. It is a long winding mountainous road to freedom that is...Published: 14 May 2021 at 13:24hrs | | by Thembani Dube
Notorious car hijacker nabbed
Two notorious machete wielding car hijackers who were elusive to the police after allegedly robbing a Mazowe man of his Toyota Runx were nabbed and dragge...Published: 04 May 2021 at 11:26hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Dabengwa, Tongogara, Nkomo, Chitepo why did you leave us - as Zimbabwe's hijackers even more determined to crush our country?
In life we always have individuals whom we wished could have had the marvellous opportunity to have met, and even got to know on a personal level - and, certainly I am not to be left out, since I am a...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 16:27hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Gold buyer dismisses gun crime claims
THE Bulawayo gold dealer who stands accused of pulling out a gun in a dispute over a Honda Fit has claimed that he did not do such a thing but instead was robbed of US$30 000. Police in Bulawa...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police still to account for Fawcett cash-in-transit hijackers
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday said they were still investigating a robbery case involving a Fawcett Security cash-in-transit (CIT) vehicle which was hijacked by armed robbers on Monday while it was tra...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Car hijackers jailed 5 years
TWO car hijackers, who stole a Toyota Wish in Rusape intending to break it and sell its parts, were yesterday jailed five years each by Rusape magistrate Ruth Moyo.Jabulani Shereni (23) and Sh...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Car hijackers jailed
Two car hijackers who stole a Toyota Wish in Rusape intending to break the parts for resale were jailed five years each by Rusape magistrate Ruth Moyo yes...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 21:02hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Notorious car hijackers nabbed in Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Bulawayo Metropolitan Province have arrested five suspected members of a notorious car theft syndicate suspected to have been hijacking and breaking into parked moto...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 20:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean couple hijacked in Durban, wife missing since Monday
A Zimbabwean businessman who travelled to Durban with his wife might have to return home alone after they were allegedly hijacked and the criminals made off with her in their bakkie.She has be...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 14:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Undertaker scares the hell out of would-be robbers
The CEO of Thabelo Funerals and Tombstones company, Humbulani Aubrey Bvumbi, put the fear of death into would-be hijackers who he sent fleeing for their lives as they pounced in his driveway in Johann...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:47hrs | | by TimeLive
Zapu Firebrand Moyo lights up Zapu Europe AGM
Zapu Europe Province held its annual general meeting last Saturday in Leicester in the United Kingdom. All the existing districts were represented. The highlight was the guest speaker, Dr Edwin Moyo, ...Published: 22 May 2018 at 10:09hrs | | by Samkelo Nkomo
3 SA-bound Zimbabwe buses hijacked
A Bulawayo man was shot on the ear after he withheld R10 from highway robbers who hijacked buses, omalayitsha and two private motorists between Musina and Kranskop along Musina- Johannesburg Highway o...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel tankers used for drugs, ivory, arms smuggling operations across Zimbabwe - South Africa
Modified tanker trucks are at the center of a new wave of drug smuggling into and through South Africa as well as movement of illegal arms and ivory from and out of Zimbabwe, a ...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 08:49hrs | 3 | by Tapiwa Vhurundiya (Khuluma Reporter)
Hitch hikers turn out to be hijackers
A Good Samaritan lost his vehicle to three carjackers he had given a lift from Lower Gweru to Gweru.One of the suspects Brian Mukomazi (32) of Mbaya Village under Chief Bunina, Lower Gweru app...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government and local authorities must respect rights of informal workers
The government and local authorities are not only violating the rights of human beings involved in informal work, but are also committing a state crime through the continued brazen, arbitrary and unwa...Published: 01 May 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights
Yvonne Chaka Chaka survives shootout
Yvonne Chaka Chaka survived a near death experience when she was caught in the crossfire between cops and hijackers in Midrand yesterday. The legendary singer tweeted a picture of the scene wi...Published: 28 Sep 2016 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Victim relives Mzansi Express hijack horror
A WOMAN who says she was robbed of R22,450, $150 and a cellphone in an armed hold up of a Mzansi Express bus at Sasol Service Station in South Africa, yesterday said one of the robbers could be a petr...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 06:59hrs | 3 | by Bongani Ndlovu
South Africa-bound passenger kills gun toting hijacker
A PASSENGER on a Mzansi Express bus from Zimbabwe to South Africa allegedly wrestled a gun from a robber and shot him dead, when four armed men raided the vehicle in Musina on Friday.One of th...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 07:06hrs | 2 | by Bianca Mlilo
Hijackers make makeshift dead body to lure motorists to stop
South African hijackers are reported to have adopted a plan of disposing a dead body makeshift on the road to lure motorists to stop along the roads so as to attack and rob them.Daily Sun repo...Published: 09 Jun 2016 at 15:49hrs | | by Steaff Reporter
Mpandawana motorist loses Navara to carjackers
A drunk Gutu motorist has lost a Nissan Navara double cab to hijackers he had picked up as passengers at Mpandawana Growth Point in the early hours of Monday.Masvingo Mirror reported that the ...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Rapulana Seiphemo accident - Was it a hijacking gone wrong?
