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Army captain killers get life sentences
Two Masvingo prisoners, who had been on death row for the brutal murder of an army captain in 2018, have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment following Zimbabwe's recent abolition of the ...Published: 21 May 2025 at 19:56hrs | 1021 | by Staff reporter
7 arrested a few hours after robbery
Seven suspected armed robbers were arrested in Harare on Monday, just hours after they raided a Southerton-based company and made off with a Nissan NP300 vehicle, a safe containing US$12,000, and othe...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 07:27hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Bogus policemen jailed for possessing drugs, impersonation
Three men accused of impersonating police officers and possessing dangerous drugs were yesterday sentenced in the Harare Magistrates Court. Lloyd Zvama, Clemence Manyika, and Slevester Chaire, all age...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 07:04hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
5 guns and US$68,000 stolen in armed robberies
Police are investigating two armed robberies in Esigodini and Harare in which US$45,000 and US$23,000 was stolen respectively.In the raid at the offices of a security company on Lymington Road...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 17:04hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
Pepper spray: New weapon of choice for robbers
And everyone became blind. In just a blink of an eye, the world went blank. It was as if everything had become a distant memory, lost in the midst of the chaos.A wave of intense discomfort was...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:10hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters clash with Sikhala's at funeral
Two years after her tragic death, Moreblessing Ali, a prominent opposition political activist, was finally laid to rest on Saturday amidst chaotic scenes as supporters of former Citizens Coalition for...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:54hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
3 robbers shot dead in Gwanda
Three robbers who were terrorising and targeting people keeping large amounts of money in Bulawayo and Matabeleland South province were on Tuesday killed after a shoot-out with police.Police s...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
3 robbers killed in shoot-out
THREE robbery suspects, part of a gang that raided at least three schools in and around Bulawayo, have been shot dead in a shoot-out with police in Kadoma.The suspects were shot dead on Tuesda...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Authorities must investigate the escalation of abductions, torture and killing of political activists
The Zimbabwean authorities must immediately address the escalating cases of abductions, arbitrary detention, torture and killing of parliament members, opposition political activists, and human rights...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:18hrs | 33 | by Amnesty International
Zimbabwe police hunt for armed robbery suspect
Bulawayo police are seeking the public's assistance in locating a suspect in connection with attempted murder and armed robbery cases that occurred in Gwanda and Bulawayo in June and July 2023....Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 13:31hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
2 in court over US$78 000 heist
Two suspected armed robbers yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court over a US$78 550 heist.Jonathan Tembo (26) and Roy Makunike (22) appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje, wh...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers get away with US$78 000 from travel company
Police have launched a manhunt for two armed robbers who on Saturday raided a city travel agency company before stealing a bag containing US$78 000 cash.The robbers who were armed with knives ...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pepper spray robber nabbed
Police in Mashonaland Central province arrested a suspected robber only identified as Sande who allegedly robbed a Mazowe man using pepper spr...Published: 22 Dec 2022 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Foreigner arrested while trying to smuggle gun and ammunition into Zimbabwe
Police in Beitbridge arrested a 32-year-old foreign national, Mathabi Tshililo as he was attempting to smuggle a firearm and dangerous weapons into the country while at the Robert Mugabe International...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 17:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Prophet gifted me gun as lucky charm', busted woman tells shocked airport authorities
THERE was drama at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport after a South African bound Zimbabwean woman was intercepted trying to smuggle a firearm into the neighbouring county.The suspect...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean illegal miners wreak havoc in Botswana, SA
To the residents of Matsiloje in northern Botswana, no foreigner is unwelcome unless they commit a crime.This is due to their own lives being deeply linked with their fellow clan members in Zi...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:24hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabweans jailed 32 years for Limpopo armed robberies
Three Beitbridge men from Makaphile village, who are part of a syndicate that has been robbing border jumpers, smugglers, and ordinary motorists in Beitbridge East, have each been imprisoned for an ef...Published: 05 May 2022 at 18:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Gun crimes haunt Zimbabwe
ON December 6, former detective and lawyer, Joseph Nemaisa, made national news as his exploits in defending his family against armed intruders read like a page off James Kawara's thriller novel, Sajen...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:04hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
School-boy gangs wage war at Msiteli High
MSITELI High School in Mpopoma, Bulawayo is under siege from rival pupils' gangs fighting each other using dangerous weapons.The violence reached a crescendo last Friday with the destruction o...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Robbers pepper spray and sjambok security guards
SECURITY guards at Pelandaba Skills Centre are nursing wounds after two robbers pepper sprayed and brutally attacked them with a sjambok and an iron rod.The incident happened at around 2am on ...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn manager, guard stole cash and staged robbery, court hears
A shift manager at fast-food outlet Chicken Inn staged a fake robbery with the help of a security guard and stole US$1,730 from a safe, a court heard.Talent Mushoshoma is being sought by polic...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Manager, guard stage-manage robbery
A CHICKEN Inn shift manager and a Blackshark Security Company guard appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on Monday for allegedly stealing money and other valuables from a safe before stage-managin...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Thief fatally assaulted
A 44-year-old suspected thief was fatally assaulted in Budiriro when chased after he was caught stealing cash and a cell phone in Budiriro 4 Extension. Jonathan Bhito, who came from Epworth, w...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 05:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Robbers' locked in at crime scene
A FORMER employee at a Bulawayo service station allegedly teamed up with a friend to rob the station.Macdonald Brewer (24) and Desire Moyo (25) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Franklin ...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to hike public sector salaries
A Zimbabwean businessman has urged government to raise wages in a bid to prevent the meagre income of public sector workers becoming a source of anger for citizens.In a letter to President Emm...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 14:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed bandits on terror spree in Zimbabwe
Law enforcement agents are on high alert following a recent spate of armed robberies and heinous rape incidents around the country - including in the capital, Harare where a gang of rogue taxi drivers...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 12:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Army boss killers to hang
TWO men who pepper-sprayed an army Captain who had offered them a lift, before stabbing him with an Okapi knife to death and stashing his body in the car which they drove for about 40 kilometres with ...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Winky D rushed to hospital
DANCEHALL star Winky D was on Saturday rushed to hospital after pepper spray was fired during his performance at the OK Grand Challenge.The chanter appeared on stage much to the pleasure of ma...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 14:43hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Police bust criminal syndicates
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested more than 20 criminals, including armed robbers and recovered 58 vehicles, most of which were used to commit armed robberies countrywide.The sus...Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bus war kidnap drama
A BUS crew from Bulawayo has been arrested after it allegedly kidnapped and beat up a rival company's team before damaging the bus in a fight over passengers.The drama saw passengers being str...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers rescue Mphoko's Choppies
CRIMINALS took advantage of wild celebrations that followed President Robert Mugabe's resignation on Tuesday night to loot groceries from a Choppies Supermarket situated along Second Street in Mutare....Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is our unhealthy fear of police brutality inculcated in us at infancy?
