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Cop arrested for stocktheft
A BEITBRIDGE based cop and a teacher at a local school in Gwanda have appeared in court for allegedly selling four cattle that they had stolen from a grazing area.Blessing Moyana (33) who is s...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1425 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF rolls out life training skills for women
Zanu PF party, through its Women's League, is rolling out initiatives to socially and economically empower women.Beitbridge Senator Tambudzani Mohadi said women played a critical role in socie...Published: 5 hrs ago | 219 | by Staff reporter
'Police cover up cop shooting of man'
Beitbridge rural police have been accused of covering up for a colleague who stands accused of shooting a minibus staff member in an alleged violent demand for a bribe.Ushe Tasara was shot on ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
PG seeks forfeiture of Zimra official's assets
Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi has approached the High Court seeking an order to seize a residential stand and vehicles belonging to a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official who allegedly...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Search for new NRZ suitor begins
The renewed search for a suitor for the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is set to begin this week after the US$400 million deal with Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG)-Transnet conso...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:15hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Zinara in staff clear out
A substantive chief executive officer for the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) will start work on April 1 as the face of a new executive that took over from the previous scandal-plagued ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:09hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Five arrested for illegal possession of pangolins
Five men in Bulawayo and Beitbridge have been arrested after they were found in illegal possession of three pangolins. Two men were arrested in Beitbridge with two pangolins while three ...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 20:11hrs | 1585 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF Women’s League rolls out entrepreneurship skills
ZANU-PF through its Women's League is rolling out a number of initiatives to socially and economically empower women with entrepreneurship skills. In an interview yesterday, Beitbridge Senator...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:07hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge modernisation project to begin
MAJOR civil works on the $241 million Beitbridge modernisation project are expected to begin next month with the contractors indicating having covered a lot of ground on the pre-work commencement logi...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:04hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Truck overturns, one dies, four injured
AN Esigodini man died on the spot while four others were seriously injured after a truck they were travelling in overturned in Mawabeni. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:04hrs | 1022 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's top aide thrown under the bus
FORMER State House principal director Douglas Tapfuma has implicated Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Ray Ndhlukula (pictured) in the case in which he is accused of importing his pe...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:31hrs | 2984 | by Staff reporter
Top cop in rhino poaching storm
A BULAWAYO senior police officer and two accomplices, one of them a Zambian, have appeared in court for allegedly poaching rhinos at Bubye Valley Conservancy at Mazunga area in Beitbridge. Nhl...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:21hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Settlers seek eviction of conservancy owners
NINE Beitbridge villagers who were resettled at the Jompembi Farm in the district in February 2001 have filed summons at the Bulawayo High Court seeking the eviction of the owners of the wildlife cons...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:43hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Rehabilitation of Harare-Beitbridge road to be complete by year end
THE rehabilitation of the Harare-Beitbridge highway has begun after the government allocated US $1bn to finance the project. This comes at a time when there have been incessant calls to expedite the r...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:30hrs | 4352 | by Staff reporter
Roller meal shortages persist
Subsidised mealie-meal supplies have remained erratic across the country, with major supermarkets running out of the commodity, forcing most consumers to access it on the black market. The sho...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:22hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Teacher kneels before Mohadi in pay rise plea
A BEITBRIDGE male teacher at the weekend knelt down before Vice-President Kembo Mohadi begging him to influence an upward pay review for teachers.Poloko Malapela, a teacher at Dulivhadzimo Pri...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:50hrs | 1030 | by Staff rpeorter
