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Prophet tips off cops about murder suspects
A self styled prophet from Mabelreign, Harare tipped the police about three murder suspects who had visited his shrine for cleansing, yesterday....Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 07:23hrs | 2705 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
'Zimbabweans smuggling explosives for use in committing crimes in South Africa'
ZIMBABWEANS are reportedly smuggling explosives for use in committing crimes in neighbouring South Africa, NewsDay reported.Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Cop kills own mother over cigarettes
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer stationed at Mutare Central allegedly murdered his own mother over cigarettes dispute yesterday.Elvis Zhou (29) who was recently sent on leave after de...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 12:51hrs | 1781 | by Simbarashe Sithole
39 students arrested at a 'sex' party
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Friday arrested 39 students from various schools in Bulawayo after raiding a Vuzu party in Khumalo Suburb.Vuzu parties are popular secretive indoor gathering...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 17:06hrs | 4256 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man jailed in South Africa
A 33-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man has been fined R20 000 or five years' imprisonment by a South African magistrates court on charges of diverting a truck carrying a consignment of tobacco worth R3,5 millio...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean jailed 5 years over R3,5 raw tobacco in SA
A 33-year-old Zimbabwean has been sentenced to five years in prison by a South African magistrate court after he was arrested while diverting a load of tobacco and a truck all worth R3,5 million that ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 19:25hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Tough time ahead for 'zvakarongeka' Ncube
EARLY last year Finance and Economic Development minister, Mthuli Ncube made the infamous statement "zvakarongeka", loosely translating to "all is in order" as far as the country's financial reserves ...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Police officer stabbed to death while intervening in bar brawl
POLICE in Figtree situated in Matebeleland South have arrested 25-year-old Mthulisi Moyo for allegedly stabbing to death a Bulawayo based police officer.Detective Sergeant Lovedany Madambi, wh...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 18:21hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
South African police crackdown on tobacco crime
Police in South Africa's Limpopo province has intensified their crackdown on the smuggling of cigarettes between the neighbouring country and Zimbabwe.Provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean truck driver arrested at SA border post over illicit cigarettes worth R1.5m
A 45-year-old truck driver who was arrested for possession of illicit cigarettes worth R1.5 million has been released on bail.According to North West police spokesperson Brigadier Sabata Mokgw...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Rural bus conductors causing mayhem on our roads
AN old rickety bus, carrying passengers packed like sardines with luggage and other goods, toddles its way on an uneasy terrain on its way to Nkayi in Matabeleland North province. Strangely, there are...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:51hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
SA police intercepts R1,5 million smuggled cigarettes
South African security officials have intercepted a contraband of cigarettes and a truck all worth R1,5 million believed to have been smuggled through the Beitbridge Border Post.Two immigrants...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 20:23hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Arrested ex-cop burns police cell blankets
An ex-member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Kaitano Kanyemba and his two accomplices are in soup after they burnt cell blankets while t...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 22:48hrs | 1553 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe exports rise 33%
Zimbabwe's exports increased by 33% to US$3,5 billion in the first half of this year, from US$2,6 billion during the same period in 2021, driven by an increase in agriculture, mineral and manufactured...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:51hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
SA tighten screws on border crimes
Zimbabwe and South Africa have tightened screws on border crimes along the Limpopo River and at the Beitbridge port of entry, where cases of irregular migrations and smuggling of prohibited goods are ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:04hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police advised businesses to tighten security
MIDLANDS police have advised businesses to tighten security at their premises following a surge in robberies.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko yesterday said daring robb...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Omakorokoza turn Sharona Park into no-go area
SHARONA Park situated north-east of Meadowlands, and north-west of Heany Junction Farm, on the outskirts of Bulawayo, has been turned into a "no-go area" by over hundred machete-brandishing illegal go...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:52hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Beer drinkers church: when the love of God and booze meet
