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Armed robber slapped with 24-year jail term
A BEITBRIDGE armed robber has been slapped with a 24-year jail sentence after a crime spree which include an attempted murder of a villager in the border town.Petious Ndou (26) of Beitbridge d...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:09hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Botswana lifts cross border travel restrictions
Botswana announced yesterday that it is re-opening some of its borders to passenger traffic from December 1. This comes a few weeks after Zimbabwe's Cabinet approved the gradual re-opening of its land...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:02hrs | 2155 | by Staff reporter
SA police nab explosives smuggler coming from Zimbabwe
A SOUTH Africa operation has prevented a man crossing the Beitbridge Border Post with explosives.Limpopo police spokesperson Moatshe Ngoepe said the 27-yearold suspect was travelling from Zimb...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 18:52hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Residents want border opened
A WASTE of time.That's how cross-border transporters, traders and the mayor of Beitbridge have described the continued closure of the border.Zimbabwe and South Africa shut land borders...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:51hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 scare as borders reopen
THE Government has dispatched a team of experts to inspect all borders and ports of entry ahead of the opening of the facilities next week to assess the state of preparedness in the wake of rising Cov...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:43hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi encourages diaspora investments
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has encouraged Zimbabweans in the diaspora to support the local economy and make the country an investment destination of choice.Zimbabwe, through its Diaspora comm...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 14:43hrs | 1503 | by Staff Reporter
Matabeleland South in need of health care facilities
ABOUT 25 percent of people in Matabeleland South are still forced to walk more than 10km to the nearest health care facility.The World Health Organisation recommends that health facilities sho...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 09:18hrs | 447 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean arrested in SA over explosives
POLICE in South Africa yesterday arrested a 27-year-old Zimbabwean national allegedly caught with 115 units of blasting cartridges and 100 units of explosive accessories.The explosives were packed...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1366 | by Staff reporter
Police attempt to delete brutality evidence
A STATE witness on Wednesday described how a Beitbridge policeman grabbed a mobile phone and tried in vain to delete pictorial evidence of a badly injured victim of police brutality.Cyprian Ba...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:24hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tables ambitious 100% broadband plan
ZIMBABWE has tabled an ambitious plan to have 100% high speed broadband coverage in all areas where people live, work, travel and learn.This plan is contained in a consultative paper, the Zimb...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:08hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Setting the record straight about King Mzilikazi The Mthwakazi King
THIS narrative that King Mzilikazi subjugated other tribes and forced them to join his Nguni tribe to form the Mthwakazi nation is as false as falsehood itself. The narrative is refuted by both eviden...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 1243 | by Reinford Khumalo
'Brutal' police officers trial kicks off
THE trial of two Beitbridge policemen Carrotnos Wafawanaka and Hardlife Shoko, who are accused of brutally assaulting a resident for allegedly breaking COVID-19 regulations, kicked off yesterday....Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:33hrs | 2184 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border traders call for massive COVID-19 tests
ZIMBABWE Cross-Border Traders Association (ZCBA) president Killer Zivhu has called for massive testing for COVID-19 at the country's entry points saying his members could die in large numbers if such ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:32hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Kudos to govt for rehabilitating Harare-B/bridge highway
GOVERNMENT invited for the bids of the dualisation of the Harare-Beitbridge Highway in 1998 and in 2003, the project was awarded to the consortium of six local contractors and six local engineering fi...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:30hrs | 1166 | by Ben Musarurwa
Chiwenga assesses situation before reopening borders
GOVERNMENT is monitoring the situation on the ground before reopening of the country's borders for human traffic in two weeks as saving lives remains top of its agenda in view of Covid-19 threats, Vic...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:44hrs | 4540 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border traders to collect Covid-19 certificates at border
Cross-border traders who usually spend days travelling by road, will be tested for Covid-19 in their respective areas and then collect results from a doctor in the border area they will be using, to e...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Cop shot, 59 robbed in bus raid
