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Botswana police praises Zimbabwe counterparts
A joint police operation between Botswana and Zimbabwe has resulted in the recovery of a Toyota Hilux GD6 that was stolen during a violent robbery in Matsiloje Village, Botswana, earlier this month....Published: 07 May 2025 at 12:10hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean shot at Botswana illegal gold mining site
A 22-year-old Zimbabwean man, Mbongeni Mkandla, is in Botswana police custody after allegedly being shot by Botswana soldiers during his arrest for illegal gold panning activities in the Matsiloje are...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:00hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Safety of Zimbabweans in Botswana has been guaranteed
The safety of Zimbabwean nationals residing legally in Botswana has been guaranteed by local authorities following diplomatic discussions with the Zimbabwean Embassy in Gaborone. The Embassy intervene...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:47hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cautions its citizens in Botswana amid election tensions
The Zimbabwean embassy in Botswana has issued a warning to its citizens residing in the country, urging them to exercise caution during the upcoming election period. This advisory comes in response to...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 17:46hrs | 1566 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans arrested over 1 million Pula copper cable bust
In a significant crackdown, Botswana police apprehended two Zimbabwean men in Mogoditshane Block 9, Gaborone, seizing copper cables valued at over P1 million during a raid on an unlicensed scrap yard....Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 08:13hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Man steals battery from Botswana
A 44-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man is in soup after an alleged stolen lithium battery sold him out.Ozious Dube was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts on Thursday where he appeared before magistr...Published: 17 May 2024 at 11:35hrs | 16 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabweans flogged at Botswana traditional court
Eight Zimbabwean immigrants were reportedly subjected to flogging at a traditional court in Botswana for illegally entering the country.According to sources in Botswana, the eight individuals ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
4 Zimbabweans arrested in Botswana
FOUR Zimbabweans have been arrested in Botswana after they were found in possession of 40 lithium batteries worth over 1 million pula.The four aged between 25 and 38 were arrested on Tuesday i...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 18:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man accuses Botswana police of unlawful detention
A ZIMBABWEAN man, Prosper Mabureki, is claiming unlawful detention and harassment at the hands of Botswana police over a crime that he did not commit.Mabureki told the media that he was repeat...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean men locked up in Bots for possessing dead pangolin
BOTSWANA police on Thursday last week arrested three Zimbabweans for illegal possession of a pangolin that was dead.A pangolin is a classified animal in the neighbouring country and is protect...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustling riles Botswana, Zimbabwe
CONTINUED cattle rustling activities along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border are baffling and riling authorities despite intensive joint police operations to curb the vice.Recently the two countrie...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Motswana fuel smuggler arrested in Zimbabwe
BOTSWANA police have foiled a bid by a Motswana to smuggle 1 450 litres of petrol into Zimbabwe.Police in Tshesebe recovered the fuel from the suspect along the Botswana-Zimbabwe border....Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 10:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean illegal miners wreak havoc in Botswana, SA
To the residents of Matsiloje in northern Botswana, no foreigner is unwelcome unless they commit a crime.This is due to their own lives being deeply linked with their fellow clan members in Zi...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:24hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man arrested for burglary, theft in Botswana
BOTSWANA police have arrested a Zimbabwean man accused of 27 counts of housebreaking and theft of property worth P85 000.The accused, Leonard Ndebele (36), was arrested in the Kazungula area, ...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teenager goes missing from Botswana police custody
A ZIMBABWEAN teenage girl who was placed at a "safe centre" by Botswana police after her mother was arrested for illegal entry into the country reportedly disappeared from custody.Reports from...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Rogue cops linked to cattle rustling syndicates
LIVESTOCK farmers in Matabeleland South have raised concerns over the failure by police top brass to arrest and discipline officers accused of running organised cattle rustling syndicates in the provi...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Police recover 21 cattle stolen from Botswana
