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Mukuru employees leave offices unattended
Disgruntled customers had to wait for nearly an hour on Monday when two Mukuru.com employees stationed at Waterfalls booth left offices unattended while displaying US$300 (10-dollar notes) over the co...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 19:48hrs | 2265 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Wife busts hubby as he buys double bed, fridge for his lover
A dramatic scene unfolded in Harare yesterday when Togarasei Matemera was caught red-handed by his wife, Ruth, while trying to leave a shop with a double bed and refrigerator he had purchased for his ...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 17:55hrs | 1588 | by Staff reporter
Love triangle leaves woman battling for life
A woman is in critical condition in hospital after being attacked with a machete by her husband's ex-wife on August 31, 2024. The incident occurred around 2:00 PM at Kobodo village under Chief Nhema i...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 14:45hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi gold discovery: New town emerges
"BEKEZELA" is IsiNdebele word for patience, and for residents of a suburb that bears the same name in Filabusi in Insiza District, Matebeleland South, development has been a long way, coming for the n...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:10hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Foreigners 'invade' retail space reserved for Zimbabweans
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have been allocating retail licenses to foreigners in contravention of the law, investigations have established.Retail space in the capital Harare is now dominated by In...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Retailers defy Mnangagwa's government
SOME big supermarkets in Bulawayo are now exclusively charging certain goods and products in foreign currency and using the black-market rate for currency conversions in defiance of Government monetar...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans react with shock over exchange rate, price madness
CONSUMERS have reacted with shock to the extortionate and unrealistic exchange rates being applied in the pricing of basic goods in local currency by some unscrupulous retail players in Bulawayo and o...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
4 female armed robbers on the prowl
POLICE in Marondera, Mashonaland East province, are pursuing four female armed robbers who last week pounced on a shop at a farm outside the town and stole various goods and money.The female s...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 07:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers get away with $8k
Two separate armed robbers got away with cash and goods worth Eight thousand United States dollars in Mashonaland Central on Monday. ...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 20:55hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Businesses reject the $20 bill in Bulawayo
TRANSPORT operators and most shops in Bulawayo are now rejecting the $20 bill although it is still legal tender in the country.Only big supermarkets like OK Zimbabwe, PicknPay, Choppies, and S...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
RBZ summons retailers, manufactures
RETAILERS and manufacturers have been summoned to a no-holds-barred meeting on price hikes by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), a unit of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, especially against the back...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Call to review Zimbabwe tax thresholds
Government has been implored to increase the exemption threshold on payroll tax to cushion workers from current challenges such as high inflation and the contagion effects of conflict between Russia a...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza turned into war zone as residents mourn slain activist
Six men sat in a tuckshop at a shopping centre in the Nyatsime where residents were roaming around waiting for the police to bring Pius Jamba to indicate how he allegedly killed Citizen Coalition for ...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:09hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Robbers get away with US$50 000, R310 000
Police have expressed concern over the increase in armed robbery cases after criminals got away with over US$50 000, R310 000 and various property since last week in separate incidents countrywide....Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police launch manhunt for robbers
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a group of seven robbers who stole US$600 and three cell phones.In their twitter page, the police said the suspects attacked the complainants on September 24...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills former SA boss, arrested in Zimbabwe
A 28-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man killed his Zimbabwean employer in South Africa early this month, and was arrested after fleeing back home.The suspect, Admire Dziko (28), who was arrested in Zimba...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
City frets over violent crime
Bulawayo residents say the rising cases of violent crimes in the city make them feel unsafe and called on the police to come up with a solution to the menace.The city has in recent weeks witne...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hit by serious shortage of cement, PPC fails to meet orders
Zimbabwe has been hit by a shortage of cement, leaving the construction industry stranded, while in some instances resorting to the black market.The country implemented a cement import ban (SI...Published: 25 May 2021 at 13:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Christmas fever grips Bulawayo
HUNDREDS of people yesterday thronged supermarkets in Bulawayo to make last-minute shopping ahead of Christmas Day today. Shop attendants said they recorded much business with many outlets res...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster sucked into $50 000 misappropriation whirlpool
HAMILTON High School in Bulawayo has been rocked by allegations of embezzlement of funds running into thousands of dollars allegedly "masterminded" by the school's headmaster Jamani Fuyana.The...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Robbery syndicate busted after 65 felonies
A ROBBERY syndicate from Lower Gweru has been busted after racking up 65 felonies in the Midlands Province last year.Knowledge Nkomo (26), Hlonipani Sibanda (28) and Jabulani Sibanda (35) appe...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for dating minor
A MUTARE shop attendant has been taken to court for dating and having sexual relations with a minor.Tawanda Manhando (24), who is denying the allegations, appeared before magistrate Tendai Mah...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mayhem over fuel price hikes
MOTORISTS, economists, opposition parties and the commuting public yesterday reacted angrily to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's move to hike fuel prices by 150%, which triggered a wave of price increas...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Blast rocks police station
There was a massive explosion at Gweru Rural Police Station in Gweru's central business district which uprooted a tree and partially destroyed the charge office's ceiling leaving debris scattered in t...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cement supplies improve
