Author: TSA Press

Both
Houses
of
Parliament
will
be
sitting
this
week. 
In
this
Bill
Watch
we
shall
outline
the
business
they
are
expected
to
deal
with,
but
please
bear
the
following
points
in
mind:

• When
  the
  National
  Assembly
  and
  the
  Senate
  adjourn,
  they
  set
  down
  all
  outstanding
  business
  on
  their
  Order
  Papers
  (i.e.
  their
  agendas)
  for
  the
  next
  appropriate
  sitting
  day. 
  There
  is
  usually
  too
  much
  to
  be
  covered
  in
  one
  day
  so
  whatever
  is
  not
  dealt
  with
  is
  postponed
  to
  the
  next
  appropriate
  day.
• Both
  Houses
  of
  Parliament
  can
  change
  the
  order
  in
  which
  they
  consider
  business.

THE
NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY

Tuesday
22nd
July

Bill
to
be
dealt
with

The
Assembly
is
expected
to
deal
with
the
following
Bill:

• 
  Medical
  Services
  Amendment
  Bill [link]

The
Second
Reading
of
this
Bill
is
due
to
continue.

Reports
of
constitutional
commissions
to
be
considered

The
Assembly
will
be
asked
to
consider:

• Reports
  of
  the
  Zimbabwe
  Electoral
  Commission
  on
  by-elections
  held
  in
  October
  and
  November
  2024
  and
  January
  2025
  to
  fill
  vacancies
  in
  local
  authorities
• 2024
  report
  of
  the
  Judicial
  Service
  Commission
• 2024
  report
  of
  the
  Zimbabwe
  Electoral
  Commission
• 2024
  report
  of
  the
  Zimbabwe
  Human
  Rights
  Commission
• 2024
  report
  of
  the
  National
  Prosecuting
  Authority.

International
agreements
to
be
approved

The
Assembly
will
be
asked
to
approve:

• The
  SADC
  Protocol
  on
  the
  Inter-State
  Transfer
  of
  Sentenced
  Prisoners [link]
• The
  African
  Charter
  on
  Statistics,
  signed
  in
  Addis
  Ababa
  on
  the
  4th
  February
  2009 [link]
• An
  agreement
  to
  operationalise
  the
  SADC
  Regional
  Development
  Fund [link]

Reports
on
petitions
received

• A
  petition
  on
  the
  status
  of
  the
  Disaster
  Risk
  Management
  and
  Civil
  Protection
  Bill
• A
  petition
  from
  ZISCO
  Steel
  pensioners

Reports
of
parliamentary
committees

The
Assembly
will
be
asked
to
consider
committee
reports
on
the
following
issues:

• The
  2024
  third
  quarter
  Budget
  Performance
  Report
  of
  the
  Ministry
  of
  ICT,
  Postal
  and
  Courier
  Services
• The
  audited
  accounts
  of
  the
  Zimbabwe
  National
  Road
  Administration
  for
  2023
• The
  accounts
  of
  the
  Ministry
  of
  Transport
  and
  Infrastructural
  Development
  for
  2023
• The
  2024
  budget
  performance
  report
  of
  the
  Ministry
  of
  Environment,
  Climate
  and
  Wild
  Life
• The
  audited
  accounts
  of
  Bulawayo
  City
  Council
  for
  2019
  and
  2020
• The
  status
  of
  border
  posts
  in
  relation
  to
  border
  security
• The
  state
  of
  centres
  for
  the
  treatment
  and
  rehabilitation
  of
  victims
  of
  drug
  and
  substance
  abuse
• The
  2024
  third
  quarter
  Budget
  Performance
  Report
  of
  the
  Ministry
  of
  Industry
  and
  Commerce
• Universal
  access
  to
  primary
  and
  secondary
  education
• The
  audited
  accounts
  of
  Gweru
  City
  Council
  for
  2020 [link]
• The
  state
  of
  the
  water
  supply
  in
  Bulawayo [link]
• The
  impact
  of
  the
  prevailing
  economic
  environment
  on
  the
  wholesale
  and
  retail
  sectors
• The
  audited
  accounts
  of
  Karoi
  Town
  Council
  for
  2020
• The
  audited
  accounts
  of
  the
  Civil
  Aviation
  Authority
  for
  2020 [link]
• The
  2025
  review
  of
  the
  Monetary
  Policy
  Statement
• The
  Auditor-General’s
  report
  for
  2021
  on
  the
  CMED
  and
  Easy-Go
  Travel
  and
  Hiring
  (Pvt)
  Ltd
• Gender-based
  violence

