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Businessman loses US$30k to armed robbers
POLICE in Dema, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for four armed robbers who pounced on a businessman before stealing a cashbox with US$30 000, among other valuables.The busin...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:28hrs | 2061 | by Staff reporter
Cellphone gives away Beitbridge murderers
MOBILE phone which was stolen from two lovebirds assisted the police to nab three suspects believed to be responsible for the September murder of a Beitbridge shipping clerk.Andy Masuka was wi...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:50hrs | 6378 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge gunman death leads to five gangsters' arrest
POLICE in Beitbridge have arrested five men suspected to have been part of a gang of armed robbers that was terrorising Beitbridge residents together with the notorious John Sithole alias Kedha who wa...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 14:52hrs | 4699 | by Staff Repoter
Chivhu soldier killer named
POLICE have named Elphas Jani (20) of Gutu, now deceased, as one of the gunmen who shot and killed Lance Corporal Lorance Mupanganyama, and injured Corporal Peter Zvirevo, in Chivhu last Saturday....Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:20hrs | 7911 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang attacks guard, gets away with loaded firearm
POLICE in Umguza, Matebelaland North province have launched a manhunt for a six-member machete gang that attacked and killed a security guard at Arda Balu Estate before they went off with his .303 ser...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 08:28hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
Armed car-jackers strike in Bulawayo
THREE armed men robbed a 44-year-old woman from Newtown West suburb in Bulawayo of her car, US$400 and a cellphone. The woman was driving into the city centre from her home in her Nissan Sylph...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:06hrs | 1438 | by Staff reporter
Security guard steals VID money
A 21-YEAR-OLD Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) Rusape, security guard was jailed for 18 months after he broke into VID's accounts office and stole a cash box containing $7200 bond.Leonard A...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 15:18hrs | 1324 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cornered robber surrenders
A cornered robber, who was allegedly part of a gang that stole US$59 000 from a businessman after posing as police officers enforcing lockdown regulations in Harare city centre, surrendered himself to...Published: 14 May 2020 at 17:06hrs | 2794 | by Staff reporter
'Robber' arrested in high-speed chase
A 33-YEAR-OLD man was arrested in Bulawayo following a high-speed chase after he stole cash and other valuables amounting to more than $27 000 from a car in the city centre. Arnold Kuzakwenham...Published: 07 May 2020 at 00:35hrs | 2601 | by Staff reporter
'We don't enjoy arresting lockdown offenders'
BULAWAYO police have said they do not take joy in arresting COVID-19 lockdown offenders as they appealed to locals to observe regulations aimed at slowing the spread of the disease.The city re...Published: 07 May 2020 at 00:11hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Robbers in police uniform vanish with US$59 000
A gang of robbers, fed with information by an inside accomplice, robbed a Harare businessman of US$59 000, by pretending to be police officers enforcing lockdown regulations and then two of them squan...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Robbers in police uniform vanish with US$59 000
A gang of robbers, fed with information by an inside accomplice, robbed a Harare businessman of US$59 000, by pretending to be police officers enforcing lockdown regulations and then two of them squan...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 23:58hrs | 4221 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber loses bail application
THE High Court has dismissed an application for bail pending trial by one of the eight armed robbers who allegedly raided a Chinese-owned mine and several houses in Bulawayo, robbing their victims of ...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 07:57hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
3 armed robbers arrested
Police have arrested three other members of a gang of armed robbers that raided a Chinese-owned mine in Lalapanzi and several houses in Bulawayo, stealing a total of US$20 000, bringing the total arre...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:40hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Soldier's killer jailed 30 years
A MAN from Epworth has been jailed 30 years for robbing and killing a soldier. Besta Masaya, who was charged along with Tonderai Rupiya, denied killing Innocent Majuta who was in army uniform ...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:44hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Man forces poison into wife's mouth
A HARARE man allegedly attempted to force rat poison into his wife's mouth because she had declined to reveal her phone password, a court heard yesterday.George Lovell, 39, of Glenara Avenue, ...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 14:33hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
Serial robbers in court $11 500 robbery
