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2 Britons remanded in Zimbabwe over drug trafficking charges
Two British nationals accused of drug trafficking in Zimbabwe will remain behind bars after a Harare court deferred its ruling on their bail application, leaving them to endure more nights in remand p...Published: 10 May 2025 at 13:03hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean bishop deported from Nigeria
Bishop Eben K. Nhiwatiwa of the United Methodist Church Zimbabwe was arrested and subsequently deported from Nigeria while on a mission to oversee the election of a new church leader. The inc...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 07:46hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC has not learnt from history
In 2018, ANC chose Cyril Ramaphosa as President because they believed that white capital liked him and thus he would attract western investment into the country. However, things did not quite go accor...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 13:23hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Fly Namibia lands in Victoria Falls on maiden flight
Fly Namibia has landed for the first time at Victoria Falls International Airport as the airline launches its service between Windhoek and Victoria Falls.Present to welcome the airline at its ...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Somalians with fake travelling documents nabbed at Vic Falls International Airport
Police in Victoria Falls arrested two accused Somalian nationals at the Victoria Falls International Airport on Sunday for allegedly forging travelling documents.The duo, Hassan Muhidin Mohamu...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 14:10hrs | 5 | by Peter Matuka
Airfares for flights between Zimbabwe and SA dramatically shoot up
AIR fares for flights between Zimbabwe and South Africa - mainly the Harare-Johannesburg and Bulawayo-Johannesburg routes - have shot up dramatically during the festive season (Christmas and New Year ...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:26hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe Airport expansion 85% complete
THE US$153 million expansion and upgrading of the terminal at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare is now 85 percent complete, as Zimbabwe's "Open Skies Policy" also continues to attr...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zanu-PF legislator in human trafficking storm
ASPIRING Zanu-PF party Hurungwe constituency legislator Pax Muringazuva was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi to answer to human trafficking charges.He is accused of ...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is indeed open for business!' Yeah right! 1 - 5 = -ve 4 not +ve 4!
"Zimbabwe is indeed open for business including our air space where Ethiopian Airways had its maiden trip to Bulawayo today. There was water canon salute for the inaugural Ethiopian airlines flight co...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 20:30hrs | 3 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Domestic airports rehab forecast to boost tourism
PLAYERS in the tourism industry have welcomed the ongoing airports rehabilitation programme by the Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) saying this will complement efforts to grow the tourism sector to ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
SA drug mule faints in Zimbabwean court
A drug smuggler fainted on Tuesday after she was jailed for 12 years by a Harare court.South African Shila Khumalo swallowed 60 balls of cocaine wrapped in plastic as she travelled from Brazil...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA drug mule jailed 12 years in Zimbabwe
SOUTH African drug dealer, Shila Khumalo, who was convicted in May this year, collapsed at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday shortly after chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi sentenced her to 12 ...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Woman swallows 1kg cocaine at Zimbabwe airport
POLICE intends to further detain a woman who was found with 975 grammes of cocaine in her stomach at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport so that they recover the swallowed drug.The...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
20 passengers miss flights after NHS bungling
DISGRUNTLED Ethiopian Airways passengers yesterday expressed disappointment over what they said was poor service delivery by the National Handling Services (NHS), which closed airport check-in bays ea...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate gets $5 000 bail in corruption case
MAGISTRATE Morgan Nemadire, who is alleged to have leniently fined a Venezuelan $700 for carrying 5kg cocaine worth US$469 000 in her luggage from Brazil into Harare, was yesterday freed on $5 000 bai...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big brands troop into Victoria Falls facility
A STRING of the country's big brands, including fast food outlets, has stampeded into Zimre Property Investments' Sawanga Mall in Victoria Falls, helping the top end real estate gem notch 95% occupanc...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