Motions
on
the
National
Assembly
order
paper

Motions
set
to
be
debated
by
the
Assembly
will
include
the
following
topics:

• Abolition
  of
  bank
  charges
  for
  balance
  enquiries
• Dealing
  with
  tuberculosis
  and
  silicosis
  among
  miners
• Improvement
  of
  water
  infrastructure
  in
  the
  country
• Preventing
  child
  marriages
  and
  protecting
  girls
  from
  exploitation
• Declaration
  of
  the
  public
  health
  situation
  to
  be
  a
  national
  emergency
• Increased
  resources
  to
  treat
  mental
  disorders,
  particularly
  drug-related
  conditions
• Introduction
  of
  quotas
  for
  employment
  of
  youths
  in
  the
  public
  service
• Tax
  relief
  for
  businesses
  that
  invest
  in
  or
  sponsor
  arts,
  sport
  and
  culture
• Extending
  the
  prohibition
  against
  smoking
  tobacco
  in
  public
  places
• Controlling
  dangerous
  dogs
  and
  increasing
  protection
  against
  rabies
• Introducing
  a
  two-term
  school
  year
  for
  Zimbabwe’s
  schools
• Fires
  in
  communal
  areas
• Ensuring
  that
  local
  authorities
  fill
  vacant
  posts
  with
  substantive
  appointments
  rather
  than
  acting
  appointments
• Management
  and
  protection
  of
  wetlands
• Remodelling
  of
  community
  information
  centres
• Reply
  to
  the
  President’s
  speech.

Wednesday
23rd
July

Note: 
On
Wednesdays,
questions
and
other
private
members’
business
have
precedence
over
government
business.

Questions
set
down
for
answer

Among questions set
down
for
Ministers
to
answer
in
the
National
Assembly
on
Wednesday
are questions on the
following
issues:

• Renovation
  of
  sports
  stadiums
• Land
  degradation
  in
  Gwanda
  North
  caused
  by
  artisanal
  gold
  miners
• Lifting
  the
  ban
  on
  fishing
  in
  Lake
  Chivero
• Save
  River
  siltation
• Taxing
  of
  persons
  over
  the
  age
  of
  65
• Employment
  of
  qualified
  teachers
• Readiness
  of
  hotels
  for
  the
  Ramsar
  Convention
  on
  Wetlands
• Why
  the
  Government
  borrowed
  money
  in
  2021
  despite
  having
  access
  to
  IMF
  special
  drawing
  rights
• Payment
  made
  to
  Betterbrands
  Petroleum
  in
  May
  2025
• Differentiation
  between
  public
  servants
  and
  members
  of
  the
  security
  services
  in
  availability
  of
  ad
  hoc
  allowances
• Disbursement
  of
  devolution
  funds
  to
  local
  authorities
  in
  five
  provinces
• Disbursement
  of
  BEAM
  funds,
  especially
  for
  rural
  schools,
  and
  payment
  of
  arrears
• Revenues
  from
  the
  fast
  foods
  tax
  up
  to
  June
  2025-07-20
• Collection
  of
  corporate
  social
  responsibility
  levies
  on
  lithium
  and
  quarried
  stone
• Settlement
  of
  debts
  owed
  by
  government
  to
  Gweru
  City
  Council
• Title
  deeds
  for
  beneficiaries
  of
  fast-track
  land
  reform
• Review
  of
  law
  regarding
  sinking
  of
  boreholes
  and
  water
  harvesting
• Regulation
  of
  the
  prices
  and
  marketing
  of
  sesame
  seeds
• Measures
  to
  support
  businesses
  affected
  by
  current
  economic
  environment
• Compensation
  for
  victims
  of
  political
  violence
  since
  1980
• Implementing
  recommendations
  of
  the
  SADC
  election
  observer
  mission
  from
  2018
  and
  2023
• Water
  quality
  in
  Lake
  Chivero
• The
  Geo
  Pomona
  Waste
  Project
• Conflicts
  between
  the
  Ministry
  of
  Lands
  and
  the
  Ministry
  of
  Local
  Government
  on
  the
  collection
  of
  land
  levies
  and
  the
  allocation
  of
  land
  in
  urban
  areas
• Compensation
  paid
  to
  Pinnacle
  Holdings
  for
  land
  in
  Harare
• The
  number
  of
  female
  chiefs
  and
  village
  heads
  and
  the
  rights
  of
  their
  children
• Government
  policy
  on
  breeding
  and
  keeping
  dangerous
  dog
  breeds
• The
  cost
  of
  and
  funding
  for
  the
  Trabablas
  interchange
  project
• Rehabilitation
  of
  roads
  and
  infrastructure
  in
  various
  areas
• Costs
  for
  getting
  vehicles
  exempted
  from
  licensing
• Completion
  of
  vetting
  persons
  who
  took
  part
  in
  the
  liberation
  war
• Government
  policy
  on
  menstrual
  leave
• Empowerment
  programmes
  for
  marginalised
  groups
• The
  role
  of
  the
  Ministry
  of
  Women
  Affairs
  in
  the
  fight
  against
  drug
  and
  substance
  abuse
  among
  women
  and
  youths
• The
  capacitation
  of
  small
  and
  medium
  enterprises
• How
  the
  government
  balances
  its
  commitment
  to
  democracy
  and
  human
  rights
  with
  trade
  relations
  with
  autocratic
  regimes
• Repatriation
  of
  Zimbabweans
  in
  foreign
  immigration
  holding
  centres
• Support
  for
  persons
  who
  seek
  careers
  in
  nursing
• The
  number
  of
  mental
  health
  practitioners
  employed
  by
  government
• The
  effectiveness
  of
  “sin
  taxes”
  in
  improving
  national
  health
• Provision
  of
  power
  to
  various
  rural
  areas
  and
  repairing
  and
  upgrading
  electricity
  power
  lines
• The
  legality
  of
  ZESA
  claiming
  payment
  of
  outstanding
  debts
  before
  providing
  customers
  with
  pre-paid
  meters
• The
  allocation
  of
  broadcasting
  time
  to
  political
  parties
  from
  2023
  to
  June
  2025,
  and
  whether
  the
  Zimbabwe
  Electoral
  Commission
  monitors
  it

