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5 arrested for smuggling stolen Toyota Land Cruiser into Zimbabwe
A group of five suspected car thieves has been arrested after allegedly stealing a Toyota Land Cruiser in South Africa, forging documents, and attempting to smuggle the vehicle into Zimbabwe.I...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 13:24hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
Army roadblock for Mnangagwa
As President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks to extend his term beyond the 2028 constitutional limit, despite his public claims of upholding constitutionalism, the military stands as a significant obstacle. ...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 17:16hrs | 8663 | by Staff reporter
4 Zimbabweans and 1 South African in court for stealing Land Cruiser
Four local men and one South African national appeared in a Harare court charged with stealing a Toyota Land Cruiser in South Africa and smuggling it into Zimbabwe using forged documents. ...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 07:08hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Chatunga Mugabe arrested in Beitbridge
Chatunga Bellarmine Mugabe, son of the late Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, has been arrested in Beitbridge for violent conduct. He allegedly assaulted a police officer at a roadblock in Bubi, locate...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:24hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son beats up a cop at roadblock
Bellarmine Chatunga, the son of late former president Robert Mugabe, has been arrested for assaulting a police officer at a checkpoint in Beitbridge. The incident occurred when Chatunga, who was being...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:21hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Driver 'intentionally' crashes kombi into police roadblock
A police officer and another motorist were injured on Thursday after a kombi driver who was resisting arrest for a traffic offence daringly drove into police drums which were part of the equipment use...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 12:47hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa cuts a lone figure at Sadc summit
During the Sadc Heads of State and Government summit, President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the chairmanship from Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco. The summit, a key regio...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:22hrs | 4739 | by Staff reporter
Zimra bemoans Chirundu border porosity
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has expressed concerns over significant revenue losses due to the porosity of Chirundu Border Post, a key crossing point between Zimbabwe and Zambia. The border,...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 08:38hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Rugeje caught up in bar CIO hunt for rights activist
Days before a summit of regional leaders, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shock troops armed with AK47s stormed a bar where a retired top general and Zanu-PF politburo member was drinking on Wednesday,...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 08:00hrs | 3439 | by Staff reportrer
Errant cops, VID officers to face the music
The Government has issued a stern warning to police officers and Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) inspectors who allow passage to vehicles with defects or without requisite papers past roadblocks....Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:42hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
It's now clear that ED had no intentions of stepping down!
It took only ten days! Only ten days for President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa to break the pledge he made in front of the whole nation.On 4th July 2024, whilst addressing a gathering ...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:11hrs | 551 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Warrant of arrest for gun-toting businessman
On Friday, the Murewa Magistrates Court issued a warrant of arrest for controversial businessman Clark Makoni after he failed to appear for a hearing. Makoni faces four charges, including attempted mu...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 10:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Slain CCC activist tormented in death
On July 30, 2024, the family of slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Mboneni Ncube faced further trauma and distress as police attempted to disrupt his tombstone unveiling ceremony at hi...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:56hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Man survives gun attack at illegal roadblock
In Silobela, Midlands, a 19-year-old man named Clever Siwawa narrowly escaped a life-threatening encounter with suspected armed robbers at an illegal roadblock. On June 21 at 1:50am, Siwawa a...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:51hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe issues $30 fine for smoking vehicles
Zimbabwe's Environmental Management Agency (EMA) last week issued tickets to drivers of 150 vehicles for excessive pollutant emissions.This action followed roadblocks set up along major routes...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 14:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Introduce highway patrols to curb accidents'
THE Manicaland Transport Association (MTA) has called on authorities to introduce police highway patrols in a move meant to curb road traffic accidents along the Harare-Mutare Highway.The call...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police mounting strategic checkpoints to deal with crime
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has adopted a deliberate policy to set up strategic checkpoints on the roads to curb crime and not the multiplicity of the past that inconvenienced the public, a senior of...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police Recover Stolen Vehicle During Easter Holiday Operation in Kamativi
In Matabeleland North Province, police successfully recovered a stolen Honda Fit vehicle during an Easter holiday operation at a roadblock....Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 09:28hrs | 4 | by Peter Matuka
The growth, legacy of Pelandaba Bus Company
ESTABLISHED in 1958 by the late Mtshumayeli Joseph Ngwenya in Bulawayo, Pelandaba Buses, born out of poultry selling, is still growing 50 years later.It is also proving to be a lifelong legacy...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 11:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vandals keep police on their toes
Police have expressed concern over the spike in cases of vandalism of public infrastructure.This follows the recent arrest of a Takudzwa Sasa (24) of number 10562 Western Triangle Highfi...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 15:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Mzila's family suffered during Gukurahundi genocide
IN 1982, I was assaulted by five Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniformed young men donning red berets at my Luveve house number 4136 where I lived, while I taught at St Bernards High School in Pumula, ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:52hrs | 5 | by Moses Mzila Nkalange
Zimbabwe's shoot to kill policy to stay
POLICE say they will not hesitate to shoot resistant criminal suspects citing the need to protect the lives of its officers dealing with armed robberies.Police are cracking down on a spate of ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop steals $15 at roadblock
A Gweru-based police officer, Sophia Mukonkweshuro (36), has been arrested for allegedly stealing $15 from a bus company after altering the amount from a ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 06:48hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
4 Zimbabweans arrested for illicit cigarettes and bribery in Limpopo
Four Suspeected are facing charges of possession of illicit cigarettes and bribery after they were arrested by the Police in Limpopo on Wednesday. The suspects, identified as Kudzai Mungate (40), Eshl...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robbers raid police roadblock, kill one in Zimbabwe