19 year old pilot shatters aviation record
A 19 year-old Bindura-born flying sensation, has become the youngest pilot in the country after passing his aviation studies with flying colours.Mr Simbarashe Machigere was awarded a commercia...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 18:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Pricing madness hits Victoria Falls
NZALA Milimo was born in Victoria Falls in 1974 and did her primary and secondary education at public schools in the resort town's ghetto townships.But unlike the thousands of well-heeled fore...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Uganda Airlines eyes Harare route
Uganda Airlines is expected to soon join a host of other regional airlines flying into Harare.The airline, which recently acquired a fleet of planes, has put Harare on its radar of preferred d...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 05:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Revamp for JM Nkomo Airport
GOVERNMENT is working on the second phase of refurbishment of the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo which will see the erection of a control tower, among other facilities. ...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 22:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Airways loses one plane over delayed payment
Zimbabwe Airways, the controversial new state-owned airline being built with the help of aircraft retired by Malaysian Airways has lost one of the four Boeing 777-2H6(ER) aircraft that it had targeted...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 11:15hrs | 20 | by zimlive
Air transport connectivity boosts Vic Falls tourism
The number of tourists to Zimbabwe's premier resort centre, Victoria Falls, has risen by 21% to 150 000 in the first six months of this year due to improved air connectivity, a survey has shown....Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:48hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
New look Victoria Falls airport attracts more airlines
VICTORIA Falls International Airport is overwhelmed by visitors, a development that has seen some airlines either increasing frequency or introducing bigger planes to meet demand.The new look ...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:29hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls Airport capacity utilisation increases
VICTORIA Falls International Airport's capacity utilisation has risen from 21 to 26 percent recently while tourism players recorded a 20 percent boom in business owing to consistency by airlines in se...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rwanda Air granted flight rights
Government has granted traffic rights to rising airline, Rwanda Air, to service the Kigali-Harare-Cape Town route.The flights, given on a fifth freedom basis, will commence on May 16, this yea...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Confusion as Zimbabwe promises review of elephant exports amidst global condemnation
Three weeks after 31 young elephants were exported, presumedly to China, Zimbabw...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 10:37hrs | 11 | by Adam Cruise and Christina Russo
Victoria Falls Airport overwhelmed by visitors
The recently-commissioned $150 million Victoria Falls International Airport has insufficient capacity to meet burgeoning air traffic demands, spurring a problem of congestion and delays.As tra...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 09:36hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Why President Mnangagwa used Fly Africa
The government has been sending mixed signals over the acquisition of new planes from Malaysia that the state media once claimed were meant for the revival of Air Zimbabwe. However, it has since emerg...Published: 26 Dec 2017 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fleeing Chinese stopped at airport
There was drama at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterday when a Chinese national allegedly fled with the help of police officers who had brought him to court where he was appearing on his initial re...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Airlines threaten pull-out of Zimbabwe
FOREIGN airlines have at least US$50 million in payments stuck in Zimbabwe, with some warning they might be forced to suspend flights into the country.Zimbabwe is in the grip of a debilitating...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 05:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe's safety record meaningless, says Kaseke
AIR Zimbabwe's much- vaunted safety record is meaningless because the airline does not fly much, Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive officer, Karikoga Kaseke, has said.The Sate-ow...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 22:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kenya Airways makes debut landing in Victoria Falls
A Kenya Airways plane yesterday landed at the upgraded Victoria Falls International Airport, becoming the second major African airline to fly direct into the resort town in two months.The new-...Published: 02 May 2017 at 06:46hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Kenya Airways brings forward launch of Victoria Falls flights to May 1
