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When the rich fight over the poor
A SLEEK Toyota Prado VX V8 off-road vehicle makes a rumbling sound along a gravel road as it negotiates its way into the poverty-stricken Chihota communal areas.A group of people, mainly Zanu-...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 17:06hrs | 761 | by Jairos Saunyama
Ex-MP in court for rape
A former member of parliament for Kambuzuma, Tinashe Maduza, yesterday appeared in court for allegedly drugging, sexually assaulting and robbing one of his former employees and later for kidnapping hi...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:45hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Biker arrested over fake Zimbabwe licence in South Africa
Police in Ekurhuleni have arrested a 45-year-old man who was riding a motorbike, after he initially ignored instructions to stop, and later produced a "fake" Zimbabwean driving licence.Spokesp...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 18:51hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Popular mshika shika driver killed in accident
Popular Mshika shika driver Tatenda Ziramba (26) who plied the Masvingo-Zvishavane route died yesterday after his Toyota Wish burst a rear right tire and overturned.Masvingo Police Spokesperso...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 08:37hrs | 1981 | by Staff reporter
SA soldier arrested for allegedly attacking cops, freeing Zimbabwean prisoners
A South African National Defence Force (SANDF) member deployed to safeguard the SA-Zimbabwe border has been identified as one of the two people arrested in Limpopo in connection with an attack on poli...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 07:00hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's thriving car breaking industry
When you think of industries that offer opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship, the car breaking industry is probably not the first one that comes to mind.However, in Bulawayo, Zimb...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Prayer warrior catches Zesa cable thieves
A 32-YEAR-OLD copper cable thief ran out of luck when he was spotted trying to pack the stolen cables, in a bushy area by a man who was conducting prayers.Tyson Ncube from Nketa 7 was driving ...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 16:05hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Motorist demands US$132 fine refund from CCC led council
A HARARE motorist is demanding a US$132 refund from the Harare City Council's subsidiary City Parking after his vehicle was clamped in the central business district on March 8 over parking fee arrears...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: 6 Zimbabwean prisoners escape in South Africa
Six Zimbabweans who were being transported by members of the South African Police Service escaped this morning after a group of heavily armed criminals attacked and shot at the officers in Makhado are...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 14:34hrs | 2625 | by Staff Reporter
2 cops nabbed in foiled robbery
TWO serving members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and their two unemployed accomplices appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on Saturday facing armed robbery charges.The suspects, W...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:16hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Car plunges into river, 1 dead
One person died while five others escaped with injuries after the vehicle, they were traveling in veered off the road and plunged into a river along the Harare-Masvingo highway.Elderly Magret ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 19:38hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
Zimstat boss grabs agency vehicles, awards self undue allowances
Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) director general Taguta Mahonde has stirred controversy after allegedly thanking himself with some hefty benefits sources say are outside his conditions o...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 06:33hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
Duty reprieve for vehicle assembly factories
GOVERNMENT has suspended customs duty on semi-knocked down (SKD) single and double-cab motor vehicle kits imported by approved assemblers for a period of three years in a bid to revive the local motor...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:18hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Pair arrested for masquerading as police officers
A 48-year-old woman from the leafy suburb of Ilanda together with a 40-year-old man from Barham Green in Bulawayo have been arrested for masquerading as police officers.The pair Samantha Dube ...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 19:56hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Pedestrian killed in hit and run
A GWERU man died on the spot after being hit by a car in a hit-and-run accident.Gerald VanHeerde (37) of Athlone in Gweru was reportedly hit by an unknown motorist along the Harare-Bulawayo hi...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 09:17hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
'Firearms smuggler' placed off remand
GUGULETHU Mabhena, accused of smuggling an assortment of firearms into the country from South Africa, was on Tuesday removed from remand.Beitbridge magistrate Takudzwa Gwazemba said the State ...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:31hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Accident victims linked to robbery
A gang of three robbers who first dispossessed a driver of a Toyota Wish in Rusape on Thursday night last week and then raided a bottle store was involved in an accident a few hours later when they cr...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:28hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Brothers pull out an unlicensed gun in gold fight
Two Chiweshe brothers are in trouble after they produced an unlicensed firearm in a bid to scare away an angry mob that wanted to assault them in a fake gold dispute.The matter came to light a...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 10:47hrs | 986 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Who wants to kill David Coltart?