A POLICE officer was shot and injured while 59 other passengers aboard a Smart Express bus lost money and other valuables after a raid by six armed robbers in Beitbridge yesterday.The incident...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:15hrs | 1724 | by Staff reporter
Courts grind to a halt
COURT processes at the Beitbridge magistrates courts were stalled and many cases had to be postponed last week after officials from the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) failed to tran...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:22hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Govt blames Covid-19 spike on border jumpers
The government has blamed the spike in Covid-19 cases in Bulawayo to illegal immigrants as fears of a second wave of the outbreak of the respiratory disease in Zimbabwe grow.Health and Child C...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:19hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Substandard vehicles, goods flood Zimbabwe
SMUGGLED inferior goods, including second hand clothes and imported used defective vehicles, have flooded Zimbabwe to the detriment of the local industry, according to a recent report by AuditorGenera...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:18hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Embassy, bus operators agree to end border chaos
THE Zimbabwe Consulate in Johannesburg, South Africa and cross-border bus operators have agreed to end the chaos at Beitbridge Border Post where the latter was having an impasse with customs authoriti...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:27hrs | 1148 | by Staff reporter
Man finds wife having lunchtime sex romp with lover at a lodge
THESE days you seldom find a man who has been cheated on or finds his wife in bed with another man not to forget the basic rules of humanity by brutally assaulting or killing the pair as punishment fo...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 19:41hrs | 2222 | by Staff Reporter
'Zesa faces viability challenges'
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) is facing viability challenges, including acute transport problems to carry out its mandate.ZETDC acting managing directo...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans survive on second-hand undergarments
ZIMBABWEANS mainly in urban areas are relying on second-hand undergarments smuggled into the country and sold at flea markets across the country as economic hardships continue to take a toll on the po...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
9 tankers intercepted smuggling fuel worth R3 million
AUTHORITIES at Beitbridge Border Post are tightening screws on the movement of commercial cargo following the interception of nine tankers last week carrying fuel worth nearly R3 million that was bein...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:39hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe now dumping ground for used knickers'
ZIMBABWEAN companies are losing millions of dollars due to unfair competition from both imported and smuggled inferior products, a report by the Auditor General Mildred Chiri has said.The repo...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 18:40hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
False start to 'brutal' Beitbridge cops trial
THE trial of two Beitbridge policemen who allegedly assaulted citizens under the guise of monitoring compliance to the COVID-19 lockdown regulations failed to kick off because their lawyer was absent....Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Parents withdraw kids from private school over fees
Parents whose children are enrolled at the Welton Group of Schools in Beitbridge have withdrawn them from the private learning institution after they disagreed on a new fee structure. The disg...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:45hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Security forces intercept 51 border jumpers
Beitbridge Border Post security personnel last night intercepted a South Africaregistered bus carrying 51 Zimbabweans who were being transported to the neighbouring country illegally. The grou...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border buses defy regulations
CHAOS continues to reign supreme at the Beitbridge Border Post as more cross-border buses continue to arrive without clearance from the Zimbabwe Embassy in South Africa. Last week the embassy ...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:34hrs | 2192 | by Staff reporter
10% risk allowance for teachers: New basic salary package now $18 237
GOVERNMENT has introduced a 10 percent risk allowance for teachers while proposing a 40 percent salary increase for civil servants which will result in the lowest paid employee getting over $14 500. ...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:32hrs | 2582 | by Staff reporter
Type 2 diamonds to anchor Zimbabwe's US$12 billion industry
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it would anchor its US$12 billion mining industry economy on a rare and more expensive type two diamond set to be mined in its Malipati Diamond Projects in Matabeleland South...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:48hrs | 1934 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to give youths land
Plans are underway for the opening up of land in natural region one, four and five where youths among others will be settled in estate farms and other planned programmes to boost food production, Vice...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 05:26hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa true to his word as Devolution initiative gains traction in Beitbridge
