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Kumalo residents install solar streetlights to combat crime
In response to increasing criminal activity fueled by unlit streets due to power blackouts and non-functional streetlights, residents of Bulawayo's Kumalo suburb have launched an initiative to install...Published: 11 hrs ago | 161 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce on Bulawayo school
In a brazen incident of armed robbery, a gang of four assailants ambushed two security guards at Greengables High School on Thursday, October 31, 2024, stealing over $2,000 in cash and various electro...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:15hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe security firms rope in Police Support Unit
In response to a recent spike in nationwide robberies, security companies are partnering with the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Support Unit to enhance protection for cash-in-transit (CIT) deliveries...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 06:58hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
5 charged with multiple robbery counts, jailed
A gang of five suspected armed robbers has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of armed robbery in connection with a series of crimes committed around Harare and Chitungwiza. The suspects, ...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:40hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Robbers keep targeting Zimbabwe banks
Police have launched a manhunt for four suspected robbers who, armed with machetes and axes, raided a financial institution in the Mumvuri area of Shurugwi early Saturday morning. The gang made off wi...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 13:12hrs | 1192 | by Staff reporter
Swipe machines now mandatory in Zimbabwe
The Consumer Protection Commission has launched an enforcement blitz against businesses refusing to accept Point-of-Sale (POS) machine transactions, making it mandatory for all businesses to comply wi...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:41hrs | 3166 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers strike again in Bulawayo
In a brazen act of armed robbery, seven suspects stormed a steel company in Bulawayo on 15 October 2024, making off with $32,500 and ZAR300 in cash. The heist comes just days after a $4 million robber...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:38hrs | 1743 | by Staff reporter
Surge in crime puts police under spotlight
An alarming 11 percent rise in robberies and a 6 percent increase in road traffic accidents, which have resulted in 1,352 fatalities, have raised urgent concerns for Zimbabwe's law enforcement agencie...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 09:05hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Fear grips Gwanda villagers
Residents of Gwanda South are living in fear following a daring armed robbery at the homestead of Chief Marupi last week, where gunmen made off with his newly allocated Isuzu double-cab vehicle, R2,70...Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 11:54hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Police probe armed robbery at Chief Marupi's homestead
The Gwanda District in Matabeleland South Province is in shock following a brazen armed robbery at the homestead of Chief Marupi, where thieves made off with an Isuzu double cab motor vehicle, R2,700 ...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:28hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe US$4 million heist suspects named
Police have enlisted the assistance of Interpol to help track down six armed robbers involved in a daring bank heist in Bulawayo last week, in which the gang made off with over US$4.4 million. Authori...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 12:59hrs | 5270 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police to fish out US$4m heist criminals from South Africa
Police have enlisted the help of Interpol to track down six armed robbers who made off with over US$4.4 million in a daring bank heist in Bulawayo last week. The robbers, believed to be local criminal...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 07:42hrs | 3362 | 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 | 1483 | 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 | 405 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier arrested for 'killing' father-in-law
A former soldier, Stanley Nkomo (42), has been arrested in North End suburb, Bulawayo, after allegedly killing his father-in-law and subsequently engaging in a series of robberies. Nkomo, originally f...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:07hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police to impound unregistered vehicles
Zimbabwean police have issued a stern warning to drivers and owners of unregistered vehicles, stating that such cars will be impounded if found on the country's roads. The crackdown follows concerns t...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 18:18hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Only 8 guns surrendered under firearms amnesty
Eight firearms have been surrendered to the police since the start of a national amnesty granted to individuals holding unregistered firearms and ammunition. The amnesty, which allows the public to vo...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 14:39hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Highway robbers on the prowl
An unsuspecting haulage truck driver was brutally attacked by robbers on the Harare-Mutare highway this week after offering a lift to what he believed were harmless hitch-hikers. The driver, who was s...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:05hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
ZRP impounds 348 vehicles
Police in Mashonaland East have impounded 348 vehicles, primarily Honda Fit models, commonly used as illegal public transport known as mushikashika, after traffic offenses were committed. Assi...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 07:09hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean robbers caught planning next hit
Five notorious bank robbers were arrested in Kamativi, Matabeleland North, following a failed robbery at a BancABC branch that allowed police to initiate a series of arrests. The suspects - De...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:11hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Crime rate drops in Bulawayo
Bulawayo has seen a significant decrease in crime from January to July 2024, with notable reductions in serious offences like armed robbery, rape, and murder compared to the same period in 2023. The Z...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 07:11hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
SA police offer R20k reward for information on Zimbabwean criminal
LOVEMORE Musoyi, a Zimbabwean national believed to be about 35 years old, is wanted by Limpopo police in connection with more than 10 criminal cases, including murder, attempted murder, armed robberie...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:51hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe policemen acquitted of killing armed robbery suspect
Five Bulawayo police officers - Herbert Kanyinji, Bornwell Mahachi, Amiga Shumba, Norge Rapayi, and Mbekezeli Bhebhe - have been acquitted by the High Court of charges related to the death of a suspec...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 07:46hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa parades broke forces; mums on stipends
