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Robber arrested at sangoma's house
One of eight suspected armed robbers accused of targeting residents, churches, and businesses in Harare has been arrested while allegedly receiving spiritual assistance from a traditional healer at a ...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:38hrs | 2275 | by Staff reporter
Know your history:- Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings
Why Visit?: - This historic site remembers one of the earliest European murders of the Matabele Rebellion or First Umvukela of 1896. There seems no doubt that the initial killings occurred on ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:48hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police overrated?
In what is being called the largest cash heist in Zimbabwe's history, seven armed robbers executed a lightning-fast robbery at Ecobank, located at the corner of Fife Street and 9th Avenue in Bulawayo....Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 11:33hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
US$4.4 million Ecobank heist shocks Zimbabwe
In what is believed to be the largest bank heist in Zimbabwean history, seven armed robbers made off with a staggering US$4.4 million in cash from Ecobank's Bulawayo branch at the Parkade Centre on Th...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 11:30hrs | 2120 | by Staff reporter
Villagers tortured, forced to sing war songs in prison cell
Eleven villagers from Tshayane village in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, were allegedly tortured and assaulted by police officers from Manoti Police Station in Gokwe, Midlands province, on July 1...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 08:02hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Zimparks ranger survives 10 shoot-outs with poachers
The dedication and bravery of Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) rangers in protecting wildlife and natural habitats were recently recognized at the belated World Ranger Day c...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:20hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers blamed for provoking the fatal shooting of 3
Police have blamed soldiers for provoking the fatal shooting of three, who include the killer's 18-year-old girlfriend, by a Rushinga soldier who later took his own life using the same rifle just afte...Published: 12 Aug 2024 at 16:48hrs | 1964 | by Staff reporter
Police disrupt Chinhoyi CCC MP's birthday bash
On Friday evening, heavily armed Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers interrupted a birthday party for Chinhoyi's opposition MP Leslie Mhangwa at Pa Car Wash Restaurant. The police, equipped with A...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 13:12hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
All-female CID team leads fight against crime
In a ground-breaking initiative to combat crime, the Bulawayo police have launched an all-female CID unit named Lozikeyi. Officially launched on July 5, this unit, comprising highly trained female off...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:00hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
22 poachers shot dead
Since adopting a shoot-to-kill policy in 2019, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers have encountered 111 shoot-outs with poachers, resulting in the deaths of 22 poachers...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
King Lobhengula: The Statesman Par Excellence
The man who is credited to have expanded Buthwakazi until it covered virtually the whole of Budlanondo (present day Zimbabwe and parts of present day Botswana) is King Lobhengula (named after Prince N...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 17:31hrs | 20 | by George Mkhwanazi
Police arrest armed robbers after shootout
POLICE have arrested three armed robbery suspects who are part of a 15-member gang in connection with a raid at a mine in Kadoma."Police have arrested Willium Dhumukwa (34), James Zawi (29) an...Published: 26 Dec 2023 at 17:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 7 notorious robbery suspects
SEVEN robbery suspects, one of them a police officer, have been arrested for a spate of armed cases they committed between Bulawayo and Victoria Falls over eight months.Two of the suspects Wel...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:32hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Is China good for Zimbabwe?
IMAGINE your father having an "all-weather friend" who appears to stand by him in every situation.This seemingly "all-weather friend", however, looks away as your father brutally batters your ...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 09:10hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Umkhonto weSizwe fighter will never forget what a white man told him in Zimbabwe in 1980
I have no idea whether the white man I am writing about is still alive or not. He gave me an understanding of what actually happened to us Africans, and how sinister it was, when we were colonized. Hi...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:11hrs | 13 | by Thula Bopela
Chinese military donation to Zimbabwe raises eyebrows
A RECENT donation of Chinese military hardware to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has raised eyebrows as the Asian superpower pushes to further its interests in Zimbabwe.Mnangagwa re...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 04:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Is China really helping suffering Zimbabweans?