Hwange Thermal Power Station back on grid after heavy rains
HEAVY rains which pounded Hwange at the weekend knocked out Hwange Thermal Power Station when the coal got wet but two 120 megawatt units were back up yesterday with a third expected to be on the grid...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 11:29hrs | 990 | by Staff Reporter
Venda soapie to premiere on ZBCtv
Uhangelwa, a television soapie mostly in Venda language which is in the post-production stage is almost complete and expected to premiere on ZBCtv soon. As the word uhangelwa means forgiveness...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:19hrs | 2234 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi says no one will die of hunger
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has assured the nation that no one will die of hunger as government is distributing and working on procuring more grain for distribution countrywide.Addressing mour...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 14:17hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls Telecel debt equity swap
TELECEL International (TI), a State-owned vehicle which owns 60 percent of Telecel Zimbabwe (TZ), is considering converting the US$90 million debt owed by the mobile network operator into equity, a mo...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:31hrs | 178 | by Staff rpeorter
'Telecel on the brink of collapse'
WORKERS at mobile network operator Telecel Zimbabwe have raised a red flag over the state of affairs at the company, saying it faces imminent collapse unless government urgently intervenes to rescue t...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1300 | by Staff reporter
Tapfuma says he is facing trumped-up charges
Former State House director Douglas Tapfuma, who is facing criminal abuse of office and corruption charges involving irregular importation of cars, yesterday said the charges against him were fabricat...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:14hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
$1bn set aside for highway rehab
Rehabilitation of the Harare-Beitbridge highway has started in earnest after Government set aside $1 billion for the project. The highway expansion project is expected to increase economic benefits fo...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:57hrs | 97 | by Staff rpeorter
'Beitbridge border congestion man-made'
PUBLIC bus operators and other stakeholders have asked immigration officials in both Zimbabwe and South Africa to investigate allegations that congestion, delays and confusion that recently dogged the...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:47hrs | 2468 | by Staff reporter
Zimra raids Ginimbi's home
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officers in the company of police officers recently stormed the home of businessman Genius Kadungure and impounded a recently-imported Bentley Continental GT....Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:15hrs | 3054 | by Staf reporter
Mohadi loses 271 cattle to drought
AT least 16 000 head of cattle have succumbed to drought in Matabeleland South amid growing fears of a looming water shortage in some parts of province as water bodies are fast drying up.Cattl...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 13:36hrs | 2457 | by Staff Reporter
Masvingo road accident kills three
THREE people died after a head-on collision involving two light motor vehicles, 42 kilometres outside Masvingo along the Beitbridge highway.The accident saw a BMW which was travelling ...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 07:13hrs | 5068 | by Staff Reporter
16000 cattle die in Matabeleland South
AT least 16 000 cattle have succumbed to drought in Matabeleland South Province, amid growing fears of a looming water shortage in some parts of the provi...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 06:40hrs | 2047 | by Staff Reporter
Over 700 000 people used Beitbridge border during festive season
A total of 708 179 people passed through Beitbridge Border Post during the just ended festive season, after authorities put in place border efficiency and management systems that facilitated ease of m...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 21:19hrs | 2393 | by Staff Reporter
Head-on collision claims two
TWO people died on the spot, while four others were seriously injured after a Harare bound bus collided with a Toyota fun cargo near the 320 kilometre peg along the Harare-Bulawayo highway this Wednes...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 21:50hrs | 5481 | by Staff Reporter
Zim parents turn to South African schools
Unlike the 1970s when children came from South Africa, Zambia and Malawi for better education, more and more Zimbabwean parents now look across the Limpopo for schools which seem to promise a brighter...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 12:26hrs | 3160 | by Mpongo Simwambi
Mnangagwa pledges to look into unjustified school fees hike
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to look into the unjustified increase in school fees saying his government will not allow school authorities to wantonly increase school fees as the school yea...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 13:47hrs | 5364 | by Staff Reporter
Is Marry Chiwenga a victim of power?
