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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 11:07
HARARE - Police have continued their onslaught on civil society members, following the arrest of Tawanda Chimhini, director for Election Resource Centre yesterday. Chimhini was summoned and detained at Harare Central Police Station on allegations of running an illegal voter education...Read More
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Sunday, 21 April 2013 15:25
HARARE - Ten people were injured when a minibus that was fleeing from municipal authorities burst tyres and overturned after municipal cops threw spikes in Harare’s Central Business District. The injured were rushed to Parirenyatwa Hospital. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi...Read More
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Friday, 19 April 2013 11:45
HARARE - Police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri has heaped praise on female police officers for “holding their own” when seeking recognition and demanding promotions to top positions. Speaking at a conferment parade of 85 senior police officers who were recently-promoted by President...Read More
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013 10:46
MATOBO - Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe has warned senior police officers who are getting involved in politics now, saying they face dismissal should the MDC win the forthcoming polls. “According to our both new and old constitutions police officers should...Read More
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Thursday, 04 April 2013 10:47
HARARE - A 31-year-old Bulawayo woman is in court after she allegedly assaulted a man at a pub, before punching police officers trying to break the violence. Primrose Mzizi is now out on $50 bail granted by magistrate Takunda Witness Mtetwa....Read More
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013 10:47
HARARE - Two police officers and their three accomplices appeared in court yesterday on allegations of stealing more than 700g of gold. On March 10, Lawrence Mateva, 24, Richard Majome, 29 — both police officers at Malbereign Police Station — and...Read More
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Tuesday, 05 March 2013 10:38
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is disgusted at police’s “trivialisation” of the unfortunate death of 12-year-old Christpower Maisiri, a top aide said yesterday. Alex Magaisa, Tsvangirai’s political advisor said the premier will take up the issue with President Robert Mugabe....Read More
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Wednesday, 27 February 2013 10:32
HARARE - Two police officers who allegedly stole a plasma TV, laptops and other gadgets from the late Vice President John Landa Nkomo’s house in Bulawayo will continue languishing in remand prison. Bulawayo magistrate Witness Mtetwa yesterday dismissed the cops’ quest...Read More
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Friday, 08 February 2013 11:51
HARARE - Police yesterday questioned businessman cum musician Energy Mutodi over a long-running housing scam, at a time his estranged wife dragged him to court over child support. His wife Tariro Chirende exposed him as an abusive man and filed a...Read More
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Thursday, 07 February 2013 10:56
BULAWAYO - Police have raided a youth civic society organisation on allegations the group is conducting illegal voter registration and keeping subversive material. Four detectives from Bulawayo Central Police Station’s Law and Order section pounced on National Youth Development Trust (NYDT)...Read More
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Tuesday, 05 February 2013 09:54
HARARE - Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe has dismissed an application for refusal of further remand by a hooker who allegedly connived with two cops to rob a man of $9 000. Mahwe said the matter is “very serious” and will cause...Read More
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Thursday, 31 January 2013 10:18
HARARE - A state witness has told the court seven cops accused of murder fabricated charges against Shamva residents to cover up for their manslaughter. The police officers all stationed at Shamva Police Station were identified as Aspias Shumba, Motion Jakopo,...Read More
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Wednesday, 30 January 2013 10:21
HARARE - Seven cops accused of murdering a Shamva resident after a brutal attack that left 11 others hospitalised have begun answering to murder charges at the High Court. The trial entered its second day yesterday. All stationed at Shamva Police...Read More
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Wednesday, 23 January 2013 10:06
HARARE - A Harare magistrate has jailed two members of the police special constabulary unit who robbed a government transport company of $980 at gunpoint. The two robbed Central Mechanical Equipment Department (CMED) bus conductor. Regional magistrate Simon Rogers Kachambwa sentenced...Read More
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Sunday, 20 January 2013 10:32
HARARE - Two police officers, who were at large for allegedly conniving with a night club owner to extort money from Israeli businessman Gilad Shabtai, finally appeared in court yesterday. Victor Makoni, 30, and Richard Majome, 28, who are sergeant and...Read More
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