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MPs demand answers on machete sales in Bulawayo
Legislators from Bulawayo have raised serious concerns in the National Assembly over the government's policy on the ownership and sale of machetes, following a disturbing increase in violent attacks l...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:15hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs wreak havoc in Bulawayo
Fear and frustration are mounting across Bulawayo as machete-wielding gangs continue to terrorise residents in several suburbs, leaving a trail of violence, injury, and trauma in their wake.Ov...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:37hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs terrorise Bulawayo
Residents of Bulawayo are gripped by fear as machete-wielding gangs continue to unleash violent attacks across the city's high-density suburbs. The brutal assaults have left many victims nursing serio...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:31hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang suspected in violent attacks on Emakhandeni residents
Three residents of Emakhandeni suburb were left seriously injured after being attacked by suspected machete-wielding gangs in separate incidents on Wednesday night, sparking fear and outrage in the co...Published: 29 May 2025 at 13:26hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Wave of terror in Entumbane as machete gangs attack residents
A terrifying crime wave has rocked Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb, where six residents were brutally attacked by armed criminals wielding machetes and an axe in a series of violent incidents along the ra...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 07:58hrs | 1670 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF MP, G40's Mashayamombe co-ordinate machete gangs, ready to kill
ZANU-PF legislator for Harare South constituency, Trymore Kanopula and a current secretly serving member of the Generation40 faction, Shadreck Mashayamomb...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 23:49hrs | 2718 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Filabusi senior cops bribed by Zinyama
TENSION remains high in Matebeleland South's Insiza district after marauding machete gangs invaded villages last week where they attacked people over a mining claim dispute.A numbe...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs terrorise Esigodini villagers
Villagers in the Esigodini area of Umzingwane district, Matebeleland South province, are living in fear due to the presence of machete-wielding artisanal miners who are terrorizing the communities....Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's well-oiled campaign raises eyebrows
A day after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rally in Harare on August 9, thousands of empty boxes of fast foods were strewn across the venue spanning up to more than the size of four soccer fields....Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 21:57hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Miners appeal for the scrapping of EPOs
Small to medium scale miners have appealed to the Government to scrap a mining law that protects individuals in possession of large tracts of land under an exclusive prospecting order (EPO) resulting ...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF unleshes machete gangs?
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has allegedly unleashed machete-wielding gangs in the Midlands province to mobilise voters for its five million votes for ED campaign ahead of this year's polls.NewsDa...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
186 000 arrested for bribery, smuggling
MORE than 186 600 people have been arrested countrywide on the three targeted crackdowns against cross-border crimes, bribing police and operating in machete gangs.The suspects have been arres...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Omakorokoza turn Sharona Park into no-go area
SHARONA Park situated north-east of Meadowlands, and north-west of Heany Junction Farm, on the outskirts of Bulawayo, has been turned into a "no-go area" by over hundred machete-brandishing illegal go...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Machete now a weapon of choice for armed robbers
THE emergence of machete gangs in Zimbabwe's mining towns has given birth to a new breed of armed robbers who use machetes as a weapon of choice since the broad blade, which is traditionally used as a...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police capture 8 machete gangsters
BULAWAYO police have arrested eight members of a 13-member machete gang that has been terrorising residents and committing robberies in the city.Confirming the arrest yesterday, Bulawayo polic...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs terrorise Bulawayo residents
Gangs of robbers wielding machetes are terrorising Bulawayo residents at their homes and business premises, police have raised alarm.Fifteen cases have been reported in the last two weeks....Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 18:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
150 000 arrested for border crimes
POLICE have arrested over 150 000 people in an operation targeting border crimes.In January last year police launched operation "No to cross border crimes" to fight border related crimes such ...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 18:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chegutu villagers relive night of terror
"THEY must rot in jail!" Selma Modi (38) of Kalembo Farm in Chegutu yelled as she narrated her harrowing ordeal of last Tuesday night at the hands of armed Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) personnel....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers run amok in Chegutu
DOZENS of villagers near Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo Airbase in Chegutu were on Tuesday allegedly assaulted by soldiers reportedly searching for a machete gangster who had assaulted their collegue.A...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Politicians are fuelling hate crimes
ONLY hate and barbarism could have produced the sort of spectacle the world witnessed a few weeks ago when a baying mob of South Africans moved from house to house in Johannesburg's Diepsloot slum to ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:37hrs | 2 | by Addy Kudita
Granny axed to death as family watches
RESIDENTS of Gwanda are in shock following the death of a 68-year-old woman who was killed by an axe wielding man who had a score to settle with the woman's daughter and grandson.The woman, Em...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police bar lawyer, media in a machete gangs indaba
OFFICER Commanding Mashonaland Central Commissioner Witcliff Makamachi was forced yesterday to descend with his provincial team to Guruv...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 21:23hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Blitz nets 45 000 unregistered cars
MORE than 45 100 motorists have so far been arrested for driving unregistered cars during the ongoing operation while over 1,6 million people were also nabbed countrywide for violating Covid-19 regula...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police finger Zanu-PF in CCC Kwekwe violence
POLICE have accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of perpetrating the weekend violence in Kwekwe which left two opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters dead and 17 others injured, with ei...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead after mine shootout
