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Over 1,000 Zimbabwean students face return from US
Many of the more than 1000 Zimbabwean students at American universities may have to return home following a US Government decision that foreign students at universities that now teach online with no f...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 19:43hrs | 2445 | by Staff reporter
SA deports 273 more Zimbabweans
South Africa will, between today and tomorrow, deport a total of 273 Zimbabweans who have been arrested for breaking its immigration laws.The move is part of the neighbouring country's efforts...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 20:54hrs | 2955 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Chinese people not guilty of compatriots' crimes
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday discouraged Zimbabweans from issuing blanket condemnation against all Chinese nationals for crimes committed by individual elements from the ally state.T...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:05hrs | 2375 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on mine shooting
The Chinese national who has been charged with shooting and injuring two people at a mine in Gweru over a salary dispute will receive a fair trial, without discrimination, in accordance with the count...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:05hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans beaten raped and held as slaves in their own country
Zimbabwe is the only country we can call ours in the whole world. There is no other country we can call ours besides Zimbabwe. Having stayed outside Zimbabwe for a long time I became aware of the fact...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 10:35hrs | 2455 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe special permit holders to get SA's R350 Covid-19 relief grant, says court
The Pretoria High Court's ruling compelling the government to give asylum-seekers the R350 Covid-19 relief grant, is expected to cost the Department of Social Development R700 million.The judg...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 20:09hrs | 3102 | by Staff reporter
Bring back rule of law to prosecutions
The judgement of the Honourable Chitapi J in the matter of [Saviour] Kasukuwere v Mujayi NO & Others (HH-562-19) (delivered on August 21 2019) is on the face of it scathing to the police, Zimbabwe...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:38hrs | 278 | by Tazorora TG Musarurwa
National Ports Authority long overdue, says Mthuli Ncube
Zimbabwe will expedite the establishment of the National Ports Authority to take over the management of its ports of entry and exit, a Cabinet minister has said.Finance and Economic Developmen...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1590 | by Staff Reporter
'Forex allowances won't affect national budget projections'
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube has said the US$75 allowance and 50 percent salary increment for civil servants will not affect national budget projections. ...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga outlines operational challenges
Police manning roadblocks and securing quarantine centres need more protective equipment, transport and allowances for food, with quarantine centres needing more lights and fencing, Commissioner-Gener...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:35hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Prolonged detention a Pakistani national raises eyebrows
Zimbabwe is still holding a Pakistani national in remand prison seven months after he paid a fine for breaching immigration rules, The Standard, working together with the Information Development Trust...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:12hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's brother quizzed over 'coup'
State security agents interrogated former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's brother, on the day government claimed there were people spreading rumours of an "imminent coup".Home A...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:08hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga warns Mnangagwa
FRANK Buyanga has penned a 79-page letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa demanding the national leader to stop First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and sons from meddling into the outspoken businessman's ch...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:04hrs | 5377 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to 'Stop these guerilla tactics'
Your Excellency,RE: FRANK BUYANGA SADIQI V CHANTELLE TATENDA MUTESWA: CUSTODY MATTERSAs the current President of Zimbabwe, it is prudent that I disclose information relating to the unw...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 8702 | by Staff reporter
11 escape Bulawayo Covid-19 quarantine
ELEVEN people have escaped from Bulawayo's quarantine centres while a total of 169 returnees have escaped countrywide, posing challenges in efforts to reduce the number of local Covid-19 transmissions...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:38hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Troops deployed to guard Covid-19 centres after 148 returnees escape
SOLDIERS have been deployed to man Covid-19 quarantine centres around the country and also track down people who have escaped from the facilities, a senior government official confirmed.As of ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1606 | by Staff reporter
List of quarantine escapees to be released
GOVERNMENT will soon publish names of people absconding from quarantine centres as part of measures to warn communities of potential risks within their midst. A total of 149 returnees hav...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 08:59hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
