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Armed robbers pounce on Kwekwe service station
Five armed robbers struck a service station in Kwekwe early Sunday morning, making off with US$799 in cash and various groceries.Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko, Midlands provincial police spokesper...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:49hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed 84 years for bus armed robber
A man involved in a gang that robbed passengers on a Blue Circle bus has been sentenced to 84 years in prison. The robbery occurred on July 18, 2024, when a group, including Ashton Siziva (26)...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:14hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Insider hand in US$114k, R1,2m heist exposed
Preliminary investigations into the armed robbery at Fawcett Security Company in Chipinge, where US$114,411 and R1,281,320 were stolen, suggest the heist was facilitated by an insider, police confirme...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:08hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean sentenced to life in jail for murder in SA
A Zimbabwean national, Norest Singage, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Pretoria North Magistrates' Court last week for the murder of a woman during a robbery, with an additional 27 years for...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:32hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
Top Zanu-PF official robbed
Three men have been charged with robbery after allegedly attacking Zanu-PF's Bulilima district coordinating committee chairperson over a soccer kit.The suspects - Ayanda Ncube (25), Polite Moy...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:26hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF DCC Chairman robbed for empty promises
ZANU PF Bulilima District Coordinating Committee (DCC) chairman Felix Ncube was left counting losses after three youths approached him demanding a soccer ...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 21:31hrs | 1469 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man loses US$3,000 in botched car sale
A Harare man on the hunt for a vehicle has fallen victim to an armed robbery, losing US$3,000 in cash. The assailants, who pretended to be car dealers selling a Honda Fit, targeted the 21-year-old uns...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:24hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Woman kidnaps 'husband's 17-year-old lover'
A 23-YEAR-OLD woman from Sizinda suburb in Bulawayo allegedly ran berserk, robbed and kidnapped her husband's 17-year-old lover.Amanda Ngwenya appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Jose...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:56hrs | 831 | by Staff reportrer
Robbers appear in court
Two suspected robbers, Leon Hunda (32) and Joe Kunaka (27), have been arraigned before Harare senior magistrate Mrs. Marehwanazvo Gofa, charged with two counts of robbery. They are remanded in custody...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 06:56hrs | 187 | 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 | 412 | by Staff reporter
Axe-wielding robbers nabbed
Three axe-wielding suspected robbers from Midlands who pounced at a syndicate mine in Mazowe and robbed people of their cash and mobile phones have been arrested.Michael Mutodza (29), and Mose...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 15:31hrs | 1288 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's second republic of corruption and controversy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's second republic, which he proclaimed when he came into office in November 2017 following a coup that ended long-time ruler Robert Mugabe's nearly four-decade rule, has b...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 20:59hrs | 936 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
Duo robs cyclist at knifepoint
Police in Chiweshe are hunting for two suspected robbers who allegedly robbed Thulani Chidzonga (22) of his motorcycle in Chiweshe using a knife before riding off.According to police, the yet-...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 08:08hrs | 647 | by Edson Mapani
Armed robbers pounce on couple
Five masked armed robbers allegedly pounced on a couple in Forrester F, Mvurwi and robbed them of their $30 and two mobile phones before stealing a ZESA t...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 07:36hrs | 1630 | by Simbarashe Sithole
VBS looter released on parole
Former VBS Mutual Bank's chief financial officer Phillip Truter was released on parole after he was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 2020. Speaking to broadcaster Newzroom Afrika on Monday, De...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 11:57hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Street kids terrorise pedestrians in CBD
The Harare central business district has been plagued by a group of street children, aged between 10 and 20, who are involved in snatching wigs, jewelry, cell phones, purses, and other valuables from ...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 07:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reportyer
Zuma says MKP has evidence to back its IEC vote-rigging claims
The Electoral Court case of rigging the elections against the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) will be reopened, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader Jacob Zuma has warned, saying they have hu...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 16:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magistrate robbed at gunpoint
Three armed robbers allegedly pounced on a Bindura magistrate and robbed him of his laptop, money and his mobile phone.The suspects who are on the run allegedly broke into Felix Chauromwe's ho...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man runs away, leaves wife being robbed
A MAN from Pumula North suburb in Bulawayo ran away leaving his wife at the mercy of robbers who stabbed her in the thigh and allegedly robbed her US$90 and a cellphone.The incident was confir...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:52hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate robbed at gunpoint
Three unknown armed robbers allegedly pounced on Bindura magistrate and robbed him of his laptop, money and his mobile phone.Armed with firearms they allegedly broke into Felix Chauromwe's hou...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:03hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Muzarabani
4 Zimbabweans jailed 65 years in SA
Four Zimbabwean nationals and one Mozambican have each been sentenced to 65 years in prison by the Polokwane High Court in South Africa for a series of violent crimes, including murder, robbery, attem...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for 20 robbery suspects
Police crack teams are intensively pursuing a gang responsible for a series of robberies across Zimbabwe, targeting schools, businesses, and individuals holding large sums of cash. Nationa...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Roman Catholic Priest fires gun in church
A Bulawayo man suspected to be part of a gang of robbers that has terrorised Roman Catholic churches in the city was reportedly sold out by a priest's finger ring that was stolen in one of the churche...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 12:13hrs | 26 | by Erick Matotoba
White-led DA party seal South Africa unity pact with ANC
The African National Congress and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-business Democratic Alliance, agreed on Friday to work together in South Africa's new government of national unity, a step chang...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 13:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop, soldier jailed 36 years for armed robbery