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) official and former Education minister David Coltart has claimed that unidentified people tampered with his Toyota Prado's braking systems.Coltart revealed ...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 07:00hrs | 3393 | by Staff reporter
Croco's Matsika gets a lifeline
EIGHT years after acrimoniously falling out with his cousin and Croco Holdings boss Moses Chingwena over the ownership of a busines empire worth more than US$100 million, Harare automobile tycoon Fara...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:52hrs | 18196 | by Staff reporter
6 NUST students feared dead as horror crash claims 9
Six students from Bulawayo's National University of Science and Technology (NUST) are believed to have perished Thursday in a horrific road traffic accident which killed nine people, according to poli...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:14hrs | 2252 | by Staff reporter
11 killed in road accidents between Thursday and yesterday
At least 11 people were killed in separate road accidents that were recorded between Thursday and yesterday.Of the 11, nine of them died along Masvingo-Mbalabala Road on Thursday while the oth...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 07:56hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Nine people die along Masvingo highway
Nine people died after a Toyota Wish collided with a Nissan UD truck at the 198-kilometre peg along Masvingo -Mbalabala highway on Thursday.According to police bodies of the victims were taken...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 07:40hrs | 872 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Two perish in road accident
Two people died after a Toyota Wish and a truck collided head-on in Marondera CBD today.Names of the deceased are yet to be released.Eyewitnesses told Bulawayo24.com that the crash was...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 11:48hrs | 1111 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Bulawayo deputy mayor fights conviction at High Court
BULAWAYO deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube and two others who were part of a group of 12 MDC-T members involved in violent skirmishes that rocked the opposition party in March 2018 have approached the High Co...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:46hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers raid Mukuru outlet
SIX armed men raided a Mukuru money transfer outlet in Silobela in Midlands Province and handcuffed a cashier and security guard manning the booth at gunpoint before they got away with US$1 800, R7 80...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:45hrs | 1232 | by Staff reporter
ZACC 'officer' in court
A BOGUS Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) officer, who duped two people of their cars after lying to them that they were wanted by the Government for hire at US$50 per week, is today expected...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 19:07hrs | 1422 | by Staff reporter
1 dead, 4 injured after driver fails to give way
A 60-YEAR-OLD man from Nkulumane suburb died on the spot while four others were injured in a car accident that occurred at the robot intersection at Masiyephambili and Nketa drives on Sunday last week...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 11:25hrs | 1936 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police recover stolen vehicle
Police have recovered a Toyota Corolla Spacio which was stolen in a robbery in the central business district (CBD) on February 23.The vehicle was found dumped by the roadside along Masvingo Ro...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 10:40hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Kombi overturns after a crash
Two people were seriously injured while others escaped with minor injuries when a commuter omnibus bus they were travelling in collided with a Toyota Dyna truck along Simon Mazorodze road this morning...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 08:35hrs | 2066 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Waterfalls
Cop flees from security roadblock
An unlicensed Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer who fled from a roadblock along Harare-Mukumbura road while clad in police uniform driving a To...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 13:25hrs | 2356 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Concesion
Zimbabwean man jailed 15 years for dealing in explosives in SA
A 40-year-old Zimbabwean man has been jailed for an effective 15 years for illegally dealing in explosives in South Africa.Luckmore Harunashe was sentenced to imprisonment at the Musina ...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:27hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Deadly accident kills 5 people on the spot...injures 3
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is investigating a fatal road traffic accident which occurred at the 159 km peg along Harare-Masvingo Road on 11th February 2023 at around 1330 hours where five people die...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 22:08hrs | 1249 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA courts get tougher with Zimbabwean cigarettes smugglers
TWO people, one of them a Zimbabwean, were last week jailed in South Africa as the neighbouring country gets tough on cigarette smugglers.Prosecutors in that country are calling for stiffer pe...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:20hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
11 Zimbabwean men, 10-car cigarette smuggling convoy intercepted in SA
South African police have intensified their crackdown on the smuggling of cigarettes from Zimbabwe via Beitbridge and illegal crossing points along the Limpopo River, seizing five vehicles and cigaret...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:22hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber shot dead, another arrested
A 29-year-old suspected armed robber, who was part of a seven member gang targeting companies in Harare, was shot and killed by police during a shoot out in Ruwa on Tuesday.Alexio Mupamhura (2...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
Killer cop back in court
JAISON Muvevi, accused of killing four people including a police officer, was yesterday back in court for routine remand pending indictment to the High Court for trial on charges of murder.Muv...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:58hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Why have Smith's prophetic words about Zimbabwe come to pass?
