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Scammers breach CVR database
A sophisticated scam targeting newly licensed drivers has rocked Zimbabwe's Central Vehicle Registry (CVR), with fraudsters allegedly breaching the agency's database and sending fake messages demandin...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 19:16hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
UCE, Mpilo robber handcuffed and electric shock victims
A dangerous footpath predator who terrorised residents in Bulawayo's western suburbs with handcuffs and an electric shocker has finally been caught. Mthetheli Sibanda's reign of fear ended after a swi...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 15:07hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters use AI to impersonate Chivayo
Zimbabwe is facing a new and alarming wave of cyber fraud involving sophisticated scammers who are using artificial intelligence (AI) to impersonate prominent businessman Wicknell Chivayo in a ploy to...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:05hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs terrorise Bulawayo
Residents of Bulawayo are gripped by fear as machete-wielding gangs continue to unleash violent attacks across the city's high-density suburbs. The brutal assaults have left many victims nursing serio...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:31hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Daylight machete attack chilling details heard in court
A Bulawayo woman, Mrs. Samukelisiwe Chieza, suffered serious head injuries after she and four young church members were violently robbed by a notorious machete-wielding gang operating in parts of the ...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:34hrs | 909 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tops crime charts amid surge in daylight robberies
Bulawayo residents have raised alarm over a growing wave of daylight robberies, as new crime statistics reveal the city now leads the country in reported criminal activity.Victims and eyewitne...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:04hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Magwegwe faces daylight thefts
In the normally tranquil suburb of Magwegwe, Bulawayo, a sinister trend has emerged, leaving residents shaken and demanding action. ...Published: 14 May 2025 at 23:59hrs | 1101 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe cracks down on fake PhDs
The Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) has raised alarm over the rising number of unregistered institutions operating illegally, issuing fraudulent undergraduate and postgraduate qualifica...Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 10:13hrs | 17399 | by Staff reporter
Suspected female con artist faces judgment day
A 36-year-old woman, Brenda Dhaka, who is facing multiple charges of fraud and forgery, will learn her fate when she appears before Chiredzi Magistrate Tendai Mutamba on Tuesday for judgment.D...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 11:23hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Over 40 Zimbabweans stranded in Sierra Leone
More than 40 Zimbabweans are reportedly stranded in Sierra Leone after falling victim to a human trafficking syndicate that lured them with promises of lucrative jobs. The operation allegedly involves...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 15:00hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Criminals using Mnangagwa's name warned
In response to a concerning trend of individuals exploiting their perceived connections to Zimbabwe's First Family for criminal activities, Deputy Chief Secretary George Charamba has emphasized that s...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Swindlers cash in on UK's certificates of sponsorship
FOR close to two years, Maud Kwembeya (33) - of Zimunya in Mutare - has been harbouring thoughts of one day migrating to the United Kingdom (UK) in search of greener pastures.A vastly experien...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:33hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Public warned against fraudster and conman Itai Nyabonda
Itai Nyabonda, a notorious fraudster and conman, has recently made headlines in the financial intelligence and serious fraud circles. Nyabonda boasts of a history of deceiving unsuspecting victi...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 19:16hrs | 46 | by Isaac Ncube
Highway robbers cause havoc in Zimbabwe
FORTY-FIVE-year-old Jonas Kabasa is among several truck drivers whose dislike for passing through Zimbabwe on long-distance trips is all too apparent.He drives trucks from South Africa to Zamb...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Attempt to dupe political victims backfires
A plan to dupe the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Gutu political violence victims who were brutalized by suspected Zanu-PF members last year by Masvingo town based activists backfired after one o...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 09:01hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
Human trafficker in court
GOVERNMENT has rescued three female human trafficking victims after they were "unknowingly" transported to Oman for labour and sexual exploitation, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday.This eme...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:41hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Bogus Zacc officials arrested
TWO Kuwadzana men, who masqueraded as Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officials, were yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing 10 counts of extortion.Th...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'We have criminals among us,' says Bulawayo police boss
POLICE Officer Commanding Bulawayo Province, Commissioner Patton Mbangwa has said the first step towards ending the scourge of crime in Bulawayo was for residents to accept that "we have criminals amo...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas wreaking havoc in communities
SELF-PROCLAIMED witch-hunters, commonly known as tsikamutandas, have flooded the San community in Makhulela Village, Bulilima where they claim to be "cleansing the area", reported Chronicle in Septemb...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo serial rapist arrested after raping 16 women
A man suspected to be the serial rapist that sexually assaulted 16 women in Bulawayo's western suburbs has been arrested.Acting Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Nom...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Self-styled prophet up for car theft
A 34-year-old self-styled Murehwa prophet has been arrested on allegations of stealing a Toyota Belta worth US$4 000, belonging to a client during a cleansing ceremony on a mountain in Mutoko....Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 16:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters demand sex for jobs from desperate women
JOB-SEEKERS in Bulawayo beware of being duped by fraudsters, who are playing to your need for a job by demanding money (and sex from women) in return for employment.The conmen are reportedly u...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Passion Java's US$210 fasting scam flops?
