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Spike in complaints over fake products

The Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) says it is overwhelmed by a surge in complaints from shoppers who have unknowingly purchased counterfeit or expired goods in retail outlets across the country.CPC public relations officer Felistas M…

Published: 12 Sep 2025 at 09:49hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo-Gweru Road stray livestock accidents spike

Police have expressed concern over a rise in road accidents along the Gweru-Bulawayo Highway, attributing the increase to villagers allowing their livestock to graze near the road.According to Midlands Police Spokesperson Inspector Emmanue…

Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 13:01hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter

Suicides spike in Bulawayo

AN EX-CONVICT recently released under the presidential amnesty committed suicide last week, becoming the third men to take his life in Bulawayo in a week.The man, who was recently released from Khami Prison, was discovered by his father on…

Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe inflation spikes in May

Zimbabwe's month-on-month inflation spiked to 15,7% this month after gaining 13,3 percentage points on the April 2023 rate of 2,4%, the national statistics agency said yesterday.On an annualised basis, inflation rose to 86,5% from 75,6% pr…

Published: 28 May 2023 at 19:05hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe price spikes spook consumers

A NEW wave of price hikes, triggered by the plummeting local currency on the parallel market, has thrown many consumers off balance.As of yesterday, the local currency was trading between $1 800 and $2 100 to the greenback on the black mar…

Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Covid cases spike

COVID-19 cases have started rising again with latest statistics indicating over 700 new infections on Wednesday up from only nine cases in the last 10-day reporting cycle.On Tuesday, 399 new cases were recorded with figures almost doubling…

Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:28hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

High court rules in favour of police using spikes

Strips of spikes used by police to stop vehicles refusing to obey orders to halt are fully legal and any court trying to ban them would be tantamount to legalising crime and disempowering police from maintaining law and order, the High Cou…

Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Travellers warned over spike in robberies

More passengers are being robbed of cash and valuables by criminals offering lifts, with four such robberies occurring on a single day last week in Harare. This has prompted police to urged travellers to use recognised and licensed public …

Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

6 armed robbers arrested

Six armed robbers who recently raided a house in Nkayi and robbed a couple of a vehicle, cash and various goods early this month, have been arrested by police. The six are Rishatime Madzengere (24), Panasi Masite (34), Present Mataba (36),…

Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Spike-throwing highway robbers terrorise motorists

A group of criminals operating along the Harare-Beitbridge Highway is robbing drivers by putting spikes on the road to puncture tyres of vehicles coming from the border town. When the drivers stop, the robbers attack and usually strip thei…

Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimdollar demand spikes

THE continued consolidation of the Zimbabwean dollar gains on the official market-driven foreign currency auction platform has created huge demand for the local currency on the back of growing confidence levels as well as price stability. …

Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Abductions, intimidation spike in Zimbabwe: ZPP

Zimbabwe has of late recorded an upsurge in incidents of abductions and intimidation of citizens by State security agents as government becomes increasingly intolerant of discontent, human rights watch dog, Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has…

Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

'Spike happy' cops must compensate accident victims

It is quite sad that the government or to be precise, Home Affairs minister, Kembo Mohadi, has not said anything about paying bills for victims of the accident that occurred when police threw spikes in front of a moving vehicle on March 12…

Published: 07 Apr 2014 at 16:03hrs | 1 | by Noel Sibanda

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