If ever there were any painful words spoken about an independent Zimbabwe - none, arguably, can surpass those supposedly uttered by Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith.He is alleged to h...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 08:48hrs | 5828 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean national, wife and girlfriend among suspects arrested for kidnapping of SA businessman
A Zimbabwean national, his wife and girlfriend are among suspects arrested for the kidnapping of a Midrand businessman.Five suspects, including a Zimbabwean national, his wife, girlfriend, and...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:30hrs | 2016 | by Staff reporter
6 Zimbabweans nabbed over R6 million cigarettes contraband
SIX foreigners, believed to be Zimbabweans, have been arrested in South Africa after they were caught loading smuggled cigarettes worth R6 million from a gas tanker into two cargo trucks in the Limpop...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:26hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Reflecting on the export ban for raw lithium
Through Statutory Instrument 213 of 2022 (Referend to as Base Minerals Export Control for unbeneficiated Lithium Bearing Ores), Zimbabwe banned the export of raw lithium from the country. The regulati...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 09:12hrs | 1434 | by Victor Bhoroma
Glendale man cheats death
A 35-YEAR-OLD Glendale man is lucky to be alive after he escaped from two gunshots fired on his car by five suspected robbers.Mashonaland Central deputy police spokesperson Sergeant Major Samu...Published: 28 Jan 2023 at 19:03hrs | 1634 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Malayitsha4ED launched in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO city centre came to a standstill on Tuesday afternoon when a convoy of cross-border kombis, mostly South African registered Toyota Quantums, moved around with drivers honking their horns, mar...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:34hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Muvevi murder case: State withdrew charges against wrong suspect
Free at last: Nyasha Eusen had his case withdrawn before plea by Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi after spending two months in remand prisonA HARARE man who was arrested for allegedly murderin...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:34hrs | 3017 | by Staff reporter
4 murders, jammed guns and fleeing cops
POICE Hove, the mother of the late office in charge of Hwedza, Inspector Maxwell Hove who was allegedly shot dead last week by Jaison Muvevi, has urged police to improve its vehicle fleet after it eme...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:25hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
Killer cop hit with another charge
MURDER suspect, Jaison Muvevi who made headlines last week after he shooting and killing three people, including a police officer in Wedza has been hit with another murder charge.Muvevi ...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:24hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique decline to hand over fugitive Wedza triple murder suspect to Zimbabwe?
Victims of triple murder suspect Jaison Muvevi could wait for many months, even years, to get justice after Mozambican authorities said they would try him on gun charges.Muvevi was on the run ...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 18:46hrs | 4196 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest hit and run driver
Police in Bulawayo have arrested a motorist who fatally struck two pedestrians along Nketa drive and sped off.The victims died on the spot.The incident occurred last Tuesday at around ...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 18:31hrs | 1854 | by Staff reporter
Police dismiss false reports on Muvhevhi
Police are still on the hunt for murder suspect Jaison Muvhevhi who allegedly shot and killed three people in Wedza on Friday, he is still on the run.Police national spokesperson, Assistant Co...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:00hrs | 1279 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Police hunt for Bulawayo hit-and-run driver
Police have launched a manhunt for a motorist who was involved in a hit-and-run road traffic accident before speeding off from the scene without rendering assistance to the pedestrians s/he ran over....Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 19:13hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
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