The much hyped 21 days of Whatsapp group fasting by controversial self-styled Prophet Passion Java seems to have flopped after the man of the cloth was seen feasting with Harare celebrities MaiTT, Mad...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 11:10hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Identity theft fraudsters arrested
Fraudsters responsible for the identity thefts that allowed them access to WhatsApp groups and EcoCash accounts of others to con people into foreign currency deals had not hacked into the phones of th...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fake soldiers on the prowl, says ZNA
ARMED criminals masquerading as soldiers and police officers are on the prowl across the country where they are carrying out well-co-ordinated armed robberies.In a statement yesterday, Zimbabw...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZNA warns of fraudsters
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has warned members of the public especially the business community to be wary of fraudsters masquerading as ZNA procurement officers.These fraudsters allegedly...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Honda Fit menace worries residents
BULAWAYO residents have expressed concern over an increase in robbery cases by Honda Fit gangs who go around suburbs snatching mobile phones and handbags from hapless women.The method has been...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machete gang terrorises Mutoko shop owners
POLICE in Mutoko, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for a heavily-armed six-member machete gang that has terrorised business owners at Karonga, before getting away with cash and cellp...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Duo's 16 house-breaking spree ends
Police have arrested two suspects on allegations of breaking into 16 houses in and around Chitungwiza and Harare, targeting various electrical gadgets and property. Investigations have reveale...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare man in the dock for raping 7 women
A 28-YEAR-OLD Harare man yesterday appeared before magistrate Estere Chivasa on allegations of robbing and raping seven women.The alleged serial rapist, Coaster Kabvuratsiye was not asked to p...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Loose lips can really sink ships
As Jesus liked his teachings in parables, the Bishop will continue to use intelligible riddles and anecdotes to help you understand the workings of the world, at least as how I understand them....Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi
More feathers fly in fake chicks scam
THE "fake broiler chicks" saga that recently rocked Bulawayo has hit another high amid revelations that the alleged fraudsters were also painting the chicks in question with red and black oxide before...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Machete-wielding robbers appear in court
Four of the six suspected machete wielding robbers linked to a spate of robberies in Mutare appeared in court facing 14 counts of robbery, 2 counts of attempted murder, 2 counts of rape, 5 counts of u...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 13:51hrs | 23 | by Staff Reporter
Ritual killer names four businessmen who bought human body parts
A HONDE Valley man, who is being troubled by the avenging spirits of people he murdered for ritual purposes together with 11 accomplices, has opened up on how the ruthless gang trailed unsuspecting vi...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
High Court of Zimbabwe to sentence Kuwait human trafficker
The 30-year-old woman who facilitated the trafficking of five Zimbabwean women to Kuwait where they were turned into slaves, faces life imprisonment or more than 10 years per count after the court rul...Published: 21 Dec 2017 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Female 'rapists' resurfaces
Female "rapists" have resurfaced following recent reported cases in which two men were sexually assaulted after they were offered lifts by seven women in two separate incidents in Harare.National poli...Published: 06 Jun 2017 at 06:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gang of armed robbers arrested
Mbare Police Dog Section based at Waterfalls Police Station have arrested five armed robbers and recovered knives, knobkerries and axes that were used to attack residents in the suburb at night. Polic...Published: 31 May 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers terrorise Zimbabweans
Police have warned both businesses and members of the public to be wary of gangs of armed robbers who have mounted a spate of heists, particularly in and around Harare - in a new crime wave that is ta...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 bus accident victims still unidentified
POLICE yesterday said they were yet to identify the remains of three of the five people who perished in a bus accident that occurred along the Harare-Mutare Road on Thursday last week.National...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
600 years jail for Zimbabwean terror gang
Three Zimbabwean cross-border transporters were on Monday jailed for 632 years by a South African High Court after they were convicted of 62 charges ranging from murder, robbery, extortion and rap...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 05:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean pair faces SA jail
Two Zimbabwean cross-border transporters and a South African woman were last Thursday convicted on 62 charges ranging from murder, robbery, extortion, rape among other violent crimes perpetrated i...Published: 12 Dec 2016 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches National Plan of Action on Human Trafficking
The Government has launched the National Plan of Action on Human Trafficking (NAPLAC) as it consolidates its fight against the scourge following reports that hundreds of Zimbabweans were being traffic...Published: 30 Jul 2016 at 08:50hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Zimbabwean trio up for spate of cross-border crimes
THREE Zimbabwe cross-border transport operators and a South African woman are expected to appear at the Palm Ridge High Court in Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 4, to face charges of murdering tw...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 15:20hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Woman in $392k maintenance scam
The net has closed in on a woman with a knack of fleecing well-heeled foreigners of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent maintenance claims using children she bore during the subsistenc...Published: 16 Nov 2015 at 05:13hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Armed robbery suspect acquitted
AN armed robbery suspect, arrested last month together with two others already serving a combined 104 years in jail for terrorising white commercial farmers and businesspeople in Masvingo, has been ac...Published: 16 Oct 2015 at 07:09hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Zimbabwean women in alleged pyramid scheme in the UK
UNITED KINGDOM - Two Zimbabwean women including a newly registered nurse have been accused of running a holiday and passport application pyramid scheme that has allegedly fleeced over £14 000 and £5...Published: 12 Sep 2015 at 14:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi graves should be turned into monuments and shrines
Following the Gukurahundi invasion and genocide in Matabeleland and parts of Midlands over twenty years ago victims and surviving victims of Gukurahundi genocide have not received any form of restora...Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 16:22hrs | 4 | by Themba Mthethwa
Axe robber unleash reign of terror, axes 12
AN AXE wielding robber who unleashed a reign of terror in Bulawayo's Pumula suburb after waylaying his victims on different occasions and axing them on the same spot has been arrested.Aleck M...Published: 31 Jul 2014 at 06:39hrs | | by Plaxcedes Hove
21 murder cases set for Bulawayo High Court
THE 2014 High Court legal year officially opens on Monday with 21 murder cases set down for hearing at the Bulawayo High Court this first term. Judge President Justice George Chiweshe will pr...Published: 13 Jan 2014 at 00:31hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
NIKUV - what a sexy scapegoat
Since its formation, ZANU is known to have gone to extremes to gain and retain political power. They have used textbook political mastery as well as unorthodox means to achieve their political objec...Published: 03 Dec 2013 at 06:02hrs | | by Mso Ndlovu
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