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Zimbabwean gold panners jailed in Botswana
A Zimbabwean woman, Lucadia Ndlovu (38), has been handed a three-month suspended jail term and fined 100 pula for illegal gold panning in Botswana. Ndlovu was arrested on October 16, 2024, along with ...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 08:35hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Warrior stares at early CHAN exit after being thrashed by Eswatini
Zimbabwe 0 - 3 EswatiniZimbabwe's hopes for a successful campaign in the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) tournament were dealt a severe blow yesterday, as a young and relatively inexperienced s...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 06:55hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans jailed for human trafficking in Botswana
Three Zimbabweans and two Batswana have been sentenced to two years in prison each after being convicted of human trafficking in Botswana. The group was arrested in Tonota while transporting 10 undocu...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 07:58hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
International orphans shift base to Botswana
Zimbabwe's national football team, the Warriors, are set to relocate to Botswana's Obed Chilume Itani Stadium in Francistown for the first leg of their African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers a...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 07:56hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Ian Khama says Zimbabweans could vote in Botswana
The Botswana Democratic Party-led government could be preparing to rig the general elections by using Zimbabweans to vote, former president Ian Khama has alleged.Launching Modiri Jojo Lucas as...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:58hrs | 2473 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos house in a mess again
Premiership giants Dynamos Football Club find themselves in turmoil once again, following the suspension of assistant coach Murape Murape, sporting director Richard Chihoro, and team physiotherapist A...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:11hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos eye windfall
Zimbabwean football giants Dynamos FC are on the brink of a significant financial boost as they close in on a potential US$400,000 windfall if they advance to the group stages of the TotalEnergies Caf...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:34hrs | 954 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos temporarily set base in Francistown
Dynamos Football Club are leaving no stone unturned as they approach a decisive match that could see them secure a place in the CAF Confederation Cup group stages, where they would be guaranteed a min...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:19hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders aim to extend unbeaten streak against CAPS United
As Highlanders prepare to clash with CAPS United at Rufaro Stadium tomorrow afternoon, the burning question is whether they can continue their recent dominance over their rivals.The rivalry be...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:09hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Dembare off to Francistown
Zimbabwe's representatives in the CAF Confederation Cup, Dynamos, are considering setting up a temporary camp in Botswana for the next 10 days as they prepare for their crucial second-round encounters...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 08:03hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Bosso travel to CAPS
The Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) will resume on Saturday with Round 26 fixtures after a brief pause to accommodate the Warriors' 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Kenya...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 07:22hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Man locked up for smuggling children into Botswana
A Zimbabwean man, Arnold Nyoni (23), has appeared before the Francistown Magistrates Court in Botswana, charged with smuggling four children from Zimbabwe to South Africa via Botswana. Nyoni w...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 08:45hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man locked up in Botswana for car theft
A Zimbabwean man has been detained in a Botswana remand prison following his arrest for allegedly stealing a Honda Fit vehicle after it ran out of fuel.His alleged accomplice escaped from law ...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masisi reprimands Botswana MPs over 'xenophobic' comments against Zimbabweans
With legislators fearful of a possible invasion as Botswana and Zimbabwe ponder the use of national identity cards (IDs) to cross borders, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has warned Members of Parliament ...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 17:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman jailed over drugs in Botswana
A ZIMBABWEAN woman has been jailed one year and ordered to pay 10 000 pula fine after being arrested for possession of illegal drugs in Botswana.Twenty-one-year-old Nomsa Koga was arrested following a...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:33hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Botswana MPs reject Zimbabwe passports deal
Botswana parliamentarians have unequivocally expressed their opposition to the proposed removal of passports for travel between their country and Zimbabwe.Responding to a statement made in the...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:45hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Gumbo set for big send off
WARRIORS and Highlanders legend Rahman Gumbo is expected to receive a big send off at his burial today at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo.Gumbo, who would have turned 60 today, died at a hos...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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 | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors off to Botswana
The Warriors are likely to host Nigeria in Botswana for their 2026 World Cup home qualifier after Zifa Normalisation Committee chairperson Lincoln Mutasa yesterday had "positive engagements" with Bots...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors to play WC qualifiers outside the country
THE Warriors will play their 2026 World Cup home qualifiers outside the country after Confederation of African Football (Caf) excluded the National Sports Stadium (NSS) from the list of pre-approved s...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
War vet who quit Bosso for struggle
RALITALI Ngwenya Qondani decided to quit Highlanders FC to join the struggle in 1976 because he could not stand oppression.Qondani said his father Elias Qondani was in detention for political ...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabweans up for illegal mining in Botswana
THREE Zimbabwean men and a 16-year-old juvenile have been locked up in a Botswana prison for illegal mining.Kelvin Maposa (43), Matshidza Sibanda (33), Kholwani Sibanda (39) and the 16-year-ol...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 19:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Botswana arrests 2 Zimbabweans for illegal gold mining