THE cement supply situation has improved following a temporary shortage that hit the country early this month. Although hardware retailers have confirmed the availability of the commodity, Business Ch...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cement disappears from market
A serious shortage of cement has hit Harare with the few outlets that have the product selling it at double the official price.In a snap survey yesterday, the majority of hardwares and other o...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man bludgeoned to death over soya chunks
A MAN armed with an iron bar allegedly bludgeoned a Lupane businessman to death for refusing to sell him some soya chunks last year.Ndumiso Mlilo allegedly killed Mr Fanet Ndlovu (41), who ope...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ecocash fraudster gets community service
A serial Ecocash fraudster from Malberaign in Harare was slapped with community service by Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro on Tuesday (today).Givemore Tapera defrauded Guruve Brisk...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 20:28hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Ecocash fraudsters in fake SMS scam
A new form of fraud involving EcoCash transactions has hit the country, with fraudsters now using Android mobile phone applications to generate fake transaction confirmation SMS to dupe unsuspecting b...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mbuya Sauti dumped
HARDLY two months after popular Sakubva socialite, Mbuya Sauti, "wedded" her 29-year-old lover boy, Wellington Mabhiza their union is on the rocks after it emerged that the latter is not "really in lo...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers blast filling station
A SEEMINGLY evasive gang of 10 notorious armed robbers, that pounced on several businesses in Mutare and stole thousands of dollars after blowing up safes, resurfaced on Tuesday morning and hit a Saku...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers in robbery spree
Two members of the elite forces who allegedly went on a one night robbing spree armed with illegally attained AK47 rifles have applied for bail at the High Court.Timothy Tshuma (33) and brothe...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man steals 30 bibles
POLICE in Matabeleland South have launched a manhunt for a hitchhiker who allegedly stole 130 bibles and 250 church booklets from a pastor who had given him a lift in Beitbridge.In another inc...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Love for bacon lands trio in court
An undercover security guard nabbed three individuals who were shoplifting at Pick n' Pay Supermarket in Kamfinsa, Harare. Mercy Machadu (33), Tatenda Dube (26) and Charles Mhlanga (39) stole 10 packe...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed 'prophet, aide' raid shop
A 26-YEAR-OLD self-styled prophet and his 17-year-old "aide" were yesterday arrested for allegedly shooting and seriously injuring two people after firing 25 shots during an armed robbery in Jalukanga...Published: 30 May 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fake US$, bond notes hits the market
FAKE United States dollars and bond notes are flooding the streets of Mutare, with the peddlers targeting unsuspecting taxi drivers, barmen shop attendants and Eco-cash agents.This has prompte...Published: 26 May 2017 at 10:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop drives into shop
A POLICE officer last Thursday drove into a shop in Bulawayo's Central Business District.The officer whose name could not be obtained, overshot the kerb and smashed the hardware shop's dis...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn of upsurge in armed robberies
POLICE are disturbed by the increase in armed robbery cases involving the use of firearms that have left many people injured.National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Char...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Detractors behind Warriors' rebellion, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMPLIMENTS of the new season to you all Comrades. I am most pleased to welcome you all to the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Seventeen. I know all of you ...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by CZ
Soldier tries to bomb shopping mall
A SOLDIER has been arrested after he went berserk and attempted to blow up a shopping complex in Queenspark West suburb, Bulawayo using dangerous explosives following an altercation with shop atte...Published: 22 Sep 2016 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
No cash shortage in Victoria Falls
VICTORIA FALLS - At a time when most major towns in the country are battling cash shortages, Zimbabweans coming into Victoria Falls are obviously surprised by the flawless cash situation in this resor...Published: 27 May 2016 at 09:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cellphone thief caught hidding in toilet
A MAN from Amazon village in Filabusi who stole a cellphone from a shop attendant and went to hide in a toilet while trying to remove a SIM card from it has been fined $200 by the Filabusi magis...Published: 23 Nov 2015 at 05:38hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Shop attendant up for stealing $2605
An employee with the Raylite Batteries along Joshua Nkomo Street has been dragged to court to answer a charge of theft of $2605.Michael Moyo (25)n was not asked to plead to the charge when he ...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 07:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Jumpsuit got in my bag miraculously,' says thieving model
Black Opal Face of Zimbabwe second princess Mercy Kamanura has told the court that the jumpsuit worth $40 she is accused of stealing from an Edgars store in Harare entered her handbag miraculously. ...Published: 28 Sep 2015 at 06:27hrs | | by Court Reporter
Bread price still $1 in Byo
The price of bread had by Friday morning still not been breduced in several retail outlets in Bulawayo from US$1 per loaf to between $0.85 to $0.99.Early this week, bakers, millers and retaile...Published: 20 Mar 2015 at 11:41hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Dembare players take to soccer betting
Zimbabwe's top footballers from Castle Lager Premier Soccer League clubs have gone into soccer betting to supplement their earnings which they claim are far below what they require to support thei...Published: 31 Aug 2014 at 16:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Former Bosso player hits hard times
Former Highlanders player Lincoln Siwela who had a recent brush with the law is living in near destitution.Siwela appeared in court facing charges of indecent assault after forcefully kiss...Published: 14 Jun 2014 at 18:45hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Robbers steal, burn down shop
SUSPECTED robbers pounced on a grocery shop in Ntabazinduna, stole groceries and an empty till before setting the shop on fire in the early hours of yesterday.Matabeleland North police confirm...Published: 12 Mar 2014 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
Man shot four times fending off armed robber
A 43-year-old man, Tandadzai Mazikana, is lucky to be alive after he was shot four times with an AK-47 assault rifle as he braved to fend off an armed robber who had pounced on a Chikanga high-densit...Published: 24 Jan 2014 at 12:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Boy (4) dies after a gate fell on him
A four-year-old boy from Mpopoma suburb in Bulawayo died after a gate fell on him as he played outside a shop. The boy's grandmother Mylove Sibanda identified him as Senzokuhle Sibanda. ...Published: 13 Jan 2014 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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