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Zimra officials spend weekend in custody
TWO female Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials who spent the weekend in custody will today hear their bail ruling on a charge of criminal abuse of office.Clarissa Zharare (47) and Con...Published: 1 hr ago | 152 | by Staff reporter
Horror crash on road to Johannesburg
FIVE ZIMBABWEANS, including two children died when a Johannesburg-bound cross border Toyota Quantum collided with a Ford Fiesta along the N1 Highway near Musina, Limpopo Province in South Africa. ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 178 | by Staff reporter
Smuggled drugs flood Zimbabwe market
High mark-ups imposed by importers, wholesalers and retailers of medicines have resulted in a flood of cheaper drugs being smuggled from neighbouring countries and sold on the streets by vendors. ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 76 | by Staff reporter
$1bn road rehab gathers momentum
Government has paid 10 percent upfront for project costs to five contractors that have been chosen to rehabilitate the Chirundu-Harare-Beitbridge road, which is expected to gobble $1 billion.T...Published: 21 hrs ago | 445 | by Staff reporter
Rains damage 35 Matebeleland South schools
INFRASTRUCTURE in 35 schools in Matebeleland South Province has been damaged by rains. Presenting a report during a Matebeleland South Provincial Drought Relief Committee meeting on Wednesday,...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:13hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
10 Zimra officers, agents arrested for 'smuggling vehicles into Zimbabwe'
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested 10 Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officers and agents stationed at Beitbridge Border Post on allegations of smuggling vehicles into the ...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 08:48hrs | 2926 | by Staff Reporter
Zimra moves to block smuggled vehicles
Zimra has intensified its crackdown on smuggled vehicles by blocking the cars in the system with a view to recover them. Last month, Zimra released a list of 433 vehicles detailing registratio...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1553 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Beitbridge mayor wins estate wrangle
FORMER Beitbridge mayor, Ms Showa Moyo, who had taken her late former husband's wife to court following an estate row, was yesterday given the greenlight by the High Court to retain the disputed prope...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:14hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Woman 'steals' child & elopes
A BEITBRIDGE businessman, who is embroiled in a legal battle with his estranged wife over the custody of their four-year-old son, has approached the High Court after the woman allegedly "stole" the ch...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:13hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
4 Zimra officials arrested for smuggling vehicles
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) officers and agents stationed at Beitbridge border post on allegations of smuggling vehicles into the country...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 20:42hrs | 1686 | by Staff reporter
5 dead in kombi accident
Five people perished, three of them on the spot, while 11 others were injured when a Toyota Hiace commuter omnibus they were traveling in veered-off the road and overturned after the driver lost contr...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 17:07hrs | 4159 | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed driver 'kills' boy
AN unlicensed driver from Beitbridge allegedly hit and killed a six-year-old boy who was cycling home. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele confi...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:09hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe imports US$1m meat from SA
Zimbabwe last year imported meat products from South Africa worth US$1 097 743 via Beitbridge Border Post. It is understood that the majority of the imports were poultry products. The Herald a...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:00hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo boy dies after drinking undiluted klipdrift
A Bulawayo boy has died after stealing and drinking undiluted alcohol recently the police have said.According to the police the 13-year-old male minor died in Bulawayo on 1 December after cons...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 07:27hrs | 3330 | by Mandla Ndlovu
5 cars intercepted for smuggling goods worth R102 979 in Beitbridge
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have announced that its officers in Beitbridge intercepted five vehicles with smuggled goods worthy ZAR 102 979-60. The incident happened on the 1st of December at...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 06:37hrs | 5280 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Not time for sloganeering, says Zanu-PF MP
A ZANU-PF legislator has urged people in his constituency to put aside sloganeering and focus on national development.Beitbridge East MP Albert Nguluvhe on Saturday said national development k...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:26hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Mushekwi fulfils his CAPS Utd promise
IN the early hours of Sunday morning, with the majority of Harare in dreamland, one of the finest feel-good stories in the history of Zimbabwean football was completed under a clear moonlit December n...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:05hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
We need justice for our dead relative’
Relatives of a Beitbridge man who died near Chitulipasi police station suspect police of a foul play in the matter.This was after the decea...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 10:30hrs | 3457 | by Stephen Jakes
Drug dealer arrested while hiding in toilet
A DRUG dealer has been arrested after being found in possession of dagga and 16 bottles of illegal drugs while locking himself in the toilet of a local shop, trying to evade arrest.Police, act...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:23hrs | 2286 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi fights back in tussle with ex-wife
Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has approached the High Court seeking to stop his former wife from selling his property following a nasty divorce.Tambudzani Mohadi, a Zanu-PF senator, in October s...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:13hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's riches to be made public
Former President Robert Mugabe's wealth will be revealed in a few days, putting to rest much speculation and conjecture.This week the Master of the High Court is expected to give the full list...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:57hrs | 2158 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poised for model state-of-the-art road network
ZIMBABWE is poised for a model state-of-the-art road network by 2030 as Government is working tirelessly to upgrade infrastructure despite illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the United States...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:48hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
Mushekwi clears Caps luxury coach
FORMER Caps United forward, Nyasha Mushekwi, yesterday completed the clearance of the luxurious bus he bought for his old club. He brought in the outstanding documents, which were required by the cust...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:48hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Airlines bemoan turbulent times in Zimbabwe's transport sector
Board of Airlines Representatives chairperson and Tourism Business Council of Zimbabwe president Winnie Muchanyuka has bemoaned the turbulence being experienced in the transport sector following the g...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:45hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Zimra recovers 81 smuggled vehicles
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has recovered 81 of the 433 smuggled vehicles, of which 51 have since been cleared.In an interview on Monday, Zimra spokesperson Francis Chimanda said: "...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:53hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm ravages Bulilima West
