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Police Advise Schools To Bank Fees To Curb Robberies

2 months agoWed, 08 Jan 2025 08:01:15 GMT
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Police Advise Schools To Bank Fees To Curb Robberies

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has advised school authorities against storing large amounts of cash on their premises ahead of the school opening on January 14.

Instead of banking the fees, most schools keep the cash in their safes, leading to armed robberies involving guns, machetes, and iron bars as schools reopen and parents pay fees.

In an interview with The Herald, ZRP spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi urged schools to improve security measures on their premises and to deposit cash in financial institutions. Said Nyathi:

We urge school authorities to step up security measures at schools and employ guards from reputable security service providers who can constantly monitor and review deployments. Above all, school authorities should install CCTV at points of entry and administration offices.

He also recommended that schools implement systems allowing parents to deposit fees directly into banks, reducing the need to keep large sums of cash on-site.

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There have been several cases of school robberies in Zimbabwe recently. In 2024 alone, at least seven schools experienced armed robberies within 18 days, with criminals targeting cash and valuables such as laptops and tablets.

In one incident, six men posing as parents at Warren Park 3 Primary School in Harare pointed a pistol at the headmaster and made off with US$1,500.

Another robbery at Sacred Heart College in Gweru saw five armed robbers stealing a substantial sum of US$15,886.

In Masvingo, a lone armed robber posing as a prospective parent for a Form 1 pupil stole over US$22,800 at gunpoint, along with two cellphones and two laptops.

A robbery at Lomagundi College in Chinhoyi involved 10 robbers attacking a security guard and the deputy head, stealing cash, a pistol, laptops, cellphones, and a Mazda Tribute vehicle. The robbers even blew open a safe containing the cash.

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9 Comments

aaaa · 2 months ago
saka kana muchieuchidza zvikoro kudaro ko isu todyirepi tinotorarama nekugwavha gwavha ikk imi mapurisa kaaaa
Help · 2 months ago
Which bank offers better interest rates coz I want a bank with good interest.....
👀👀 · 2 months ago
yaiveXim yakudhara iyo ,nowadays ukaisa mari mu bank after 3 months unonowana yarohwa yese
pm · 2 months ago
@ZimSketch TRUE HAMA.
ZimSketch · 2 months ago
the banking system must be attractive to institutions and individuals...... you deposit cash &when you want to withdraw it you find out that it becomes difficult. Banks are left to process salaries of few formally employed workers...
pm · 2 months ago
Life of today.
RoadKill · 2 months ago
The only schools worth robbing are your, St D.C in Harare, St Georges, Peterhouse, Chisipite Girls, Lomagundi and St Johns. The rest are just taking risks for crumbs
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dck · 2 months ago
do you know watershed
RoadKill · 2 months ago
Haa iyo it was once a better school. Surely you cant put watershed and st georges in the same bracket

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