This morning I met a mother with her small child - who was being a bit naughty - so in order to scare him into behaving well, she threatened to report him to a police officer who was standing nearby -...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 19:44hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Cops' face 23 counts of armed robbery
A gang of fake cops that was arrested in June on allegations of terrorising businesses in Harare, getting away with cash and valuables worth over $100 000 is now facing 13 fresh charges.When t...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans' passiveness a huge enticement for dictators
As I was watching a news report on the protests by Kenyans who felt cheated in the recently held elections, won by incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta, I could not help but be bewildered by Zimbabweans' ap...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 12:10hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fake cops terrorise Harare
A gang of bogus cops that terrorised businesses in Harare getting away with cash and valuables worth over $50 000 has appeared in court charged with robbery and illegal possession of explosives....Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 13:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Toy gun robber sentenced to 12 years
A MAN from Bulawayo who connived with his married girlfriend to rob a man of two cell phones and about $100 at "gun point" has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.A court heard that Naison Si...Published: 24 May 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe must condemn Zanu-PF violence
The violent behaviour displayed by the ruling party's youth league at Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial headquarters - Davies Hall - on Sunday is both stunning and disappointing.Provincial youth lea...Published: 23 May 2017 at 13:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Highway sex and robbery
A MARRIED woman from Bulawayo who allegedly had sex with a man and later connived with her boyfriend to rob the man of two cellphones and $100 at "gun point" has been arrested.Siphumuzile Siba...Published: 23 May 2017 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cops spray woman's privates with pepper spray
TEBOGO Shabalala is furious at cops who she claims assaulted and handcuffed her before undressing her and pepper- spraying her privates!The 33-year-old from Reiger Park in Ekurhuleni, ...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 09:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Peter Moyo turns up late for his own show
Utakataka express security boys are reported to have been severely beaten by revellers in Guruve at Chivavaya night club after their boss Peter Moyo delayed to start the show.The show, which w...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 22:48hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe deserves our respect- supporter
Zanu PF supporter Sy Tsingo has said that President Robert Mugabe deserves respect and urged the veteran leader to remain focused despite escalating vilification."Shingai Gushungo tava kusvi...Published: 23 Jun 2016 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Thugs beaten by furious residents
IT SEEMS as if these two burglars had broken into the same place before – and they got away with it. But yesterday was not their lucky day!The pair were caught and beaten up by the community...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 16:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
South African police fire rubber bullets at students
JOHANNESBURG - South African police fired rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of students protesting against rape on campus at Rhodes University yesterday, forcing classes to be called off for the day...Published: 21 Apr 2016 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Political violence exposes US hypocrisy
THE United States has been urged to deal with the log in its eye before looking at the twig in Zimbabwe in the wake of the violence that broke out in Chicago last Friday during a campaign rally by Rep...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 05:35hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Zimbabweans lost their jobs after asking R10 for 5 hours overtime: Stranded and abused away from home
The total emasculation of the migrant farm worker's labour, social and economic power has been complemented into a plan stratagem which inevitably beyond any reasonable doubt, trims down the farm work...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 11:13hrs | 3 | by Tapiwa Diamond Chadya
Security company warns clients to safeguard cash
Leading security company Safeguard Security has issued a security alert to customers warning them to avoid holding large sums of cash at home or at work.This follows an increase in incidents i...Published: 13 Aug 2015 at 16:23hrs | 1 | by Mike Hamilton
Safeguard app makes remote control of alarm system possible
It is now possible to operate one's alarm system remotely using a Safeguard smartphone application. It is even possible, to open and close the gate to one's property and switch lights on and off w...Published: 11 Mar 2015 at 12:40hrs | 2 | by Business Reporter
Update on Zimbabwean woman who got stuck to Nigerian man during sex
A Zimbabwean woman and a Nigerian man got stuck together after sex in South Africa. A crowd of about 2 000 people gathered at Dena Court in Yeoville, Joburg.The police had to be called. Peo...Published: 24 Feb 2015 at 16:20hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Safeguard: Upgraded Video Alarm discharges pepper spray
Safeguard has upgraded its wireless Video Alarm to incorporate a microphone, speakers and defensive material, making it possible for its monitoring centre team to speak to and warn intruders and r...Published: 23 Jul 2014 at 19:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Even Mandela was Pro-Palestine
He who controls the media can commit war crimes and get away with it.Israel for one. On Sunday 20th of July they refused a 3 hour humanitarian ceasefire requested by the International Red Cros...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 21:28hrs | 4 | by Ashirai Mtirikwi Mawere
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