Abuse of power or abuse of authority, in the form of "malfeasance in office" or "official misconduct", is the commission of an unlawful act, done in an official capacity, which affects the performance...Published: 28 Dec 2019 at 09:52hrs | 9341 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Holiday accident death toll hits 24
The festive holiday death toll has reached 24, with 59 injured after three more people were killed in road accidents on Christmas Day.Four people died on Christmas Day last year.Police...Published: 27 Dec 2019 at 10:50hrs | 2527 | by Staff Reporter
Beitbridge East MP holds Christmas party with underprivileged in his constituency
Zanu PF legislator for Beitbridge East Albert Nguluvhe has conducted a christmas party for underprivileged families in his constituency.Announcing the party through his constituency update pla...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 17:34hrs | 1645 | by Stephen Jakes
500 000 pass through Beitbridge border
A total of 503 932 travellers have used Beitbridge Border Post to access either Zimbabwe or South Africa this month. It is also reported that 65 000 vehicles used Sadc's busiest inland p...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:04hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Hive of activity at border posts
Activity has heightened at border posts, with Beitbridge handling over 500 000 entries and exits since the beginning of this month, while Plumtree has had to temporarily adopt a 24-hour shift. ...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:01hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Chipfumo cleans up Muridzo's mess
BINDURA - SOUNDS of motherland boss Progress Chipfumo reportedly cleaned up the mess that Andy Muridzo created when he botched Nyasha Muwomba popular Bhanyaz's birthday bash at Club1160 in Bindura on ...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 18:18hrs | 2018 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Fake TIPs racket exposed
AUTHORITIES at Beitbridge have bust a racket that uses fake customs documents to clear foreign registered vehicles entering the country from South Africa. A suspect, Khumbulani Ndlovu wa...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:45hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
SA cops pounce on omalayitsha
SOUTH African police last week impounded several vehicles found not road roadworthy belonging to cross-border transporters, commonly known as omalayitsha, in a campaign aimed at reducing road carnage....Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:37hrs | 1020 | by Staff reporter
MP engages Registrar General's office to increase mobile registration
Beitbridge East Zanu PF legislator Albert Nguluvhe has revealed that he has engaged the Registrar's Department to increase the mobile registration in his area so as to enable many undocumented p...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 07:28hrs | 331 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe govt speaks on borders congestion
The Zimbabwean government says the country's border posts were not designed to cater for the large volumes of people and traffic they are currently processing leading to congestion.The country...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 10:12hrs | 5421 | by Staff Reporter
Beitbridge border a hive of activity
THE Beitbridge Border Post has been turned into a hive of activity with thousands of Zimbabweans based in South Africa arriving home for festive season. Statistics from the Department of Immig...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 04:57hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Massive cattle deaths irk Matabeleland South farmers
Villagers in Matabeleland South have cried foul over massive death of their cattle due to prolonged drought and their failure to purchase stock feed as a ...Published: 18 Dec 2019 at 16:04hrs | 1740 | by Stephen Jakes
Two Zimbabweans die, 22 injured in cross border bus accident
TWO Zimbabweans died while 22 others were injured, eight of them seriously, when a Harare bound bus overturned in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, on Monday.The bus was travelling from Durba...Published: 18 Dec 2019 at 08:45hrs | 2911 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe starts reaping from Special Economic Zones
THE country has started reaping benefits from its policy of establishing Special Economic Zones (SEZs) as it forges ahead to attract more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in its bid to turn around the ...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 08:00hrs | 663 | by Staff Reporter
10 men attack motorists with knives at Beitbridge road
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that a motorist who was travelling from South Africa was mugged by ten armed men at the 275 km peg along Masvingo - Beitbridge road near Chikago Business Cen...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 10:34hrs | 4654 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Beitbridge Border Post ready for the influx
Border authorities from Zimbabwe and South Africa are geared up for an anticipated increase in vehicular and human traffic during the festive season, an official has said.The number of travell...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 17:42hrs | 2160 | by Staff reporter
POSB simplifies banking services
THE People's Own Savings Bank (POSB) has started a process to simplify banking services and easing cash shortages for pensioners and clients in rural areas. General Manager banking operations,...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:23hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
What are our leaders smoking?
Zimbabwe has been experiencing electricity shortages which has been compounded by reduced water levels in Kariba Dam . South Africa, through their power utility Eskom, has come to the rescue but recen...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 13:49hrs | 1955 | by A Kadada
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