Zimbabwean (Bulawayo Criminal) Shot Dead By His Intended Victim In Hillbrow

Johannesburg – A Zimbabwean criminal found out the hard way that crime does not pay when he was shot dead in Hillbrow this morning by a man he tried to rob unaware that his intended victim was armed with a gun. According to eyewitnesses, the dead man(pictured above) was identified by some at the crime scene as a Zimbabwean from Bulawayo.He was allegedly part of a notorious gang of robbers who were involved in attacking…

Read More

New Gvt Regulation: Land Reform Beneficiaries To Pay Annual Rent & Levies

New Gvt Regulation: Land Reform Beneficiaries To Pay  Annual Rent & Levies

ECONOMICALLY-HAMSTRUNG government has passed new regulations ordering some 300,000 beneficiaries of President Robert Mugabe’s controversial land reforms to pay annual rent and levies, a state daily said Monday. The new rules stipulate that “resettled farmers with permits and 99-year leases… shall be expected to pay rent and a development levy,” the report said. Government launched land reforms 15 years ago, in some cases driving white commercial farmers off their land to make way for landless…

Read More

Bus Overturns After Being Flagged Down By Police In Westgate Harare

Several people were reportedly injured in Westgate, Harare, yesterday when a CAG bus overturned in wet conditions after the driver was flagged down by traffic police. In the picture, mechanics prepare to be getting ready to tow away the bus while people look on. Source: bulawayo24

Read More

Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Conducts Mass Redeployment Of Senior Officers

Zimbabwe Republic Police  (ZRP) Conducts Mass Redeployment Of Senior Officers

  In the run up to the annual Zanu PF Congress to be held in December 2015 at Victoria Falls, the Zanu PF regime has with effect  from 9th November 2015, instituted mass transfer of senior staff. The redeployed staff include  Senior Assistant Commissioner A. Guvamombe,who will move  from the Police General Headquarters (PGHQ) Crime Unit  to the post of Officer Commanding the  Police Support Unit. Senior Assistant Commissioner T.B Mhiripiri will move from from Police General…

Read More

Though Dangerous, Street Protests, Remain The Most Viable Tool Against Mugabe’s Oppressive Authority

Though Dangerous, Street Protests, Remain The Most Viable Tool Against Mugabe’s Oppressive Authority

OF LATE, opposition political parties have intensified their calls for mass action against President Robert Mugabe’s “failed” leadership. The MDC-T demonstrations are meant to force the Zanu PF led administration to deliver on its pre-2013 election promises top among them the creation of 2, 2 million new jobs. Inspired by the recent student protests in South Africa, coined around the FeesMustFall mantra, Tendai Biti’s PDP has also threatened to roll out its own MugabeMustFall demos….

Read More

Zanu-PF Activist Who Axed Two Zanu PF Colleagues, Commits Suicide In Police Detention

Zanu-PF Activist Who Axed Two Zanu PF Colleagues, Commits Suicide In Police Detention

THE Zanu-PF activist arrested Saturday for axing his two colleagues to death has apparently killed himself. Mupambwa last week reportedly axed his two colleagues over political positions in the ruling party is no more. Mupambwa was set to appear in court tomorrow charged with murder but impeccable sources told NewsDay that he apparently “killed himself” while in police holding cells. The Chitungwiza based ruling party activist reportedly axed two colleagues in a violent fit of…

Read More

Zanu PF Masvingo Province Moves To Block Grace Mugabe’s Rise To ‘Presidency’

ZANU PF Masvingo province has moved to block machinations within the party to have First Lady Grace Mugabe take over from her ageing husband, saying she must confine herself to being the party’s Women’s League boss.   Grace, who is said to be harbouring presidential ambitions, a claim she has since dismissed, did not get any support for her bid from the provincial inter-district meeting held over the weekend in Masvingo, as the province resolved…

Read More

‘No Constitutional Or Leadership Changes At December 2015 Zanu-PF Annual Congress’-Simon Khaya-Moyo

THERE will not be any constitutional or leadership changes at the Zanu-PF annual people’s conference in Victoria Falls next month, party spokesperson Simon Khaya-Moyo said yesterday. Khaya-Moyo said this as a warning to ruling party officials and supporters whom he said were tussling for positions in the on-going party restructuring exercise. He said he was surprised by the interest generated by the conference. “The conference cannot amend the constitution. The point is simple; we as…

Read More

Man Brutally Murdered With Iron Bar At Fourth Street Bus Terminus In Harare

Man  Brutally Murdered With Iron Bar At Fourth Street Bus Terminus In Harare

A man was brutally murdered this Sunday afternoon. The man, whose identity has not yet been released, was allegedly struck by an iron bar and collapsed before bleeding to death. The assailant fled the scene of the crime but witnesses, who refused to speak to reporters, said he is known. There are conflicting statements as to how the quarrel started with some saying the victim was being accused of stealing radio speakers from an commuter…

Read More

‘Desperate Bid To Survive, Fuels Child Prostitution At Local Business Centres’

CHISUMBANJE: An increase in the cost of living, exacerbated by a gloomy 2015/16 farming season has forced desperate women and young girls to sell sex at local business centres in order to survive. A recent visit by NewZimbabwe.com to Birchenough Bridge, Checheche and Dzonzai business centres established that women and young girls, including 14 year-olds, are now resorting to prostitution. Men, who are usually the bread winners, are out of work, forcing wives and girl…

Read More
1 335 336 337 338 339 441