Columnist / Thupeyo muleya
Why Beitbridge should fit into National Ports Authority scope
The quest to boost productivity in industries and to grow the national economy has seen Zimbabwe, like any other progressive nation in the world, coming up with a raft of measures to remove trade barr...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Car smugglers hunt for draught animal power - $400 for a donkey
IN most villages in Beitbridge district, donkeys are used majorly as a source of draught power. These are used for tillage, drawing carts, fetching firewood and other household chores.Donkeys ...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 12:33hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
3 Zimbabweans die while panning for gold in SA mine
Three Zimbabweans died after inhaling toxic gasses while working in a disused mine shaft at Langlaagte Gold Mine in South Africa and an undisclosed number are feared to have also succumbed to the toxi...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Malawi bound bus in accident outside Musina
Scores of Malawians were seriously injured when a Nyali Luxury Coaches bus they were travelling in side-swiped with a Mazda 323 some 20 kilometres outside Musina town in the early hours of today....Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 23:11hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Bosso dismiss Border Strikers to close the gap
Border Strikers 1 2 HighlandersHIGHLANDERS came from behind to beat relegation-haunted Border Strikers in an entertaining Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match played before a near capacity cro...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
South African farmer sued for underpaying Zimbabwean workers
A South African farmer from Limpopo province has been taken to court for allegedly abusing and underpaying 300 Zimbabwean farm workers whom he owes over R1,6 million in salary arrears. The money accru...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Zimra, VID reshuffle affects 246 officers
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) and the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) have redeployed staff across the country amid reports that the move is among a raft of measures to curb corruption at...Published: 31 Aug 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Fuel 'dealer' dies in inferno
A 30-YEAR-OLD woman from Beitbridge believed to be an illegal fuel dealer was on Sunday night burnt to death when her house caught fire.The incident allegedly occurred between 7PM and 8PM and ...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 06:42hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Car imports decline
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has recorded a 2,7 percent decrease in car imports through Beitbridge border post between January and June this year in comparison to the same period last year....Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Vehicle imports decline
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) recorded a 2,7 percent decrease in car imports through Beitbridge Border Post between January and June this year compared to the same period last year. Offic...Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 07:52hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Zimra man steals $27 000 worth of cigarettes
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) official has been arrested for allegedly conniving with a suspected smuggler to steal 84 boxes of cigarettes worth $25 620 from a State warehouse in Beitbridge....Published: 23 Aug 2016 at 07:18hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Presidential road rehab nears completion
The rehabilitation of the 113km Presidential Lutumba-Tshikwalakwala Road in Beitbridge East constituency, is nearing completion with workers left with the setting up of bridges and culverts, an offici...Published: 23 Aug 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Border Strikers dismiss Ngezi Platinum
Border Strikers 2-0 Ngezi PlatinumSTRUGGLERS Border Strikers dismissed fellow new boys Ngezi Platinum in an entertaining Castle Lager Premiership match played under hot conditions at Dulivhadzimu ...Published: 22 Aug 2016 at 06:37hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Massive crackdown, 500 Beitbridge cops redeployed
Government yesterday redeployed close to 500 police officers who were at different stations in Beitbridge District to other stations countrywide, amid allegations of failure to deliver their duties to...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 06:23hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Hero cops arrested at Beitbridge Border post
Four police detectives attached to the anti-corruption section at Beitbridge Border Post and were instrumental in the arrest of two immigration officers caught on camera last week taking bribes, were ...Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 16:45hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Malayitsha to appear in SA court on murder, robbery, assault charges
AN umalayitsha from Bulawayo with his South African wife and two other cross border drivers allegedly killed Zimbabwean travellers, raped dozens, kidnapped more than 100 and extorted cash from others....Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 07:52hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Convicted prosecutor on bail pending appeal
Beitbridge area prosecutor Muchiwande Forbes Sithole (35) has been granted $500 bail pending appeal against both conviction and sentence.Sithole was sentenced to four years in jail in June thi...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