A HAILSTORM, which ploughed through Bulilima West over the weekend, destroyed entire classrooms at Ndolwane Primary School, leaving only one, with reports that yesterday pupils were turned away becaus...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:28hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
2020 Budget Hits and Misses
Zimbabwe's 2020 National Budget was presented amid high expectations from the market on the urgent need to turnaround the fortunes of the waning economy, restore incomes, and improve productivity and ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 11:17hrs | 1268 | by Staff Reporter
Explosives smuggler nabbed in Beitbridge
A 34 year old man from Bulawayo was last week arrested by the South African police at the Beitbridge border post for attempting to smuggle mining explosives into that country.The explosives we...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:37hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Zinara officers arrested in forex toll fraud
Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) officers have defrauded the entity of at least US$30 000, and perhaps as much as US$450 000 in a cheating scam using tollgate coupons issued to foreign ...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Zacc swoops on car smugglers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has made several arrests in connection with the massive car smuggling racket in which government may have lost millions of dollars in unpaid duty at the ...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:05hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Zacc swoops on car smugglers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has made several arrests in connection with the massive car smuggling racket in which government may have lost millions of dollars in unpaid duty at the ...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 16:41hrs | 891 | by Staff Reporter
'433 recalled vehicles didn't pay duty'
THE 433 vehicles recalled by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) this week were smuggled and did not pay Customs and Excise duty, the revenue authority has revealed.Zimra, which is yet to q...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:08hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge community challenged to destroy poisonous plant
A poisonous plant known as Cactus Rossia has ravaged some parts of Matabeleland South province killing livestock with calls being made for the local community to play a leading role to curb the menace...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 15:58hrs | 2779 | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli Ncube to expend 5% fuel levy on Chirundu Highway
Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has allocated 5% of the excise duty revenue collected on fuel towards the construction of the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu Highway as international...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 20:35hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge officials panic as Zimra recalls imported cars
ZIMBABWE may have lost millions of dollars in unpaid duty through a fine-tuned vehicle smuggling scheme operated at some of its ports, Southern Eye has learnt.Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 06:01hrs | 11769 | by Staff reporter
You have no honour here, Minister Mthuli
Far from the quixotic idealism of city life, the rural setting presents life in its most raw form, including the intimate and inextricable relationship between man and nature.Nowhere is man fo...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:20hrs | 217 | by Bishop Lazi
Gwanda gets a border post
GOVERNMENT has designated Gwanda District's Mlambapele as an official port of entry and has set up four dry ports to decongest Beitbridge and Forbes border posts. Mlambapele connects Zimbabwe ...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:01hrs | 2306 | by Staff reporter
8 Beitbridge bodies face pauper's burial
GOVERNMENT officials in Beitbridge, who are grappling with a mortuary crisis following the suspension of morgue services at the 160-bed Beitbridge District Hospital last week, are seeking authority to...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube reduces VAT and corporate tax
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube marginally cut corporate tax (24% from 25%), VAT (14.5% from 15%) and increased the tax free threshold to $2 000 from $700 with effect from Janua...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:36hrs | 1635 | by Staff reporter
Mob tries to burn hearse at border
CHAOS broke out at Beitbridge Border Post yesterday when a mob of cross border drivers attempted to burn a Toyota Quantum carrying the body of a gang leader accused of unleashing a reign of terror aga...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:32hrs | 2443 | by Staff reporter
Chiredzi plunged into mourning
Chiredzi Town is in mourning after residents lost six of their own in a head-on collision involving a commuter omnibus and a haulage truck at Maranda turn off at the 166km peg along the Masvingo-Beitb...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 16:58hrs | 6286 | by Staff reporter
Government speaks on closure on mortuaries
Government has professed ignorance over the load shedding of electricity in Bietbridge hospital that has led to the hospital facility shutting its mortuary.On Wednesday afternoon Member of Par...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 14:37hrs | 4039 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF announces dates for the accreditation of delegates
ZANU-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Simon Khaya Moyo has announced dates for the accreditation of delegates to attend the party's 18th National People's Conference in Goromonzi, Mashonala...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Hospital shuts down mortuary
INCESSANT power cuts have forced Beitbridge District Hospital to shut down its mortuary leaving members of the public at the mercy of private players who are offering the services at exorbitant prices...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
6 killed as truck, kombi collide
Six people are said to have died on the spot when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in collided with a haulage truck this morning along Beitbridge road in Mwenezi. The accident occurred ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 13:17hrs | 2510 | by Staff reporter
3 die in Matabeleland South car accidents
THREE people died in separate road accidents in Matabeleland South Province on Friday and Saturday, provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele said yesterday. He s...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:13hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge hospital mortuary turns away dead bodies
The Beitbridge District Hospital mortuary has stopped accepting corpses due to long spells of power cuts and the rising temperatures in the border town. The hospital, in a notice, said their m...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 17:20hrs | 1763 | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli Ncube to present $28,5 billion budget
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is set to present the 2020 national Budget on Thursday, with industry and citizens expecting better economic fortunes following the num...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:28hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
'Armed robber' shot in Beitbridge
A SUSPECTED armed robber is battling for life at Beitbridge District Hospital after he was shot and seriously injured by cops while trying to attack them using a knife during a raid at a shebeen in th...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:56hrs | 1501 | by Staff reporter
Jah Prayzah not coming to Bulawayo
BULAWAYO fans will have to wait a bit longer to witness Jah Prayzah and his Third Generation Band live in action as the musician has cancelled his gig that was slated for this weekend. Jah Pra...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:44hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
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