Thursday
24th
July

Report
of
parliamentary
committee

The
following
report
is
due
to
be
considered
by
the National
Assembly:

• The
  third
  and
  fourth
  quarter
  2024
  budget
  performance
  report
  of
  the
  Ministry
  of
  Women
  Affairs,
  Community,
  Small
  and
  Medium
  Enterprises
  Development.

Motion
on
the
National
Assembly
order
paper

The
following
motion
is
set
to
be
debated
by
the
Assembly:

• Financing
  and
  encouragement
  of
  ICT
  innovation
  and
  development

THE
SENATE

Tuesday
22nd
July

Reports
of
Constitutional
Commissions
to
be
considered

The
Senate will be
asked
to
consider
the
reports
of
the
following
constitutional
Commissions:

• The
  Zimbabwe
  Human
  Rights
  Commission’s
  report
  for
  2024
• Reports
  of
  the
  Zimbabwe
  Electoral
  Commission
  on
  by-elections
  held
  in
  October
  and
  November
  2024
  and
  January
  2025
  to
  fill
  vacancies
  in
  local
  authorities

International
agreements
to
be
approved

The
Senate
will
be
asked
to
approve:

• The
  SADC
  Protocol
  on
  the
  Inter-State
  Transfer
  of
  Sentenced
  Prisoners [link]

Thematic
Committee
reports
to
be
considered

The
Senate will be
asked
to
adopt
reports
on:

• Universal
  access
  to
  primary
  and
  secondary
  education
• State
  of
  the
  water
  supply
  in
  Bulawayo
  [link]

Motions
to
be
dealt
with
by
the
Senate

The
Senate
is
expected
to
debate
motions
on
the
following
topics:

• Improving
  higher
  education
  through
  international
  partnerships,
  accreditation
  and
  benchmarking
• Commending
  the
  President
  on
  his
  leadership
• Respect
  for
  and
  promotion
  of
  indigenous
  culture,
  customs
  and
  heritage,
  and
  declaration
  of
  cultural
  public
  holiday
• Disparity
  between
  urban
  and
  rural
  areas
  regarding
  access
  to
  early
  childhood
  development
  education
• Reply
  to
  the
  President’s
  speech

Wednesday
23rd
July

The
Senate
will
continue
business
stood
over
from
Tuesday

Thursday
24th
July

Questions
set
down
for
answer

Among
questions
for
Ministers
to
answer
in
the
Senate
on
Thursday
are
questions
on
the
following
issues:

