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Police launch manhunt for 4 armed robbers
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for four armed robbers who broke into a house in Parklands and stole a number of goods and a vehicle which they later dumped in the neighbourhood.Pro...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
Thieves break into Bulawayo mayor's car
THIEVES last night broke into Bulawayo Mayor councillor Solomon Mguni's car and stole cash among other valuables at his home in Nkulumane suburb. Cllr Mguni discovered the crime on Thursday mo...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army dismisses false media report of alleged villagers assault
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dispelled false allegations which have been published in the media regarding the involvement of soldiers in assaulting Mberengwa villagers.In a statement, ...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 18:21hrs | 1057 | by Staff reporter
Burglary hotspot suburbs revealed
POLICE in Bulawayo have identified six western suburbs as hotspots for burglary and theft cases while revealing that some of the break-in incidents are leading to rape cases. The criminals are...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
Woman hires duo for 'R100k' to kill own mother
TWO Zimbabwean men aged 24 and 27 have been jailed for 15 years by a Polokwane High Court in South Africa after they were hired by a local woman to kill her 53-year-old mother to settle a family dispu...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 16:57hrs | 2122 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Security Minister left exposed by State Agents, claims Jonathan Moyo, Zhuwao
FORMER cabinet ministers Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao have made sensational claims against National Security Minister Owen Ncube alleging Special Forces (SAS) recently, and on two occasions, broke...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | 7472 | by Staff reporter
Machete wielding thieves jailed
Two notorious Shamva machete wielding men were jailed yesterday after appearing before Bindura provincial magistrate Tinashe Ndokera for burglary.Witness Makuni (34) was slapped with an ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 20:51hrs | 1297 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Banana skins characterise Zanu-PF
Energy Mutodi came and went. Just like many others political mavericks before him, they all thought they were invincible, drunk as a lord by the maddening power of high political office....Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:31hrs | 4333 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Violent crimes rear ugly head in Matebeleland South
POLICE in Matebeleland South have recorded a case of man who was bludgeoned to death at his estranged wife's Beitbridge home, another of a violent machete attack on a miner in Gwanda and yet another o...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:58hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Dumb criminals: US$20 000 watch sold for 30 bond
TWO youths from Bulawayo allegedly stole a US$20 000 wristwatch from a house in Montrose suburb and sold it for $30 (about US50 cents on the streets). The watch was part of the $1,5 million loot the d...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1192 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man arrested with Prasa cables in SA
A man believed to be in his 30s has been arrested after he was found in possession of non-ferrous metal and overhead Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) copper cable, Western Cape police sai...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 11:08hrs | 1461 | by ANA Reporter
Mnangagwa recalls diplomat from Zimbabwe's embassy in Washington
Government has recalled a junior officer from Zimbabwe's embassy in Washington following allegations of home invasion and assault. Mr Macmillan Moyana is facing disciplinary action according t...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 06:41hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Top Zimbabwe diplomat breaks into United States home, gets immunity
A Zimbabwean diplomat who barged into a home in Montgomery County, United States, while shouting incoherently has avoided a jail term of up to 50 years after he was granted diplomatic immunity....Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 12:35hrs | 1318 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo slams police's 'hooligan statement'
POLICE have come under fire for attempts to link the shock break in at High Court judge Garainesu Mawadze's Harare home to the MDC.Justice Mawadze's home was broken into by unknown persons and...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 20:14hrs | 4708 | by Staff reporter
Double burglary and arson suspect nabbed
A MVUMA man has been arrested after he allegedly broke into two premises in Gwanda and stole property worth $42 000 before burning property worth $15 000. Robert Raymond Manyimo (26) allegedly...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1258 | by Staff Reporter
2 Zimbabweans in SA jail break
SOUTH African police are pursuing two Zimbabweans and three South Africans who escaped from a remand prison in Limpopo province on Monday evening. It is understood that the five prisoners aged between...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
300 Zimbabweans nabbed in Musina blitz
ABOUT 300 people believed to be Zimbabweans were on Wednesday arrested around Musina, including the Beitbridge Border Post areas, for allegedly flouting South African immigration laws, officials in So...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 7975 | by Staff Reporter
Man attacks wife's lover, flees with his penis
A Florida man allegedly used scissors to cut off the penis of a man he suspected of sleeping with his wife, according to law enforcement officials.The Gilchrist County Sheriff's Office arreste...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 7011 | by Staff reporter
Good back-up power now essential for security systems
Safeguard Security has advised householders and business people to ensure their properties are secure and that security alarm batteries are adequate to protect their properties during electricity load...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:02hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Break-in at Ministry of Health