Four unidentified suspected armed robbers allegedly shot and killed a person at a business centre in Masvingo after they had initially robbed police officers manning a traffic checkpoint near Muchakat...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:46hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police robbed at a roadblock
A group of 4 men yesterday robbed Police officers at a roadblock near Muchakata of the uniforms they were wearing and these included a grey Police shirt, a riot trousers, a pair of Presidential shoes ...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bus driver abandons 78 undocumented Zimbabwean passengers at SA police roadblock
A bus driver who was transporting undocumented foreign nationals to South Africa, abandoned his vehicle and 78 passengers at a stop and search operation in Moretele in the North West.The Depar...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
SA enforces stringent controls at Beitbridge border
Stringent measures are being enforced at the Beitbrige border post as thousands of Zimbabweans return to South Africa after the festive season.The Border Management Authority (BMA) said that t...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South declares war on rustlers
LIVESTOCK farmers in Matebeleland South, operating under the Beitbridge-Gwanda Anti- Stock Theft Association (BB-GASTA) are intensifying their campaign against cattle rustlers following rampant stock ...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:01hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Stop road carnage
More than 20 lives have been lost in road traffic accidents, stealing the cheers from the festive season for the affected families.The major cause of these road traffic accidents has largely been ...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:22hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe transport operators 'fleece' travelling public
ZIMBABWEAN commuters struggling with economic hardships face a double blow this festive season as transport operators have doubled bus fares on some routes, squeezing travellers' already strained budg...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
30 dealers arrested for selling free seed, fertiliser
Dealers are going out to rural areas offering to buy farming inputs that were distributed for free to communal farmers by the government as fears of the much spoken about El-nino-induced drought...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 16:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Operators hike fares as holiday traffic surges
MAJOR bus termini, depots and popular hiking spots in Bulawayo were yesterday a hive of activity as bustling crowds of people jostled to catch buses to travel to various destinations ahead of Christma...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 07:04hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police out in full force
AS the festive mood grips the nation police officers have been deployed to conduct a traffic blitz, stop and searches as well as motorised, cycle and foot patrols countrywide to curb criminal activiti...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 06:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Car jackers' turn tables on ‘robbed' taxi driver in court
IN a shocking turn of events, one of the three suspects on trial for allegedly stealing a Honda Fit claimed that the taxi driver's accusations that they robbed him of the vehicle were false because th...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra impounds over 100 luxury vehicles illicitly imported into Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has seized over 100 high-end and luxury vehicles that were illegally brought into the country. Currently, the tax authority is executing a nationwide operation t...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:50hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man in trouble for illegal possession of copper cables
A 29-year-old man from eMganwini in Bulawayo has appeared in court facing a charge of illegal possession of copper cables worth US$2300.Ishmael Ndlovu was not asked to plead when he appeared b...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 16:23hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Vehicle smugglers granted bail
TWO men from Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly smuggling a Honda Fit through an illegal crossing point in the Nxele area of Plumtree, Matebeleland South province.The duo was granted ZW...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 20:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Complaints against police increase
NATIONAL police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, has revealed that complaints against the police have been increasing due to some officers demanding money from people to take their re...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 19:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Traffic cop in court for mounting fake roadblock
A POLICE officer suspected to be part of a syndicate fleecing unsuspecting motorists along Herbert Chitepo Avenue and Leopold Takawira Street in central Harare by mounting a fake roadblock has been ar...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean bus driver caught smuggling bullets
A driver employed by Munhenzva Bus Service, Casper Ranganai Pakai (29), has been fined US$400 for smuggling 200 rounds of live ammunition from South Africa into Zimbabwe. Pakai, who works for Go Well ...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
4 armed robbers jailed 12 years each
A BEITBRIDGE magistrate has jailed four men to 12 years in prison each for armed robbery.Regional magistrate Innocent Bepura said armed robbers were a menace to society when he sentenced Tawan...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police torture robbers
Police in Mashonaland Central province are being accused of torturing robbers who allegedly robbed Pfura rural district council engineer Emson Chitsungo.The robbers are Musa Gandi (42) of Buhe...Published: 04 Nov 2023 at 10:10hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Ex-soldier jailed 2 years for assault
A former soldier, Phakamani Moyo, has been sentenced to two years in jail by Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware for assaulting two police officers. The 30-year-old Moyo will serve 18 months in jail ...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bouncer attacks police at roadblock
Glenview-based bouncer Romio Jowo was dragged to Concession magistrates courts yesterday after he assaulted a top cop at a roadblock.The 38-year-old Jowo appeared before magistrate Charity Mau...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 11:23hrs | 18 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Lawyer implicated in robbery case
During the national anti-sanctions event in Dotito on October 25, 2023, well-known Bindura lawyer, Elatone Bonongwe, allegedly organized a gang of eight robbers to assault and rob Engineer Emson Chits...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporte
Zimbabwe policeman arrested for car theft
A Beitbridge police officer and a collaborator have been apprehended on allegations of car theft. They were discovered in a bush with a South African-registered vehicle for which they could not provid...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 16:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt quakes over CCC protests
In anticipation of planned flash protests by the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), which disputes the results of the August 23 and 24 harmonized elections, the government has heightened ...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC MP's warrant of arrest cancelled after showing up in court
CCC legislator Joana Mamombe appeared in court today and successfully had her arrest warrant revoked. Mamombe is currently facing charges related to fabricating abductions. The warrant was issued afte...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 16:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco smuggling between Zimbabwe - SA now security threat
SOUTH Africa is drowning in illicit cigarette smuggling which has seen the neighbouring country losing at least R50 million (US$2.6 million) daily in potential revenue from well-coordinated syndicates...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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