118 returnees flee isolation
NEARLY 120 Zimbabweans returning to the country have escaped from isolation and quarantine centres across the country as government said they posed the greatest threat to efforts to curb the spread of...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1215 | by Staff reporter
99 returnees escape covid-19 quarantine hotspots - please go back, you make them habitable
Corona virus presents one of the greatest existential threat to mankind the world has ever faced. Whilst the virus has spared no nation on earth but how each nation will fare will depend on how well o...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:04hrs | 1440 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chaos at border as locals troop back
ZIMBABWEANS returning from South Africa have expressed frustration over confusing processes they are subjected to before admission to Covid-19 quarantine centres in Beitbridge.The confusion ha...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:54hrs | 2100 | by Staff reporter
Major diplomatic row brewing between Harare and Islamabad
A largely unknown, but wealthy businessman, Mian Sohail Qaiser, is threatening to ignite a diplomatic row between Zimbabwe and Pakistan. The Pakistan embassy in Harare is unhappy with the protection Q...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
For country or love? Mangwana, Mthuli Ncube must put money where mouth is
Let's be honest, at law there is nothing wrong in individuals acquiring dual citizenships.Even the Zimbabwean constitution has not said anything untoward about multiple or dual citizenships ex...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:22hrs | 3265 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
SA lockdown hits desperate Zimbabweans
South Africa's lockdown has hit migrant Zimbabwean workers in both the informal and formal sectors, with over 6 000 now seeking food aid from organisations and their embassy. While the South African g...Published: 15 May 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga demands Matanga's suspension
African Medallion Group millionaire Frank Buyanga has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to protest claims by police chief Godwin Matanga that he is a "fugitive from justice."Buyanga wrot...Published: 13 May 2020 at 16:47hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt dismisses reports of mandatory 5-year ban on SA Returnees
The government has dismissed reports of a mandatory five-year-ban on all individuals returning from neighbouring South Africa.The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity ...Published: 12 May 2020 at 12:26hrs | 6150 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans detained at Beitbridge border
South African officials detained scores of Zimbabweans who were self-repatriating themselves from neighbouring South Africa. According to reports received on Sunday afternoon, several the trav...Published: 10 May 2020 at 21:07hrs | 4239 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe returnees top 3 000
THE country received 527 citizens returning from South Africa yesterday through the Beitbridge Border Post bringing the number of returnees from various countries to 3 134 since the country and other ...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:32hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Zacc has made significant headway
SENTIMENTS have been expressed in certain circles that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has failed to deliver on its constitutional mandate of combating and preventing corruption....Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:29hrs | 353 | by Justice Loyce Matanda-Moyo
Returnees from South Africa given 5-year bans
SOUTH African immigration officials at Beitbridge Border Post were yesterday reportedly imposing five-year bans on returning Zimbabweans without explanation.This was revealed yesterday when 14...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:39hrs | 15476 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man saved by his HIV+ status from UK deportation
UK Home Office efforts to deport an HIV-positive Zimbabwean man because of his lengthy criminal record have been blocked after the supreme court ruled removing him would breach his human rights....Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 16:06hrs | 4344 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet proposes rent deferrals
CABINET has proposed that President Mnangagwa should consider promulgating Presidential Regulations to give relief to tenants and landlords during the lockdown period. The lockdown period began on Mar...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:44hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Mutare prepares for large overseas returnees
A large group of returnees on its way to Beira by ship is expected in Mutare soon, prompting the provincial Covid-19 taskforce to identify more facilities that can be used as quarantine centres. ...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:40hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
'No evictions over rent delays'
Cabinet yesterday recommended Presidential Regulations imposing a moratorium on evictions of tenants delaying rent payments during the lockdown and staying legal action against their landlords delayin...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:38hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
15 Ethiopians face deportation from Zimbabwe
FIFTEEN Ethiopian illegal immigrants who were recently arrested, while hiding at a homestead in Swisha, Gwanda have been released from prison pending deportation. Police raided their hide-out, at a ho...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:45hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from Donald Trump