THE inviting, melodious echoes flow downhill as we make the final ascend.In the absence of musical instruments to enhance output, they use their palms to issue out some rhythmic claps which bl...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1614 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean farmers to cash in on cannabis global boom
Zimbabwean farmers looking to cash in on a global boom in medicinal cannabis face a litany of costs and regulatory barriers, but growers like Munyaradzi Nyanungo are betting it will boost their fortun...Published: 11 May 2022 at 11:36hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans won't flee South Africa to return home
"WHEN you see a rat running into a fire, then you know that what it is running away from is hotter than the fire." - African proverb. Zimbabweans, who are in their millions in South Africa - som...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:41hrs | 1592 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean smugglers abandon R1.7m worth of illicit cigarettes in Limpopo
Members of a cigarette-smuggling syndicate transporting illicit cigarettes worth almost R2 million in a four-car convoy abandoned their vehicles and ran away from members of the SAPS in Limpopo....Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 09:57hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Stubborn smugglers dice with death on treacherous Limpopo
DECENT Mbedzi (42) sits uncomfortably as he frantically nails together some wooden boards to make a wooden raft, just metres away from Dulibadzimu Gorge, about five kilometres south of Beitbridge bord...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:02hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe only processing 2% tobacco
Zimbabwe has earned US$245 million after exporting 48 000 tonnes of tobacco, as the country is only processing two percent of the leaf. The country has a capacity of earning US$15 billion per ...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:24hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
ZRP, Interpol operation nets 2 000
At least 2 000 people have been arrested countrywide during the ongoing operation by the police with back-up from Interpol and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (Afripol) targeting in...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:30hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Contractor caught in cigarettes smuggling ring
AN employee of a company sub-contracted to upgrade Beitbridge Border Post, Raubex (Pvt) Ltd has been accused of smuggling cigarettes from Zimbabwe to South Africa.This came to light when South...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Cigarette smuggler busted over R10 000 bribe
A cigarette smuggler landed in even hotter water when he tried to bribe an army officer with R10 200 to release his vehicle which had been intercepted laden with crates of South Africa-bound Remmingto...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Our fathers back then: strict disciplinarians, but loving
"WHAT time is it now, and where have you been?" "Go back to where you have been, I will not have any of my children knocking at my door after 6pm!" (Uvela ngaphi ebusuku kunje, angiqoqodelwa ngu...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:32hrs | 155 | by Clifford Kalibo
Zimbabwe earns US$153m from tobacco
Zimbabwe has earned US$153 million from tobacco exports as the Far East continues to be the major destination of the golden leaf.The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board's latest statistics sh...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 17:31hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Dreams made and dreams shattered at West Nicholson's 'Entabeni yegolide'
"Intaba yeWest" or "Entabeni yegolide", the soaring mountain with impervious vegetation along the Gwanda-Beitbridge highway in West Nicholson is not for the faint hearted.From afar, the mounta...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:33hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans risk police, crocodiles in desperate bid to reach SA
A BUSHY pathway leads to the crossing points along the Limpopo River that are the most treacherous part of the journey for Zimbabweans seeking a better life in neighbouring South Africa.The ri...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 18:22hrs | 1748 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's oligarchs: The heirs of Cecil Rhodes
As Zimbabwe's economy has spiralled down, with one million economic refugees in South Africa alone and ordinary people facing shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, there is a class of people ...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 2214 | by Phillip van Niekerk and a Zim-based Research Team
Zimbabwean woman fined R20 000 in SA over illicit cigarettes
A South African Magistrate's court has fined a 34-year-old Zimbabwean woman R20 000 or 12 months in prison after she was found guilty for possessing illicit cigarettes in the neighbouring countr...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:07hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Pacific repositions cigarette brands
PACIFIC Cigarette Company (PCC), formerly Savannah Tobacco Company, on Friday relaunched its Pegasus and Branson brands under a US$9,5 million investment programme to enhance dominance on the local an...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:35hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
