The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on its Twitter page has denied releasing Henrietta Rushwaya following her arrest at Robert Mugabe International Airport yesterday. “ZRP reiterates that Henrietta Rushwaya was arrested and detained at Harare Central last night. She will appear
POLICE have arrested 21 illegal gold panners who had invaded the pristine mountains of the Chimanimani National Park in Manicaland province. The mountains are located along the Zimbabwe/Mozambique border. Police national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrests. He
Two local women who were allegedly shot by police in the coal mining town are battling for their lives in hospital with one of them transferred to a private facility in Bulawayo due to the seriousness of her injuries. According
A GROUP of illegal gold miners yesterday invaded Tebekwe Mine in Shurugwi where they reportedly disarmed a security guard before handcuffing and severely assaulting him and his colleague using logs and iron bars. Police in Shurugwi swiftly moved in and
SIX miners, among them a woman, have been arrested for allegedly attacking three police officers and damaging a vehicle they were using in protest to the arrest of their workmate. Tawanda Msimanga (27), Diana Shoko (37), Muzi Moyo (33), Mehleli
A police officer attached to the CID Minerals Flora and Fauna Unit was on Wednesday trapped to death when the ground he was standing on carved and gave in at Magobo illegal mining site in Shamva. Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner
The Officer Commanding ZRP Mashonaland Central Commissioner David Mahoya has declared war against illegal alluvial gold miners along Mazowe River which supplies water to Bindura and Shamva. Police have established a permanent base at Bindura water treatment plant and are
Hwedza Police arrested two Police impersonators who camped at Wedza Mountain and extorted from miners claiming it was protection fee. Nomatter Nhambirwa (23) and Beloved Gangayi (24), all of Budiriro in Harare, who were clad in police uniform before misrepresenting
Police have arrested 240 illegal gold miners in Hwedza in a move to eliminate machete gangs and illegal gold miners under their recently launched operation code-named ‘Zero Tolerance to Machete Wilding Gangs and Chikorokoza’. In a statement Assistance Commissioner (Crime/
AN undisclosed number of police officers are among 2 852 people who have been arrested for illegal gold mining or being part of the machete-wielding gangs, police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi has said. He was speaking on the sidelines