2 SA officials nabbed for Beitbridge border corruption
TWO senior South African immigration officers based in Limpopo province have been arrested by that country's special anti-corruption unit, the Hawks, for allegedly taking bribes from Zimbabwean travel...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Zimra intercepts NRZ wagon wheels in Beitbridge
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has seized three trucks carrying 18 tonnes of NRZ wagon wheels which were being smuggled into South Africa through Beitbridge Border Post.It is understoo...Published: 13 Aug 2016 at 09:28hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Greyhound bus crushes driver to death
A driver for a Bulawayo-bound Greyhound bus was yesterday crushed to death in a freak accident that happened at Beitbridge Border Post as he attended to a tyre puncture.It is understood that t...Published: 13 Aug 2016 at 08:34hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Mat South needs 114 new schools
Government and key development partners should mobilise more resources for the construction of 114 new schools in Matabeleland South, the provincial education director Mrs Tumisang Thabela, has said. ...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 08:07hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Two Zimra officers in court for taking bribes
TWO immigration officers who were last week arrested after they were caught on closed-circuit television cameras taking bribes from travellers, appeared in court on Saturday morning charged with c...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 08:14hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Business as usual at Beitbridge Border Post
It was business as usual at Beitbridge Border Post yesterday after Western-sponsored pressure groups who intended to block the South African side of the border to force the Government of Zimbabwe to a...Published: 09 Aug 2016 at 08:47hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Dembare lose to league's whipping boys in Beitbridge
Border Strikers 2 - 1 DynamosJUST when Dynamos fans thought things could not get any worse, the misfiring Glamour Boys slumped to a shock defeat at the hands of basement side, Border Striker...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
6 Zimra officers caught on camera taking bribes
THE $600 000 security upgrade at Beitbridge Border Post is fast paying dividends, with six corrupt Zimra, immigration and police officers having already been arrested after being caught on Closed-Circ...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Two immigration officers arrested for 'corruption'
TWO immigration officers based at Beitbridge border post were on Thursday afternoon arrested for alleged corruption after they were caught on camera "taking bribes" from travellers. It is beli...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 11:26hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Kangwa seals 3-year deal with Anzam FC
ZIMBABWE international Bruce Kangwa finally sealed a three-year deal to join Tanzanian moneybags Anzam FC with the utility player saying he wants to make the most of his new adventure outside the coun...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 08:26hrs | | by Eddie Chikamhi and Thupeyo Muleya
Govt to curb leakages at Beitbridge Border Post - Chombo
GOVERNMENT has secured $600 000 to curb leakages at Beitbridge Border Post and ensure maximum revenue collection, Home Affairs Minister Dr Ignatius Chombo has said.Dr Chombo, who heads a Cabin...Published: 23 Jul 2016 at 07:33hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Beitbridge 'protestors' granted bail
SEVENTEEN people who were arrested recently for allegedly staging violent protests in Beitbridge have been granted $50 bail each by a Bulawayo High Court.The group is part of a mob of 74 peopl...Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Zimra to release personal import item list
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is expected to soon announce a list of selected items that people can import for personal use, the Deputy Minister for Industry and Commerce, Chiratidzo Mabuwa h...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
$600 000 for Beitbridge Border Post systems upgrade
THE Government has secured $600 000 that will be used to upgrade systems and purchase equipment and vehicles to curb leakages at Beitbridge Border Post, the Minister of Home Affairs, Dr Ignatius Chomb...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 06:21hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
R1,1 million theft cop on the run
A POLICE officer stationed at Beitbridge District Headquarters' Finance Department who allegedly stole about R1,1 million from the force, is suspected to be on the run after skipping bail.A ma...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Herdman 'rapes' employer's 3-yr-old daughter
A 29-YEAR-OLD Beitbridge herdman has been arrested on allegations of raping his employer's three-year-old daughter.Ernest Ncube is alleged to have raped the girl at night on June 30.Nc...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 08:52hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Mphoko to assess Beitbridge damage
VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko is expected in Beitbridge today to assess the impact of the damage on key infrastructure in the wake of violent protests that rocked the border town last Friday. ...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 08:32hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
