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Drug smuggler walks away from police
A DRUG dealer intercepted at Beitbridge Border Post with dagga and prohibited cough syrups slipped away under the nose of dozens of security officials at Zimbabwe's most patrolled border post....Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Goods portering, a way of life in Beitbridge
RIVULTS of sweat run down her face, falling onto her dress as Mai Muku trudges the 472-metre length of the Beitbridge steel girder carrying an awkward-looking and heavy load.Apart from the bri...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:49hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zivhu vows to campaign for Mnangagwa in 2023 elections
Outspoken former Chivi South Member of Parliament (MP) Killer Zivhu recently put to an end rumours that he wanted to stand as an independent candidate in the upcoming elections, saying it would be bet...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel's PR disaster
Uebert Angel is, easily, the man of the moment, for all the wrong reasons.He was recently outed by the Al Jazeera undercover investigative team for trying to aid gold and money laundering usin...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:48hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Julius Malema to help Zimbabwe truck drivers in South Africa
EFF leader Julius Malema has instructed the EFF KZN Provincial Chairperson Vusumuzi Khoza to attend to the plight of Zimbabwean truck drivers who have reached out to him seeking remedy which has remov...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 21:27hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gazette clarifies quarantine measures
The new 10-day quarantine requirements for returning residents and visitors, and the nine-hour extended curfew were gazetted yesterday, along with the legal backing for the present policies that bar a...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ex-cop busted attempting to smuggle ammunition into Zimbabwe
A 44-year-old ex-police officer has been arrested by the national security task force while attempting to illegally import an assortment of ammunition through the Beitbridge Border Post on Sunday....Published: 27 Oct 2021 at 21:54hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe records decline in cross-boarder movement
ZIMBABWE is witnessing a decline in crossborder movement as a result of tighter lockdown measures, a latest survey by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has shown.The country r...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diaspora inflows top US$1 billion
Zimbabwe's Diaspora remittances jumped 58 percent last year, to about US$1 billion, a development that helped the country to cover gaps left by trade disruptions caused by the Covid19 pandemic. ...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge, Plumtree record 10 COVID-19 cases weekly
COVID-19 quarantine centres in Beitbridge and Plumtree are reportedly recording 10 cases of the virus per week out of an average 5 000 people who pass through the entry points.This was disclos...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar to weaken after lockdown
DESPITE enjoying some illusory stability owing to depressed demand for foreign currency due to Covid-19 lockdowns, which reduced business activity, the Zimbabwe dollar remains volatile with high risks...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
2 drug dealers arrested in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO police have arrested two suspects for unlawful possession of dangerous drugs and prohibited substances.In a statement on Monday, police said the suspects were arrested along the Victo...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
400 cops, soldiers descend on Beitbridge
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police and the Zimbabwe National Army have deployed more than 400 officers from outside Beitbridge in a major clampdown that has seen hundreds of people arrested and fined in the...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over 41 000 returnees pass through Beitbridge
OVER 41 800 people and 7 012 commercial trucks passed through Beitbridge border post during the festive season amid fears that the influx of travellers contributed to the current spike in coronavirus ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt failed to consult over lockdown, says Veritas
LEGAL think-tank Veritas says the government did not give transport operators, vendors and representatives of commerce and industry time to prepare for new covid-19 measures amid worsening macroeconom...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cross-border trader sues bus company for $1m
A CROSS-BORDER trader who survived one of the country's worst accidents that claimed 43 lives, when a Zambia-bound King Lion bus rammed into a tree along the Harare-Chirundu Road, is suing the bus com...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Border authorities need to be vigilant
The reopening of the country's borders last week almost nine months after they were closed to slow down the spread of the coronavirus has presented Zimbabwe with yet another formidable test in its eff...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube piles more misery on Zimbabweans
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday dampened the hopes for a merry Christmas for the majority Zimbabweans after he reviewed the tax-free threshold to $10 000, about half the cost of a monthly bask...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge border post not ready for reopening, says Zimbabwe govt