Australia's former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, has sent advance copies of his memoirs to news organisations all over the world. His greatest challenge was how to deal with US President Donald Tru...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 13:27hrs | 2223 | by Ken Mufuka
Zimra to extend TIPs of foreign cars in line with visa extension
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it will only extend Temporary Import Permits (TIPs) for foreign-registered vehicles, which entered the country before the ongoing lockdown guidelines in lin...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 07:40hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Constitutionalism not populism will take Zimbabwe forward
From the outset, let me make it abundantly clear that I am neither a member of Zanu-PF nor of any permutation of the MDC. If I say anything that you may not like, it is not because I belong to the oth...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:54hrs | 424 | by Moses Chamboko
It's reckless to entrust nation's destiny to thugs especially now with covid-19, heavy price to pay
There is one thing to be said about Zimbabweans, we are a naïve and gullible lot! Nowhere is this naivety more obvious that in the nation's collective belief that Zanu-PF's imposed lockdown would mak...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 20:37hrs | 1639 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Walter Mzembi rallies Zimbabweans against Mnangagwa
Exiled former Minister of Tourism Walter Mzembi has urged Zimbabweans to be courageous and demand the resignation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ZANU PF officials. Mzembi made the rem...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 14:18hrs | 7711 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Covid-19 cases are soaring Mnangagwa had to extend lockdown and will do so again - damned if dare, damned if doesn't
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has just announced that Zimbabwe's total lockdown will be extended by a further 14 days. This came as no surprise given the number of corona virus cases had gone up from 1...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 09:19hrs | 1111 | by Wilbert Mukori
Botswana helps 255 Zimbabweans come home
Botswana has helped 255 Zimbabweans wanting to come back home after being unable to move across the border because of the lockdown regulations in both countries. The development is contrary to...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 07:56hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge under the spotlight
A GIANT disused building that used to house a top hotel, a group of willing, but uncertain junior government officials devoid of any resources and 11 shocked inmates aptly captures the situation at Be...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:11hrs | 9443 | by Staff reporter
Botswana speaks on deportation of Zimbabweans
Botswana has denied reports that it has embarked on the forceful deportation of Zimbabwean nationals from the country in its efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19.The country's Ministry of...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 17:39hrs | 2469 | by Moyo Roy
'We did not complain when our nationals where mistreated in Zim so you need to shut up when yours suffer,' China tells Zimbabwe
In a very ironical turn around Chinese are blaming foreigners for bringing Corona virus in China . In December 2019 Corona Virus reared it's ugly head in Wuhan. It ravaged the city killing ...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2409 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Reprieve for Zimbabweans caught up in South Africa lockdown
ZIMBABWEANS in South Africa whose visas or days expired during the Covid-19 lockdown period will not be arrested or deported for violating the neighbouring country's immigration laws. The regu...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:38hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Time to use ICTs for Covid-19 tracking and reduce the spread
To The Minister of Information and Communication Technology and Courier ServicesThe time has come for the Mobile Network Operators (MNO) and ICT professional to support what the Minister...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:32hrs | 173 | by Engineer Jacob kudzayi Mutisi
South Africa and Zimbabwe should recognise border citizens
An article in the ...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 14:31hrs | 1955 | by Adopted from article by Inocent Moyo
Conmen latch onto retailers, foreigners
Conmen are latching onto retailers by pretending to be officials of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) who can produce exemption letters to operate during the lockdown while other conmen ar...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 07:53hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for expired permits, visa holders
Foreigners whose immigration permits and visas expired during the 21-day national lockdown will continue to stay and have been told to be wary of bogus immigration officers soliciting for bribes. ...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:47hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Home Affairs Ministry warns against immigration fraudsters
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage minister Kazembe Kazembe has warned against individuals initiating unauthorised processes to renew visas and various permits on behalf of foreign nationals whose per...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 18:06hrs | 848 | by Moyo Roy
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