Imagine your father has an 'all-weather friend', who appears to stand by him in every situation.He looks away as your father brutally batters your mother and does not appear to give a hoot whe...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 12:39hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe takes delivery of military hardware from China
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday received military hardware from China in what could open gates for further Chinese military expansion in the Southern African region.The eq...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 21:20hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Pastors urged to have armed bodyguards
The dire necessity of providing armed protection for pastors has been tragically underscored by the events surrounding the funeral of the late Pastor Dawan Rasheed Gordon, affectionately known as Prop...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 04:35hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean born businessman detained in Zambia for a week over a car
WHEN Sikhumbuzo Manduna left South Africa for Zimbabwe en route Zambia in his sleek orange Ford Ranger in early August on a business trip to attend to urgent haulage truck issues in Lusaka, he did not...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa must be arrested
Election Resource Centre (ERC) and Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) staff members and volunteers arrested on allegations of attempting to post the general election results have been free...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Arrested ERC, ZESN observers ordered to lie on stomachs for three hours'
A Harare magistrate's court was Friday told of how 39 election observers seized Wednesday night by AK assault rifle wielding police officers were made to surrender their phones and passwords and furth...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 19:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
The war of liberation was not a stroll in the park
Seized by the prophetic words of the mystic and condemned Mbuya Nehanda, "My bones will rise again", young Jorum left home without telling anyone. School, parents and siblings did not matter anymore, ...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 19:26hrs | 9 | by Thomas Murisa
2 notorious armed robbers killed in shootout with Zimbabwe police
Two notorious armed robbers were killed in a shootout with police in Chitungwiza on Friday.Mugove Chimuti, 33, and Ishmael Mutungira, 28, were wanted for a string of armed robberies.La...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 21:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
He left without telling anyone
Seized by the prophetic words of the mystic and condemned Mbuya Nehanda, "My bones will rise again", young Jorum left home without telling anyone. School, parents and siblings did not matter anymore, ...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 18:18hrs | 11 | by Mutanda Wachingama
'Brick by brick, a country is built by its owners'
The two often repeated philosophies of the Second Republic - "A country is built by its owners" and "Leaving no one and no place behind" - are not mere rhetorical statements to pontify the niceties of...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:06hrs | | by Stephen Mpofu
Robbers steal guns in Zimbabwe
UNKNOWN suspects broke into a farmhouse in Kezi and stole guns, ammunition, cash and property.Police have launched a manhunt for the suspects who stole a 303 rifle, two shotgun rifles, an air ...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 17:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Firearms smuggler' placed off remand
GUGULETHU Mabhena, accused of smuggling an assortment of firearms into the country from South Africa, was on Tuesday removed from remand.Beitbridge magistrate Takudzwa Gwazemba said the State ...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean sangoma kidnapped and forced to say he is 'a fake healer'
Zimbabwe-born and South Africa-based traditional healer Khokhovula Gandabaloyi has opened a case of kidnapping and extortion against who he believes are people responsible for his kidnapping in Januar...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 17:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe was colonized through a 'mega deal', and happening again with the Chinese and Belarusians
When people talk of colonization, there are those with the misguided notion that this only occurs via military conquest - usually, by a more powerful nation over a far weaker one.Yet, this cou...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Armed robber shot dead after police shooting
One man was shot dead yesterday around 5 pm at OK Marimba supermarket after the police cornered two armed robbery suspects.Tinashe Kariwo is one of the suspects who was pronounced dead on admi...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 15:58hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Two armed robbers nabbed in Kwekwe
Two armed robbers Daniel Mubaiwa (26) and Gilbert Madhami (27) were arrested today [Monday] for allegedly break in and robbery at plot 24 Amaveni, Kwekwe on Saturday.The duo entered the master...Published: 03 Jan 2023 at 00:07hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Another probe into AK-47 arms saga
GOVERNMENT has launched yet another investigation — the third one so far in as many weeks — into the controversial AK-47s arms import saga through Beitbridge Border Post which is now entangled in ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 15:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Kagame postponed Zimbabwe visit
