Hi Crime Watch. On Friday 25 September 2026 around 1500hrs my car got broken into (at the Warren Hills cemetery) where we were burying a close relative. The thieves managed to get away with my wallet which had my ID, bank cards, laptop, YAMAHA keyboard etc. The total value of items stolen was around US$2k. They also stole my Iphone 12 Pro Max which was charging on a power bank in the car.
It seems thieves have found a way to tamper with the manual keyhole on the driver’s door and unlock cars without using any force. I made a police report on the same day at Warren Park 1 police station.
On Saturday 26 September 2026 I tried calling my number and to my surprise it went through but no one answered. I then noticed that the thieves had managed to register my number on whatsapp and were now impersonating me to ask my contacts for money.
I contacted Econet and asked them to block my SIM card, and they confirmed that it had been blocked. I also asked for a SIM replacement, but they told me I needed to bring my ID. This was a problem because the thieves had stolen my ID along with my other belongings.
On Sunday 27 September 2026, I called my number again and to my surprise it was going through (despite it being blocked the previous day). The thieves were still using my whatsapp to borrow money from my contacts.
I called Econet to get on explanation on how the thieves managed to get the line unblocked and they told me that they did it remotely using a MyEconet app (which I did not know of until that day).
From Monday, 28 September 2026, to Wednesday, 30 September 2026, I have been going back and forth trying to resolve the issue. I first went to an Econet branch to request a SIM replacement, but they refused, saying that I needed to provide my original ID, which I did not have because it had been stolen. I explained my situation to them and even presented a police report, but they still refused to replace my SIM card. They also told me that blocking the SIM card would be futile because the thieves could allegedly unblock it through the MyEconet App.
I also went to various Registrar`s offices to get an ID replacement but was told there were no receipt books so they were not processing IDs.
While I was struggling to replace my SIM card, the thieves were using my number to impersonate me and ask my contacts for money. They also appear to have accessed my EcoCash account and reset my PIN. Some of my contacts fell for the scam, and more than US$700 was sent to my EcoCash number. The money was later withdrawn from different EcoCash agents.
I also received messages from people I did not know who said they had been scammed using my number. I eventually got a replacement ID and a new SIM card on 1 October 2026.
I am disappointed with Econet and EcoCash because I believe their slow response made it easier for the criminals to continue using my number. I am also concerned about how the thieves managed to reset my EcoCash PIN remotely. I believe Econet needs to investigate how this happened and whether anyone inside the company may have assisted the criminals.
Kindly post to alert others.
@econetzimbabwe@EcoCashZW
@usthetiquee I come from Mutare and one thing I can tell you my city people are not curious and are comfortable nothing unsettles them more than change😅 the only exception is if something is ridiculously cheap only that might move them .That’s why many restaurants don’t thrive there
@YourGirlTino@TeeJay_e90 You can make a claim for loss of income you might not have a written agreement on hand but his conduct in allowing you to do all that implies an agreement existed alternatively you can make a claim for unjust enrichment to recover your physical investments so far
Nothing is new under the sun. We must confront and condemn the enablers of the current regime with the same moral clarity and resolve that younger generations directed against collaborators and defenders of the Smith regime. History keeps a faithful record, it has no blank pages. #NoTo2030
When Joseph Chinotimba asked why fuel that literally passes through Zimbabwe ends up cheaper in Zambia… I laughed, then I got concerned
Because how does petrol cross the border and immediately start living its best life, while we’re here funding the difference?
Jokes aside, that question exposed something serious our taxes, policies, and inefficiencies are making life more expensive for the very people the system is supposed to serve.
So you guys paid money for a Rick Ross concert were they were playing a USB flash drive while Rick Ross was walking back and forth saying "Zimbabwe put them hands up" 🤣🤣🤣
My Inheritance!
After the funeral on Saturday, as we packed my father’s belongings, we found a small black zip-up pouch.
Inside were bundles of Zimbabwe dollars, millions and billions stacked tightly together. Beside them were his bank savings passbooks, carefully kept, pages stamped over the years… proof of discipline, patience and a deep belief in tomorrow.
My father retired in 2008.
Those who remember 2008 know it was not just a year; it was a storm. Prices changed between morning and afternoon. Salaries evaporated before reaching home. People carried money in bags but still went hungry. Lifetime savings turned into paper almost overnight. And that is exactly what happened to him.
Everything he had worked for vanished.
From a young age, my father was a hustler. He lost his own father early and started a family at just 18, so life never gave him the luxury of waiting. He worked.
He would walk from Plumtree to Bulawayo, driving goats to sell, sleeping in the open until every goat was sold, then take a bus back home.
In 1965, he went to South Africa in search of greener pastures, and he never stopped trading. Perfume, soap, blankets, clothes, radios, bicycles… anything that could be sold, he sold.
During drought years, he sold cattle and banked the money. He saved, hoping that retirement would finally allow him to rest.
But 2008 took that future away.
Those notes and passbooks were not just money.
They were early mornings and late nights.
School fees are paid before new clothes.
History decided otherwise.
I did not inherit wealth from my father.
I inherited a work ethic. Responsibility, Endurance. And the courage of a generation that lost everything, yet still woke up the next morning and continued.