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Zimbabwe police set dogs on armed robber
Three suspected armed robbers have accused police of brutality and wrongful arrest during their court appearance in Bulawayo. The suspects, Silence Kwangwa (30), Julius Mugwagwa (28), and Felius Mvula...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 06:20hrs | 1724 | by Staff reporter
Police assault bogus soldiers
Six bogus soldiers who allegedly targeted tobacco farmers in Mount Darwin are currently nursing injuries after they were severely beaten by the police.The matter came to light at Bindura regio...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 13:41hrs | 29 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Police assault NewsDay journalist
A NEWSDAY reporter was yesterday assaulted by the police after he was found taking pictures of Harare City Council employees demolishing vending stalls and residential structures in Mbare.Acco...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Police assault, charge journalist
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday assaulted freelance Journalist Anyway Yotamu before arresting him while he was taking pictures as police ra...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 10:46hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
CCC activists denied food, access to treatment after police assault
THE 13 opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists arrested for staging a car rally in central Harare on Friday have claimed that they were denied access to medical treatment following th...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police assault, arrest ZANU-PF officials
POLICE in Bindura allegedly pounced on a number of ZANU PF supporters who were conducting a restructuring exercise in Bindura and heavily assaulted before arresting some of them in retaliation of thei...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 20:05hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kagonye fingered in farm invasion
Ex-cabinet minister Petronella Kagonye has been fingered in a Bromley farm invasion where she is reportedly barring an indigenous farmer from utilising it and influencing invaders to resist eviction....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 23:36hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Police attempt to delete brutality evidence
A STATE witness on Wednesday described how a Beitbridge policeman grabbed a mobile phone and tried in vain to delete pictorial evidence of a badly injured victim of police brutality.Cyprian Ba...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama as Sikhala shouts, 'where is my wife' in Court
There was a bit of drama in court as MDC Alliance National Deputy Chairperson and Zengeza West Member of Parliament Job Sikhala starts shouting 'where is my wife' before he sits it the cou...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 20:22hrs | 1 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Zimbabwe human rights abuses rattle UN
OUTGOING United Nations (UN) Resident Co-ordinator in Zimbabwe Bishow Parajuli says government must bring to justice perpetrators of human rights violations, as lack of action is hurting the country....Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police assault journalists covering protests
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) anti-riot officers assaulted Talkmore Fani Mapfumo a local journalist with online publication Zim Morning Post today, 16 August 2019, in Harare for filming the police of...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 16:44hrs | 2 | by MISA
PHOTO: Journalist beaten for filming police assaulting vendors
A journalist Costa Nkomo who is employed by 263Chat was heavily assaulted in Harare's Central Business District on Wednesday for filming police officers who were assaulting vendors . "We...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 20:15hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Journalist hospitalised after police assault
A ZIMBABWEAN journalist has been left hospitalised after he was assaulted by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) members on Tuesday 12 December 2018 while carrying out his professional duties.ZRP m...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 11:47hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
'Mukupe on his way out'
Deputy Finance minister Terrence Mukupe is on his way out, a shadowy State media columnist who writes under the pseudonym of Bishop Lazarus has said.Writing in yesterday's edition, Bishop Laza...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 14:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa feels heat over Mukupe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under huge pressure to sack under fire junior minister Terence Mukupe over a litany of controversial actions and statements that he has made in recent weeks, whic...Published: 27 May 2018 at 16:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rigging evidence unearthed in Harare East
As emotions continue to run high in Zanu-PF over the chaotic manner in which it ran its primary elections, officials in Harare East constituency have "unearthed'' evidence of rigging involving Univers...Published: 12 May 2018 at 14:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF's elections a total disaster
HARARE - Zanu PF's hotly-contested primary elections took place countrywide yesterday amid violent and chaotic scenes, as well as damaging allegations of bribery, favouritism and the imposition of can...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 16:54hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Zesa demonstrators 'assaulted', arrested
THE eight Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) workers suspended for taking part in an "illegal demonstration" in February were arrested yesterday while attending a colle...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops guilty of $56,000 heist
An intricate web of calls between two police officers and four civilians before and after they robbed an Indian businessman of $56 000 at a fake roadblock led to their conviction yesterday.Dic...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe journalists protest against police brutality on reporters
Journalists in Harare Zimbabwe have taken to the streets at the capital protesting against the police brutality on journalists following the assault and arrest of NewsDay journalist Obey Manayiti on T...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 13:06hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Comrade Chihuri and Justice Makarau: Will Zimbabwe ever be big enough for big dreamers?