TWO Zimbabwean men have appeared in the Botswana court charged with illegal gold mining and illegally entering the neighbouring country.Bhekimpilo Tau (36) and Thembani Nkomo (41) pleaded guil...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Pastor faces sex worker murder charge
A Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) pastor based in Francistown, Botswana has been linked to the alleged murder of a suspected Zimbabwean commercial sex worker who was found dead in her house in Ma...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:53hrs | 1 | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Botswana jails Zimbabwean burglar
A ZIMBABWEAN man has been jailed four years in Botswana for burglary and theft of property worth over P11 000 from houses in Francistown.Evidence before the Francistown magistrates court showe...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | | 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 | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Zifa lining foreign coach
FORMER Botswana coach Adel Amrouche could be the next Warriors coach to take charge of the team's 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying campaign which begins early next month.Zimbabwe ...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:46hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law approaches CAS of Fifa ban
THE Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) is reportedly filing an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against Fifa's decision to ban Zimbabwe from international competitions, paving ...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean mechanic dies in freak work accident in Botswana
A Zimbabwean aged 50 employed as a mechanic by the Mupane Gold Mine in Botswana died while pumping a Load Haul Dump (LHD) loader tyre that exploded on him.Mupane general manager, Cedric Samtol...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 07:16hrs | 7 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwean attacks Motswana MP on street
A Zimbabwean man who allegedly attacked Francistown West Member of Parliament, Ignatius Moswaane, with a rock was yesterday remanded in custody....Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 07:52hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Botswana jails 3 Zimbabweans for rape, robbery
THREE Zimbabwean men are in Botswana's remand prison to answer robbery and rape charges.Desmond Khupe (19), Lucky Dube, (23) and Calvin Maphosa (43), who are all illegal migrants, were not ask...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Might Warriors crash out of Awcon despite a win
Botswana 0 - 2 Zimbabwe(The match ended 3-3 on aggregate but Botswana qualify on away goals rule)THE Zimbabwe senior national women's football team failed to qualify for the Africa Women C...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mighty Warriors fall at home
Zimbabwe 1 - 3 BotswanaMIGHTY Warriors coach Sithetheliwe "Kwinji 15" Sibanda admitted it is going to be a tall order to qualify for the Africa Women Cup of Nations after her troops made defensive...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mighty Warriors ready for Botswana
MIGHTY Warriors coach Sithethelelwe Sibanda said the team had done enough preparation to be assured of a positive result against Botswana in the second round first leg of the Africa Women Cup of Natio...Published: 18 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabweans jailed for illegal entry into Botswana
FIVE Zimbabwean border jumpers accused of illegally panning for gold in Francistown, Botswana, have been acquitted of the charge due to lack of evidence.However, the court slapped them with a ...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Earthquake hits Gweru
AN earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale hit the Midlands province in central Zimbabwe yesterday morning, South Africa's Council for Geoscience (CGS) said yesterday.The earthquake, des...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | 2 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
3.2 magnitude earthquake shakes southern Zimbabwe
A light magnitude 3.2 earthquake shook parts of southern Zimbabwe on Tuesday night.The quake was timed at 9.42PM, according to data from the Council for Geoscience at the South African Nationa...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 21:16hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man caged in Botswana
A Zimbabwean man, who stabbed his cheating wife on the thigh after he walked in on her while having sex with another man in their bedroom, got more than what he had bargained for after he was locked u...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Botswana court shuts out Zimbabwean refugees
A COURT in Botswana has turned down an application by Zimbabwean refugees seeking to avoid deportation after the neighbouring country cancelled their refugee status.Media reports from that cou...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean 'child trafficker' found with 7 kids in Botswana
A 29-year-old Zimbabwean man has been arrested in Botswana after he was found travelling to South Africa with seven children in a suspected human trafficking case.Eric Mpofu, who is unemployed...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Woman begs court to jail abusive husband
An abusive Zimbabwean man who struck his wife on the head with a sharp weapon suspected to be an axe is languishing in a Botswana remand prison after his wife asked a court to jail him.Accordi...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man arrested for rape in Botswana
A ZIMBABWEAN man, living illegally in Botswana, has been arrested in the neighbouring country for allegedly raping a 37-year-old woman.Thabani Murudangwa (23), is accused of raping the woman o...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Loga can't take all the blame, players must introspect
DIE hard Warriors supporters who had hoped that the gasping senior men's national soccer team would spring a shocker and beat Ghana in Tuesday's 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier, watched in disbelief as ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Loga's US$90k golden handshake
ZIFA'S ill-fated experiment with hapless Croatian coach, Zdravko Logarusic, has cost the association a cumulative bill of over US$223 000 in salaries and bonuses over the last 20 months. And, all they...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rename Botswana
Not all citizens of the country are Batswana. The name of the country celebrates tribalism before independence. Bakalanga were not called Batswana. I am not a Motswana - Dr Habaudi Hubona The name is ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 21:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man jailed for 12 years in Botswana
A 29-year-old Zimbabwean man who attacked and repeatedly raped for three hours a Swaneng Hill schoolgirl in Serowe, Botswana, hour ordeal, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.Godfrey Moyo...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
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