• Exemption
  of
  senior
  citizens
  from
  paying
  rates
  and
  levies
  to
  urban
  and
  rural
  local
  authorities
• Exemption
  of
  war
  veterans
  from
  paying
  parking
  fees
• Revenue
  from
  agricultural
  export
  licences
  and
  how
  it
  was
  utilised
  in
  2025
• Land
  audit
  to
  identify
  under-utilised
  land
  for
  reallocation
• Villages
  targeted
  for
  boreholes
  under
  the
  presidential
  rural
  development
  programme
• Government
  policy
  on
  Palestine
  and
  the
  conflict
  between
  Israel
  and
  Iran
• Development
  of
  tourism
  and
  incentives
  for
  local
  tourists

Bills
Being
Considered
by
the
Parliamentary
Legal
Committee

The
PLC
is
considering
the
following
Bills:

• Insurance
  and
  Pensions
  Commission
  Amendment
  Bill [link]
• Mines
  and
  Minerals
  Bill [link]
• Pipelines
  Amendment
  Bill
• State
  Service
  (Pensions)
  Bill [link]
• Zimbabwe
  School
  Examinations
  Council
  Amendment
  Bill

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The
maintenance
work
will
take
place
from
the
18th
to
the
20th
of
July
2025.

During
this
period,
water
supply
will
be
disrupted
in
several
areas,
particularly
the
North
Eastern
suburbs,
including
Greendale,
Mandara,
Chikurubi,
and
Chisipite.
Eastern
suburbs
such
as
Mabvuku,
Tafara,
Zimre
Park,
Epworth,
and
Ventersburg
will
also
be
affected.

The
council
has
apologised
for
the
inconvenience
and
urged
residents
in
the
affected
areas
to
make
necessary
preparations
and
conserve
water
during
the
maintenance
period.

Zimbabwe’s
efforts
to
control
malaria
have
been
dealt
a
huge
blow
as
experts
say
the
disease
has
returned
“with
a
vengeance”
after
US
aid
cuts,
with
115
outbreaks
recorded
in
2025
compared
with
only
one
last
year.

The
sharp
rise
in
cases
comes
six
months
after
Donald
Trump
halted
critical
funding
for
US
research
and
national
response
programmes.

The
cuts
in
January,
which
included
funding
for tuberculosis, HIV/Aids and
malaria
programmes,
crippled
the Zimbabwe
Entomological
Support
Programme
in
Malaria
(Zento) at
Africa
University
in
Mutare,
which
provides
the
country’s
National
Malaria
Control
Programme
with
scientific
research
to
combat
the
disease.

Cumulative
malaria
cases increased
by
180%
in
the
first
four
months
of
2025,
according
to
the
health
ministry,
while
the
number
of
malaria-related
deaths
increased
by
218%,
from
45
in
the
same
period
in
2024
to
143
in
2025.
As
of
26
June,
the
number
of
malaria
cases
had
risen
to 119,648,
with
334
deaths,
according
to
the
Zimbabwean
health
ministry.

The
distribution
of
essential
control
methods,
such
as
mosquito
nets,
was
also
disrupted,
leaving
hundreds
of
thousands
of
people
exposed
to
mosquito
bites
across
the
country.
The
health
ministry
said
in
May
that
1,615,000
insecticide-treated
nets
were
being
distributed
but
that
there
was
a
shortfall
of
600,000
due
to
the
withdrawal
of
US
funding.

Itai
Rusike,
director
of
Zimbabwe’s
Community
Working
Group
on
Health,
said
funding
shortfalls
were
jeopardising
the
country’s
significant
gains
against
malaria
over
the
past
20
years.

“Sustained
domestic
funding
is
critical
to
keep
prevention
and
treatment
efforts
on
track,”
he
said.

“If
mosquito
nets
and
preventive
medicines
for
pregnant
women
are
unavailable,
lives
will
be
lost.
When
the
supply
of
test
kits
and
first-line
treatments
is
disrupted,
malaria
cases
and
deaths
will
spiral.”

Children
under
the
age
of
five
account
for
14%
of
total
malaria
cases.

Zimbabwe
has
set
out
to
eliminate
malaria
by
2030,
in
line
with
the
ambitious goal
set
by
the
African
Union,
using
various
strategies
such
as
raising
community
awareness,
preventing
mosquito
bites
with
insecticide-treated
nets
and
spraying,
as
well
as
improving
surveillance
systems.