BULAWAYO serial robbers have been taken to court for robbing several residents property worth $11 500.Nick Ngwenya (23) and Malcon Ngondo (18) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Lizwe Jamela ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 09:22hrs | 421 | by Stephen Jakes
Armed cops rob miner
THREE police officers have been arrested on charges of robbing a Guruve miner of 92 grammes of gold and US$2 700 at gunpoint.Happymore Gwande (35) of Nyabira ZRP, Ronald Masendeke (29) of ZRP ...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 16:33hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Muzenda's house broken into
A CHEEKY thief, who broke into 10 houses, including the late former Vice-President Simon Muzenda's Chishawasha house where he stole a 49-inch television set, appeared before a Harare magistrate yester...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:57hrs | 2477 | by Staff reporter
Diamond dealer stabbed 29 times
AN illegal diamond dealer who was murdered in cold blood by a teenage suspect and his fugitive accomplice in Chiadzwa two weeks ago succumbed to 29 stab wounds which were inflicted by his rabid assail...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:37hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Man in $6000 mobile phone and bricks dealing scandal
A man from Empumalanga Township DRC Hwange is in trouble after he stole the mobile phone which he was given to use to buy beer and disappeared with it.Elton Sibanda (37) pleaded guilty t...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 11:18hrs | 746 | by Stephen Jakes
Man in $6000 mobile phone and bricks dealing scandal
A man from Empumalanga Township DRC Hwange is in trouble after he stole the mobile phone which he was given to use to buy beer and disappeared with it.Elton Sibanda (37) pleaded guilty t...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 15:04hrs | 406 | by Stephen Jakes
Armed robbers snatch US$180 000
THREE armed robbers snatched US$180 000 from a man from Nketa 6 suburb, Bulawayo when he had visited his relatives in Killarney suburb. Mr Farai Vengesai (27) lost the money and his Samsung S1...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1321 | by Staff reporter
Crime spree ends for three Honda Fit drivers
THREE Honda Fit pirate taxi operators who were allegedly involved in a spate of armed robberies in Bulawayo using a firearm have been arrested. Handsome Ncube (23) of Emakhandeni, Innocent Ncu...Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 12:33hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Siblings in court for double murder
TWO siblings from the Midlands province who ganged up and allegedly murdered a taxi driver in Bulawayo and a shop owner in Inyathi in Matabeleland North before stealing their property worth more than ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Man locked up for killing vendor before stealing her phone
A BULAWAYO man has appeared in court charged with murder after he ambushed a woman who was selling cigarettes and tomatoes before hitting her with a wooden stick leading to her death.Lucky Sib...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 09:07hrs | 1120 | by Stephen Jakes
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 | 1255 | by Staff Reporter
Polad is a sleeping pill to ignore Zanu failures
After failing to fix the economy and to open space for political competitiveness, Zanu political Scientists invented a sleeping pill called Polad.Zanu Political Scientists have mastered the sc...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 13:10hrs | 1464 | by Ryton Dzimiri
CIO, police pay assault victim $7 000 compensation
THE Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have paid $7 000 to a victim of assault after he successfully sued them with the assistance of Zimbabwe Lawyers for H...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 11:44hrs | 2190 | by Stephen Jakes
Armed robber remanded in his hospital bed
AN injiva who was attacked by an angry mob after exhausting his ammunition while trying to scare them away soon after staging an armed robbery at business premises in Northend suburb in Bulawayo has a...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 19:59hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
'Prophet' fatally stabs patient
A self-proclaimed prophet has been charged with murder and robbery after he allegedly killed a member of a Ntabazinduna family while attempting to perform a cleansing ceremony before escaping with a s...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:05hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
'killer, robber' arrested in hospital bed
A MAN from Bulawayo who allegedly fatally stabbed a woman while conducting rituals during a "cleansing" ceremony before stealing US$800, R6 500 and RTGS$300 has been arrested while admitted at Thorngr...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1806 | by Staff Reporter
Pair jailed for stabbing & robbing cop
TWO men from Bulawayo have each been sentenced to 60 months in prison for stabbing a police officer seven times all over the body with an okapi knife before robbing him of his wallet and a cellphone. ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:16hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Card cloning gang hits PPC Zimbabwe
