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Mugodhi Church members die as robbers pounce on their prayer mountain
Two people from Mugodhi church died after they slipped and fell on rocks in Mazowe when armed robbers allegedly pounced on them at their prayer mountain &...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 21:52hrs | 2063 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mazowe
Chinese national shoots machete wielding robber
Masvingo-based suspected robber Alfred Mukwazhe (42) is nursing a gun wound after he was shot at Yingcan Cadogan mine in Shamva last week.The Chinese national Tang Hongbo allegedly fired two w...Published: 25 Nov 2024 at 11:49hrs | 1611 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Shona youth that attack Matabele possessed by the demon of gukurahundi
Shona youth that drive all the way from Mashonaland to Matabeleland armed with machetes and fire arms to invade Matabeleland and violently attack and kill...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 23:53hrs | 72 | by Israel Dube
Machete wielding robber flees naked
A suspected robber allegedly fled naked after he was caught trying to rape a woman he robbed of her money.Mqondisi Khupe (21) of Madlam...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 23:38hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 11 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Teenage 'Mashurugwi' nabbed for gold heist
Two machete wielding teenage illegal gold panners were arrested by police together with two others after allegedly attacking and robbing a fellow panner of US$300 cash and 1.5 grams of gold.Po...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:12hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Machete wielding robbers pounce on Delta employee
Three unknown machete wielding robbers allegedly pounced on Delta employee and robbed him of his wallet which contained identity documents and US$300....Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man robbed while relieving self
A 42-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo lost property worth US$1 240 when he was robbed by a gang while relieving himself.The machete gang pounced on him after he had accompanied a female friend to co...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Machete wielding robbers pounce on a miner
FOUR machete wielding robbers allegedly pounced on a Bindura robber and demanded gold and cash before assaulting him and his wife at night....Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 20:31hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police shoot machete wielding miners
POLICE in Bindura allegedly shot three illegal machete wielding miners who were causing myherm at Kitsiyatota mine in Bindura.The matte...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 13:44hrs | 13 | by Simbarashe Sithole
US$100k property recovered as cops raid Bulawayo machete gang
BULAWAYO residents say they are now afraid to sleep at night because of machete-brandishing robbers who have injured and killed people in the city.Last week, Langelihle Dube (53) from Bulawayo...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang kills man, robs wife of $25
A MAN from Bulawayo's Lobengula West suburb was yesterday morning killed at his home by machete wielding robbers who got away with US$25.Langelihle Dube (53) who ran a tuck shop at his home an...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Machete wielding robbers jailed 10 years
THREE machete wielding robbers who robbed a Bindura cellphone dealer of his car and belongings were sentenced to 10 years each in jail by Bindura Re...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 18:56hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: ZANU PF kills 1, injures 17 Chamisa supporters
At least 17 have been hospitalized while 1 person sadly lost his life following an act of violence by suspected ZANU PF thugs during CCC President Nelson Chamisa’s address in Kwekwe today....Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 15:26hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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
Zanu-PF youths beat CCC driver
Zanu-PF youths savagely assaulted Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Kwekwe by-election candidate Judith Tobaiwa's driver as the political temperature heats up ahead of the March 26 by-elections....Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Violent ZANU PF officials disqualified ahead of by-elections
ZANU PF suspended two Kwekwe central aspiring legislator candidates for violence and vote buying on parliamentary by- elections, yesterday.Kandros Mugabe and Energy ' Dhala' Mugabe who intende...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 15:26hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo/ Simbarashe Sithole in Kwekwe
Is it too late for Mnangagwa to reverse course?
All reasonable men know that the people of the Rainbird are the "wisest" among the Bantu. I was made aware, quite recently that they also have a weird sense of humour. When a bad character meets his f...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:59hrs | 16 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Machete wielding illegal miners kill one, leaves four in agony
A gang of machete wielding illegal miners from Midlands aboard two kombis descended on Shamva mine and attacked five people killing one on the spot yester...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 17:33hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman kills hubby in infidelity brawl
A 35-year-old Harare woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband over infidelity.The woman, Leoba Muzondo retaliated after her husband, Farai Tsatse (39), who accused her of infi...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Man drowns escaping machete wielding rivals
A man from Zhombe fell into Sebakwe dam and drowned after he was cornered by a rival gang armed with machetes on Saturday.Assista...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 14:01hrs | 10 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Machete wielding ZANU-PF officials implicate July Moyo in land grabbing
Machete wielding ZANU PF officials allegedly pounced on Jowani Masowe Nyenyedzi nomwe shrine threatening to drive the congregants away saying they were se...Published: 28 Oct 2021 at 21:14hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
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
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 needs 667 police patrol vehicles, not 667 Zupco buses
BULAWAYO has made headlines for the wrong reasons in recent weeks amid a notable rise in armed robbery cases and other forms of violent crimes. Armed robberies targeting private homes and businesses h...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:21hrs | 2 | by Nkosilathi Lesley Ngwenya
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 | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado How did it start?
