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Mnangagwa promotes 67 senior cops
President Mnangagwa has immediately promoted 67 senior police officers to ranks between Chief Superintendent and Deputy Commissioner-General. This includes 12 Chief Superintendents advancing to Assist...Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 07:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 6 to Deputy Commissioner-General rank
President Mnangagwa has promoted six Police Commissioners to the rank of Deputy Commissioner General and 12 Assistant Commissioners to the rank of Commissioner upon their retirement.The promot...Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police to be highly visible during festive season
Police officers and other law enforcement agents will be heavily deployed countrywide to curb criminal activities and road carnage during this coming festive season, Commissioner-General Godwin Matang...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo, Matabeleland North police get new commanders
BULAWAYO and Matabeleland North provinces have received new police commanders following the transfer of their predecessors.Officer Commanding Bulawayo Province, Commissioner Patton Mbangwa, ha...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 top cops reassigned
THREE police commissioners have been transferred in a move that is meant to improve service delivery and performance.Commissioner Erasmus Makodza, who was at the Police General Headquarters, i...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jerrycan links Taj Abdul gang to spate of robberies
A victim of armed robbery yesterday positively identified a jerry can which had his initials at the bottom, as the High Court murder trial of suspected armed robber Musa Taj Abdul and his eight co-acc...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makodza acquitted after corruption trial
Police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza was acquitted on corruption charges on Thursday.Makodza, who was suspended as officer commanding Matabeleland North province following his arrest, was accus...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police boss has case to answer
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for discharge in a case where Police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza is facing a charge of criminal abuse of office for allegedly influencing the aw...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
D-Day for top cop Makodza
POLICE Commissioner Erasmus Makodza should stand trial because he has a case to answer on allegations of criminal abuse of office, the State said yesterday.Makodza is being accused of influenc...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
High Court frees land developer
THE High Court has released land developer Felix Munyaradzi from remand in a case in which he was accused of defeating the course of justice.The complainant in the matter was police Commission...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zacc investigating officer not fit to testify'
SUSPENDED Police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza claimed in court that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission's investigating officer Eric Chacha, was not fit to testify in his corruption related trial ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Top cop forged EcoCash transactions to nail opponent'
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigating officer in the case involving police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza yesterday accused the top cop of forging EcoCash transactions in a "despe...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zacc investigator exposes top cop
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commissioner (Zacc) investigating officer Eric Chacha yesterday exposed how police commissioner in charge of Matabeleland North province, Erasmus Makodza had been benefiti...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Top cop accuses ZACC officer of concealing documents
AN investigating officer suspended police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza, charged with concealing a transaction from a principal, yesterday claimed that an investigating officer from Zimbabwe Anti-Corru...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Top cop crucifies subordinate
POLICE Deputy Commissioner-General Lorraine Chipato yesterday told the court that under-fire police commissioner in charge of Matabeleland North province, Erasmus Makodza, did not write a report to th...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Top cop pleads 'not guilty' as graft trial gets underway
Matabeleland North's top police officer went on trial on Monday accused of irregularly granting his girlfriend use of a police farm.Commissioner Erasmus Makodza pleaded not guilty to charges o...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 20:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Police boss's trial set for next month
INVESTIGATIONS into police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza, accused of corruptly abusing his post or concealing from the police the business dealings of his girlfriend on a police farm in Mashonaland Eas...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Most wanted serial armed robber arrested
Another wanted serial armed robber, Alouis Nyamadzawo who has been on the police's most wanted list for committing a spate of armed robbery cases after being released on bail pending appeal in 2019, h...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Musa Taj Abdul gang convicted for spate of armed robberies
NINE notorious armed robbers responsible for a spate of robberies around the country have been convicted of illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition.Musa Taj Abdul, Liberty Mupamhanga, Pr...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC speaks on accused official
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has said it did not receive any formal complaint against one of its investigators, Eric Chacha on allegations of criminal abuse of office following repor...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:33hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Honeymoon is over: Zacc warns bigwigs
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has submitted 32 dockets to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), nine of which are high-profile, as the dragnet closes in on senior government, poli...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zacc investigator guns for police boss
AN investigator with the Zimbabwe AntiCorruption Commission (Zacc) and a junior police officer have slapped top cop, Senior Assistant Commissioner Erasmus Makodza with a $15 million defamation lawsuit...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:22hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Top cop appeals to ZACC
Lawyers representing police Commissioner Erasmus Makodza, have written to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption (ZACC) saying the commission's investigator Mr Eric Chacha must recuse himself as he is allegedly...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-policeman turned serial armed robber seeks bail
One of the country's serial armed robber and former Masvingo Central police officer Rudolf Kanhanga alias Tapiwa Munatsi (29) who exchanged gunfire with a police crack team in an attempt to evade arre...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra gives land baron's firm 7-day ultimatum
Delatfin Investments (Pvt) Ltd, a company owned by alleged land baron Felix Munyaradzi, has been given seven days to pay outstanding taxes of more than US$12 million, before the Zimbabwe Revenue Autho...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Land developer challenges placement on remand