RWANDAN President Paul Kagame (pictured) recently postponed his visit to Zimbabwe at the end of last month to launch a massive US$800 million rural electrification project, which President Emmerson Mn...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man smuggles aeroplane spares
POLICE in Beitbridge have arrested a 45-year-old man on allegations of smuggling aircraft spares through the Beitbridge Border Post.The accused identified as Charles Mutandwa of Eastview, Hara...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge arms smuggling saga: Fears Mnangagwa was main target
FEARS are mounting within President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inner security circle that the arms which were smuggled into the country through Beitbridge by a seasoned gun-runner without a consignee were m...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police name 11 suspects wanted for How Mine robbery, reward offered
Police on Wednesday released names of 11 people they say are wanted over the October 4 gun robbery of a cash-in-transit van carrying gold from How Mine to Fidelity Printers in Bulawayo.Nationa...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military commanders investigate Beitbridge arms saga
WHAT started as an arms smuggling racket by seasoned gun-runners who bungled their mission like amateurs has now deteriorated into a major political scandal maddening President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 17:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police arrest 3 suspects in probe into How Mine gold robbery
Police on Wednesday made a breakthrough in their investigation into Tuesday's gun attack on a security convoy from How Mine during which 11.9kg of gold worth US$650,000 was taken.Three men sus...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 21:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
11.9kg gold seized as gunmen attack How Mine CIT van
Gold worth US$650,000 was snatched on Tuesday morning after heavily armed men attacked a security convoy conveying the gold from How Mine to Fidelity Printers in Bulawayo.A Securitas cash-in-t...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 22:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe arms smuggling saga deepens as new details on the deal emerge
THE recent saga involving the botched smuggling of AK-47 assault rifles and scores of ammunition magazines is deepening as it takes a new political twist amid fresh details.Those close to Pres...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:18hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's precision-strike aircraft given Shona name 'Mwari'
The Paramount Group has produced and sold the first military aircraft made in South Africa since the 1980s when state-owned arms maker Denel SOC Ltd. unveiled the Rooivalk, or red falcon, attack helic...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Net closes on notorious Midlands armed robbers
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested 11 suspected armed robbers who have been terrorising people in Midlands province.Midlands Provincial Police Spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Maho...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Firearms smuggling suspect weeps in court
ARMY Colonel Leonard Matambo yesterday wept uncontrollably in the dock after a Harare magistrate said he faced a long jail sentence if convicted of trying to smuggle 31 AK-47 assault rifles into the c...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mysterious AK-47 assault rifles were smuggled for Zimbabwe Presidential Guard?
THE deepening mystery behind the recent botched smuggling of AK-47 assault rifles and scores of ammunition magazines through Beitbridge border post - now playing out in the courts - has been unravelle...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Defence Industries defends AK-47 rifles 'smugglers'
A COURT case in which senior Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) member Colonel Leonard Matambo stands accused of smuggling 31 AK-47 assault rifles into the country has taken a new twist after the ZDI w...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army colonel smuggles 31 AK-47 rifles
A SENIOR member of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Colonel Leonard Matambo, has been arrested for smuggling 31 AK-47 assault rifles and 62 magazines into the country through the Beitbridge Border Post fo...Published: 03 Sep 2022 at 19:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police sweat over smuggled firearms
POLICE have expressed concern over the proliferation of illegal firearms, some smuggled into the country, as the law enforcement agency sweats over a spate of armed robberies and violent crimes of pas...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Large arms shipment claim an excuse to deploy military in Matebeleland
President Emmerson Mnangagwa may be planning to launch a fresh genocide in Matabeleland following reports that security operatives seized a large shipment of weapons at West Nicholson in Matabeleland ...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police dismiss claims large shipment of arms seized in Matebeleland South
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has dismissed reports that a large shipment of arms was intercepted and seized by the security services.The story by the Daily Mirror alleged that Zimbabwe's...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
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