No human eye has seen such a level of cruelty perpetrated on another human being by another human. The gruesome nature of the killings rape and suffering caused by these ISIS rebels is indeed knee sha...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Machete wielding robbers rob Mt Darwin man
THREE machete wielding robbers allegedly pounced on a Mt Darwin man on Sunday and robbed him of his US$900.Paul Gata (40) was ass...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 20:34hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Female artisanal miner robbed at gunpoint
A 34-YEAR-OLD Shamva artisanal miner was robbed of her US$3500 by three armed robbers last Friday.Mashonaland Central police spokespers...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 08:52hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Is Nepotism a Good Thing, or Bad?
I read with amusement the article written by Luke Tambolinyoka titled "Emerson Mnangagwa : the primitive clansman and the villagisati...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 07:27hrs | 5 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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
Machete wielding robbers nabbed at gunpoint
FOUR machete-wielding Harare robbers who allegedly pounced on Crown mine, Kaminza in Guruve were finally nabbed at gunpoint after a chase by the police.Remigio Mabwe (43), Stephen Musanhu (32)...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 11:37hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF functionaries invade protected farm
ZANU-PF Masvingo provincial officials have grabbed a massive flourishing ranch in Chiredzi owned by an Italian national and ring-fenced under a Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Machete wielding robbers ‘rape’ victim's wife
Two machete wielding robbers who allegedly pounced on a couple and robbed them of their valuables before raping the wife have been arrested....Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 00:12hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mine in Mashurugwi deal to end violence
DURATION Gold, proprietors of infamous Gaika Mine in Kwekwe have gone into a win-win partnership with artisanal miners at part of their Athens Mine in Mvuma in a bid to permanently end bloody battles ...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt is robbing gold miners
AN intricate web of Zimbabwean State firms and agencies are being used as government conduits to buy gold from artisanal miners at a song thereby impoverishing thousands of people who have turned to b...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa calls on Zanu-PF to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers
WAR veterans leader and former Cabinet minister, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has called on Zanu-PF leaders to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers whom he accuses of fomenting chaos in the ruling party ahea...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF must crack whip on troublemakers'
WAR veterans leader and former Cabinet minister, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has called on Zanu-PF leaders to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers whom he accuses of fomenting chaos in the ruling party ahea...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Only few heads have to roll in Midlands for sanity to prevail
In the 2018 elections ZANU PF lost in Kwekwe to a G40 kingpin the late Blackman Matambanadzo. It was not the campaign of Matambanadzo or the idiocy of Chebundo which lost the plot for ZANU PF. It was ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 23:46hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Thugs in Zanu PF soiling the good name of the party
In this time of DCC elections, a lot of hero-worshipping and name dropping within the party is rife. Many people are abusing the name of the president in order to gain momentum. Some in provinces are ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 13:04hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Machete wielding robber jailed
A 24-YEAR-OLD machete wielding Kwekwe robber was slapped with a three year jail term by a Kwekwe magistrate after striking a local woman with machete before robbing her bag full of US dollars and clot...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 09:14hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Machete wielding gangs terrorize villagers in Zvishavane
The 2008 violence that saw most rural Zimbabweans decapitated and maimed by Zanu-PF militia is being relieved in rural and urbanZvishavane and Shurugwi in the Midlands Province following a new wave of...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 18:36hrs | 3 | by MakhoPrecious Moyo
Machete wielding gang's night spot attack leaves one dead
One person died while several others were injured after a machete and knobkerrie wielding gang besieged a night spot in Zhombe on Friday and started attacking revellers randomly. Thabani Dube ...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 23:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machete-wielding robbers appear in court
Four of the six suspected machete wielding robbers linked to a spate of robberies in Mutare appeared in court facing 14 counts of robbery, 2 counts of attempted murder, 2 counts of rape, 5 counts of u...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 13:51hrs | 29 | by Staff Reporter
Makorokozas wreak havoc, vandalise water and sewer pipes
Machete wielding gold panners have become a cause for concern in the City of Kwekwe were they are vandalising water and sewer pipes using the water to clean their gold ore leaving the residents of Kwe...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 16:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Shiri shows no mercy for illegal farmers
The Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Perence Shiri has showed lack of concern over illegal settlers who had their structures torched in Guruve South, Mashonaland Central recently....Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 14:41hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gang members arrested for 'assaulting' cops
TWO of the 12-man machete wielding gang that assaulted cops and destroyed six police bicycles, have been arrested. Prince Moyo (24) and Descent Moyo (26) both from Spitzop North suburb in Gwan...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
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