Dr
Henry
Madzorera,
a
former
health
minister,
said
Zimbabwe
should
mobilise
its
own
resources
to
bridge
the
funding
gap.

“We
have
a
lot
of
taxes
earmarked
for
the
health
sector
–
let
us
use
them
wisely
for
health
promotion
and
disease
prevention,”
he
said.
“People
must
be
treated
early
for
malaria.

“The
country
should
not
rely
on
donors
to
do
malaria-elimination
activities,”
Madzorera
added.

In
2024, USAID
disbursed
$270m
for
health
and
agriculture
programmes in
Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe’s
deputy
health
minister,
Sleiman
Kwidini,
admitted
the
funding
gap
left
by
the
US
cuts
had
disrupted
the
provision
of
mosquito
nets.

“We
are
now
taking
over
the
procurement
of
those
nets
after
the
US
withdrew
funding.
We
have
just
been
disturbed,
but
our
vision
is
to
eliminate
malaria
by
2030,”
he
said.

Prof
Sungano
Mharakurwa,
director
of
Africa
University’s Malaria Institute,
said
it
would
take
time
to
recover
lost
ground
but
added:
“If
we
get
funding,
we
can
hit
the
ground
running
and
promptly
return
to
scoring
successes
again,
until
we
beat
this
deadly
scourge
that
is
malaria.”

He
said
that
since
the
Zento
mosquito
surveillance
programme
began
in
Manicaland
province,
there
had
been
a
marked
reduction
in
malaria
cases
and
it
was
about
to
be
extended
when
the
US
cuts
came.

“Working
with
the
National
Malaria
Control
Programme,
it
had
just
been
expanded,”
Mharakurwa
said.
“It
was
poised
to
run
for
five
years
with
national
coverage
when
it
was
abruptly
terminated.”

Africa
University
data
shows
that
Manicaland
recorded
145,775
malaria
cases
in
2020
but
just
28,387
after
Zento
was
introduced
in
2021.
Malaria
cases
in
the
province
had
been
further
reduced
to
8,035
by
2024
before
more
than
trebling
to
27,212
the
following
year,
when
US
funding
was
cut.

Mharakurwa
said:
“The
malaria
was
back
with
a
vengeance
straight
after,
and
[numbers
of]
cases
that
were
waning
rebounded
in
2025,
surpassing
levels
that
had
ever
been
seen
since
the
beginning
of
the
project.”

Above-normal
rains
this
year,
which
aided
malaria
transmission,
had
worsened
the
situation,
he
added.

HARARE
–
Six
illegal
miners
were
killed
and
four
others
suffered
severe
injuries
at
Mazowe
Mine
in
Mashonaland
Central
when
a
hoist
pulling
them
to
the
surface
failed,
sending
them
crashing
45
meters
down.

The
incident
happened
at
around
10AM
on
Friday.

The
mine,
formerly
owned
by
Metallon
Gold
but
now
under
Namib
Minerals,
has
been
dormant
since
2018.

A
section
of
the
mine
with
old,
disused
shafts
has
been
overrun
by
illegal
miners
leading
to
rampant
criminality
including
murders.

An
incident
report
seen
by
ZimLive
stated
that
the
illegal
miners
went
into
the
shaft
at
around
7PM
on
July
17.
Tragedy
struck
when
they
were
returning
to
the
surface
with
their
gold
ore.

The
dead
have
been
named
as
Milton
Trust
Ngonzwe,
24,
from
Nyanga,
Sebastian
Dzaingwa,
33,
from
Sanyati,
Tawanda
Nyandoro,
41,
from
Gokwe,
Edger
Magenya,
30,
from
Kwekwe,
Elvis
Kasaira,
38,
from
Mutoko
and
Abel
Majangara,
25,
from
Buhera.

The
four
injured
miners
“sustained
severe
injuries,
including
broken
bones,
deep
cuts,
and
bruises,”
according
to
the
report.

Mazowe
Mine
obtained
a
court
order
in
February
last
year
ordering
a
cessation
of
illegal
mining
activities.

The
government
also
directed
the
illegal
miners
to
move
out
in
April
after
three
were
killed
in
another
hoist
failure.

The
mine
fears
police
inaction
will
lead
to
more
deaths.
In
the
last
week
alone,
three
murders
were
reported
at
the
mine.

Namib
Minerals
says
it
will
be
investing
$300
million
to
revive
operations
at
Mazowe
Mine
which
incorporates
Redwing
and
Jumbo
mines
after
signing
an
agreement
with
Metallon
Gold.

