Zimbabwe Republic Police To Return Roadblocks
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) will from tomorrow launch a massive crackdown targeting unlicensed drivers and unregistered vehicles in a nationwide blitz that will signal the return of roadblocks, Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has said. Matanga made the announcement yesterday at this year’s World First Aid Day commemorations held at Morris Depot, Harare. He said the […]
May and Merkel backing Mnangagwa is bad news for Zimbabwe
On August 28, British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, for a one-day working visit. This visit was part of a three-nation tour of South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria designed to strengthen Britain’s trade ties with African nations. During the course of her visit, May made a brief appearance on South […]
Tendai Biti lawyer ‘bashed by soldiers, threatened with death’
HARARE – A human rights lawyer who accompanying MDC Alliance senior official Tendai Biti when he attempted to seek refuge in Zambia was severely beaten and had his car damaged by soldiers, a court heard on Monday. Lawyers representing Biti said the lawyer, Unite Saize, was lucky to be alive after he was attacked for […]
Zimbabwe opposition leader Chamisa divides police, military
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has reportedly suspended 16 top police officers, accusing them of allowing MDC Alliance activists to freely demonstrate in Harare’s central business district on Wednesday before soldiers moved in and fired indiscriminately, killing six people on the spot and injuring 14 others. This came amid reports of fierce fights between police […]
Zimbabwe Republic Police in US$4 million cash, 98kg gold haul
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police on Thursday night recovered 98kg of gold and about US$4 million in cash from suspected illegal cash and gold dealers at an unnamed company premise in Harare’s affluent Borrowdale suburb, NewsDay Weekender has learnt. The police confirmed the gold stows and the cash, which they said had now been secured by […]
Zimbabwe Police: Grenade Attack At Zanu PF Rally An Attempt to Assassinate Mnangagwa
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) says a bomb blast which exploded almost two weeks ago at the end of a Zanu PF rally in the country’s second largest city, Bulawayo, was an assassination attempt on President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga told journalists Tuesday that they are investigating the incident. “Sadly our spirits […]
Zimbabwe Police Deny Permission for Mnangagwa Solidarity March
In a sudden turn of events police on Monday declined permission for a Zanu PF “peace demonstration” that was meant to be a counter attraction to an MDC-T march set for Harare. Zanu PF Harare youth league leader Godwin Gomwe, in a statement, announced the march in support of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call for free, […]
Zimbabwe Power Company told to pull plug on ex-convict Wicknell Chivayo
PARLIAMENT yesterday recommended the investigation and prosecution of the four former Energy ministers Samuel Undenge, Dzikamai Mavhaire, Elton Mangoma and former Energy deputy minister Munashe Mutezo after they were all implicated in Wicknell Chivayo’s controversial Gwanda Solar Project. The call was made by Mines and Energy Portfolio Committee chairperson, Temba Mliswa where he also recommended […]
President Emmerson Mnangagwa targets high-profile graft cases
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has revealed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s move to set up a special anti-corruption unit in his office came after realising that other State security agencies were reluctant to tackle high-profile graft cases. On Tuesday, the Office of the President and Cabinet announced the establishment of the unit whose mandate is to […]
WATCH: Zimbabwe traffic cops assault man at roadside in full view of motorists
A short video has emerged on social media of Zimbabwean traffic cops assaulting a man at the side of a busy suburban road. In the video, taken by a motorist waiting behind a truck which the officers appear to have jumped off, the man is dragged to the roadside by two of the policemen dressed […]