POLICE have recovered 21 cattle which were stolen from Botswana.In their twitter page police said the cattle were recovered on March 26 through a joint operation between the ZRP and Botswana p...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman charged with growing mbanje in Botswana
A Zimbabwean national in Botswana has appeared in a Francistown court charged with cultivating cannabis in her backyard.Melody Nkomo (37), an illegal immigrant in that country, was nabbed afte...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabwean 'armed robbers' shot dead by Botswana police
Police in Botswana have shot dead three Zimbabweans who were allegedly part of a gang of five armed robbers.The trio, who were aged between 30 and 40, were "intercepted by police whilst commit...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 13:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in 1 million Pula heist
TWO Zimbabwean men are languishing in a Botswana prison after being arrested for armed robbery where a local businessman lost cash and valuables worth 1 million Pula in Gaborone.Castro Ncube (...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:45hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Botswana President arrests journalists and opposition members
The Botswana Government wishes to draw the attention of the public to a grossly inaccurate and abusive spate of utterances carried by the South African private television station eNCA on 27" September...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 15:03hrs | 2 | by Botswana Presidency
'Abducted' Zimbabwe doctor free of poisoning: Tests
A RANGE of blood and urine specimens extracted from Peter Magombeyi, the former Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) president, who was allegedly abducted by state security last year showed no...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border donkey rustlers on the prowl
To new arrivals, "Dip 27" is no different from any other rural service centre in Madabe communal lands south of Plumtree in Zimbabwe.Yet locals know that the daytime semblance of law-abiding p...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:21hrs | 3 | by Oscar Nkala
Zimbabwean cops to sue Botswana govt for unlawful arrest
TWO Zimbabwe Republic Police constables who were arrested and later acquitted on alleged theft in Francistown, Botswana early this month, want to sue the neighbouring country's Attorney General for un...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Patrice Motsepe's sister detained in Zimbabwe
Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi's chief financier Bridget Motsepe, Tati East Member of Parliament Samson Guma Moyo and Prevailing Securities MD Shaduff Baitse were Saturday detained briefly and interrogated by...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 08:27hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa opens up on the ZIPRA/MK Wankie battle
Former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) Intelligence Supremo Dumiso Dabengwa on Thursday retold the historic Wankie battle of 1967 where the ZPRA cadres combined with the UMkhonto we Sizwe ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 12:21hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Rhodesians kidnapped Ethan Dube, killed JZ Moyo'
This week we continue with a narration by Jane Lungile Ngwenya who speaks to our Deputy News Editor Levi Mukarati from her home in Bulawayo. An indefatigable revolutionary, Ngwenya recounts events lea...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 09:46hrs | 10 | by STaff reporter
Zimbabwean man 'kills' ex-boss in Botswana
BOTSWANA police have launched a manhunt for a Zimbabwean man who allegedly fatally struck his former employer with a spade in Gaborone last month.Botswana police services deputy public relatio...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:51hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zim woman extradited over 2m pula fraud
A 40-year-old Zimbabwean woman was recently extradited to Botswana from her safe haven in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to face fraud charges involving 2 million pula.The Botswana Police Serv...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana cops release Grace Mugabe cars
BOTSWANA police have released three luxury vehicles belonging to Grace Mugabe's son after they were briefly impounded in that country at the weekend.According to NewZimbabwe.com the cars were ...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 09:15hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man nabbed in Botswana over fake ID, passport
A 35-year-old Zimbabwean Lizwe Ngwenya pleaded guilty to fraudulently acquiring a Botswana national identity card, commonly known as Omang, and a Botswana passport.Ngwenya was arrested by a sp...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 07:11hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean man to be extradited to Botswana
Zimbabwean national Dumisani Moyo, who has been described as a poaching kingpin by the Zimbabwean media, has lost his bid to halt his extradition to Botswana where he is due to stand trial for a crimi...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe 'soldiers' rob Botswana garage
TWO Victoria Falls men wore army uniforms and masks to rob a fuel service station in Botswana at gun point where they got away with cash and valuables worth a combined P20 000.Sambulo Mbelekez...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 08:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border poacher faces extradition
