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Zimbabwe police say 'making headway' 2 months after Ecobank US$4m heist
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has intensified its efforts to apprehend the armed robbers behind the dramatic US$4 million heist at the Ecobank Parkade branch in Bulawayo two months ago.Th...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 16:37hrs | 2056 | 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 | 472 | 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 | 411 | by Staff reporter
US$4.4 million Ecobank heist shocks Zimbabwe
In what is believed to be the largest bank heist in Zimbabwean history, seven armed robbers made off with a staggering US$4.4 million in cash from Ecobank's Bulawayo branch at the Parkade Centre on Th...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 11:30hrs | 2140 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers strike EcoBank branch in daylight heist
In a daring daylight robbery, six masked men armed with pistols stormed the EcoBank branch at the Parkade Centre, located at the corner of 9th Avenue and Fife Street in Bulawayo, making off with sever...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 16:07hrs | 4055 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe national park to get 3 new airstrips
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority is set to enhance connectivity in Matusadona National Park by opening three new airstrips at Tashinga, Fothergill, and Kanjedza. This development a...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:01hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
'The Rock' surprises Zimbabwe's UFC fighter Gorimbo
DWAYNE ‘The Rock' Johnson took time from his wild schedule to surprise UFC fighter Themba Gorimbo at his MMA gym in south Florida.Gorimbo made his UFC debut earlier this year, falling short ...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Storm brews at Msengezi High School
A STORM is brewing at Msengezi High School in Mashonaland West province where a section of parents is demanding the removal of the current School Development Committee (SDC) led by Leonard Matatu over...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
7 armed robbers wanted for high profile cases
SEVEN suspected armed robbers who are on police's most wanted list for committing a spate of high profile criminal cases countrywide are believed to be operating and hiding in South Africa where most ...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tropical storm Freddy weakens
TROPICAL storm Freddy has weakened into low pressure zone in southern parts of Mozambique and only isolated heavy rainfall is expected in the country today, with most parts expected to enjoy mostly su...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:11hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's urban poor turn to "Car Supermarkets" to survive inflation
Sheila Gava forages the trunk of a stranger's Nissan car for dried tuna, Kellogg's biscuits and a bottle of canola oil."I've not stepped foot inside a high-street supermarket in three years," ...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
60% of population owns houses
Almost 60 percent of Zimbabwean households own their home and more than 83 percent of Zimbabweans now live in modern houses and flats, showing both the high levels of home ownership and the rapid impr...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mukuru money transfer agency robbers still on the run
Police have said they are still looking for the four armed robbers who raided a Safeguard Security company cash-in-transit vehicle just outside Mukuru money transfer agency in Bulawayo, before stealin...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 19:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks run out of gold coins
DEMAND for the new Zimbabwean gold coins has been overwhelming and banks have been inundated by their corporate and individual customers seeking a legal and sensible way of preserving value.Th...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Residents declare take over from police
Bulawayo residents have declared that they are taking over the role of policing the city from the Zimbabwe Republic Police due to the ineptitude of law enforcement agents who in most cases complain of...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 14:50hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
32 armed robberies in Bulawayo between March and June - police
Zimbabwe's second city of Bulawayo witnessed 32 armed robberies in a four-month period between March 1 and June 30, police said on Sunday.Two people were shot by the armed robbers, one fatally...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 19:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe security companies using toy guns, claims police
BULAWAYO'S top police officer has accused private security firms of using toy guns to scare away criminals which makes them prone to armed robberies when on cash-intransit duties.Officer comma...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff report
Choppies branches lose over US$11k in robbery
The armed robbers that stole seven trunks of cash that had been collected from Choppies branches in Bulawayo last week, made way with $194 287, US$11 315, R35 595 and 25 pula, after firing several sho...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Residents on shoot to kill
POLICE in Bulawayo are today expected to hold a crunch meeting with local business to strategise on how to deal with the increase in armed robberies in the city, while residents have called for a shoo...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops meet over surge in robberies
POLICE in Bulawayo are today expected to hold a crunch meeting with local business to strategise on how to deal with the increase in armed robberies in the city, while residents have called for a shoo...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for Choppies robbers
Security guards and staff at Bulawayo's Choppies Parklands Supermarket have been questioned by police over the armed robbery that happened last Thursday when robbers stole seven trunks full of cash, t...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
7 trunks full of cash stolen in Bulawayo
The sloppiness of a cash-in-transit security crew in Bulawayo yesterday resulted in armed robbers getting away with seven trunks full of cash which was due for banking.It could not be ascertai...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala spends another weekend in the cage
Opposition MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala's bail appeal hearing was pushed forward to Friday after prosecutors argued they had only received his record moments before proceedings, and were,...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 21:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Over $2 million stolen in Bulawayo robbery
Six armed robbers who attacked two security guards delivering Zupco's weekend cash collections to CBZ Eighth Avenue Branch in Bulawayo, got away with over $2,1 million, US$3 362 and R7 390, police hav...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police still to account for Fawcett cash-in-transit hijackers
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday said they were still investigating a robbery case involving a Fawcett Security cash-in-transit (CIT) vehicle which was hijacked by armed robbers on Monday while it was tra...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo cash heist probe stepped up
Police yesterday said they were still working out how much money was stolen by six armed robbers who attacked two security guards delivering Zupco's weekend cash collections at CBZ Eighth Avenue Branc...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Manhunt for Bulawayo bank robbers