A body of an unknown man believed to have been part of a 20-man gang that were involved in shoot-out with a security guard after raiding a mine in Shamva has been found with a gunshot wound at the bac...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver up for smuggling alcohol
A 35-year-old man was arrested in Bulawayo on Sunday on allegations of smuggling a South-African haulage truck, two trailers and a cargo of nearly 3 000 cartons of different brands of alcohol into Zim...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Over 30 000 unlicensed drivers arrested
POLICE have arrested over 30 000 motorists for driving without licenses and driving unregistered motor vehicles.Meanwhile, police have also arrested 113 683 people for cross border offences si...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 16:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
40 machete wielding gang arrested
POLICE have arrested 40 machete wielding artisanal miners at Kitsiyatota in Bindura.The arrests were made on February 6, 2022 in an operation to end machete gang violence at mines dubbed Chiko...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Horrific tales of murderous weapons in Zhombe, Silobela
ON 21 January, a team of police officers and journalists led by Officer Commanding Midlands province Commissioner Winston Muza descended on Silobela to meet community leaders, who included those from ...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 21:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Larry Mavhima crucified Mudha
FORMER State Security Minister Owen Mudha Ncube was fired from his lucrative job after he was crucified by newly installed Zanu-PF Midlands provincial chairman Larry Mavhima during a stormy three-hour...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns Mudha
President Emmerson Mnangagwa issued a warning to deal with officials fanning factionalism within the party during the last week's ZanuPf Politibro meeting...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 15:25hrs | 5 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Machete Gang disrupts ZANU PF Kwekwe Provincial Election
The Kwekwe Provincial elections which were held on Tuesday were marred with violence and conflicts after Energy Ncube (Dhala) hired machete ga...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 12:47hrs | 11 | by Shelton Muchena
3 dead in fight over woman
Police in Matabeleland South province have launched a manhunt for four men who allegedly killed three artisanal miners over a woman in Lumene, Gwanda District, and are on the run.The accused p...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths stage demo against Paradza
AS the political temperatures reach the boiling point ahead of impending Zanu-PF provincial elections in Mashonaland West, party youths at the weekend staged a demonstration against Information deputy...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Blitz nets hundreds of border jumpers in 1 day
POLICE Sunday arrested 427 people for various cross border crime violations under the operation "no to cross-border crimes".In a statement, National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner ...Published: 15 Dec 2021 at 06:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Robber waylays gold dealer
A 36-year-old Bulawayo man lost 65 grammes of gold and a cellphone to an armed robber who had lured him to Chegutu. The man had been lured to Shamva by the robber only identified as Anyway Mun...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns 'name-droppers' in bloody clashes over gold claims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office has distanced the Zanu-PF leader from the bloody clashes over the control of one of Manicaland's richest gold mines.Pedzai Scott Sakupwanya, a gold dealer...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Daggers out in Zanu-PF restructuring
THE Zanu-PF restructuring exercise has exposed deep-rooted factionalism as well as infighting fuelled by jostling for positions ahead of the party's provincial elections.The party is set to co...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 28 037 illegal gold panners
POLICE have arrested 28 037 illegal gold panners since the commencement of the operation "Chikorokoza ngachipere/ isitsheketsha kasiphele / no to machete gangs".The operation was launched on 7...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 10:12hrs | 1 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Security forces deep in gold smuggling: Report
MEMBERS of the security forces and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) officials tasked to maintain order and security in the mining sector have been accused of the smuggling of the precious mineral outsid...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:38hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chinese now influential players in illicit gold trade study
CHINESE nationals are now "prominent and influential actors" in Zimbabwe's lucrative gold sector and have formed questionable partnerships with the elite in Zanu-PF and senior law enforcement agents....Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs resurface
THE infamous MaShurugwi machete gangs have reportedly resurfaced in Guruve, Mashonaland Central province, where they recently attacked and injured four villagers.The return of violence prompte...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs resurface in Guruve
FOUR people from Mudhindo,Guruve are nursing injuries from machete gangs who are terrorising Mudhindo in search of gold.The gangs who a...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 12:29hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Fear grips women in mining
Women in mining are now living in fear at Mudhindo and places surrounding Guruve where machete gangs have resurfaced in search of the precious stone....Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 12:12hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Zimbabwe gold receipts plunge 35%
Zimbabwe's gold export receipts have plunged 35% to US$78.4m in May from US$120m achieved in the prior comparative period as the yellow metal deliveries to the country's sole buyer and marketer, Fidel...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 08:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe breathes fire to cops
Police commanders have been directed to immediately put to an end the rampant child kidnappings, ritual killings, traffic chaos caused by pirate taxis and general armed robberies targeting families an...Published: 21 May 2021 at 05:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Police blitz nets 9 000 illegal miners
ABOUT 9 000 illegal gold miners have been arrested in a police blitz against gold panning across the country.In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi exp...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZRP red flags spike in cop attacks
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has raised concern over an increase in attacks and murder cases involving police officers.In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Assistant Co...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machete gang leader arrested
A suspected machete gang leader has been arrested in Kwekwe for committing a spate of armed robberies in and around the area. Police impounded his getaway vehicle a Toyota Mark X and recovered an axe ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
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