No bail for bullet transporters
FOUR omalayitsha from Bulawayo who were arrested at Beitbridge Border Post recently for allegedly trying to smuggle bullets worth R42,855 from South Africa were yesterday denied bail.Njabulo N...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Reprieve as Government is forced to review import restrictions
THE Government has come up with a list of goods that are exempt from import restrictions under the recently gazetted Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016.The SI tightens screws on the import of bas...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Oliver Kazunga and Thupeyo Muleya
Border post violence suspects denied bail
TWENTY people who were arrested for allegedly staging violent protests in Beitbridge last Friday were yesterday denied bail.The group is part of a mob of 74 people facing public violence charg...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 06:43hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Beitbridge 'looters' in court
SEVENTEEN people who were arrested on Friday night for allegedly staging violent protests which resulted in the vandalism of infrastructure, looting from shops and the burning of a government warehous...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 07:04hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Border Strikers hand Chunga unlikely defeat
Border Strikers 1- 0 Harare CityCASTLE Lager Premiership whipping boys Border Strikers picked their second set of maximum points after they edged Harare City at Dulivhadzimu Stadium yesterday....Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 06:59hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Zimbabwe stands firm on import ban
Restrictions on imports of selected basic commodities under Statutory Instrument Number 64 of 2016 will not be reversed because the policy is in Zimbabwe's best interests and was introduced after ...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 16:14hrs | 3 | by Lincoln Towindo and Thupeyo Muleya
Third force behind border violence
Police have arrested 71 people in connection with last Friday's violence in Beitbridge, with emerging evidence linking the disturbances to a sinister "third force". Some of the suspects are known poli...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 15:59hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya and Kuda Bwititi
Protestors go wild in Beitbridge
PROPERTY worth thousands of dollars went up in smoke in Beitbridge yesterday when a mob burnt down a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) warehouse in protest against the implementation of Statutory Ins...Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 12:05hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya and Mashudu Netsianda
Musina has been the hardest hit by the new import regulations
South Africa's northern town of Musina has been the hardest hit by the new import regulations that remove the shipping of listed basic commodities into the country under the Open General Import Licenc...Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 12:03hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Cargo stuck at Beitbridge as importers struggle for permits
Commercial cargo has been stuck at Beitbridge Border Post for the past seven days as importers struggle to get permits to ship goods that are restricted from Open General Import Licence under Statutor...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 08:20hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Zimra threatens to seize cross border buses
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (zimra) has threatened to seize cross border buses that transport goods banned under statutory instrument number 64 of 2016 into the country.The instrument tight...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 07:13hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Border Strikers fires coach
THE Border Strikers Board of Trustees has fired Saul Chaminuka as head coach, putting an end to four months of an ambivalent relationship between the two parties. Chaminunka joined Border Strikers on ...Published: 28 Jun 2016 at 08:06hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Bullets smugglers remanded in custody
THE four omalayitsha from Bulawayo who were arrested at the Beitbridge Border Post on Thursday morning for trying to smuggle bullets worth R42 855 from South Africa were yesterday dragged to court cha...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 18:05hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Another Zimbabwean bus robbed in South Africa
A SECOND Zimbabwean bus travelling to Johannesburg was on Thursday night attacked by three gunmen who stripped the passengers of money and cellphones between Polokwane and Mokopane towns. The Intercap...Published: 25 Jun 2016 at 09:28hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
130kg bullets smuggle bid foiled at Beitbridge
FOUR omalayitsha from Bulawayo have been arrested at the Beitbridge Border Post for allegedly trying to smuggle bullets worth R42,855 from South Africa.The Ferret squad arrested the quartet, w...Published: 25 Jun 2016 at 09:22hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Unlicensed police detective kills two
AN unlicensed police detective based in Beitbridge has been arrested after he allegedly fatally knocked down two men following an overtaking error.Detective Darlington Mujabuki, popularly know...Published: 25 Jun 2016 at 07:02hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
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