Police are hunting six armed robbers who attacked two security guards delivering Zupco's weekend cash collections at CBZ Eighth Avenue Branch in Bulawayo, disarmed them and hijacked their armoured veh...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Movie-style armed robbery at Bulawayo bank
Six armed robbers pounced on two security guards delivering cash at Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe (CBZ) 8th Avenue branch in Bulawayo, disarmed them, hijacked their armoured vehicle before getting away ...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:28hrs | 11 | by Staff writer
Schools open on Tuesday
ON Tuesday schools across the country are opening and it's a new day for Grade Ones, Form Ones and ECD pupils as they start their journey of education at different stages of their lives. For m...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Payment of duty in foreign currency is justified
Presenting the 2019 national budget last week under the theme, "Austerity for Prosperity," Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube announced a raft of measures which inclu...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 18:48hrs | 1 | by Brian Johnson Mutonhori
Military evicts Mnangagwa's elderly cleric at gunpoint
ZIMBABWE'S military, enforcing a government order, has forcibly evicted President Emmerson Mnangagwa's elderly cleric neighbour - at gunpoint - from a well-developed and equipped 250-hectare farm on t...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police rule out foul play in Mzingwane High suicide
POLICE have ruled out foul play in the death of a Form Four pupil from Mzingwane High School who allegedly hanged himself last week.A postmortem has revealed that the boy died of asphyxia, a c...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzingwane suicide pupil buried
A Form Four pupil from Mzingwane High School who allegedly committed suicide by hanging was yesterday buried at West Park Cemetery in Bulawayo.Ryan Siziba (16) of Bellevue suburb allegedly han...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Foul play' in Mzingwane suicide School
POLICE and the family of a Form Four pupil at Mzingwane High School, who allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself, suspect foul play.The family yesterday said it was disturbed because th...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:45hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Mzingwane pupil in school suicide
A FORM Four pupil at Mzingwane High School, Umzingwane District in Matabeleland South allegedly committed suicide by hanging, fearing disciplinary action over alleged theft, an official has confirmed....Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marist Brothers bullies 'expelled' from school
MARIST Brothers Secondary School in Dete, Hwange District, has excluded from the institution 16 Form Four pupils who last month ganged up to torture some Form Two boys at the school.In the edu...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, back from the brink
Three weeks ago a young elephant wound her trunk around my arm and began – politely, elegantly, insistently – to pull my hand into her mouth and suck the salt sweat off my fingers. It was the happ...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Katherine Rundell
ZCLDN's statement on drug and alcohol abuse in schools
THE Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network (ZCLDN) calls upon the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to ensure that all schools in the country have adequate facilities to monitor drug abus...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 12:24hrs | | by ZCLDN Communications
Marist Brothers' bullies force victims to drink toilet water
FORM Two boys who were allegedly severely tortured by Form Four pupils at Marist Brothers' Secondary School in Dete were allegedly forced to drink water from the toilet bowl by their drunk attackers, ...Published: 17 Feb 2018 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bond coins driver charged under Official Secrets Act
The driver of a South African trucking company, Prestige Carriers, contracted to transport boxes of bond coins into Zimbabwe, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court charged with breaching...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cde Patrick Zhuwao is out of order
Recent utterances by Zanu-PF Politburo member and Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister Patrick Zhuwao, that "Zanu-PF (is) full of idiots" (The Standard, May 14, 2017); and his lates...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:30hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Where Ian Smith still rules
THREE decades after Independence, villagers in Mudzi district still live in terror of the seeds the colonial military sowed in their soil.Here, Ian Smith - dead and buried - still cont...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese and Indians have destroyed our economy
From a developmental perspective point of view regarding divergence of views pertaining to our economy foreign nationals and the so called purported investors have cause harm on our beloved economy. I...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 22:04hrs | 2 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
How Mugabe double-crossed Joseph Kabila
"Way before Marange, Mugabe and his military men had already started rampant racketeering, illegal mafia-style smuggling, double-crossing, double dealing, as well as illegal arms peddling with Congole...Published: 04 Oct 2016 at 16:10hrs | | by Ken Yamamoto
The veld fire menace
As I was writing this article, a veld fire was raging across a part of Trenance in Bulawayo, destroying whatever else in its path, grass, trees, and reptiles.It was unattended and would die do...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:37hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
The day Joshua Nkomo turned into a cat
IN 1977 when the Smith Regime made a firm decision to assassinate Dr Joshua Nkomo in Zambia, after the shooting down of an Air Rhodesia plane in Kariba, the Selous Scouts; a secret assassination organ...Published: 17 Apr 2015 at 11:29hrs | 4 | by Sikhanyiso Ndlovu
Teacher kills student with cricket bat, dumps body into the swimming pool
A Chinhoyi High School teacher, Joseph Mpala was dragged to the High Court on Monday charged with murder after he allegedly fatally assaulted a Form Three student with a cricket bat.The pupil...Published: 25 Mar 2015 at 11:39hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Parents up in arms with school over prescribed groceries for boarding students
Parents of students at Mtshabezi High School in Gwanda are up in arms with school authorities over what they called little food groceries their children will be allowed to bring to school....Published: 03 Sep 2014 at 21:42hrs | 47 | by Staff Reporter
Man kills four women he met online
Mount Clemens - A jury on Friday convicted a man of killing four women who went to his home after connecting through online escort ads.Police said James Brown killed the women in pairs, just d...Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 20:12hrs | 1 | by AFP
Zimbabwe National Tree Planting Day
The National Tree Planting Day is one of the days that the Environmental Management Agency commemorates together with its sister parastatal the Forestry Commission which also falls under the Ministry ...Published: 03 Dec 2013 at 19:36hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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