There was a break-in at the Ministry of Health and Child Care headquarters offices in Harare at the weekend with the perpetrators allegedly gaining entry using the fire-escape routes before ransacking...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 06:45hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Good back-up power now essential for security systems
Safeguard Security has advised householders and business people to ensure their properties are secure and that security alarm batteries are adequate to protect their properties during electricity load...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 08:44hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Chipinge 'prophet' jailed 2 years for burglary
ONE of two Chipinge self-proclaimed prophets who broke into a house belonging to their colleague and stole household property and groceries worth over $800 was on Thursday jailed for two years....Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 07:45hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
MPs' office broken into
Daring suspected thieves broke into an office in the central business district shared by Chiredzi South MP Kalisto Gwanetsa and Chiredzi East MP Denford Masiya, during the Easter holidays and got away...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:21hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
SA Hawks arrest car thief, smuggling suspect
THE Hawks have arrested a second suspect believed to be part of a racket stealing vehicles from South Africa and smuggling them to other countries via Zimbabwe. It is understood that most of the stole...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:15hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Teenage brothers terrorise residents
POLICE intelligence officers in Dangamvura have arrested four suspects - two of them teenagers - for allegedly committing a series of burglary cases in which they stole household appliances valued at ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:09hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
High Court dismisses appeal by 2 convicted serial burglars
THE High Court has dismissed an appeal against conviction and sentence by two serial burglars who stole $80 000 after raiding two supermarkets, including aspiring Zanu-PF Bulawayo South aspiring MP, R...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:29hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Cross border vehicle theft kingpin's trial date set
THE trial of a 31-year-old Zimbabwean man who is believed to be the kingpin of a cross-border vehicle theft syndicate, has been set for June 27 at the Musina Magistrate's court.Frank Dube and ...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 09:15hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Primary school robbers send Bulawayo police on high speed chase
POLICE in Bulawayo were on Tuesday involved in a high speed chase with burglars who raided Elitsheni Primary School in Inyathi, Matabeleland North, getting away with $650 and a safe box.A poli...Published: 19 May 2018 at 07:10hrs | 6223 | by Staff Reporter
Muggers target NUST students
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) students are increasingly becoming targets for robbers who mug them and break into their homes stealing their laptops among other valuables....Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:10hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya's court documents stolen
SUSPECTED burglars yesterday broke into the offices of lawyers representing Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) ministries leader, Walter Magaya and stole computers, the cleric's court documents a...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:19hrs | 4376 | by Staff reporter
Car thief arrested outside court
A MAN suspected of being part of a car theft syndicate that steals cars and crosses them into Zimbabwe was arrested at Westgate Magistrate Court in Gauteng South Africa on Tuesday.He was in co...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:18hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Hawks nab cross-border vehicle theft kingpin
South Africa's serious crime-busting unit (Hawks) have arrested a 31-year-old man, believed to be the ring leader of a gang specialising in stealing and smuggling vehicles to Zimbabwe through the Limp...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 05:53hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean caught with explosives at SA border
A MAN believed to be Zimbabwean, was yesterday morning arrested at the Beitbridge border post after he was found in possession of explosives and 281 detonators.South African Police Services (S...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 05:24hrs | 1934 | by Staff reporter
Woman bites rapist's privates
Police in South Africa are hunting for an alleged rapist who sustained an injury inflicted on him by the woman he raped. A statement from the police service said operatives were "looking for a man app...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:37hrs | 817 | by AFP
Plot to kill Fikile Mbalula
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula is embroiled in a war against rogue police spies who have threatened his life, as well as the lives of his family.City Press is in possession of a report of a re...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 10:57hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart's offices raided
BURGLARS broke into former Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Senator David Coltart's law firm offices in Belmont, Bulawayo and got away with an undisclosed amount of money, it has been confi...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 10:56hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Convicted lady burglar collapses during mitigation
A Zimbabwean woman convicted of burglary, collapsed during mitigation, her latest breakdown in a case involving crimes committed two years ago.Praxedes Maphosa began making gurgling noises and...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 14:24hrs | 591 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF break-ins: what's REALLY going on?