Kenya Airways had originally planned to introduce flights into Victoria Falls, which will also connect to Cape Town in South Africa, on May 18.ONE of Africa's largest airlines, Kenya A...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean engineer held for 16 heists in the US
Johannesburg - For two-and-a-half years the Incognito Bandit kept one step ahead of the law as he single-handedly robbed US bank after US bank, his face hidden by a disguise.Now the FBI sa...Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 20:35hrs | 6 | by Saturday Star
Ethiopian Airlines ready to rescue Air Zimbabwe
Ethiopian Airlines, Africa's largest cargo and passenger carrier, is dreaming big. After generating revenue of US$2,43 billion in the 2016 financial year, which saw a 70% jump in net profit and an...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 14:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government continues to hunt
GOVERNMENT continues to hunt for a technical partner for national flag carrier Air Zimbabwe, which is saddled with a US$334 million debt, despite recent setbacks in attracting a suitor.Nin...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
SAA launches airbus flight to Victoria Falls
SOUTH African Airways (SAA) will tomorrow launch its wide-bodied 222-seater airbus flight to Victoria Falls.Regarded as one of the leading airlines in Southern Africa, SAA is upgrading its...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's 'cents-less' ten point plan
"President Mugabe deliberately evaded the Eleventh Point because he resents and despises effective democracy."EACH one of us - during our childhood or as teenagers - have at one time or anothe...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 07:47hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
27 stranded MPs rescued
THE Zimbabwean embassy in Beijing and Ethiopian Airways have come to the rescue of the 27 MPs who were stranded in China after missing their flight while on a shopping spree.The MPs, their spo...Published: 02 Jul 2014 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe slashes prices, $290 return ticket to Joburg
Air Zimbabwe has slashed prices which has seen a reduction in airfares by more than half in its 'Winter price Chill' promotion.Air Zimbabwe on Thursday issued an advert for its promotional f...Published: 26 Jun 2014 at 20:50hrs | 7 | by Ndou Paul
Angola airline to increase Zimbabwe, Luanda direct flights
Angola's national carrier, Linhas Aereas de Angola (Taag), plans to introduce frequent direct flights between Harare and Luanda on the back of increased business between the country and Zimbabwe....Published: 19 Apr 2014 at 16:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa secures air ticket for jailed Eto'o
ZIFA has secured an air ticket for Cameroonian footballer Brice Eto'o Fils who is at Harare Central Remand Prison awaiting deportation.Eto'o came to Zimbabwe in September at the invitation of ...Published: 17 Feb 2013 at 13:48hrs | | by Sports reporter
Visa processing syndicate uncovered - Malawi Immigration
The Department of Immigration has uncovered a visa processing syndicate which is happening at the Malawi High Commission in Maputo, Mozambique, the Nyasa Times has revealed.Public Relations Of...Published: 08 Feb 2013 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Airlines continue to scramble for Zim route
Regional and international airlines continue to scramble for the Zimbabwean route ahead of the forthcoming United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) General Assembly.An international ...Published: 03 Jan 2013 at 13:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Byo woman in court for attempting to smuggle 19kg of banned drug
A BULAWAYO woman appeared in court charged with trying to smuggle 19kg of the banned appetite suppression drug ephedrine into the country.Ennie Chamukondo (50) of 7515/1...Published: 08 Nov 2012 at 21:14hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Weekend fete welcomes Team Zimbabwe Olympics group to London
Top Zimbabwean sports personalities - past and present - will on Saturday (22 July 2012, 14:00 hrs – 23:30 hrs) take part in an all-day festivity event a...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 14:13hrs | | by Henry Makiwa
Zimbabwe, A World of Wonders tourism brand launched
Vice President Joice Mujuru on Tuesday launched the country's national tourism brand 'Zimbabwe, A world of Wonders' at Lalit hotel in central Delhi during a well attended Zimbabwe Day dinner....Published: 21 Mar 2012 at 14:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dynamos too broke to pay air fares to Algeria
Dynamos failed to travel to Algeria as scheduled yesterday afternoon amid revelations that Zimbabwe's remaining Champions League representatives had not paid for airfares to the North African co...Published: 31 Mar 2011 at 05:01hrs | | by Byo24News
German national deported from Zimbabwe
Harare - A German national working for a non- governmental organisation has been deported by the Zimbabwean authorities in Harare.The German ambassador...Published: 26 Mar 2011 at 14:22hrs | 2 | by Byo24News
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