Police constable Francis Takura, along with soldier Wirimai Nyandoro and their accomplice Shane Nyamhunga, has been sentenced to a total of 36 years in prison for armed robbery. The sentencing was del...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 06:57hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Accident victims robbed at gunpoint
Seven unidentified men allegedly robbed two brothers-in-law at gunpoint as they were looking for help after their vehicle overturned thrice along the Harare - Masvingo Highway on Saturday evening....Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Without Zuma's 58 MPs parliament will collapse
Should the MK Party's (MKP) 58 MPs decide not to show up in parliament, as its leader Jacob Zuma has indicated to be a possibility after their contesting of the 2024 national elections, the Natio...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zuma calls out 'snakes' in Ramaphosa's ANC
LEADER of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Jacob Zuma says the formation of the party was to protect the ANC against President Cyril Ramaphosa.Zuma used a snake as an analogy, saying a man of ...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notorious robber nabbed
Police in Mashonaland Central arrested a suspected robber who drove a stolen Toyota Hiace before robbing two people of their money and cell phones.Edson Murambidzi of Nyasano village in Mudzi ...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 09:46hrs | 16 | by Simbarashe Sithole
US$720,000 robbers face fresh charges
Two suspected robbers involved in a US$720,000 heist at a financial institution earlier this year are back in court facing new charges of robbing an iPhone dealer.Tafadzwa Richard Marondera (2...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 07:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are distraught by financial trauma
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, as I see it, Zimbabweans are emotionally drained. They are overwhelmed by the severity of deprivation caused by the collapse of currenci...Published: 22 May 2024 at 09:52hrs | 7 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zanu PF official arrested for forgery and fraud
A former Zanu PF councillor and unsuccessful parliamentary candidate has been apprehended for fraud, accused of forging land ownership documents in an attempt to claim mining rights at a farm near Gwe...Published: 18 May 2024 at 13:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man robbed by sex workers
A HARARE man was left counting his losses after he was alleged robbed by two sex workers.Samantha Moyo (22) and Tafadzwa Bandare (33) have since appeared in court facing charges of robbing Tin...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 08:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Policeman acquitted in abuse of office case
A POLICEMAN based at ZRP Glen View, who was facing a charge of criminal abuse of office, was yesterday set free by Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka.The magistrate ruled that the State faile...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe finds a way to turn paper into gold long live Gushungo!!!
Money, the market, free enterprise, free trade, law, and justice, among others - existed in other forms before the colonialists introduced paper currency. The natives had their own functional institut...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 16:58hrs | 2 | by Sam Wezhira
Armed robbers on the prowl
POLICE have launched a manhunt for two suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a gang that has unleashed a reign of terror in Bulawayo by raiding homes and businesses in the city centre....Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 gunmen raid Beitbridge home, kill occupant
A five-member gang shot and killed a man during a house robbery in Tshitaudze suburb in Beitbridge in the early hours of yesterday.The gang also stole cash and cellphones from the house occupa...Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$5 armed thief sentenced to 20 years in prison
A MAN who stole US$5 from a motorist before causing a car accident has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.Blessing Moyo was facing two counts of armed robbery when he appeared before Harare ...Published: 28 Mar 2024 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Congregant robbed on his way to church
Plumtree-based congregant was left counting losses after being robbed of his money and cellphone while on his way to all-night prayer.The congregant Antonia Moyo was unlucky to meet robbers Ne...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:05hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe teachers get paltry US$20 wage hike
Teachers unions have declared a three-day strike starting this Wednesday in a bid to press for better wages after government recently offered a paltry US$20 increase on monthly salaries for civil serv...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Violent crime rocks Gwanda
VIOLENT crime that includes robbery, kidnapping and rape is haunting villagers residing at resettlement areas of Gwanda in Matabeleland South.A villager, Jeremiah Zitha from ward 2 in Nyandeni...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sex-starved man robs woman after foiled rape
A sex-starved Plumtree man was arraigned before the courts after he robbed a woman he attempted to rape.Blessing Ncube appeared before magistrate Joshua Nembaware facing a robbery charge on Fr...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:30hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's spies sent to prison
Two members from the President's office Bindura are in trouble after allegedly assaulting and robbing people in the mining town of Bindura....Published: 16 Mar 2024 at 06:40hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man robbed US$1 000 at ATM
TWO men teamed up to rob a man who had just withdrawn US$1 000 from an automated teller machine (ATM).In a statement on X,the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) said: "The Court...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unknown Mpilo Hospital patient finally reveals origin
AN unknown man, who was picked up by a Mpilo Central Hospital ambulance crew two months ago, has finally revealed that he is from Tanzania.The man was found unconscious on January 4 and was un...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Army captain remanded in custody
A ZIMBABWE National Army captain Foster Nyasha, who allegedly robbed Chinese national Yao Jingjie of US$60 000, was denied bail by magistrate Tendai Mahwe when he appeared before the Mutare Magi...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
First mutual robs client
Dear Editor,...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 13:21hrs | 1 | by Chikaraito Sithole
Filabusi gold wars turn ugly
IN a harrowing ordeal that shook Filabusi District, Prosper Ncube, a young miner, recently became a victim of a vicious assault. Under the cloak of night, he was ambushed and mercilessly beaten by a g...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fleeing armed robber dies in accident
AN armed robber died in a horrific accident last week, while his three gun-toting colleagues sustained serious injuries after their gate-away vehicle hit a tree during a high-speed chase with vigilant...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 15:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Manhunt for four armed robbers
Four suspects armed with knives and knobkerries went away with cash and a cellphone in Inyathi on Monday morning.The complainant Thandazani Moyo (22) of Induba, Queens Mine, lnyathi is a gener...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 15:28hrs | | by Peter Matuka
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