The
Church
in
Zimbabwe
is
grappling
with
a
severe
shortage
of
vocations
to
the
priesthood,
with
numbers
of
candidates
to
the
Major
seminary
constantly
dwindling
in
the
past
ten
years.

CHINHOYI
–
An
unidentified
man
was
fatally
run
over
by
a
train
at
Chinhoyi
Railway
Station
on
Thursday,
a
fourth
such
separate
incident
inside
a
month,
the
National
Railways
of
Zimbabwe
(NRZ)
said.

NRZ
said
the
incident
occurred
at
around
4:06
PM.
The
man,
who
had
no
identity
documents
on
him,
died
on
the
spot.

Police
are
working
to
establish
his
identity.

Eye
witness
reports
said
the
man
was
wearing
headphones
at
the
time
of
the
incident,
and
may
not
have
heard
the
approaching
train.

In
a
brief
statement,
the
NRZ
urged
members
of
the
public
to
be
alert
and
cautious
when
walking
near
railway
lines.

“We
appeal
to
members
of
the
public
to
be
vigilant
while
walking
close
to
railway
tracks
to
avoid
such
incidents,”
the
parastatal
said.

The
Chinhoyi
fatality
comes
just
days
after
three
men
were
killed
in
separate
train
accidents
in
Bulawayo,
Mutare
and
Zvishavane.

A
Bulawayo
man
reportedly
listening
to
music
through
earphones
was
fatally
struck
by
a
locomotive
near
the
city’s
main
railway
station
at
around
12:55PM
on
July
1.

Earlier
that
same
day,
a
train
crew
reported
running
over
a
man
lying
unresponsive
on
the
tracks
at
Odzi
Siding
near
Mutare.

In
Zvishavane,
Peter
Vengesayi
of
Village
1,
Zeederburg
under
Chief
Mafala,
died
after
being
run-over
by
a
train
while
lying
on
the
tracks
on
June
20.

The
NRZ
has
also
raised
the
alarm
over
motorists
failing
to
give
way
and
causing
accidents.

Some
residents,
particularly
in
high-density
areas,
are
known
to
use
rail
tracks
as
shortcuts
or
for
physical
exercise,
sometimes
oblivious
to
the
risks
posed
by
approaching
trains.

NRZ
officials
say
they
are
stepping
up
community
outreach
and
rail
safety
campaigns
together
with
the
Zimbabwe
Republic
Police
and
Traffic
Safety
Council
of
Zimbabwe
to
curb
the
growing
number
of
preventable
deaths.

BULAWAYO
–
Police
on
Friday
announced
the
arrest
of
a
third
suspect
in
the
investigation
into
a
bank
robbery
in
which
$4
million
was
stolen
in
Bulawayo
last
October.

Bhekani
Mlilo,
39,
was
arrested
by
Botswana
police
on
July
14
while
trying
to
enter
the
country
from
South
Africa,
national
police
spokesman
Commissioner
Paul
Nyathi
said.

“The
due
processes
of
the
law
are
now
taking
effect
for
the
suspect’s
extradition
to
Zimbabwe,”
he
added.

Last
week
police
announced
the
arrest
of
brothers
Abraham
Temayi
Vumbunu
and
Elijah
Temayi
Vumbunu
in
South
Africa
over
the
October
3,
2024,
gun
raid
at
an
Ecobank
branch
in
the
Bulawayo
city
centre.

Security
guards
from
Safeguard
were
loading
boxes
full
of
cash
into
their
van
when
a
white
Ford
Ranger
drove
up
with
six
armed
men
who
jumped
out,
guns
drawn,
and
disarmed
the
guards.
The
armed
robbers
threw
the
cash
boxes
into
the
Ford
Ranger’s
loading
bay
and
drove
off
in
under
four
minutes.

Police
said
they
suspected
the
robbers
had
insider
information.
Safeguard
said
the
bank
had
supplied
incorrect
information
about
how
much
it
was
moving,
explaining
the
lax
security
during
the
cash
pick-up.

A
Safeguard
security
guard
was
arrested
last
week
for
allegedly
aiding
the
robbers,
but
police
later
changed
the
charges
to
money
laundering
after
dropping
charges
relating
to
the
Ecobank
robbery.

The
Ecobank
robbery
remains
the
biggest
cash
heist
in
Zimbabwe’s
history.