FOUR men ganged up and defrauded Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe of more than US$26 500 after cloning the company's ATM card and using it to conduct illegal Point of Sale (POS) transactions at...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:11hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Workz & Econet ready to bring eSIM to Zimbabwe
Dublin/Dubai - Today, mobile and IoT solutions provider Workz Group and Econet Zimbabwe announced a deal that will see them offer Zimbabwean subscribers network connectivity via embedded SIM dev...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 08:43hrs | 7450 | by Agencies
Six gunmen shoot Bulawayo gold dealer
A GOLD dealer (31) is battling for life in hospital after he was shot by six men who got away with over US$40 000 cash, 400 grams of gold and other valuables including cellphones all worth over US$65 ...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 09:59hrs | 6704 | by Staff Reporter
Man in robbery spree as Masowe congregants pray
A 34-year-old man from Victoria Falls allegedly tiptoed into a Johanne Masowe shrine at night and stole cellphones and bags while congregants were in a prayer session, a court heard. Artwell M...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:03hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Man steals drunk friend's car
A MAN from Bulawayo has been sentenced to six years in prison for stealing his drunk friend's car and selling his belongings without his consent. Ntandoyenkosi Moyo (28) of Pumula South suburb...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:49hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
2 women jailed for stealing cellphones during burial
TWO women from Bulawayo have been sentenced to nine months in prison for stealing cellphones during a burial at Luveve cemetery. Nolwazi Dube (18) and Minenhle Mare (25) from Pumula suburb sto...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:28hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Police track down armed robbers
POLICE in Mutare have launched a manhunt of a gang of robbers that has transformed the Zimunya and Mutasa areas into a terror zones after attacking five business premises and escaped with cash and an ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 11:32hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
Cop 'stabbed' 7 times
THREE men have been arrested for allegedly stabbing a police officer seven times all over the body with an okapi knife before robbing him of his wallet and a cellphone.Mthabisi Sibanda (33), P...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers 'get away with over $17K USD'
EIGHT armed robbers allegedly raided a family in Bulawayo's Kumalo suburb and got away with more than US$17 000 among other valuables using their victim's car which they later abandoned. The i...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 05:54hrs | 2453 | by Staff Reporter
Teen jailed for housebreaking, robbery
A TEENAGER from Bulawayo has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for housebreaking and robbery. Bruce Nyathi (19) from Nketa suburb robbed Ms Samukeliso Moyo (35), Mr Milton Charamba (21), M...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Residents assault man over stolen goods
A BULAWAYO man was hospitalised when a mob assaulted him for allegedly breaking into a house and stealing property worth RTGS$ 5 000 while the owner was asleep. George Zvingowanisei of Mzilika...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 06:54hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
MDC activists, family members brutalised in midnight raids
Fears are mounting over the safety of opposition activists, following abductions of members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in a night raid allegedly by armed gunmen in Bulawayo last week....Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for stealing at a funeral
A RUSAPE man, Simon Chitiyo, was yesterday sentenced to one year in jail for stealing a mobile phone worth $500 at a funeral.Chitiyo (27) appeared before Mutare magistrate Purity Gumbo, who co...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:52hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Teen gangster pleads guilty
A TEENAGER from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly attacking a man with bricks before he robbed him of a cellphone and cash. Nicky Moyo (18) from New Magwegwe suburb and four accom...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:08hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Teen attacks man with bricks, robs him
A TEENAGER from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly attacking a man with bricks before he robbed him of a cellphone and cash. Nicky Moyo (18) from New Magwegwe suburb and four accom...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:56hrs | 1778 | by Staff reporter
Economy as the superstructure in Zimbabwe
There were a number of by-elections in Zimbabwe over the last month.One was for the local government in my rural home district of Bikita East in Masvingo province. The others were for the parl...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:57hrs | 646 | by Takura Zhangazha
Mnangagwa son 'aide' up for fraud, extortion
A HARARE man claiming to be a Central Intelligence Organisation security detail for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son Collins was summoned to court last week facing fraud allegations after he duped u...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1344 | by Staff reporter
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