Defence Minister Sydney Sekeramayi is the latest high-profile member of Zimbabwe's ruling party to have a break-in.Sekeramayi's apparently palatial home in Borrowdale, Harare was broken into i...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 10:22hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Break-in at Sekeramayi's house, could it be Mnangagwa allies?
THIEVES broke into Defence Minister Dr Sydney Sekeremayi's house in the early hours of Friday and got away with US$620.Police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba yester...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 09:50hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Safeguard reinforces police plea for increase security measures
Safeguard Security has come out in support of a call by police in Bulawayo for businesses and individuals to take increased security measures, following an armed robbery last week at a betting shop in...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 12:48hrs | 920 | by Agencies
New cemetery opens in Bulawayo
A NEW private cemetery has opened for burials in Bulawayo's Northlyn and Trenance suburbs.The Acting Director of Health Services Dr Edwin Sibanda said the Government approved the establishment...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:54hrs | 3250 | by Staff reporter
Police to be tough on bars, bottle stores
POLICE in Bulawayo have urged bars and bottle stores to comply with their conditions of licensing warning that they will be prosecuted if they open shops beyond stipulated times....Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 10:33hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Four Zimbabwean border jumpers in Botswana court
Four Zimbabwean men appeared before Broadhurst Magistrate Court on Monday facing twin charges of entering the country through an ungazetted entry point and attempted burglary.Court heard that ...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 06:29hrs | 1411 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa bays for G40 blood
The Zanu-PF faction rallying behind embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which has been at the receiving end of savage mauling over the past few months by its avowed party foes, the Genera...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 10:26hrs | 3605 | by Staff reporter
Gang disables CCTV, steals $36,000
ROBBERS allegedly pounced on Barons Motor Spares in Bulawayo and got away with about $36,000 after disabling die shop's closed-circuit television (CCTV) on Sunday night.The owner of the shop w...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 12:32hrs | | by Whinstey Masara
Prosecutor jailed for assault, kidnap, attempted murder
BEITBRIDGE area prosecutor, Muchiwande Forbes Sithole (35) has been jailed for an effective four years for assault, kidnap and attempted murder. Sithole of Flamboyant Street in the border town assault...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 07:14hrs | 1379 | by Thupeyo Muleya
King Lobengula's spear stolen
A GOLD coated spear and some artefacts belonging to the last Ndebele King, Lobengula, have been stolen from Old Bulawayo with the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) coming under fire fo...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 23:22hrs | 7589 | by Nqobile Tshili
Dead in Bots Air Zimbabwe boss was strangled
POST mortem results for the Air Zimbabwe public relations executive, Shingai Dhliwayo, who was found dead in a bush in Botswana, have revealed that she was strangled to death. The post mortem ...Published: 12 May 2016 at 06:38hrs | 2888 | by Freeman Razemba and Auxilia Katongomara
Break in at Lumumba's house
Zanu-PF factional fights have turned nasty amid reports that embattled former Zimbabwe Youth Empowerment Strategy for Investment steering committee chairperson Acie Lumumba's Hatfield house was br...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 08:33hrs | 3617 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes teenager after she turned down marriage proposal
A marriage proposal turned into a rape after the teenage victim turned her attacker down.Daily Sun reported that the 17-year-old girl was going home in Sundwana Location, Chizela Village, from...Published: 26 Apr 2016 at 14:45hrs | 4759 | by Staff Reporter
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