Zimbabwe will achieve the Vision 2030 goals as Devolution initiative gains momentum in Beitbridge Treasury has dispatched over nine million dollars ...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 07:14hrs | 4082 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
4 in court over Beitbridge robberies
FOUR Beitbridge men have appeared in court over a spate of robberies, including ambushing motorists and robbing them of over R40 000 and US$2 020.Blessing Itai Chiri (38), Brain Mukosi (30), D...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:57hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Botswana to reopen land borders on December 1
Botswana's government on Friday said it was re-opening its borders to visitors after months of lockdown restrictions following the coronavirus outbreak.President Mogkweetsi Masisi, in a statem...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:10hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
Govt injects $600m into Harare Beitbridge Highway
AT least $600 million has been injected into the rehabilitation of the Harare-Beitbridge Highway, according to the Finance ministry.Government last year assigned five contractors to rehabilita...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:42hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
First 100km of Beitbridge road commissioned
Government yesterday commissioned the first 100km of the rehabilitated and widened Harare-Beitbridge highway, with local contractors earning plaudits for successfully executing the job in a move that ...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:26hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Beitbridge Border Post
THERE was chaos at the Beitbridge Border Post yesterday where returnee Zimbabweans experienced delayed entry amid fears of another COVID-19 outbreak.On the South African side, there were long ...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:31hrs | 3536 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border buses chaos
THE movement of cross-border buses transporting Zimbabweans returning from South Africa will with effect from tomorrow be first cleared by the Zimbabwe Embassy in the neighbouring country. The...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | 3584 | by Staff reporter
Dead end for roadblock evader
A 37-year-old man was arrested after allegedly evaded a roadblock along Lomagundi Road in Harare and attempted to bribe a security guard who was manning a farm in the area in a bid to avoid police. ...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 18:19hrs | 1461 | by Staff reporter
Youths demand justice for rights defenders
A YOUTH pressure group in Matabeleland South province has demanded justice for human rights defenders, including slain MDC Alliance member Joseph Mazwi Ndlovu, who was reportedly killed in July for qu...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:54hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Mr President so far so good
With my heavy heart I wish to congratulate HE President ED for a job well done following myriad of measures mitigating hyperinflation which has gone to extremes. Thank you so much HE and the finance m...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:27hrs | 1058 | by Benny Gudo
Zimra finally clears stranded travellers
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) staff in Beitbridge have finally processed the customs procedures for 366 Zimbabweans returning from South Africa in 12 buses whom they had refused to clear on S...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:26hrs | 481 | by Staff writer
Zimbabweans stranded at Beitbridge
The refusal by Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) staff at Beitbridge to handle bus passengers yesterday saw 366 Zimbabweans returning from South Africa in 12 buses stranded at Beitbridge Border Post,...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 16:28hrs | 3809 | by Staff reporter
Brick by brick, Vision 2030 is realisable
The achievements scored so far by President Emerson Mnangagwa's New Dispensation have raised a ray of hope that Vision 2030 is indeed possible, more so if unity of purpose prevails in the country....Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1108 | by Grace Chekai
More buses arrive from China
FIFTY more Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) buses imported from China have arrived in the country as part of Government's efforts to restore sanity in the public transport sector and provide ...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:44hrs | 2410 | by Staff reporter
Border reopening poser for Mnangagwa
On Tuesday, Cabinet announced the phased reopening of land borders, starting with the country's main ports of entry - Beitbridge, Plumtree, Victoria Falls, Chirundu, Nyamapanda and Forbes.Howe...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 18:17hrs | 9005 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers flee police, vigilantes
BEITBRIDGE armed robbers blamed for numerous violent incidents including some unsolved murders on the banks of the Limpopo River have fled their bases after vigilante groups killed three of the suspec...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:34hrs | 2893 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt down 10 armed notorious robbers
THE police are hunting for 10 armed notorious robbers who allegedly caused havoc, robbing a number of motorists along Beitbridge-Dite Road.In a statement yesterday, police spokesperson Paul Ny...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:23hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
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