Johannesburg - The Juice can on Monday confirmed that actor Rapulana Seiphemo has been discharged from hospital and is recovering at his home in Johannesburg. Family spokesperson Mduduzi Sikha...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 12:39hrs | 1 | by The Juice
Byo-Joburg Intercape bus nearly hijacked in SA on Sunday morning
SIXTY-Five Zimbabweans were nearly hijacked aboard an Intercape bus in neighbouring South Africa today in the morning. An unidentified number of pistol and rifle wielding men nearly commandeered the...Published: 13 Oct 2015 at 14:43hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Fake cops stop Zim bound Intercape bus, rob passengers at gun-point in SA
FORTY eight Zimbabweans endured a four-hour hijack horror aboard an Intercape bus in neighbouring South Africa yesterday. Four pistol and rifle wielding men got away with cash, cellphones and ...Published: 22 Apr 2015 at 07:01hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Watch: SA police chase hijackers through streets
On Friday 6 March, the tracking signal of a hijacked VW Jetta with the assistance of Tracker was sent to Gauteng Flying Squad and Johannesburg SAPS chopper. The vehicle was spotted in Roseban...Published: 09 Mar 2015 at 10:09hrs | | by Sapa
Gumbo, Mutasa to disregard Mugabe's orders
Zanu-PF stalwarts, who are taking their party to court over its democratic deficiencies, as well as its contested damp squib "elective" congress that was held in Harare last December, will disregard P...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Car hijackers arrested - Picture
20:05, 4 Jan - +27 7* *** ****: Car hijackers at Mayibuye Tembisa Johannesburg ...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 13:45hrs | | by Citizen journalist
4-year-old boy killed by hijackers pleaded for help
Johannesburg - The mother of a 4-year-old boy who was killed by hijackers in Reiger Park at the weekend said her little son pleaded for her to help him as the robbers sped off.Taegrin Morris w...Published: 21 Jul 2014 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
FREEZIM Congress: A call to action
A new generation has come into the picture in this country since we attained independence three decades ago, which means all those who were born after independence are almost getting past the yout...Published: 08 May 2014 at 08:52hrs | | by Kennedy Mutarwa
9-11 victim identified after 12 years
New York - A 43-year-old woman killed in the 11 September attacks in New York has been identified, bringing the total number of identified victims to 1 636, authorities said on Friday."The id...Published: 22 Jun 2013 at 09:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mandela family wants Tsvangirai lawyer out
Former president Nelson Mandela's children have launched a court bid to remove advocate George Bizos and others as directors of two of his companies, according to reports from South Africa.Biz...Published: 11 Apr 2013 at 08:14hrs | | by Sapa
Man arrested for threatening to blow up a commercial plane
Beijing - Police in southern China have arrested a man suspected of threatening to blow up a commercial jet, following a similar incident affecting a flight from Beijing, state press said on Sund...Published: 02 Sep 2012 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kenyan man undertakes 4000km journey to SA using a manual wheelchair
A Kenyan man who was paralysed after being shot by hijackers almost nine years ago has undertaken a 4000km journey in a manual wheelchair from his home country to South Africa to seek treatment for h...Published: 21 Aug 2012 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shrien Dewani too ill to be extradited - lawyer
London - The health, and the life, of British businessman Shrien Dewani will be at risk if he is extradited to South Africa to face allegations of masterminding the murder of his bride during their ho...Published: 13 Dec 2011 at 20:58hrs | | by Moyo roy
People respond to Mbuya Nehanda the prophet of Satan
People respond to Mbuya Nehanda the prophet of Satan by Dudu Masaiti....Published: 09 Dec 2011 at 22:38hrs | 3 | by Matthews Estell
9-11, the day bullies play victims
A decade after the 9/11 bombings of the World Trade Centre and Pentagon; the symbols of America's capitalist dominance and military destabilisation, Uncle Sam once again played great victim at the sit...Published: 14 Sep 2011 at 04:47hrs | | by Contributor
Obituary: Osama bin Laden
In his death on May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden kept a promise made in a 2006 audio message.Alluding to the United States' hunt for him, the al-Qaeda leader stated his determination to avoid cap...Published: 02 May 2011 at 10:30hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
Osama bin Laden's successor likely to be Ayman al-Zawahri
Ayman al-Zawahri, Egyptian-born doctor and surgeon is al Qaeda's second-in-command expected to succeed Osama bin Laden following his killing in a fire-fight with US forces in Pakistan. Za...Published: 02 May 2011 at 04:06hrs | | by Moyo Roy
'Hijacking Made Easy' - Repentant Car Hijacker Explains How it is Done
Car Hijacker explains how it is done- it is well worth reading!!!!Q. 1: Are most cars hijacked on order by syndica...Published: 14 Mar 2011 at 10:39hrs | | by Byo24News
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