Despite pampering uniformed forces with praises during 44th Defence Forces Day celebrations, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, (who is also the Commander In-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces) deliberat...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 22:51hrs | 1700 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Robbers found with 1 000 bullets
Three suspected armed robbers - Kenneth Chiputura, Jaison Munyama, and Mike Chitsiko - appeared in Harare court charged with two counts of robbery. Their arrest followed a police shootout that resulte...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 10:34hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber gunned down in Zimbabwe
Police have arrested two suspected armed robbers, Kenneth Chiputura (50) and Jaison Munyapa (18), while Raymond Mugabe (39) was shot and killed during his arrest.The suspects are linked to a s...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:42hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
Police account for 3 wanted robbers
Police have apprehended three members of a five-man armed robbery gang from Harare, with two suspects arrested and a third killed in a shoot-out with detectives in Chinamhora over the weekend....Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:14hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
2 more in court over spate of armed robberies
Two more suspects, Thembinkosi Matutu (47) and Batsirai Hutsi (21), appeared in court yesterday in connection with a series of armed robberies in Harare. They joined 11 other accomplices already on re...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:15hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police decimate notorious armed robbery gang
A gang of suspected armed robbers who were behind the widely publicised J and P Security robbery, among other movie-style thefts, are now behind bars after they implicated each other one after another...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 13:32hrs | 2299 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man escaped from SA police custody
Detectives in the Sekhukhune District of Limpopo have launched a massive manhunt, seeking to arrest their "most wanted suspect", Lovemore Musoyi, a Zimbabwean national believed to be around 35-years-o...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 15:30hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
SA police on hunting for Zimbabwean murder suspect
POLICE in South Africa have launched an "intensive hunt" for a Zimbabwean suspect linked to a series of violent crimes including murder, attempted murder, armed robberies, house robberies, business ro...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 15:19hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's political crisis has dragged on for too long
The phrase "political economy" has entered the dictionary of the World Bank and other development organizations around the world.Academic interest in the components of the political economy of...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 11:35hrs | 24 | by Evans Mathanda
Thief scurries through window to escape angry residents
In a dramatic incident recently witnessed in Bulawayo's Gwabalanda suburb, an unidentified thief narrowly evaded a mob attack after being caught stealing inside a house.According to reports, t...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Event security essential to foil robberies and protect guests
Event security has always been important but never more so than at the present time when thefts and robberies have become so common. Targets at events may be the gate takings at the event or the cash ...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 21:28hrs | 4 | by Agencies
Robbers steal US$21,000 from Mukuru
Three unidentified armed robbers executed a robbery at a Mukuru money transfer agent in Gweru, Zimbabwe, on June 19, stealing over US$21,000 and R14,000, according to police reports. Midl...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:42hrs | 12 | 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 | 5 | 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 | 45 | by Erick Matotoba
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 | 19 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cop implicated in US$53 000 robbery loot
Police have launched a manhunt for one of the six police officers implicated in the seizure of about US$25 500 cash from two security guards who picked us$53 000 that was dropped during a robbery at Q...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 11:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans urged not to keep cash at home
Police have warned businesses against keeping huge sums of money at home and in offices as this was attracting criminals. This comes as the law enforcers have defended the "shoot-to-kill" approach in ...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Family dismisses police account of armed robbery suspect's killing
Armed robbery suspect Godknows Machingura's family has demanded an independent inquiry into the music promoter's killing by detectives arguing the police account of his shooting did not match what has...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 15:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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
Hooker and boyfriend rob client
IN a sort of Bonnie and Clyde remake, a sex worker and her boyfriend allegedly connived to rob a client in Sauerstown.Bonnie and Clyde were an American gangster couple that became notorious ou...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5-man armed robbery gang appears in court
A FIVE-MAN-GANG believed to be an armed robbers syndicate that had unleashed a reign of terror around Beitbridge District in the last five months appeared in court on Monday.The gang which was...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prisoner sentenced to 52 years for carjacking, armed robbery
FOR Joshua Zirebwa who committed a spate of robberies in Bulawayo and was incarcerated at Khami Prison, it has been 18 years of remorse, regret and above all, a journey of life changing lessons under ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop sent robbers to raid best friend
THE person you trust might be the one who could betray you and leave you with scars of betrayal and heartbreak.This is what businessman Never Sarukore who was recently robbed at gunpoint by a ...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 09:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police finger school staff in robberies
SCHOOLS have emerged as the latest target for armed robbers after scores of learning institutions lost thousands of United States dollars stashed in safes this week.Police have accused school ...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 arrested for spate of robberies
POLICE in Gweru have arrested five suspects that had been terrorising residents through armed robbery, and unlawful entry and theft cases.The five, according to the Midlands provincial police ...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:39hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Suspected armed robbers acquitted due to 'shoddy police work’
Only two members of a seven-person gang were found guilty of carrying out a series of armed robberies in and around Karoi, revealing flaws in the investigations conducted by local police detectives....Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 17:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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