2022 Post Budget Analysis
The Zimbabwean government presented a ZW$927.3 billion budget (18% of GDP) for the 2022 fiscal year. The government expects to collect revenues totaling ZW$850.7 billion (17% of GDP), thus resulting i...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 09:11hrs | 935 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe cigarettes worth R2,6m intercepted in SA
South African police yesterday intercepted R2,6 million worth of cigarettes that were being smuggled into the neighbouring country through Beitbridge Border Post.Four people were arrested in P...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:20hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
ZNCC pushes for fuel tax cuts
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) this week escalated business's push for an overhaul of the tax regime, as it warned the government that high fuel import taxes could hold back industri...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man gets R20 000 bail for smuggling
The trial of a 52 year-old Zimbabwean man who was recently arrested with R30 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in South Africa has been set for January 17 next year at the Polokwane Magistrate Cour...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Smuggled cigarettes from Zimbabwe flood South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA's tax watchdog, the Tax Justice SA has lambasted authorities in the neighbouring country for failing to curb the smuggling of cigarettes and other counterfeit products, amid findings that...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 17:23hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Cigarette smugglers shoot cop at Limpopo River
A POLICE officer seconded to the national security task force that is enforcing anti-cross border crimes along the country's border with South Africa was yesterday shot and injured by seven cigarette ...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:17hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for smuggling R30m cigarettes into SA
A 52-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man believed to be part of a well-orchestrated smuggling syndicate has been remanded in a South African prison following his arrest in possession of R30 million worth of smugg...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pampers army, police
ZIMBABWE plans to splurge millions of United States dollars to procure about 1 000 brand new vehicles for the security services sector next year, to bolster their operations in a move that is likely t...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:28hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
SA police arrest Zim man for smuggling R30m worth of cigarettes
Zimbabwean arrested for smuggling R30m worth of cigarettes - NewsDay ZimbabwePOLICE in South Africa have arrested a 52-year-old man believed to be Zimbabwean for smuggling R30 million worth of...Published: 28 Oct 2021 at 08:54hrs | 35 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga proposes new beer, cigarette taxes
Health and Child Care Minister Costantino Chiwenga says government should introduce taxes on beer and cigarettes to raise money for medical services.Chiwenga, who is also the country's vice pr...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Hats off to security forces at Beitbridge Border
MEMBERS of the security forces deployed along the Zimbabwe/South African border deserve praise for their efforts towards the eradication of crime at the two countries' boundary.To date, police...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Pay day in 1973, indlovu iwile
THIS week the writer reels back to 1973 to give you an in-depth picture of the setup Ekasi on a pay day when all employees had received their monthly pay. This would be around the 25th day of the mont...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 6 | by Clifford Kalibo
Cigarette smugglers fined $12 000
THE 34 smugglers arrested while smuggling 76 cases of export quality Remmington Gold cigarettes into South Africa last week were each fined $12 000 (or three months) by Beitbridge resident magistrate ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
37 in court for attempting to smuggle cigarettes into SA
Thirty-seven suspects who were arrested while attempting to smuggle 76 cardboard crates of export quality Remmington Gold cigarettes out of the country into South Africa appeared before Beitbridge Res...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
3 more robbers nabbed along Limpopo
The National Security Taskforce yesterday intercepted three armed robbers along the Limpopo River and recovered an assortment of firearms and ammunition.National police spokesman Assistant Com...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
VFEX moves to fund tobacco
ZIMBABWE'S bourses have moved to help the tobacco farming sector raise foreign currency for their operations, in a development seen as a solution to the industry's a long-running capital crisis....Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
British American Tobacco (BAT) negotiated bribe for Mugabe, new evidence suggests
A BBC Panorama investigation has found evidence that suggests one of Britain's biggest companies paid a bribe to the former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe.Documents show British American Toba...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 10:26hrs | 59 | by BBC
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