I developed problems with my left front wheel about nine hours into my journey from Johannesburg to Harare. I had left home at five in the morning and made it past Masvingo by three o'clock. But the t...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
Bestiality suspect requests for victim's examination
A BEITBRIDGE man accused of bestiality yesterday drew laughter from a fully-packed magistrate's court when he requested that his victim, a donkey, be examined to confirm the charge.Tawanda...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri, Chombo to compensate villagers brutalised by cops
CHIPINGE Magistrate Poterai Gwezhira on 16 March 2017 ordered a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer, Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri and Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo to pay a...Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 06:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Season of more arrests beckons
ANIMAL lovers in every part of the world have a way of knowing the start of the mating season for birds.In dry deserts or other arid habitats, the sudden appearance of water through season...Published: 16 Feb 2017 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Freedom of expression and no freedom after expression -Masarira
The Civil rights activist Linda Masarira has said in Zimbabwe it appears there is freedom of expression but no freedom after expression a development which she said violates the international declarat...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Riot police brutalise disabled Bulawayo female vendor
Riot police in Bulawayo today savagely attacked unidentified defenceless disabled female vendor at Large City Hall gate.Protesters had gathered ready to roll out #ZimShutdown protests....Published: 31 Aug 2016 at 17:27hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Police assault prominent human rights activist
Prominent human rights defender and Masvingo Residents Trust president, Prosper Tiringindi (27) was severely assaulted by Police and had to be admitted at Masvingo General Hospital for two days from l...Published: 17 Mar 2016 at 14:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police arrest three union leaders in a protest
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights Communications officer Kumbirai Mafunda has said police in Harare have arrested three union leaders after assaulting and blocking some peaceful protesters w...Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 14:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Grace Mugabe's 'goodies' looted
HARARE - First Lady Grace Mugabe's food hand-outs are being looted by a select few while the rest are left to fight, a report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has claimed.In its monthly pea...Published: 21 Dec 2015 at 13:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZimRights join the world to celebrate 16 Days of Activism
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has said it joins the world, especially women and educational rights defenders, in commemorating the 16 Days of Activism against Gender based Violence...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 11:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Police assault Bulawayo journalist
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists has condemned the assault of Bulawayo based freelance photographer, Chrispen Ndlovu by police on Thursday.Ndlovu was, beaten by police in Bulawayo as he was ...Published: 06 Nov 2015 at 10:22hrs | 2 | by Thobekile Zhou
Harare council police assault residents
Harare City Council police are reported to have assaulted residents in Budiriro 2 during the demolishion of of illegal houses.Zimbabwe Human Rights Lawyers Communications manager Kumbirai Mafu...Published: 03 Oct 2015 at 07:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Council police assault Kombi driver
A MUTARE Municipal Police allegedly battered a kombi driver, damaging his ear drum in the process.William Chifamba (39) denied the assault charges and was remanded out of custody to August 13...Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Heal Zimbabwe condemns police assault on Sydney Chasi
Heal Zimbabwe Trust an organization fighting for human rights and democracy has condemned the beating up of a seasoned human rights activist, Sydney Chisi the Director of YIDEZ last Friday, 17 Apr...Published: 22 Apr 2015 at 06:18hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
CSO cries foul over escalation of human rights violations
A Human, Civil and Political Rights lobby organization, Heal Zimbabwe has condemned violence that reportedly erupted in Chitungwiza over the weekend where ZANU PF youths working in cahoots with membe...Published: 24 Mar 2015 at 12:50hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Police assault marching MDC-T youths
Armed police today assaulted hundreds of MDC-T youths who marched and petitioned parliament for the immediate release of Itai Dzamara, an activist who abducted by suspected state security agents o...Published: 11 Mar 2015 at 13:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police assault, detain Newsday reporter
Police in Harare yesterday assaulted and detained Alpha Media Holdings online reporter Tapiwa Zivira for four hours, accusing him of recording video footage of their ongoing blitz, against touts o...Published: 23 Oct 2014 at 08:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Brothers rape, impregnate sister
TWO brothers allegedly took turns to sexually abuse their mentally challenged biological sister until she fell pregnant. Paternity tests will now determine who between the brothers aged 15...Published: 12 Sep 2014 at 07:42hrs | 9 | by Leonard Ncube
Axe robber unleash reign of terror, axes 12
AN AXE wielding robber who unleashed a reign of terror in Bulawayo's Pumula suburb after waylaying his victims on different occasions and axing them on the same spot has been arrested.Aleck M...Published: 31 Jul 2014 at 06:39hrs | | by Plaxcedes Hove
Song on Masowe, Police assault - Video
A song about the recent bashing of cops by members of Johane Masowe yeChishanu has surfaced online. More than six anti-riot police officers, journalists and members of the Apostolic Christian ...Published: 01 Jun 2014 at 08:37hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean debt collector killed in SA
Johannesburg - Fugitive Radovan Krejcir is likely to be charged with three murders - and the link between two of the killings is a stolen police assault rifle.Detectives have allegedly linked ...Published: 22 Apr 2014 at 18:45hrs | | by The Star
Police assault victims file for $9,000 claim
THREE Chiredzi women who successfully sued three police constables based at Gezani Police Station as well as police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri and the then Home Affairs co-ministers Kembo ...Published: 26 Nov 2013 at 00:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police assault three journalists in Kenya
New York - Kenyan authorities should hold responsible police officers who assaulted three reporters last week and drop a baseless legal case against one of them, the Committee to Protect Journalists s...Published: 21 Mar 2012 at 21:15hrs | 2 | by CPJ
Gwisai suing Zimbabwe police for $300 000
Munyaradzi Gwisai is suing police and Home Affairs co-ministers for $300 000 for damages he reportedly suffered following his arrest in February last year.Gwisai, who was then charged with al...Published: 13 Mar 2012 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T activist feared dead
Barnabas Mwanaka, an MDC-T member is feared dead after he was seriously assaulted by heavily armed anti-riot police officers at Harvest House on Thursday.The whereabouts of Mwanaka are unknow...Published: 13 Jan 2012 at 09:41hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Man rapes niece who has learning disabilities
A Gwanda man (54) has landed himself in trouble after he allegedly sexually abused his niece who has learning disabilities until she fell pregnant.The man (name withheld to protect the w...Published: 23 Dec 2011 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Money dealer arrested along 6th ave and Main street: Photos
A Bulawayo woman was on Monday morning arrested for obstructing the city pavement, while illegally trading money. When the police approached her in an effort to arrest her, she refused. This result ...Published: 24 Oct 2011 at 19:05hrs | | by Lwandle Malinga
Police should come clean on Chiadzwa murder case
The report about a Chiadzwa family demanding justice from Police over the alleged fatal assault of one of their members and serious injury to two others over suspected illegal diamond panning (NewsDay...Published: 29 Sep 2011 at 12:53hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
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