GOVERNMENT officials at Beitbridge at the weekend said the border post was not yet ready for fully-fledged reopening and recommended a staggered process fearing seas of lockdown-weary crossborder shop...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mystery surrounds Mnangagwa meeting with sheik
MyStery surrounds the recent visit to Zimbabwe by a top United Arab emirates (UAE) official, Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi, who arrived in Harare last Sunday to reportedly discuss invest...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | 4 | 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 | | by Oscar Nkala
ZSE, BSE set to partner
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) and Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) are next month set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU), whose aim is to explore areas of co-operation between the two entiti...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra tightens noose on smugglers
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says seizure of contraband has risen significantly over the past few days after it tightened screws on cross-border traders involved in smuggling of goods across...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rallies war vets for clear victory
President Mnangagwa has called on Zanu-PF members to go out in full force to campaign ahead of the forthcoming harmonised elections in which he said victory was certain for the revolutionary party....Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cross-border traders plot Diaspora protest
THE International Cross-Border Traders' Association (ICTA) has threatened to close all Zimbabwe's borders on April 16 and 17 this year to press government to allow locals based in the Diaspora to be a...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA welcome permits deadline extension
ZIMBABWEANS in South Africa have welcomed the further extension of the deadline for submissions of the new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP), saying many people had failed to apply due to various chal...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madlela Skhobokhobo Power movie screening tour set for 3 countries
Madlela Skhobokhobo Power three movie screening will be held in three countries , namely: South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Alongside the cast, there will be other featuring artists like, Zinja...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 15:21hrs | 4 | by Future Moyo
Musina in limbo after Zimbabwe shutdown
Musina - Businesses in Limpopo's border town of Musina have remained shut down as trader organisations continue with a stay away in protest against the Zimbabwe government's decision to ban basic food...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 17:12hrs | | by ANA Reporter
Beitbridge residents protest import ban
Beitbridge residents are due to hold demonstrations at the border town today against Zimra's unpopular ban on importation of some goods from South Africa without permits.However, police are sa...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 09:23hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Zimbabwean women flock to cross-border trade
After her husband died in 2011, Theresa Matanda looked for a job in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, but with no success despite being a qualified accountant.With two young children to support, Mat...Published: 21 Jul 2015 at 17:22hrs | | by Andrew Mambondiyani - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Mujuru's moment of truth has arrived
President Robert Mugabe will today chair his party's penultimate politburo meeting that could make-or-break the political career of his second in command, Vice-President Joice Mujuru.Mujuru, p...Published: 22 Nov 2014 at 16:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sunday Women Matters with Blondie - Informal Economy Workers Are Human Too
The 1991 to 1995 Economic Structural Adjustment Programme saw the closure of many companies and retrenchment of workers. Most of the workers who lost their jobs turned to street vending, crossbord...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 10:17hrs | 3 | by Lorraine Blondie Sibanda
MPs turn to crossborder trading
MDC-T legislator for Zengeza East Alexio Musundire yesterday claimed MPs were now fundraising through crossborder trading due to withholding of Constituency Development Funds. Musund...Published: 04 Jul 2014 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra introduces new rules for crossborder travellers
CROSSBORDER travellers are, with immediate effect, now required to declare their goods to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority at least three hours before arrival at the port of entry.The goods will...Published: 04 Jan 2012 at 22:27hrs | | by Staff reports
Crossborder Bus Awards set for November 2011
The Crossborder Bus Operators Association (CBOA) has provisionally set that the Awards Gala and Operators Meeting be held Thursday 17th of November 2011 at the Rainbow Towers Hotel, Harare, Zimbabwe....Published: 30 Sep 2011 at 11:13hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Greyhound and Intercape's 'backward protectionism' blasted
THE Affirmative Action Group (AAG) has thrown its weight behind black-owned super luxury coach operator Tanaka which has failed to get a permit to ply the Johannesburg-Harare route from South Africa's...Published: 25 Sep 2011 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Four copper cables smugglers arrested at Beitbridge border post
THE Police Border Control and Minerals Unit has intercepted eight tonnes of copper cables worth thousands of dollars that were being smuggled into South Africa through Beitbridge Border Post and arre...Published: 06 Jul 2011 at 13:22hrs | | by .
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