NOTORIOUS Zimbabwean cross-border poaching kingpin, Dumisani Moyo, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court and was remanded in custody to August 10 pending his extradition to Botswana for ...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 08:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Botswana kills 68 Zimbabwe cattle
Botswana police have killed 68 head of cattle worth about $35 000 through its shoot-to-kill policy. Villagers from Bulilima and Mangwe Districts have appealed to Government to re-engage Botswa...Published: 17 May 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean pair found with 90 bags of mbanje in Botswana
TWO men from Bulawayo have been arrested in Botswana for allegedly unlawfully possessing dagga which was in 90 bags.Botswana Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner Witness...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants feared dead in SA
South African Police are investigating murder cases after six bodies, all with gunshot wounds and believed to be illegal miners, were found in an open veld next to a railway line in Benoni, Ekurhu...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 05:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Botswana cops arrests Zimbabwean jail-breaker
Botswana police have arrested the eighth Zimbabwean who escaped from Gerald Estates Centre Prison recently.The man was arrested last week. This was after 18 prisoners breached prison secur...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Botswana scales up bid to track down Zimbabwean jail breakers
A team of soldiers, police officers and prison officials has been set up in Botswana to help track down Zimbabwean fugitives who reportedly escaped from Francistown Central Prison at Gerald Estate...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
15 Zimbabweans escape from Botswana prison
Police in Botswana have launched a manhunt for 15 Zimbabwean fugitives who escaped from a prison in Francistown on Saturday after destroying the prison fence with manhole cover, ...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 09:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean shot, detained in Botswana
A MAN from Lupane in Matabeleland North who was allegedly shot by Botswana police in June this year, is still being detained without charge in the neighbouring country.Bekezela Khumalo, wh...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man who killed Botswana lover
BOTSWANA police have launched a manhunt for a Zimbabwean man who allegedly killed his lover in Tutume village in Francistown following an altercation.According media reports in the neighbo...Published: 23 Nov 2016 at 22:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana police shoot Zimbabwean woman carrying baby
Police in Francistown are investigating an incident in which a 33-year-old Zimbabwean woman was shot on Wednesday morning at Satellite location as she walked to work with her husband.According...Published: 15 Nov 2016 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Botswana cops shoot Zimbabwean man in the eye
A ZIMBABWEAN man from Chitungwiza was reportedly shot on the left eye by Botswana Police during an operation against illegal immigrants in that country.According to local media, authoritie...Published: 05 Oct 2016 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana police and chiefs brutalising Zimbabweans
Botswana police and chiefs are allegedly brutalising Zimbabweans who enter that country illegally before deporting them. Presenting a report of the thematic committee on Peace and Security on ...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko meets Botswana envoy
Zimbabwe has a robust education system despite the economic challenges it is facing and its students are well behaved as compared to other countries, Botswana Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Kenny Kapinga h...Published: 20 May 2016 at 06:25hrs | 5 | by Felex Share
Bogus Prophet Magaya agents on the prowl in Botswana
Several followers of the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries’ founder, Prophet Walter Magaya have fallen victims to criminals masquerading as his agents in Botswana to obtain ca...Published: 10 Apr 2016 at 11:38hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
New cattle law on cards
THE government is working on a law that will bar people from selling or slaughtering cattle that are not branded to curb stock theft, Police National Anti-Stock Theft Coordinator, Senior Assistant Com...Published: 10 Mar 2016 at 05:32hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Zimbabwe murder suspect shot in Botswana
A ZIMBABWEAN murder suspect was shot and killed by Botswana police following a scuffle in Ditladi village.According to Botswana media reports, the deceased was a suspect in the murder of a fel...Published: 18 Jan 2016 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man arrested for murdering a Botswana guard
Botswana police have arrested a second suspect in connection of the murder of an elderly security guard at the Francistown Central Business District (CBD).The second suspect has been identifie...Published: 13 Jan 2016 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
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