DELATFIN INVESTMENTS proprietor Felix Munyaradzi, who handed himself over to the police on Thursday on allegations of defeating the course of justice, yesterday challenged his placement on remand when...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Land baron surrenders to police
Suspected land baron Felix Munyaradzi who is facing fresh new charges of defeating the course of justice and interfering with State witnesses was arrested yesterday, hours after police and the Special...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Top cop engages Matanga over 'corrupt' junior
POLICE Commissioner Erasmus Makodza, who was recently arrested and charged with criminal abuse of office, has filed a complaint to his boss, Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, accusing a constable o...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop accused of receiving bribes from land baron
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched investigations against a junior officer accused of abuse of office after she allegedly received kickbacks from suspected land baron Felix Munyaradzi who...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top cop comes out guns blazing
POLICE commissioner in charge of Matabeleland North province Erasmus Makodza's lawyers have written a letter of complaint to Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga against alleged dodgy dealings by a con...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Graft-accused police boss guns for Zacc
POLICE commissioner in charge of Matabeleland North province, Erasmus Makodza, who was recently arrested and charged with criminal abuse of office, has filed a complaint to the Special Anti-Corruption...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police warn felons, rotten cops
ANGRY authorities vowed yesterday that they would hammer perpetrators of violent crime in the country, while also dealing ruthlessly with rogue police officers caught participating in criminal activit...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-corruption investigator probed
IT is a typical case of a hunter becoming the hunted.First, police commissioner Erasmus Makodza, hunter of note in charge of Matabeleland North province, found himself caged by a Zimbabwe Anti...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top Cop Erasmus Makodza was granted bail in less than 24 hours after his arrest
Prisca Mpfumira, Douglas Tapfuma, Henrietta Rushwaya, Job Sikhala, Hopewell Chin'ono, Alan Moyo and several others have had to apply for bail from the High Court.Who is Erasmus Makodza and why...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 10:21hrs | 2 | by Anonymous
'Corrupt' police boss granted $10 000 bail
OFFICER commanding Matabeleland north province, Commissioner Erasmus Makodza, who was arrested on Monday for alleged criminal abuse of office was yesterday granted $10 000 bail by Harare magistrate, S...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top cop arrested
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has today arrested Officer Commanding Matabeleland North Province Commissioner Erasmus Makodza over corruption related charges that were committed during his ti...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Released armed robber vanishes
Police have launched a manhunt for suspected armed robber Douglas Mutenda, who was released on bail after prosecutor Mr Douglas Chesa consented to bail on December 8. Mutenda (31) is facing se...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP redeploys 84 senior cops
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has redeployed 84 senior police officers throughout the country.Commissioner Moses Magandi has been moved from Gweru to head the Criminal Investigations Department...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 23:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Armed robbers prosecutor on the run
PROSECUTOR Tapiwa Kasema, who is under investigation for consenting to bail for four notorious armed robbers led by suspected gang leader - Musa Taj Abdul - is reportedly on the run, hours after he wa...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Abdul bail award causes furore
High Court judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero yesterday granted bail to armed robbery suspect Musa Taj Abdul (47) and his two co-accused, Godfrey Mupamhanga (27) and Rudolf Tapiwa Kanhanga (29), but thi...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notorious armed robbers granted bail
High Court Judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero yesterday granted notorious armed robber Musa Taj Abdul (47) and his two co-accused Godfrey Mupamhanga (27) and Rudolf Tapiwa Kanhanga (29) bail.The...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 11:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Passion Java humiliated over Mnangagwa
KINgDOM Embassy leader Passion Java was humiliated in Mutare after his clothes were soiled by a Zanu-PF youth official on Friday, who accused him of not respecting President Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bail bid flops for terror gang member
A BID to secure freedom through the High Court by police officer Tapiwa Mangoma, 27, who harboured Zimbabwe's most wanted seven-member terror gang at his residence in Beitbridge supplying them with am...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 14:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal guns worry government
POLICE admitted yesterday that they were concerned by the proliferation of unlicensed firearms in public hands, which were being used to commit violent crimes.However, police said it was too e...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Robbers strike in Beitbridge again
Police are looking for three men who fatally struck a 29-year-old man with stones and robbed him of four cell phones and money last Thursday afternoon. The attack occurred after Andy Culkin Ma...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
High noon for Zimbabwe's most wanted criminals
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police is actively pursuing criminals that have been evading the clutches of the long arm of the law for a long time.Their latest mission involved a joint operation with ...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc descends on police top brass
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a massive crackdown targeting senior Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers implicated in corruption.Already, some of ZRP's top bra...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP ropes in Interpol
POLICE have roped in the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) and their counterparts in South Africa and Botswana to assist in locating four armed robbers who escaped arrest following...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 15:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested over fake letters
A POLICEMAN has been arrested on allegations of issuing fake Covid-19 exemption letters to members of the public and two politicians. Constable Oswald Jonga who is based at Borrowdale Police S...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notorious robbers nabbed in Beitbridge
POLICE in Matabeleland South on Monday arrested eight notorious armed robbers, among them a serving police officer and former cop, who have been linked to a spate of heists committed in Harare and aro...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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